N152848

September 2005

VERITAS NetBackup 6.0 High Availability

System Administrators Guide

for UNIX, Windows, and Linux

Disclaimer

The information contained in this publication is subject to change without notice. VERITAS Software Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this manual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. VERITAS Software Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.

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Portions of this software are derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm. Copyright 1991-92, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All rights reserved.

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Finding NetBackup Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Accessing the VERITAS Technical Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Contacting VERITAS Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii

Accessibility Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii

Comment on the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Chapter 1. Introduction to NetBackup High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

How a NetBackup Failover Server Protects Data in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Supported Cluster Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Supported NetBackup Database Agents and Options in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Limitations of Using NetBackup with Clustering Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2. NetBackup in a Microsoft Cluster Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing and Configuring a NetBackup Failover Server on a MSCS Cluster . . . . . . . . 9

Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation and Configuration Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Running bpclusterutil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Upgrading a NetBackup Failover Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Performing Backups and Restores in a MSCS Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Restoring Cluster Quorum to a Node With Directory Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Preparing for Disaster Recovery of A Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Disaster Recovery of A MSCS Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Recovering the Entire Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Recovering All Shared Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Recovering NetBackup Data on a Shared Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 3. NetBackup in an HP Tru64 UNIX TruCluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The CAA Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing a NetBackup Server on a TruCluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing and Configuring NetBackup as a Failover Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installing and Upgrading Database Agents and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Applying a Patch to a NetBackup Failover Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Upgrading a Failover Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Performing Backups and Restores in a TruCluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 4. NetBackup in a VERITAS Cluster Server on UNIX/Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Pre-Installation Checklist for a NetBackup Failover Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 33

For VCS Solaris and Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scenario 1 - Using VxVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scenario 2- Disk Only, No Volume Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Scenario 1 - Using VxVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Scenario 2 - Using AIX LVMVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scenario 3 - Disk Only, No Volume Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Scenario 1 - Using VxVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Scenario 2 - Using Logical Volume Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Scenario 3 - Disk Only, No Volume Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing and Configuring a Failover NetBackup Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Installation and Configuration Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Installing and Upgrading NetBackup Database Agents and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Upgrading a NetBackup Failover Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Performing Backups and Restores in a VCS Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 5. NetBackup in a VERITAS Cluster Server on Windows 2000 and

Windows 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

About the NetBackup Agent for VCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Agent Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Additional Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing and Configuring a NetBackup Failover Server on a VCS Cluster . . . . . . . . 50

Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installation and Configuration Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Running bpclusterutil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Upgrading a NetBackup Failover Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Performing Backups and Restores in a VCS Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Setting Up Detailed Monitoring for the NetBackup Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Disabling Detailed Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 6. NetBackup in a Sun Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .