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NetVault 11.3 - 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 NetVault Configurator Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting

Creating a global purge policy for the Reports Database

By default, the Reports Database Manager deletes all records that are older than 31 days. You can override this behavior with a custom age-based or size-based purge policy for the Reports Database.

To create a global purge policy for the Reports Database:
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In the Navigation pane, click Change Settings.
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On the Configuration page, click Server Settings.
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Under User Interface, click Reporting. In the Reporting dialog box, under Tables, configure the following settings.
Setting
Description

Tables default to being part of the global purge group

By default, the global purge policy is applied to all tables in the Reports Database. You can override this behavior for individual tables with table‑specific purge policies. The table-specific policies are only applied when you disable the global policy at the database level.

To apply the global purge policy to all report tables, ensure that this check box is selected.

Purge check frequency

By default, the Reports Database Manager performs purge check every 24 hours, and deletes all records that match the purge condition.

To change the frequency of purge checks, type or select the time interval between two purge events. The purge frequency is specified in number of hours.

Global purge method

Select one of the following options:

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By date: Select this option to delete records that are older than the specified time limit.
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By space used: Select this option to delete records when the space usage exceeds the specified size limit.

Global purge space limit

Type or select the maximum file size for the report tables. The file size is specified in MB. The default value is 50MB.

Global purge time limit

Type or select the maximum age for records stored in the Reports Database. The record age is specified in number of days. The default value is 31 days.

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Click Apply to apply the new settings and close the dialog box.

Creating table-specific purge policy

By default, the Reports Database Manager deletes all records that are older than 31 days. You can override this behavior with a custom age-based or size-based purge policy for the individual report tables.

NetVault Backup supports table-specific purge policies for the following report tables: driveevents, events, mediacapacities, mediarequests, mediatransfers, driveperformance, and jobfiletallies.

To create a purge policy for individual report tables:
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In the Navigation pane, click Change Settings.
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On the Configuration page, click Server Settings.
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Under User Interface, click Reporting. In the Reporting dialog box, under Tables, configure the following settings.
Setting
Description

Tables default to being part of the global purge group

By default, the global purge policy is applied to all tables in the Reports Database. The table-specific policies are only applied when you disable the global policy at the database level.

To disable the global purge policy at the database level, clear this check box.

Table <table name> purge method

Select one of the following options:

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By space used: Select this option to delete records when the space usage exceeds the specified size limit.
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By date: Select this option to delete records that are older than the specified time limit.
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Use global policy: Select this option to apply the global purge policy to the table.

Table <table name> purge space limit

Type or select the maximum file size for the report tables. The file size is specified in MB. The default value is 10MB.

Table <table name> purge time limit

Type or select the maximum age for records stored in the Reports Database. The record age is specified in number of days. The default value is 31 days.

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Click Apply to apply the new settings and close the dialog box.

Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider

When performing VSS-based backups, NetVault Backup uses the default VSS provider as determined by VSS. To use a specific VSS provider, you can configure the provider ID in the vss.cfg file.

To configure NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider:
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On the NetVault Backup Client on which you want to run the VSS-based backup, open the vss.cfg file. This file resides in the config subdirectory under the NetVault Backup installation directory.
If the vss.cfg file does not exist on the server or client machine, manually create the file in the config directory.
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Add the following section:
[Provider]
name = <VSS provider name>
type = <Provider type>
ID = {<Provider ID/GUID}
Version = <Provider version>
Example:
[Provider]
name = Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0
type = System
ID = {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Version = 1.0.0.7
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Save and close the file.
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IMPORTANT:  
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When you specify a provider ID (GUID), NetVault Backup does not perform any checks to determine if the provider is registered, installed, or capable of performing snapshot for a volume.
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If NetVault Backup is unable to properly read or parse the provider ID, the VSS backup continues with the default provider as normally determined by VSS.

Configuring default settings using NetVault Configurator

The NetVault Configurator provides a graphical user interface to customize various settings for the server and client machines. This utility is only available on Windows-based systems.

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NOTE: You must be logged-in with Administrator privileges to use this utility.
To configure default settings using NetVault Configurator:
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Log on to the system with Administrator privileges.
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On the Start menu, click NetVault Configurator. You can access this program from Start > All Programs > Quest > NetVault Backup > NetVault Configurator.
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In the Configurator window, the following tabs are available:
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Machine
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Process Manager
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Service
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Security
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General
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Diagnostic Tracing
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Firewall
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Web Service
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Network Manager

 

The Machine tab is selected by default. You can view the following details on this tab: Machine name, machine ID, network names, IP addresses, NetVault Backup version, OS version, and OS platform.
To configure default settings for any item, click the corresponding tab. For more information about the configuration settings, see the relevant section in this chapter.
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Click OK to apply the changes and exit Configurator. Alternatively, click Apply to commit the new settings and remain in Configurator.
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NOTE: The Configurator reads the configuration files into memory, and when you click OK or Apply, it writes the changed and unchanged files back to the disk. After the Configurator has read a file into memory, if you modify that file through the WebUI, the changes are overwritten when the Configurator saves the file.
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