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NetVault 13.0.1 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices
About storage devices SAN considerations Quest DR Series systems Quest QoreStor NetVault SmartDisk EMC Data Domain Systems Snapshot Array Manager Virtual Tape Libraries Virtual standalone drives Shared Virtual Tape Libraries Physical tape devices Storage tiers
Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in list view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing the Snapshot Array Manager Managing tape libraries in list view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in list view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user and group accounts Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring default settings for global notification methods Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Troubleshooting
Common errors
NetVault Service fails to start on Windows NetVault Service fails to start after the machine is restarted NetVault Service starts, but stops immediately on Linux Login fails after any change in the server IP address Unexpected behavior of NetVault WebUI WebUI does not run in Compatibility View in Internet Explorer NetVault installer fails during push installation VSS-based backup fails Modifying TCP/IP socket buffer size on Windows Restores using Data Copy savesets fail on clients running NetVault 10.0.1 Restore fails on Itanium platforms if the index is larger than 2GB After upgrade, Data Copy and Consolidated backup job on Linux fails After upgrade, console error is displayed on WebUI pages Deployment task hangs on target Linux machine during push installation. Unable to add package store with hostname. Deployment task fails due to network configuration issues. Domain user is unable to login NetVault Server if the workstation attribute is set. Domain user is unable to login NetVault Server on Debian 9. Adding the target machine as a client fails, after successful push installation. Unable to install, uninstall or navigate catalog search page after manually uninstalling NetVault Client Host. Unable to install, uninstall catalog search on client after NetVault Server migration with the same or different server name External Azure AD user cannot add an external Azure AD user to NetVault Server Failed to verify target Windows machine from a Linux-based NetVault Server NetVault is unable to send reports as an email attachment in PDF format on RHEL 5.x platform Restore fails on NetVault Database backup When using RDA for backups, only four streams are used at once Unable to create large VTL on Linux Browsing a folder with a large number of files times out
Safe Mode in NetVault

Removing a client group

If a client group is no longer required, you can remove it from the server. When you delete a group, the machines that are in the group are not removed.

To remove a client group:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients, and then on the Manage Clients page, click Manage Client Groups.
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On the Client Group Management page, select the applicable client group, and click Remove.
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In the confirmation dialog box, click Remove.

 

Managing catalog search

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About catalog search
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Configuring catalog search
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Modifying catalog search
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Disabling catalog search
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Removing catalog search

About catalog search

The NetVault Server version 12.0 and later running on Windows and Linux operating system supports catalog searching on NetVault Server, and the NetVault Server version 12.2 and later running on Windows supports catalog searching on NetVault Server and NetVault Windows client of the same version. The NetVault catalog search service provides fast-search capabilities for the metadata (name, mod date, type etc) of items backed up by NetVault. Catalog search provides search capabilities for the tags (Filename) based on string data-type.

Catalog search results provides the following information:

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List of records matching the search query.
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Result paging: Retrieve results in pages for large result sets.
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Result collapsing: If a file is backed up multiple times in different backups, then only one match for that file is displayed with the option to drill- down to find the specific backups holding the file.
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Faceting and search narrowing: Displays the number of search results matching a particular facet. This information is available by applying filters to the search results. For example, the number of results from a particular plug-in or machine.

The following plug-ins support catalog searching:

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NetVault Plug-in for FileSystem
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NetVault Plug-in for VMware
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NetVault Plug-in for Hyper-V
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NetVault Plug-in for SnapMirror to Tape
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NetVault Plug-in for NDMP (plug-in version 12.2 or later)
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NetVault Plug-in for SQL Server
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NetVault Plug-in for O365 (plug-in version 12.4 or later)
 

Prerequisites

Before you start configuring the NetVault, verify that the following requirements are met:

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Catalog search reserved RAM size (For Windows and Linux) must not be more than 50% of the physical RAM. For low memory systems (i.e. 8 GB or less), Quest recommends to set the reserved RAM size to no more than 2 GB.
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Virtual memory (only for Linux) mmap counts on Linux is 65530, which is a default operating system limit on mmap counts. Change this value to 262144 using the following command:
sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
To permanently set this value to persist after the reboot, in /etc/sysctl.conf, update the parameter vm.max_map_count.
To verify the mmap count after rebooting, run the command sysctl vm.max_map_count
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Catalog search port requirement: 9200 - 9300.
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Elasticsearch version 6.2 is compatible with many NetVault Server supported platforms. For more information, see https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix.
 
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NOTE: Catalog search installation is not supported on Debian 7 or lesser version.
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Determine NetVault catalog search Linux user account.
 
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NOTE: Sometimes, due to policy restrictions on your system, the NetVault on Linux operating system is unable to create new catalog search Linux user account automatically.
While installing NetVault catalog search, you can select any of the following options for catalog search Linux user account:
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Allow NetVault to create catalog search Linux user: The default option to allow NetVault to create Catalog search Linux user account automatically (default value: netvault-catalog on Linux).
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Linux user name: Create a new Linux user account by referring to the corresponding operating system guide. Ensure that the specified catalog search Linux user belongs to the group <user name>. Create the group with the same name as of the Linux user name and add the user into the same group.
 
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NOTE: While creating a catalog search Linux user account, do not use ‘root’ user in the field ‘Linux use name’. In NetVault, catalog search cannot run by a ‘root’ user due to restrictions from Elasticsearch component.
 
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NOTE: Catalog search sets the system level JAVA_HOME environment variable that is required for Elasticsearch. Hence, the other java applications may not work. It is assumed that the NetVault Server is a dedicated server.
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