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NetVault 11.4.5 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Configuring storage devices Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in table view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing tape libraries in table view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in table view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user accounts Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Backup Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault Backup
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 Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting

Managing disk-based storage devices in table view

This section includes the following topics:

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Viewing disk device details
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Managing Quest DR Series system
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Modifying Data Domain System settings
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Checking the status of a disk-based storage device
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Changing the status of a disk-based storage device
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Scanning a disk-based storage device
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Removing all savesets from a disk-based storage device
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Removing a disk-based storage device

Viewing disk device details

To view disk device details:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
You can view the list of storage devices added to the NetVault Backup Server. The device status is indicated using the following icons.
Table 57. Device status icons
 
Icon
Description

Device is online and available for use.

Device is offline. NetVault Backup is able to detect the device, but unable to access it for backup or restore jobs.

Device is unavailable. NetVault Backup is unable to detect the device.

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To view the details of a particular device, click the corresponding Manage Device icon .
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On the RAS Device Management page, you can view the following information:
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Device details: The Device details area shows the following information:
DR Series Systems and Data Domain Systems:
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Name: The name of the storage device. The name is derived from the LSU name (container name) and the DNS name or IP address of the device.
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Status: The status of the device. AVAILABLE specifies that the device is available for backups and restores, while OFFLINE specifies that the device is unavailable and cannot be used for backups or restores.
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Data Stored: The total amount of data stored on the device.
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Space Used: The total space used by the NetVault Backup Servers to which this device has been added.
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Space Available: The total disk space available on the storage device.
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Deduplication ratio: The Deduplication Ratio is calculated as follows:
Deduplication ratio = Data Deduplicated / Disk Used by Deduplicated Data
The Deduplication ratio is not displayed for DR Series systems.
NetVault SmartDisk devices:
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Name: The name of the storage device. The name is derived from the host name and IP address of the device.
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Status: The status of the device. AVAILABLE specifies that the device is available for backups and restores, while OFFLINE specifies that the device is unavailable and cannot be used for backups or restores.
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Data Stored: The total amount of data stored on the device.
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Space Used: The total space used by the NetVault Backup Servers to which this device has been added.
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Data Deduplicated: The total amount of data that has been submitted for deduplication.
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Data In Staging: The amount of data stored in the Staging Store.
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Space Available: The total disk space available on the storage device.
This option shows the total disk space available across all configured Storage Volumes regardless of their deny/favor configuration. It does not include the Garbage Collection Reserve or Last Resort Threshold (LRT).
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Deduplication ratio: The Deduplication Ratio is calculated as follows:
Deduplication ratio = Data Deduplicated / Disk Used by Deduplicated Data
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Staging Status: The status of the Staging Store. It can be one of the following:
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AVAILABLE: Staging Store is available for writing.
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FULL: Staging Store is full; no more space is available for writing.
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UNAVAILABLE: Disk index is unavailable.
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UNLICENCED: NetVault SmartDisk is not licensed, the license has expired, or the license limit has exceeded.
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NONE: The status is unknown.
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Storage Status: The status of the Storage space. It can be one of the following:
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AVAILABLE: Storage is available for deduplication and rehydration.
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FULL: Storage is full; no more space is available for data deduplication.
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UNAVAILABLE: Chunk Index is unavailable; no data deduplication or rehydration is available.
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UNLICENCED: NetVault SmartDisk is not licensed, the license has expired, or the license limit has exceeded.
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NONE: The status is unknown.
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Group: The media group name. “None” indicates that the device is not added to any group. To add the device to a storage group, click the Edit icon, and in the Edit Media Group dialog box, specify the media group name. Click Save to save the details and close the dialog box.
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Version: The version number of the device.
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License Type: License type being used.
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License Capacity: License capacity.
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License Expiration: License validity period.
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Dedupe Licensed: If the deduplication option is licensed.
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Garbage Collection State: The current phase of Garbage Collection.
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Deduplication Queue Length: The number of elements or NetVault Backup segments currently waiting to be deduplicated.
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Activity chart: This area shows the activity graph if the device is in use by a backup or restore job.
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Job details: This area shows the following information about the active jobs:
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Data transfer rate.
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Name or title of the job, job ID number, instance ID number, and phase ID number (1 or 2).
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To perform a device-related task, click the corresponding button in the Operations pane. Alternatively, click a link in the Navigation pane to open a different page.

Managing Quest DR Series system

To manage Quest DR Series System:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
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To manage a Quest DR Device system, click the corresponding Manage Device icon .
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The Manage Quest DR Device page displays the information as described in the following topics:
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Viewing DR Device details
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Viewing cleaner statistics
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Starting or stopping cleaner
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Managing Quest DR Series System users
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Managing Storage Groups
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Removing Quest DR Series System

Viewing DR Device details

To view DR Device device details:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
You can view the list of DR Devices added to the NetVault Backup Server. The device status is indicated using the following icons.
Table 58. Device status icons
 
Icon
Description

Device is online and can be managed.

Device is in maintenance mode and cannot be managed.

Device is offline and cannot be managed.

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To view the details of a particular DR device, click the corresponding Manage Device icon .
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On the Manage Quest DR Device page, you can view the following information:
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Device details: The Device details area shows the following information:
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Device Machine: Machine name of the DR device.
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Device User: User name of the DR Device.
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Device OS Version: DR device operation system version number.
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Total Capacity: Total storage capacity of the DR device.
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Used Space: The total disk space used by the storage device.
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Available Space: The total disk space available on the storage device.
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API Version: API version number of the RDA library.
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Cleaner Status: The cleaning status of the DR Device. It can be one of the following:
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Done: The cleaning of DR Device is complete.
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Pending: The cleaning of DR Device is pending.
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Running: The cleaning of DR Device is in progress.
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Idle: The cleaning of DR Device is not started.
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Cleaner Statistics: To view the cleaner statistics, click Viewing cleaner statistics.
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To perform a device-related task, click the corresponding button in the Operations pane.
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