NetVault : Backup Built-in Plugins

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1 NetVault : Backup Built-in Plugins Version: 8.5Product Number: NVG EN-02 version User s Guide NVG EN-02 04/26/10

2 Copyrights NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide Software Copyright 2010 BakBone Software Documentation Copyright 2010 BakBone Software This software product is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The distribution and sale of this product are intended for the use of the original purchaser only per the terms of the License Agreement. All other product trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide documentation is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, reduced or transferred to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent in writing from BakBone Software. THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON- INFRINGEMENT. THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN; THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO NEW EDITIONS OF THE PUBLICATION. BAKBONE SOFTWARE MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION AT ANY TIME BakBone, BakBone Software, NetVault, Application Plugin Module, BakBone logo, Integrated Data Protection, SmartDisk, Asempra, FASTRecover, ColdSpark and Spark Engine are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products or service names are or may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of, and used to identify, products or services of their respective owners. BakBone Software 9540 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 100 San Diego, California

3 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introducing NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins 5 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins At a Glance... 5 About this Document... 6 Target Audience... 6 Recommended Additional Reading... 6 Technical Support...7 Documentation Updates... 7 Chapter 2: Using Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin 9 Available Backup Consolidation Methods... 9 Consolidating Incremental Backups Using the Backup Job Method Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Consolidating Incremental Backups Using the Backup Set Method Creating a Backup Consolidation Policy Restoring a Consolidated Saveset Chapter 3: Using Data Copy Plugin 17 Available Data Copy Methods Creating Data Copies Using the Backup Job Method Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Creating Data Copies Using the Backup Sets Method Creating a Data Copy Policy Restoring a Data Copy... 26

4 4 Chapter 4: Using NetVault Databases Plugin 27 Configuring Default Settings...27 Performing NVDB Backups Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Restoring an NVDB Backup Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Restore Setting Restore Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Chapter 5: Using Raw Device Plugin 37 Configuring Default Settings...37 Backing up Raw Devices Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Restoring a Raw Device Backup Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Restore Finalizing and Submitting a Job Relocating Data to an Alternate Disk or Partition...43 Restoring Data to an Alternate Heterogeneous Client Prerequisites Restore Procedure... 45

5 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 5 Chapter 1: INTRODUCING NETVAULT: BACKUP BUILT-IN PLUGINS This chapter provides an overview of the NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins. The information in this chapter is organized into the following topics: NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins At a Glance About this Document Target Audience Recommended Additional Reading Technical Support Documentation Updates NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins At a Glance A standard installation of NetVault: Backup (NVBU) Server and Heterogeneous Client software includes the following built-in plugins: File System Plugin The File System Plugin increases confidence in the recoverability of critical file system data, and eliminates the need of writing complex backup and recovery scripts. The plugin offers a centralized console to set up, configure and create flexible backup policies that account for multiple recovery scenarios. Support for Full, Incremental and Differential Backup types allows you to choose a preferred strategy, while use of Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) guarantees consistent backups. Granular control over restores reduces downtime and increases business continuity, allowing you to recover data quickly and reliably with minimal interaction. Consolidate Incremental Backups The Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin eliminates the need to run frequent Full Backups, allowing you to create a composite saveset for Full and Incremental Backups without actually performing a Full Backup. This composite saveset then serves as the base for future Incremental Backups. For example, after an initial Full Backup, you can schedule Incremental or Differential Backups from Monday to Friday, and schedule a consolidation job on Saturday which will be used as the base for next week's Incremental or Differential Backups. The Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin does not

6 6 Chapter 1 Introducing NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins actually backup the data; it just creates a composite set from the existing savesets. Data Copy Plugin The Data Copy Plugin facilitates off site storage and disk staging, allowing you to schedule jobs for copying or migrating backups at convenient off peak hours, and thereby shrink your backup windows. You can run a data copy job independently or include it in a backup policy for copying or migrating backups on a regular basis. The Data Copy Plugin does not actually backup the data; it just creates a copy of an existing saveset. NVBU Databases Plugin The NetVault Databases Plugin protects your NVBU Server, allowing you to backup critical system data which is essential to recover a functional NVBU Server in the event of a system failure. Raw Device Plugin The Raw Device Plugin protects physical disks, allowing you to backup and recover Master Boot Record (MBR), system partitions and individual user partitions from an intuitive GUI without any scripting About this Document This guide describes how to use the NVBU Built-in Plugins. It provides comprehensive information on the Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin, Data Copy Plugin, NetVault Databases Plugin, and Raw Device Plugin. This guide does not provide usage information for the File System Plugin. For details on the File System Plugin, refer to the NetVault: Backup File System Plugin User s Guide Target Audience This guide is intended for Backup Administrators and other technical personnel who are responsible for designing and implementing a backup strategy for the organization. A good understanding of the operating systems under which the NVBU Server and Clients are running is assumed Recommended Additional Reading NetVault: Backup Installation Guide This guide provides complete details on installing the NVBU Server and Client software. NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide This guide describes how to use NVBU and provides comprehensive information on all NVBU features and functionality. NetVault: Backup Configuration Guide This guide explains how to change the preferences and default settings for NVBU.

7 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 7 NetVault: Backup Command Line Interface Reference Guide This guide provides detailed description of the command line utilities. You can download these guides from the BakBone website at the following address: Technical Support BakBone Software is dedicated to providing friendly, expert advice to NetVault customers. Our highly trained professionals are available to answer your questions, offer solutions to your problems and generally help you make the most of your NetVault purchase. Log on to our web site for more information: Documentation Updates For the latest documentation updates, refer to the BakBone Software Knowledge Base. BakBone's Knowledge Base article for Built-in Plugins v8.5.1 can be found at the following link:

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9 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 9 Chapter 2: USING CONSOLIDATE INCREMENTAL BACKUPS PLUGIN This chapter describes how to use the Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin. The information in this chapter is organized into the following topics: Available Backup Consolidation Methods Consolidating Incremental Backups Using the Backup Job Method Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Submitting a Job from NVBU Console Submitting a Job from NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Consolidating Incremental Backups Using the Backup Set Method Creating a Backup Consolidation Policy Restoring a Consolidated Saveset Available Backup Consolidation Methods The Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin provides the following methods for consolidation of Incremental Backups performed by the File System Plugin: Backup Job The Backup Job method allows you to consolidate Incremental Backups up to a particular backup job. This method is recommended when you want to run an ad-hoc consolidation job. For example, prior to changing your backup schedule, or reusing media containing Incremental Backups, or creating an archive. Backup Set The Backup Set method allows you to consolidate all the incrementals up to the last available saveset in a backup sequence. This method can only be used when the backups are performed using a Selection Set. The Backup Set method is recommended when you want to run regular consolidation jobs. A backup consolidation policy is created using this method.

10 10 Chapter 2 Using Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin Important: BakBone recommends disabling the Enable Deduplication option for Incremental Backups that will be consolidated with the Consolidated Incremental Backup Plugin to NVSD. This will eliminate unnecessary overhead of rehydrating the deduplicated Incremental Backups during the consolidation process while enabling the resulting Consolidated Full Backup to still be deduplicated Consolidating Incremental Backups Using the Backup Job Method The procedure for consolidating Incremental Backups using the Backup Job method can be divided into the following steps: Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Important: The backup consolidation jobs can only be defined and submitted from the NVBU Server Selecting Data for a Backup To select the data for a backup, perform the following steps: 1. Open the backup window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Backup window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Backup Job to load the Backup Job pane. 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. Locate Consolidate Incremental Backups in the list of plugins and open this node.

11 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 11 Figure 2-1: Data selection for Backup Job method 4. Open the Backup Jobs node. 5. Open the NVBU Client for which you want to perform backup consolidation. 6. In the list of backup jobs, select the Incremental up to which you want to consolidate the backup data Setting Backup Options Figure 2-2: Backup Options for Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin Click the Backup Options tab, and configure the following parameter: Run Consolidation On Client By default, the data copy job runs on the NVBU Server. To override this setting and run the job on an alternate NVBU Client, select the target Client in the Run Consolidation On Client list Finalizing and Submitting a Job This section describes the procedures for finalizing and submitting a job from NVBU Console and NVBU Administrator on Mac OS a Submitting a Job from NVBU Console To finalize and submit a backup job from NVBU Console, perform the following steps. 1. Click the Schedule, Source, Target and Advanced Options tabs, and configure the required options. These options are common to all NVBU plugins. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. 2. Enter a title for the job in the Job Title box at the top right corner of the NVBU Backup window. Specify a detailed title that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data.

12 12 Chapter 2 Using Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin 3. Click Submit on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the Accept menu, click Submit Backup. To monitor the job progress and view the logs, open the NVBU Jobs and the NVBU Logs windows, respectively. For details on these functions, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide b Submitting a Job from NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X To finalize and submit a backup job from NVBU Administrator on Mac Os X, perform the following steps: 1. Click the Schedule, Target and Advanced Options tabs, and configure the required options. These options are common to all NVBU plugins. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide for Mac OS X. Note: NVBU Administrator does not provide the Source tab on the Backup Job pane. 2. Click Submit at the bottom-right corner of the Backup Job pane. 3. In the job list dialog, configure the following parameters: Job Name Enter a title for the job in the Job Name box. Specify a detailed title that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data. Submit for Scheduling Ensure this check box is selected. 4. Click OK. A message along with the Job ID will be displayed. Click OK to close this dialog. To monitor the job progress and view the logs, load the Jobs and the Logs panes, respectively. For details on these functions, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide for Mac OS X Consolidating Incremental Backups Using the Backup Set Method To consolidate Incremental Backups using the Backup Set method, perform the following steps: 1. Open the backup window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Backup window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Backup Job to load the Backup Job pane.

13 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 13 Figure 2-3: Data Selection for Backup Sets method 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. Locate Consolidate Incremental Backups in the list of plugins and open this node. 4. Open the Backup Sets node. 5. Open the NVBU Client for which you want to consolidate the Incremental Backups. 6. In the list of Selection Sets, select the set that was used for the backup sequence. 7. By default, the consolidation job runs on the NVBU Server. To override this setting and run the job on an alternate NVBU Client, click the Backup Options tab. Select the target Client in the Run Consolidation On Client list. 8. Complete and submit the job. For details, refer to Finalizing and Submitting a Job on page 11.

14 14 Chapter 2 Using Consolidate Incremental Backups Plugin Creating a Backup Consolidation Policy The following example shows how to create a policy to run backup consolidation jobs on three Clients Client-1, Client-2 and Client-3. The job consolidates Full and Incremental Backups performed using the File System Plugin. A Client Group named Group1 with three members Client-1, Client-2 and Client-3 already exists on the NVBU Server. The backup selection set used for performing the Full and Incremental Backup is named TstBackupSelectionSet. The consolidation job is scheduled to run on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Note: Backup Policies can only be created using NVBU Console or the CLI utilities. NVBU Administrator does not provide the Policy Management functionality. 1. Start NVBU Console. 2. Click Policy Management on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Policy Management window. Alternatively, on the Administration menu, click Policy Management. 3. Click New Policy on the toolbar to open the NVBU Policy Editor window. Alternatively, on the File menu, click New Policy. 4. In the Policy box, enter a name for the policy. 5. In the Job Name box, enter a title for the job. 6. Click Manage Sets to open the NVBU Set Management window. 7. Create the required selection sets as described in the following steps: a. Click the Backup Options tab. Save the default selection for the Run Consolidation on Client parameter as ConsolidationOptionsSet. b. Click the Schedule tab. Configure the scheduling options to run the job every Saturday at 11 a.m., and save the selections as ConsolidationScheduleSet. c. Click the Source tab. Configure the source device and media options, and save the selections as ConsolidationSourceSet. d. Click the Target tab. Configure the target device and media options, and save the selections as ConsolidationTargetSet. e. Click the Advanced Options tab. Configure the required options, and save the selections as ConsolidationAdvOptionsSet. 8. In the NVBU Policy Editor window, configure the following parameters: a. In the Selections list, select TstBackupSelectionSet. b. In the Selection Options list, select ConsolidationOptionsSet. c. In the Source list, select ConsolidationSourceSet. d. In the Target list, select ConsolidationTargetSet.

15 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 15 e. In the Schedule list, select ConsolidationScheduleSet. f. In the Advanced Options list, ConsolidationAdvOptionsSet. 9. Click Add Clients on toolbar. Alternatively, on the Policy menu, click Add/Remove Clients. 10.In the NVBU Policy Clients Manager window, select Group1 under Available and click the Left Arrow. 11.In the NVBU Policy Editor window, click Save Policy on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the File menu, click Save Policy Restoring a Consolidated Saveset For a restore, you can either use the original Incremental or Differential saveset, or the Consolidated saveset generated using these savesets. The restore procedure remains the same for the original and the consolidated savesets, and depends on the plugin used to create the original saveset. For instructions on restoring the data, refer to the relevant section of the NetVault: Backup File System Plugin User's Guide.

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17 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 17 Chapter 3: USING DATA COPY PLUGIN This chapter describes how to use the Data Copy Plugin. The information in this chapter is organized into the following topics: Available Data Copy Methods Creating Data Copies Using the Backup Job Method Selecting Data for a Backup Selecting the Data Copy Type Configuring the Data Copy Plugin Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Submitting a Job From NVBU Console Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Creating Data Copies Using the Backup Sets Method Creating a Data Copy Policy Restoring a Data Copy Available Data Copy Methods The Data Copy Plugin provides the following methods for creating copies of backup savesets: Backup Job The Backup Job method allows you to create a copy of a particular saveset. This method is recommended when you want to run an ad-hoc copy job to copy a saveset. Backup Set The Backup Set method allows you to copy the latest saveset in a backup sequence. This method can only be used when the backups are performed using a Selection Set. The Backup Set method is recommended when you want to run regular Data Copy jobs. A Data Copy policy is created using this method.

18 18 Chapter 3 Using Data Copy Plugin Creating Data Copies Using the Backup Job Method The procedure for copying a selected saveset set using the Backups method can be divided into the following steps: Selecting Data for a Backup Selecting the Data Copy Type Configuring the Data Copy Plugin Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Important: The Data Copy jobs can only be defined and submitted from the NVBU Server Selecting Data for a Backup To create a copy of the selected saveset, perform the following steps: 1. Open the backup window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Backup window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Backup Job to load the Backup Job pane. 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. Locate Data Copy in the list of plugins and open this node to display the following nodes:

19 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 19 Figure 3-1: Data selection for Backup Job method Backups Backup Sets 4. Open the Backups node. 5. Open the plugin node that was used to generate the saveset. 6. Select the saveset that you want to copy or migrate Setting Backup Options This step includes the following tasks: Selecting the Data Copy Type Configuring the Data Copy Plugin Backup Options a Selecting the Data Copy Type Click the Backup Options tab. Under Data Copy, select one of the following options:

20 20 Chapter 3 Using Data Copy Plugin Figure 3-2: Backup Options for Data Copy Plugin Copy a Full Backup to Produce a New Independent Copy of the Data This copy type is recommended when you want to create a copy for offsite storage. It removes the links between the Full and Incremental Backups, and allows you to set a new retention period for the copy. It can only be used for Full Backups. Data Copying a backup breaks the backup into segments and copies the segments onto the targeted backup device. During restore, NVBU only restores the primary copy or the secondary copy. Backup segments from the primary and the secondary are not interchangeable. This enables the ability to encrypt the Data Copy or the secondary copy, while the primary copy remains unencrypted. Use Saveset Name from Original Backup By default, the Data Copy Plugin assigns a new saveset name to an independent copy. This name is derived from the job title. To override this default setting and use the original saveset s name for the copy, select the Use Saveset Name from Original Backup check box.

21 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 21 Duplicate a Backup This copy type is recommended when you want to migrate the saveset to another media. The savesets copied in this manner share the original saveset s name and reference. It can be used to copy both Full and Incremental Backups. Duplicating a backup breaks the copy into segments and stores them on the backup device. During restore, segments from the primary copy and the secondary copy are interchangeable. This makes it impossible to unencypt the primary backup and encrypt the secondary copy because it is not possible to mix unencrypted segments with encrypted segments during restore. The copies of Incremental Backups will require the Original Full Backup during restore. The restore window will display only one saveset for the original and the copy. Allow Streams to Share Media In conjunction with this option, you can select the Allow Streams to Share Media check box to convert multiple data streams into a sequential data stream during data copy and write it to the same media. It reduces the number of media items required for data copy. Otherwise, each stream is written to a separate media b Configuring the Data Copy Plugin Backup Options On the Backup Options tab, configure the following parameters: Migrate To migrate the data instead of creating an additional copy, select the Migrate check box. On completion of the job, the Data Copy Plugin deletes the saveset information for the original backup. Backup Life To set the retention period for the copy, configure the following parameters under Backup Life. Use Originals Life To use the original saveset s retention period, select Use Originals Life. Use Backup Life on Advanced Options tab To set a different retention period for the copy, select Use Backup Life on Advanced Options tab. Then, set the retention period on the Advanced Options tab. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. Run Data Copy On By default the data copy job runs on the NVBU Server. To run the job on another Client, select the Client in the Run Data Copy On list.

22 22 Chapter 3 Using Data Copy Plugin Finalizing and Submitting a Job This section describes the procedures for finalizing and submitting a job from NVBU Console and NVBU Administrator on Mac OS. Important: The Enable Encryption option on the Advanced Options tab only works with the Copy a Full Backup to Produce a New Independent Copy of the Data Data Copy Method. If the original saveset is encrypted, Data Copy will automatically create an encrypted saveset whether the Enable Encryption check box is selected or not. Therefore, this option is only useful when you want to create an encrypted copy of an unencrypted original saveset. Encrypted savesets will not be encrypted again if the Enable Encryption check box is selected for a copy. For restoring data from such copies, you must use the original saveset's Encryption Key a b Submitting a Job From NVBU Console To finalize and submit a backup job from NVBU Console, perform the following steps. 1. Click the Schedule, Source, Target and Advanced Options tabs, and configure the required options. These options are common to all NVBU plugins. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. 2. Enter a title for the job in the Job Title box at the top right corner of the NVBU Backup window. Specify a detailed title that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data. 3. Click Submit on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the Accept menu, click Submit Backup. To monitor the job progress and view the logs, open the NVBU Jobs and the NVBU Logs windows, respectively. For details on these functions, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X To finalize and submit a backup job from NVBU Administrator on Mac Os X, perform the following steps: 1. Click the Schedule, Target and Advanced Options tabs, and configure the required options. These options are common to all NVBU plugins. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide for Mac OS X. Note: NVBU Administrator does not provide the Source tab on the Backup Job pane.

23 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide Click Submit at the bottom-right corner of the Backup Job pane. 3. In the job list dialog, configure the following parameters: Job Name Enter a title for the job in the Job Name box. Specify a detailed title that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data. Submit for Scheduling Ensure this check box is selected. 4. Click OK. A message along with the Job ID will be displayed. Click OK to close this dialog. To monitor the job progress and view the logs, load the Jobs and the Logs panes, respectively. For details on these functions, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide for Mac OS X Creating Data Copies Using the Backup Sets Method To create a copy using the Backup Sets method, perform the following steps: 1. Open the backup window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Backup window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Backup Job to load the Backup Job pane. 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. Locate Data Copy in the list of plugins and open this node to display the following nodes:

24 24 Chapter 3 Using Data Copy Plugin Figure 3-3: Data selection for Backup Set method Backups Backup Sets 4. Open the Backup Sets node. 5. Open the plugin node that was used to generate the saveset. 6. Select the selection set. 7. Select the Data Copy Type. For details, refer to Selecting the Data Copy Type on page Under Copy Type, select the saveset type: Automatically Get a Set's Last Full Backup Option Select this option to copy the last Full Backup performed using the chosen selection set. This option can be used if your backup strategy only comprises Full Backups, or you want to make a copy of only Full Backups. Note: The Automatically Get a Set's Last Full Backup Option is not compatible with the backups performed using NetWare Thin Client Plugin. The Data Copy Plugin will target the last backup, whether Full or Incremental. The Data Copy plugin cannot distinguish between the NDMP Level 0 Full Backup and Levels 1 9 Incremental Backups. An NDMP backup of any level appears as Full Backup to the Data Copy plugin. So, if you are trying to make a copy of the latest saveset, and you have selected Copy a Full Backup to Produce a New Independent Copy of the Data and Automatically Get a Set's Last Full Backup options, the Data Copy plugin will still make a copy of the last backup (of any level), and not the Level 0 backup performed using the chosen selection set.

25 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 25 Use a Set s Most Recent Job Regardless of Type Option Select this option to copy the last saveset, regardless of whether if it was a Full or an Incremental Backup. This option is recommended when your backup strategy comprises Full and Incremental Backups and you want to make copies on a regular basis. 9. Configure the backup options. For details, refer to Configuring the Data Copy Plugin Backup Options on page Complete and submit the job. For details, refer to Finalizing and Submitting a Job on page Creating a Data Copy Policy The following example shows how to set up a policy to run a data copy job on three Clients Client-1, Client-2 and Client-3. The job creates copies of Full and Incremental Backups performed using the File System Plugin. A Client Group named Group1 containing the three Member Clients Client-1, Client-2 and Client-3 already exists on the NVBU Server. The backup selection set used for the original Full/Incremental Backup is named TstBackupSelectionSet. The data copy job is scheduled to run every night at 10 p.m. Note: Backup Policies can only be created using NVBU Console or the CLI utilities. NVBU Administrator does not provide the Policy Management functionality. 1. Start NVBU Console. 2. Click Policy Management on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Policy Management window. Alternatively, on the Administration menu, click Policy Management. 3. Click New Policy on the toolbar to open the NetVault Policy Editor window. Alternatively, on the File menu, click New Policy. 4. In the Policy box, enter a name for the policy. 5. In the Job Name box, enter a title for the job. 6. Click Manage Sets to open the NVBU Set Management window. 7. Perform the following steps to create the required selection sets: a. Click the Backup Options tab and select the following options: Duplicate a Backup Allow Streams to Share Media Use a Set s Most Recent Job Regardless of Type Use Original s Life Save the selections as DatCopyOptionsSet.

26 26 Chapter 3 Using Data Copy Plugin b. Click the Schedule tab and create a set to run the job every night at 10 p.m. Save this set as DataCopyScheduleSet. c. Click the Source tab. Configure the source device and media options, and save the selections as DataCopySourceSet. d. Click the Target tab and set the target device and media options. Save this set as DataCopyTargetSet. e. Click the Advanced Options tab and set the required options. Save this set as DataCopyAdvOptionsSet. 8. In the NVBU Policy Editor window, configure the following parameters: a. In the Selections list, select TstBackupSelectionSet. b. In the Source list, select DataCopySourceSet. c. In the Selection Options list, select DatCopyOptionsSet. d. In the Target list, select DataCopyTargetSet. e. In the Schedule list, select DataCopyScheduleSet. f. In the Advanced Options list, DataCopyAdvOptionsSet. 9. Click Add Clients on toolbar, or on the Policy menu, click Add/Remove Clients. This opens the NVBU Policy Clients Manager window. 10.Under Available, select Group1 and click the Left Arrow. 11.In the NVBU Policy Editor window, click Save Policy on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the File menu, click Save Policy Restoring a Data Copy For a restore, you can either use the original saveset or a Data Copy. The procedure for restoring data remains the same for both types of savesets and depends on the plugin used to create the original saveset. For instructions on restoring the data, refer to the relevant section of this guide or the NetVault: Backup APM/Plugin User's Guide.

27 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 27 Chapter 4: USING NETVAULT DATABASES PLUGIN This chapter describes how to use the NetVault Databases Plugin. The information in this chapter is organized into the following topics: Configuring Default Settings Performing NVDB Backups Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Submitting a Job From NVBU Console Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Restoring an NVDB Backup Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Restore Setting Restore Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Submitting a Job From NVBU Console Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Configuring Default Settings The NetVault Databases (NVDB) Plugin includes a Database Integrity Checker, which performs a disk space check for the Database Device, Logs Device and Reports Device when enabled during NVDB backups. It logs a warning if the free space goes below the configured minimum levels on the device (drive or partition) on which these directories reside. The default minimum levels are set to the following values: Database Device 20% of the NVDB size Logs Device 10% of the total size of the existing log files Reports Device 10% of the total size of the reports database

28 28 Chapter 4 Using NetVault Databases Plugin Figure 4-1: Configure window for NetVault Databases Plugin To change these default values, perform the following steps: 1. Open the configuration window as described below: Windows and Linux/UNIX Using NVBU Configurator Start NVBU Configurator. Click the Plugin Options tab, and then click the NetVault Database Backup sub-tab. Using Remote Configurator Open the NVBU Client Management window. Right-click the NVBU Server under Clients, and select Configure. On the Remote Configurator, click the Plugin Options tab, and then click the NetVault Database Backup sub-tab. Using NVBU Console Open the NVBU Backup window. On the Selections tab open the NVBU Server or Client node. Right-click NetVault Databases, and select Configure to open the Configure window. Mac OS X Using NVBU Settings Start NVBU Administrator, and load the NVBU Settings pane. Click Plugin Options, and then click the NetVault Database Backup tab. Using NVBU Administrator Start NVBU Administrator, and load the Backup Job pane. On the Selections tab open the NVBU Server or Client node. Right-click NetVault Databases, and select Configure to open the Configure window. 2. Configure the following parameters: Minimum Free Space on Database Device before Warning is Output This parameter determines the minimum free space that must be available on the drive or partition on which the db directory resides. It is specified as x% of the total size of the NVDB. By default, this parameter is set to 20% of the NVDB size. To change the minimum space requirement for the db directory, enter or select the new percentage value in this box.

29 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 29 Minimum Free Space on Logs Device before Warning is Output This parameter determines the minimum free space that must be available on the drive or partition on which the logs directory resides. It is specified as x% of the total size of NVBU system logs. By default, this parameter is set to 10% of the log file size. To change the minimum space requirement for the logs directory, enter or select the new percentage value in this box. Minimum Free Space on Reports Device before Warning is Output This parameter determines the minimum free space that must be available on the drive or partition on which the reports directory resides. It is specified as x% of the total size of the reports database. To change the minimum space requirement for the reports directory, enter or select the new percentage value in this box. 3. Click Apply to apply the new settings, and OK to close the window Performing NVDB Backups NVDB is the central repository for NVBU Server and configuration files. To safeguard your NVBU Server, you must perform regular backups of the NVDB. NVDB backup allows you to recover an NVBU Server in the event of a disaster. BakBone recommends that you schedule daily backups of the NVDB once all jobs have completed, and use specific media or media group for these backups. The procedure for backing up the NVDB can be divided into the following steps: Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Note: NVDB backup can be performed only when no other job is running Selecting Data for a Backup To select the data for a backup, perform the following steps: 1. Open the backup window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Backup window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Backup Job to load the Backup Job pane.

30 30 Chapter 4 Using NetVault Databases Plugin Figure 4-1: Data selection for NVDB backup 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. Locate NetVault Databases in the list of plugins and open this node. 4. Select the NetVault Database node Setting Backup Options Figure 4-1: Backup Options for NetVault Databases Plugin Click the Backup Options tab, and configure the following parameters: Check Database Tables before Backup The NetVault Databases Plugin includes a Database Integrity Checker, which checks the structural, entity and referential integrity for the Scheduler and Media databases. It logs a warning or error if any inconsistency or error is detected during the process. Ensure that the Check Database Tables before Backup check box is selected to run the Database Integrity Checker before NVDB backup.

31 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 31 Compact Database Tables after Backup The NVDB Plugin also includes a Database Compaction utility, which reclaims the unused space resulting from routine database updates and deletes. It also removes inconsistent or erroneous records. Select the Compact Database Tables after Backup check box to compact the database while performing NVDB backup. Important: If you remove an NVSD Device, a database compaction during NVDB backups will remove all information related to the backups stored on the NVSD. To use such backups, you must add the NVSD Device to the NVBU Server with the same NVBU Machine Name, and scan the device to import the backups. If you do not want to use the NVSD but retain the backup information in the NVDB, use the Offline option instead of removing the NVSD Device Finalizing and Submitting a Job This section describes the procedures for finalizing and submitting a job from NVBU Console and NVBU Administrator on Mac OS a b Submitting a Job From NVBU Console To finalize and submit a backup job from NVBU Console, perform the following steps. 1. Click the Schedule, Target and Advanced Options tabs, and configure the required options. These options are common to all NVBU plugins. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. 2. Enter a title for the job in the Job Title box at the top right corner of the NVBU Backup window. Specify a detailed title that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data. 3. Click Submit on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the Accept menu, click Submit Backup. To monitor the job progress and view the logs, open the NVBU Jobs and the NVBU Logs windows, respectively. For details on these functions, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X To finalize and submit a backup job from NVBU Administrator on Mac Os X, perform the following steps: 1. Click the Schedule, Target and Advanced Options tabs, and configure the required options. These options are common to all NVBU plugins. For details on configuring these options, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide for Mac OS X. 2. Click Submit at the bottom-right corner of the Backup Job pane.

32 32 Chapter 4 Using NetVault Databases Plugin 3. In the job list dialog, configure the following parameters: Job Name Enter a title for the job in the Job Name box. Specify a detailed title that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data. Submit for Scheduling Ensure this check box is selected. 4. Click OK. A message along with the Job ID will be displayed. Click OK to close this dialog. To monitor the job progress and view the logs, load the Jobs and the Logs panes, respectively. For details on these functions, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide for Mac OS X Restoring an NVDB Backup An NVDB restore is required in the following situations: Perform a disaster recovery of the NVBU Server Migrate NVBU settings to a new physical system Migrate system settings during an NVBU upgrade The procedure for restoring an NVDB backup can be divided into the following steps: Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Restore Setting Restore Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Prerequisites Before starting the restore procedure, complete the following tasks: 1. Install the NVBU Server software on the target machine. The NVBU software version must be the same or later than the original NVBU Server. 2. Add a backup device to the NVBU Server using either the Automatic Device Configuration Wizard or the manual procedure. For details, refer to the NetVault: Backup Administrator s Guide. 3. Load the NVDB backup media. In the new NVBU Domain, the media will be reported as foreign. To scan the media and load the contents, right-click the drive containing the media and select Scan.

33 4.3.2 Selecting Data for a Restore Figure 4-2: Data selection for NVDB restore NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide Open the restore window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Restore on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Restore window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Restore. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Restore Job to load the Restore Job pane. 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. In the list of plugins, open the NetVault Databases node to display all savesets generated using the plugin. 4. In the saveset list open the latest saveset. 5. Select the data as described in the following steps.

34 34 Chapter 4 Using NetVault Databases Plugin a. Select all components within the target saveset. b. To restore the historic notifications, open the Notification node. Select the Global Notification node to restore notifications generated by the global notification methods. Select Operator Messages node to restore the operator message logs. Omit this step if you do not want to restore the historic notifications. c. To restore the historic canned and custom reports, open the Reports node. Select the required report types. Omit this step if you do not want to restore any historic reports Setting Restore Options Figure 4-3: Restore Options for NetVault Databases Plugin Click the Restore Options tab, and configure the following parameter: Blank Reports Database Tables before Restore To delete the existing data in reports database, leave the Blank Reports Database Tables before Restore check box selected. Clear the check box if you want to retain the existing data in this database Finalizing and Submitting a Job This section describes the procedures for finalizing and submitting a job from NVBU Console and NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X a Submitting a Job From NVBU Console To finalize and submit a restore job from NVBU Console, perform the following steps: 1. Enter a title for the job in the Job Title box at the top right corner of the NVBU Restore window. 2. Click Submit on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the Accept menu, click Submit Restore. 3. Close the GUI. Do not try to monitor the job progress while the job is running. Important: The NVBU Service will stop when the restore completes. You must restart the Service manually using NVBU Configurator or the CLI utility.

35 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide b Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X To finalize and submit a restore job from NVBU Administrator on Mac Os X, perform the following steps: 1. Click Submit at the bottom-right corner of the Restore Job pane. 2. In the job list dialog, configure the following parameters: Job Name Enter a title for the job in the Job Name box. Submit for Scheduling Ensure this check box is selected. 3. Click OK. A message along with the Job ID will be displayed. Click OK to close this dialog. 4. Close the GUI. Do not try to monitor the job progress while the job is running. Important: The NVBU Service will stop when the restore completes. You must restart the Service manually from the NVBU Settings pane or the CLI utility.

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37 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 37 Chapter 5: USING RAW DEVICE PLUGIN This chapter describes how to use the Raw Device Plugin. The information in this chapter is organized into the following topics: Configuring Default Settings Backing up Raw Devices Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Backup Setting Backup Options Finalizing and Submitting a Job Submitting a Job From NVBU Console Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Restoring a Raw Device Backup Prerequisites Selecting Data for a Restore Finalizing and Submitting a Job Submitting a Job from NVBU Console Submitting a Job From NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Relocating Data to an Alternate Disk or Partition Restoring Data to an Alternate Heterogeneous Client Prerequisites Restore Procedure Configuring Default Settings Although the Raw Device Plugin can protect as many partitions as the underlying OS can support, the NVBU Backup window only lists 64 disks on the Selections tab by default. To view more than 64 disks on the Selections tab, perform the following steps: 1. Open a new text file. 2. Enter the following stanza in this file: [Browse] Maximum Disks=<Number of Disks to Display> 3. Save this file as nvraw.cfg in the.../config directory (where... represents the NVBU installation directory).

38 38 Chapter 5 Using Raw Device Plugin Backing up Raw Devices The procedure for backing up a raw device can be divided into the following steps: Prerequisites Before proceeding, complete the following tasks: On Linux/UNIX platforms, unmount the file system on the target disk. On Windows, ensure that the target disk is not in use. On Windows, ensure that the Disk Management Utility is not running and all explorer windows are closed. Important: The Raw Device Plugin cannot be used to back up GPT (GUID Partition Table) style partitions. It only supports MBR (Master Boot Record) style partitions Selecting Data for a Backup To select the data for a backup, perform the following steps: 1. Open the backup window as described below: NVBU Console Start NVBU Console. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Backup window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup. NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Start NVBU Administrator. On the NVBU Operations pane, click Jobs. Then, click New Backup Job to load the Backup Job pane. 2. On the Selections tab, open the NVBU Server or Heterogeneous Client node. To open a node on the Selections tab, you can select any of the following methods: NVBU Console Double-click the node Right-click the node, and select Open NVBU Administrator on Mac OS X Double-click the node Click the associated disclosure triangle Right-click or Ctrl-click the node, and select Open 3. Locate Raw Device in the list of plugins and open this node. 4. Select the data as described in the following steps:

39 NetVault: Backup Built-in Plugins User s Guide 39 Figure 5-1: Data selection for Raw Devices Plugin on Windows a. Linux/UNIX (including Mac OS X) 1.Open the root directory node. 2.Open the /dev node in the directory tree. 3.Select the target disk. 4.Select the target partition device file. b. Windows 1. To backup the entire physical disk, select the Physical Disk <n> node. 2.To backup only the Master Boot Record (MBR) and the system partition, open the Physical Disk <n> node and select the Master Boot Record & System Partition Node. 3.To backup only individual partition(s), open the Physical Disk <n> node and select the Partition <n> node(s) Setting Backup Options Figure 5-2: Raw Devices Backup Options for Windows On Windows, click the Backup Options tab and configure the following parameters: Backup Reported Disk Size By default, the Raw Device Plugin obtains the disk size from the operating system and backs up that amount of data. This option allows you to restore data to any physical disk of the same reported size, even if the actual sizes differ. Backup Entire Contents Select this option if the actual and reported disk sizes vary, and you want to backup the entire contents regardless of the reported disk size.