Configuring Openstorage Direct To Tape - Symantec NetBackup Manual

100 Configuring OpenStorage

Configuring OpenStorage direct to tape

Configuring OpenStorage direct to tape
Step Action
Step 1 Install and configure the
NDMP tape server hosts and
storage devices
Step 2 Reconfigure the storage
server
Step 3 Install the NetBackup for
NDMP software
Step 4 Configure NDMP host
credentials
The
bpduplicate
to copy images manually.
Duplicate from the source storage to the destination storage.
See NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.
You can apply separate retention periods to each copy. For example, you can
retain the source image for three weeks and the destination copy for a longer
period of time. If you delete the source image, the copy is not deleted.
To configure OpenStorage direct to tape, you must perform multiple procedures
on multiple computers. These procedures are in addition to the procedures to
install and configure the disk appliance and OpenStorage.
See About OpenStorage direct to tape"
OpenStorage direct to tape configuration overview
Table 11-5
Description
See the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator s Guide.
If you upgraded a disk appliance so it supports the Symantec OpenStorage
copy to tape specification, you must reconfigure the storage server in
NetBackup.
See Configuring an OpenStorage storage server"
Install the NetBackup for NDMP software on each media server you use
for direct to tape.
See About media server requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape"
on page 70.
See About media server recommendations for OpenStorage direct to tape"
on page 71.
See the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator s Guide.
You must enter a license key that activates NDMP on those media servers.
The license key that activates OpenStorage also activates NetBackup for
NDMP.
Configure logon credentials in NetBackup for the NDMP hosts.
See About NDMP requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape"
See the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator s Guide.
command. Use the NetBackup
on page 67.
command
bpduplicate
on page 85.
on page 68.