Administrator Guide

Configuring NetBackup for the DR Series System
Use the NetBackup graphical user interface (GUI) to configure it to work with the DR Series system via RDA with OST.
This process is essentially the same type of operation for either the Linux or Windows platforms.
Log in to NetBackup, and complete the following:
1. In the main window of the NetBackup Administrator console, click Configure Disk Storage Servers to launch the
Storage Server Configuration Wizard.
The Storage Server Configuration Wizard page is displayed, which is where you can add a storage server.
2. Select OpenStorage to choose the type of disk storage that you want to configure in this window, and click Next.
The Add Storage Server page is displayed.
3. Enter the following values to configure a storage server:
• In
Storage server type, enter DELL.
• In
Storage server name, enter the name of the DR Series system.
• In the
Select media server drop-down list, select the desired media server (the server on which you are
configuring RDA with OST).
• Enter values for the credential needed to authenticate with the DR Series system:
– User name
– Password
– Confirm password
The credentials should be the same as the credentials that are required for the DR Series system. For more
information, see Configuring an LSU.
4. Click Next.
The
Storage Server Configuration Summary page is displayed, which lists the values you configured.
5. Click
Next.
The storage server you configured and the corresponding credentials are displayed in the Storage Server Creation
Status page.
6. Click
Next and click Finish to close the Storage Server Configuration Wizard.
The Storage server servername successfully created page is displayed. NetBackup is now configured for use with
the DR Series system.
Configuring NetBackup for Optimized Synthetic Backups
This procedure describes how to configure NetBackup so that it supports Symantec optimized synthetic backups.
Optimized synthetic backups use RDA with OST to share data between images and synthesize the backup directly on the
DR Series system without data being read to and written from the backup server. This saves time, expense, and space.
The DR Series system supports optimized synthetic backups with NetBackup 7.1 and 7.5. The NetBackup storage server
inherits the Optimized Image attribute during storage server configuration (nbdevconfig - creatests).
To configure NetBackup to use optimized synthetic backups:
1. Use the following command to add the OptimizedImage flag to each NetBackup storage server that needs to
support optimized synthetic backups:
nbdevconfig -changests -stype PureDisk -storage_server ss_name -setattribute
OptimizedImage
For
ss_name, make sure to type the name of the storage server as you configured it in NetBackup.
2. Use the following command to add the OptimizedImage flag to each NetBackup disk pool that needs to support
optimized synthetic backups:
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