Symantec NetBackup™ Deduplication Appliance Software Administrator's Guide

339 Pages·2012·2.12 MB·English

by  Symantec Corporation

Symantec NetBackup™
Deduplication Appliance
Software Administrator's
Guide
Software release 1.4.3.1
Revision 1
NetBackup 5020
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Contents
Technical Support
............................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Storage pool management procedures for
deduplication appliances
............................................ 15
Aboutthestoragepoolmanagementproceduresyoucanperformon
adeduplicationappliance........................................................ 16
AccessingtheadministrativeWebUI'sHardwareMonitoring
tab ...................................................................................... 17
Usingthecallhomefeature........................................................... 18
Enablingthecallhomefeaturefromtheapplianceshell
menu............................................................................. 19
EnablingthecallhomefeaturefromtheadministrativeWeb
UI ................................................................................. 23
AboutSymantecCriticalSystemProtection...................................... 26
Bondingthenetworkinterfaces...................................................... 26
Configuringasecondarynetworkforstoragepool
administration ...................................................................... 29
Changinganappliancenode'sIPaddress..........................................31
Examininganappliancenodetodeterminewhetheritwasdefined
intermsofanFQDNorintermsofanIPaddress...................32
Changinganappliancenode'sIPaddress....................................33
AboutFibreChannelcommunication............................................... 40
Example-twoall-in-one,single-nodededuplicationappliance
storagepools................................................................... 41
Example-twomultinodededuplicationappliancestorage
pools..............................................................................42
Verifying,enabling,ordisablingFibreChannelcommunication............43
Enabling(ordisabling)FibreChannelcommunicationfromthe
shellmenu...................................................................... 43
Enabling(ordisabling)FibreChannelcommunicationfromthe
administrativeWebUI...................................................... 44
Aboutnon-event-basedSNMPtraps................................................ 45
Enablingnon-event-basedSNMPtrapsforhardware
monitoring ..................................................................... 47
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Usingthecommand-lineshelltoenablenon-event-basedSNMP
traps.............................................................................. 48
Usingthecommand-lineshelltodisablenon-event-basedSNMP
traps.............................................................................. 50
Aboutpasswordsonthededuplicationappliance............................... 51
sysadminaccount'spassword................................................... 52
Operatingsystemrootuser'spassword...................................... 52
ConfigurationWizard'spassword..............................................52
StoragepooladministrativeWebUI'srootaccount
password........................................................................ 53
Rootaccount'spasswordonaremotestoragepool....................... 53
Removinganodefromastoragepool...............................................54
Chapter 2 Hardware monitoring and alerts
......................................57
Abouthardwaremonitoringandalerts.............................................57
Retrievinghardwaremonitoringinformation....................................62
Aboutemailnotificationfromthededuplicationappliance.................. 63
Configuringemailnotificationsfromtheapplianceshell
menu............................................................................. 65
ConfiguringemailnotificationsfromtheadministrativeWeb
UI ................................................................................. 66
Chapter 3 Software monitoring and alerts
....................................... 69
Aboutsoftwaremonitoringandalerts..............................................69
Retrievingsoftwaremonitoringinformation..................................... 70
Configuringsoftwaremonitoringalerts........................................... 70
Chapter 4 Resettingandreimagingadeduplicationappliance
storage pool
....................................................................75
Aboutresettingandreimagingadeduplicationappliancenodeor
storagepool.......................................................................... 76
Performinganetworkresetonanunconfiguredappliance...................79
Resettingorreimagingaconfigureddeduplicationappliance............... 80
(Conditional)PreparingNetBackupforadeduplicationappliance
resetorreimage.....................................................................81
(Conditional)Preparingotherstoragepoolsforadeduplication
applianceresetorreimage....................................................... 82
(Conditional)Preparingtoresetastoragepoolorreimagea
node .................................................................................... 83
Performingastoragepoolreset...................................................... 84
Performingasoftreset..................................................................86
Contents 9
Performinganimagereset.............................................................88
PerformingaUSBreimage.............................................................90
Chapter 5 Disaster recovery
.................................................................93
Aboutdeduplicationappliancedisasterrecovery............................... 93
Aboutdeduplicationappliancedisasterrecoverymethods................... 93
Disasterrecoverywithoutadisasterrecoverybackup......................... 94
Disasterrecoverywithadisasterrecoverybackup............................102
Chapter 6 Configuring virtual local area networks
(VLANs)
.......................................................................... 105
AboutVLANs............................................................................. 105
VLANexample........................................................................... 106
ConfiguringVLANsandstoragezones............................................108
VerifyingVLANprerequisites....................................................... 109
MovingastoragepooltoaVLAN-compatibletrunkport....................111
Movingadeduplicationappliancestoragepooltoatrunk
port ............................................................................. 111
MovingaPureDiskROEstoragepooltoatrunkport...................114
Configuringthenodeinterfaces.................................................... 116
Configuringthenodeinterfacesonadeduplicationappliance
storage pool .................................................................. 116
ConfiguringthenodeinterfacesonaPureDiskROEstorage
pool ............................................................................. 119
Creatingmappingtables.............................................................. 128
Creatingmappingtablesonadeduplicationappliancestorage
pool(applianceshellmenumethod)................................... 128
CreatingmappingtablesonaPureDiskROEstoragepool
(commandmethod)......................................................... 132
Creatingmappingtables(ConfigurationWizardmethod).............135
CompletingtheVLANconfiguration.............................................. 137
AbouttheVLANconfigurationpagesintheStoragePool
ConfigurationWizard............................................................138
VLANConfiguration-Messagefromwebpagepage.....................138
VLANConfiguration-Discoverconfigurationpage.....................139
VLANConfiguration-NodeListpage....................................... 139
VLANConfiguration-VLANnetworksettingsandVLANmapping
editpage....................................................................... 140
Summary-VLANTopologySummarypage............................... 142
AddingclientstotheVLANs......................................................... 143
AboutconfiguringVLANswithbondednetworkinterfaces
(deduplicationappliancesonly)............................................... 145
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AboutPureDiskoperationswithinVLANs....................................... 147
Chapter 7 Enabling the intelligent platform management
interface (IPMI)
............................................................ 149
Abouttheintelligentplatformmanagementinterface(IPMI)..............149
ConfiguringtheIPMI.................................................................. 150
Verifyingconfigurationprerequisites...................................... 152
LoggingontotheConfigurationWizardandaccessingtheIPMI
configurationpages........................................................ 153
SpecifyingtheIPMIadministratorpasswordfromthe
ConfigurationWizard......................................................153
(Optional)AddingIPMIusersandsettingIPMIuserpasswords
fromtheConfigurationWizard......................................... 155
SpecifyingappliancenodeIPMInetworkinformationfromthe
ConfigurationWizard......................................................156
(Conditional)ChangingauserpasswordfromtheConfiguration
Wizard ......................................................................... 157
Determiningappliancefirmwareversion.................................. 159
GuidelinesforIPMIpasswordsandusernames................................159
CompletingtheIPMIconfigurationpagesintheConfiguration
Wizard ............................................................................... 160
CompletingtheUsermanagementtab......................................160
CompletingtheNetworkconfigurationtab................................162
Examiningloginformation.................................................... 163
CompletingtheChangeIPMIpasswordpage..............................163
IPMImaintenanceprocedures...................................................... 164
Synchronizingwebconsoleaccessafteraddingnodestothe
storage pool .................................................................. 164
Changingauserpasswordfromtheapplianceshellmenu............166
UsingtheapplianceshellmenutoconfiguretheIPMI....................... 167
LoggingontotheapplianceshellmenuandaccessingtheIPMI
commands .................................................................... 168
SpecifyingtheIPMIadministratorpasswordfromtheappliance
shellmenu.................................................................... 168
(Optional)AddingIPMIusersandsettingIPMIuserpasswords
fromtheapplianceshellmenu.......................................... 170
SpecifyingappliancenodeIPMInetworkinformationfromthe
applianceshellmenu...................................................... 171
Usingthewebconsole................................................................. 172
StartingthewebconsolefrominsidetheConfiguration
Wizard ......................................................................... 173