HP OpenStorage (OST) Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup on Solaris (EJ002-90998, December 2012)

1 Introduction
This section provides an overview of the Symantec OpenStorage (OST) plug-in and the HP OST
v2.0 plug-in.
• “Overview” (page 4)
• “Terminologies” (page 4)
Overview
OST is a Symantec backup interface that allows intelligent storage devices, like the HP B6200
StoreOnce Backup System, to work with Symantec's NetBackup (NBU) software. OST provides
NetBackup administrators with advanced capabilities, such as optimized duplication and Disaster
Recovery (DR) copy creation.
The HP OST v2.0 plug-in is installed on the NetBackup media servers. It uses a StoreOnce Catalyst
Client-side library interface to interact with the HP B6200 StoreOnce Backup System.
Please refer to http://www.hp.com/go/b6000 for more details on the HP B6200 StoreOnce
Backup System.
Terminologies
Table 1 (page 4) describes commonly-used terms used throughout this guide.
Table 1 Terminologies
DescriptionTerminology
User data represented with header and content filesBackup Image
Systems that are to be protected through the use of the NBU backup softwareClient
Management console interface of the HP B6200 StoreOnce Backup SystemCluster Manager
A collection of disk volumes. It is the storage destination of a NBU storage unit.Disk pool
StoreOnce CatalystStoreDisk volume
StoreOnce CatalystStoreLogical Storage Unit
(LSU)
A system with NBU master server installedMaster server
A system with NBU media server installed along with the OST plug-inMedia server
Symantec NetBackupNBU
A low bandwidth copy operationOptimized Duplication
OpenStorageOST
An HP B6200 StoreOnce backup system applianceOST storage server
A label that NBU associates with physical storageStorage unit
4 Introduction