Installation guide

Configuring Your IP4700 Device for Use with Backup Software

Configuring Veritas NetBackup Software

Setting Up Storage

Units and Classes

You set up storage units and classes the same way you do for

standalone tape drives. Refer to the sections about creating a storage

unit and class for standalone tape drives. The only difference is that

you need one storage unit for drives of the same type on each SP. In

our example, we need a storage unit on SP A for its two tape drives

and another storage unit on SP B for its two tape drives. When setting

up classes, you need a class for each SP. Edit the class attributes to call

out the specific storage unit defined on that SP. Then run a few test

backups. For instructions on starting a manual backup, refer to the

section on performing a test backup. The only difference from a

manual backup initiated on a standalone drive is that the robot places

a tape in a drive. If this does not occur, try moving tapes with the

diagnostic command, tsdtest. Depending on the library, the drive’s

front panel may indicate that a tape is in a drive. You may hear the

library controller move a tape, or the NetBackup Device Monitor may

indicate a tape in a drive.

If you run a backup (class) for a client (NDMP host) that specifies a

storage unit on another NDMP host, a three-way NDMP backup will

occur instead of a local backup to the tape drives. You probably do

not want this to occur because you have a local tape drive; however, if

you do not have local tape drives on an SP, you can backup to tape

drives on a different SP using three-way backup, which is described

in the next section.

Configuring

NetBackup for

Three-Way Backup

To use NDMP three-way backup efficiently, you must specify a

backup policy (class) that meets these criteria:

• The client is the NDMP host without a tape drive.

• The required storage unit is on an NDMP host with a tape drive.

Using the set_ndmp_attr command, make sure that both NDMP

hosts, that is, both IP4700 SPs, have been set up for NDMP login.

With NDMP three-way backup the NDMP hosts must resolve names

on the network, which requires the IP4700 SPs to be configured

properly. To ensure this, use the IP4700 management user interface

and follow the recommended procedures to provide the name of a

DNS or NIS server. Note that you must enter information in the

Windows Domain setting even though you might not be using this

feature.