Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning Guide

151 Pages·2017·2.39 MB·English

Veritas NetBackup™
Appliance Capacity
Planning and Performance
Tuning Guide
Release 3.0
NetBackup 52xx and 5330
Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Capacity Planning
and Performance Tuning Guide
Release3.0
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Contents
Chapter 1 About this Guide
.................................................................. 8
Aboutthisguide............................................................................. 8
Abouttheintendedaudience............................................................ 9
AbouttheNetBackupAppliancedocumentation................................... 9
Section 1 Capacity planning
..................................................... 12
Chapter 2 Analyzing your backup requirements
.......................... 13
Analyzingyourbackuprequirements................................................ 13
Whatdoyouwanttobackup?................................................... 13
Howmuchdatadoyouwanttobackup?.................................... 16
Whenshouldthebackuptakeplace?......................................... 17
Whatistheretentionperiod?.................................................... 19
Recordyourbackuprequirements............................................. 20
Chapter 3 Designing your backup system
..................................... 30
Addressingusecasesofbackupsystemsforenterprises......................30
Addressingusecasesofbackupsystemsforremoteorbranchoffices
........................................................................................... 33
AboutNetBackupappliances.......................................................... 34
AbouttheMasterServerrole.................................................... 39
AbouttheMediaServerrole..................................................... 40
Selectingnewappliances............................................................... 40
Selectingamediaserver..........................................................40
Selectingamasterserver ........................................................ 41
Section 2 Best Practices
.............................................................. 43
Chapter 4 About the best practices section
................................... 44
About best practices ..................................................................... 44
Referencestomaintenancesites..................................................... 44
Contents 5
Chapter 5 About implementing deduplication solutions
............. 45
Aboutimplementingdeduplicationsolutions....................................... 45
General recommendations ............................................................ 45
Oracle........................................................................................ 46
MicrosoftSQL.............................................................................. 47
DB2........................................................................................... 48
Sybase.......................................................................................49
LotusNotes.................................................................................50
Chapter 6 Network consideration
..................................................... 51
Aboutnetworkconsiderations......................................................... 51
AboutFibreChannelconnectivity .................................................... 52
AboutSANzoneconfigurations....................................................... 53
AboutzoningtheSANforNetBackupappliances.......................... 53
Validatingnetworkbandwidth.......................................................... 56
Chapter 7 Storage configuration
....................................................... 60
Aboutstorageconfiguration............................................................ 60
Aboutconfiguringasharedstoragepool........................................... 64
Calculatingthebasicstreamcountforbackups ............................66
Aboutmovingastoragepartitionforbetterperformance....................... 66
Movingapartition................................................................... 67
MovingapartitionusingtheNetBackupApplianceShellMenu
..................................................................................... 69
MovingtheMSDPpartitionfromabasedisktoanexpansiondisk
foroptimumperformance................................................... 70
Chapter 8 Generic best practices
..................................................... 80
Genericbestpractices................................................................... 80
AboutNotificationsettings.............................................................. 81
AboutIPMIconfiguration................................................................ 82
Disasterrecoverybestpractices...................................................... 83
Jobperformance ......................................................................... 84
Architecture................................................................................. 85
NetBackupCatalogBackup............................................................ 85
PatchingwiththeSLP(storagelifecyclepolicies)................................ 86
VMwarebackupsusingappliances.................................................. 87
ImprovingNetBackupAppliancerestoreperformance.......................... 88
Contents 6
Section 3 Performance tuning
................................................. 89
Chapter 9 Role-based Performance Monitoring
........................... 90
Role-basedconfigurationasafactoraffectingperformance................... 90
WhataffectstheperformanceofaMasterServer?.............................. 90
Whataffectstheperformanceofamediaserver(MSDP)?.................... 92
Chapter 10 Optimize network settings and improve
performance
.................................................................. 97
Optimizenetworksettingsandimproveperformance........................... 97
SANFiberChannelsetup...............................................................98
Networkbonding.......................................................................... 99
VMware VADP ........................................................................... 100
JumboframeimplementationforincreasedMTU............................... 101
Chapter 11 Storage configurations
................................................... 102
Storageconfigurations................................................................. 102
DeduplicationdiskI/OandRAIDlevelsettings.................................. 103
RAIDControlleroperations........................................................... 104
RAID Controller commands .................................................... 106
Deduplicationloadbalancing ........................................................ 107
StorageLifecyclePolicies............................................................. 107
AutoImageReplication(AIR)........................................................ 107
AdvancedDisksettings.................................................................108
TapeOutoperations.................................................................... 108
Chapter 12 NetBackup Appliance tuning procedures and
performance monitoring
........................................... 110
Aboutdiagnosingperformanceissues............................................. 110
AboutCPUmonitoringandtuning............................................ 112
Aboutmemorymonitoringandtuning........................................ 113
Aboutnetworkmonitoringandtuning........................................ 114
AboutI/Omonitoringandtuning...............................................115
Generalguidelinestospotaresourcebottleneck.........................119
Aboutperformancetuningpractices................................................119
AboutI/Operformancetuning..................................................120
AboutOraclebackupandrestoreperformancetuning.................. 120
SettingNET_BUFFER_SZto0ontheNetBackupclientforbetter
WANOptimizationperformance......................................... 121
Abouttuningproceduresandperformancemonitoring........................ 121
Contents 7
NetBackupClientperformance ............................................... 122
OtherPerformanceMonitoringcommands................................. 125
Section 4 Quick reference to Capacity planning
and Performance tuning
............................... 126
Chapter 13 Capacity Planning checklist
......................................... 127
ChecklistforCapacityplanning ..................................................... 127
Capacitymeasuringworksheet...................................................... 135
Chapter 14 Best practices checklist
................................................. 139
Bestpracticeschecklist................................................................ 139
Chapter 15 How to monitor the performance of your
appliance
...................................................................... 145
Aboutmonitoringtheperformanceofyourappliance.......................... 145
PerformanceMonitoringmatrix...................................................... 147
Index
.................................................................................................................. 150
1
Chapter
About this Guide
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
■ Aboutthisguide
■ Abouttheintendedaudience
■ AbouttheNetBackupAppliancedocumentation
About this guide
NetBackupApplianceisahigh-performancedataprotectionapplicationthatcaters
to,largesizedenterprisesaswellasmidsizedorganizations.Itcanbescaledto
managelarge-scaledatacenterswithmultipleclientsorsmallerdatacentersat
remoteofficesorbranchoffices.Thismanualisforadministratorswhowantto
analyze,evaluate,andtunetheperformanceoftheirNetBackupAppliances.
Table1-1providesadetaileddescriptionofallthesectionsincludedinthisguide:
Table1-1 Partsandsectionsinthisguide
Capacityplanning Bestpractices Performancetuning
Thesesectionshelpyouto Thesesectionsprovidea Thissectionhelpstomonitor
analyzeyourbackup referenceforimplementing andimproveyourbackup
requirements,identifyyour theplannedbackupsolution solutiontoobtaintheoptimum
painpoints,andplanon thatyouhaveidentifiedinthe performance.
puttingtogetherabackup CapacityPlanningchapter.It
solutionthatisperfectfor liststheidealsettingsand
yourenvironment scenariostoconfigurethe
backupsolution.
AboutthisGuide 9
Abouttheintendedaudience
Note:The CapacityPlanningandPerformanceTuningguideisan
improvement-in-progressguide,thatmeansitwillbeupdatedimprovedeachtime
welearnofnewtools,andprocessesforcapacityplanningorperformance
improvements.YoucanrefertotheNetBackupApplianceDocumentationpagefor
themostupdatedversionsofthedocumentation.
About the intended audience
Thisguideisintendedfortheendusersthatincludeconsultants,partners,system
administrators,andITtechnicianswhoaretaskedtoanalyzethebackup
requirementsoftheirorganizationtoidentifyacompletebackupsolution.Thisguide
canalsoenabletheenduserstomonitortheirappliancesandinformthemabout
theaffecteachtypeofprocesshasonthebackupactivity.
About the NetBackup Appliance documentation
Thefollowingdocumentshelptoensurethatyoucansuccessfullyinstall,configure,
anduseyourappliance.AllthesedocumentsarepostedontheNetBackupAppliance
Documentationpage.
Table1-2 NetBackupAppliancedocumentation
Guide Description
NetBackup™ApplianceHardware Thisguideprovidesthefollowinginformation:
InstallationGuide
■ Anintroductiontothephysicallayoutoftheappliance
hardware.
■ Installpreparationsteps,suchasunpacking
procedures,environmentalconditions,andsafety
precautions.
■ Hardwareconfigurationsteps
Thissectionguidesyouthroughtherequiredsteps
toinstallyourapplianceinarackandconnectyour
appliancecables.
NetBackup™ApplianceInitial Thisdocumentguidesyouthroughtheconfiguration
ConfigurationGuide processfromtheNetBackupApplianceWebConsoleor
fromtheNetBackupApplianceShellMenu.
NetBackupApplianceUpgrade Thisdocumentguidesyouthroughtherequiredstepsto
Guide upgradeaNetBackupappliance.
AboutthisGuide 10
AbouttheNetBackupAppliancedocumentation
Table1-2 NetBackupAppliancedocumentation(continued)
Guide Description
NetBackup™Appliance TheNetBackup™ApplianceAdministrator'sGuide
Administrator'sGuide containsthefollowingtypesofinformation:
■ Deploymentinformation
■ Administeringyourappliance
■ Monitoringinformation
NetBackup™Appliance TheNetBackup™ApplianceCommandReferenceGuide
CommandReferenceGuide providesacompletelistofthecommandsthatare
availableforyoutousethroughtheNetBackupAppliance
ShellMenu.
NetBackupApplianceRelease Thisdocumentcontainsinformationaboutthisversion
Notes ofNetBackupAppliance.Itcontainsbriefdescriptionsof
newfeatureswithintherelease,operationalnotesthat
applytothereleaseupdate,andanyknownissues.
NetBackupAppliance Thisdocumentcontainsthelatesttroubleshooting
TroubleshootingGuide informationfortheNetBackupappliances.
NetBackupApplianceCapacity Thisdocumentcontainsinformationonhowtooptimize
PlanningandPerformanceTuning yourbackupenvironmentandyourNetBackupappliance.
Guide Ithelpsyoutoanalyzeyourbackuprequirementsand
designasystemthatbestfitsyourneeds.
NetBackupApplianceSecurity Thisdocumentdescribesthesecurityfeaturesin
Guide NetBackupApplianceandhowtousethosefeaturesto
ensurethatyourapplianceenvironmentissecure.
NetBackupApplianceFibre ThisdocumentdescribesthesupportedFibreChannel
ChannelGuide (FC)capabilitiesandconfigurationsforNetBackup
appliances.
NetBackupApplianceiSCSI ThisdocumentdescribeshowiSCSIworksonthe
Guide NetBackupappliance.
NetBackupAppliance Thisdocumentdescribeshowtodecommissionand
Decommissioningand reconfigureaNetBackupappliance.
ReconfigurationGuide
NetBackupApplianceSNMPTrap ThisdocumentprovidesacompletelistoftheNetBackup
ReferenceGuide ApplianceSNMPtraps.Itdescribeswhateachtrap
meansandtherecommendedactionsforwhenanerror
occurs.