07-22-2014 12:48 AM
Netbackup env. 7.6 (One Netbackup domain)
Master server runs as a VM and gets backed up daily incremental and weekly full via VMWare type policy.
4 Media servers all physical
What is the best option to protect against the loss of the master server and recover it as quickly as possible? (eg: if it gets corrupted and cant be powered on)?
Notes:If the master server gets replicated at the storage or VMWare layer to another site, it could mean that the curruption would also get replicated.
Thoughts?
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07-22-2014 05:47 AM
2 Manuals:
NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I
Chapter 22:
Protecting the NetBackup catalog
NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide
Chapter 8:
Disaster recovery
About getting NBU master back in shortest possible time, read through these manuals:
NetBackup Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide
NetBackup in Highly Available Environments Administrator's Guide
07-22-2014 01:03 AM
A VMware backup will not help as you need the catalogs on the master server to know about the VMware backups.
You need to backup the master server catalogs on a regular basis, same as for a physical master.
To recover the master, you need to install OS, install and patch NBU, then recover catalog.
07-22-2014 01:17 AM
Thanks,
Do you have a good refence for catalogue backup and restore? best practices...etc?
07-22-2014 01:18 AM
Hi,
There are two components you have to address.
Getting the operating system back, getting the catalogs back. The operating system can be reinstalled, reverted from a snapshot, what ever you want. After you've restored the OS (and Netbackup binaries) you have to address the recovery of the catalog. This would be done using the catalog backup.
Good way to ensure you're not down for X hours after a failure of your master server would be to cluster it. This is valid in both physical and virtual scenarios. Assuming the corruption was only on the OS and not the catalog you'll be online in minutes. And if there was, you'll be in a position to recover the catalog quicker.
07-22-2014 05:47 AM
2 Manuals:
NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I
Chapter 22:
Protecting the NetBackup catalog
NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide
Chapter 8:
Disaster recovery
About getting NBU master back in shortest possible time, read through these manuals:
NetBackup Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide
NetBackup in Highly Available Environments Administrator's Guide