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NetVault 11.4 - 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

Removing Quest DR Series System

To remove a Quest DR Device:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
To remove a particular DR device, click the corresponding Remove icon.
— or —
To remove a particular DR device, click the corresponding Manage Device icon. On the Manage Quest DR Device page, click Remove Quest DR Device.
3
On the Remove Quest DR Device dialog box, click Remove.

DR Series System LSU settings

You can modify the user password or stream limit for an existing LSU in the DR Series system.

To modify the LSU settings for a DR Series System:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate the DR Device, and click the expand icon to view the attached LSUs.
3
Click the corresponding Manage Device icon. RAS Device Management page is displayed.
4
Click Update, and in the Update Device Details dialog box, modify the required settings.
Table 63. Modify DR Series System settings
 
Option
Description

Username

Specify a user account that can be used to log on to the device.

Any user with RDA permission on the DR Series system can be used as username.

NOTE: User management operations on DR Series system through NetVault Backup can only be performed by backup_user.

Password

Type the password for the user account.

Stream Limit

The default value for this setting is 256 streams. This setting applies to all NetVault Backup Servers to which the container is added. If the number of data streams exceeds the defined limit for the container, the Media Manager reports an error (“Device has too many streams”).

You can set the soft stream limit to any value between 1 and 512.

If the container is added to more than one NetVault Backup Server, set the same soft stream limit on all servers.

5
Click Update to save the settings.

Modifying Data Domain System settings

You can modify the username, password, stream limit, or block size for an existing Data Domain system.

To modify the settings for a Data Domain System:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate the device, and click the corresponding Manage Device icon.
3
Click Update, and in the Update Device Details dialog box, modify the required settings.
Table 64. Modify DR Series System settings
 
Option
Description

Username

Specify a DD Boost user account that can be used to log on to the device for backups and restores. Verify that the user account is created on the Data Domain system before you add the device to the NetVault Backup Server.

Password

Type the password for the user account.

Stream Limit

The default value for this setting is 32 streams. This setting applies to all NetVault Backup Servers to which the container is added. If the number of data streams exceeds the defined limit for the container, the Media Manager reports an error (“Device has too many streams”).

You can set the soft stream limit to any value between 1 and 256.

If the container is added to more than one NetVault Backup Server, set the same soft stream limit on all servers.

Block size

Type or select the block size for data transfers. The block size is specified in KiB. The default block size is 128 KiB.

4
Click Update to save the settings.

Checking the status of a disk-based storage device

To check the status of an offline device:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate the device, and click the corresponding Manage Device icon.
3
Click Check, and then in the confirmation dialog box, click Check again.
If the device is operational, its status is changed to “Available.”

Changing the status of a disk-based storage device

To change the status to online or offline:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate the device, and click the corresponding Manage Device icon.
3
If the device is offline, click Online to bring it back online.
4
If the device is online, click Offline to take it offline.
The Offline method marks the device as offline and makes the device unavailable to NetVault Backup. This method does not physically take the system offline.
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