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NetVault 13.0.3 - 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

Quiescing a backup policy

An active backup policy is temporarily disabled when it is placed in a quiesced state.

To quiesce an active backup policy:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Policies.
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In the Available Policies table, select the policy, and click Quiesce.
In the policy table, the policy state is set to “Quiescing.”
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During this state, NetVault completes the following tasks:
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Deletes all scheduled instances for the policy jobs.
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Completes the jobs that are in progress.
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Complete phase 2 (for example, a Secondary Copy job) for the active jobs.
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After these operations are completed, the policy state is set to “Quiesced.”
In this state, you can change the policy definition.
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A “Quiesced” policy remains in that state until you open and save the policy again. When you save the policy, all the policy jobs are scheduled again.

Deleting a backup policy

If a backup policy is no longer required, you can delete it from the database.

To delete a backup policy:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Policies.
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In the Available Policies table, select the policy that you want to delete, and click Remove.
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In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

 

Restoring data

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About restoring data
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Creating restore jobs
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Restoring data using an existing Restore Selection Set
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Searching for files in savesets
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Viewing media list
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Creating Source Sets for restore jobs
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Creating Restore Advanced Options Sets
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Managing online backup indexes
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Managing Snapshots

About restoring data

Restore refers to reconstructing all or part of a system from a backup.

You can perform a restore job for various reasons, such as the following:

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To recover lost or deleted data
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To recover database or files that have been corrupted
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To copy or move data to a different database or directory
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To recover to a previous point-in-time, if some operation goes wrong
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To migrate data when upgrading to a new system
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To copy or move data to a test or production server
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To recover from media failure, OS corruption, or loss of physical system

The NetVault plug-ins integrate with the native APIs to restore and recover application-specific data from backups. Depending on the application type, these plug-ins provide different methods and options to restore data.

In general, NetVault offers the following restore features:

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Full and selective restores
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Disaster recovery
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Restores to alternate location
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Restores to alternate server
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Explore Snapshot
Restore job definition

To restore data, you need to create and submit a restore job. You can create a restore job definition from the Create Restore Job link in the Navigation pane.

A restore job definition includes the following components:

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Selection list
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Plug-in options
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Target client name (when restoring to an alternate server)
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Scheduling options
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Source device options
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Advanced restore options

These components are stored in NetVault Sets. For more information about NetVault Sets, see About NetVault Sets.

Each restore job has a Job ID number and a Job Name. The Job ID number is an auto-generated number. The Job Name is a user‑defined string that allows you to easily identify the job when monitoring its progress or viewing the job logs.

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