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NetVault 13.0 - Built-in Plug-ins User Guide

Backing up the NetVault Database

To safeguard your NetVault Server, you must perform regular backups of the NetVault Database. The NetVault Database backup allows you to recover the NetVault Server in the event of a disaster. You can schedule a daily backup of the NetVault Database after all other jobs have completed. Make sure that you use specific media or media group for these backups.

 
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NOTE: To avoid database inconsistency or job failure, you must not perform the following activities together:
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NetVault Database backup
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Execution of a job
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Media scan
To back up the NetVault Database:
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In the Navigation pane, click Create Backup Job.
You can also start the wizard from the Guided Configuration link. In the Navigation pane, click Guided Configuration, and then on the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Create Backup Jobs.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job. Assign a descriptive name that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress or restoring data.
A job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.
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In the Selections list, select an existing Backup Selection Set, or complete the following steps to create a set.
a
Click Create New to open the NetVault Selections page.
b
Open the NetVault Server node, and in the list of plug-ins, open NetVault Databases.
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Select the NetVault Database node.
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Click Save, and in the Create New Set dialog box, type a name for the set. Click Save to close the dialog box.
 
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NOTE: A set name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non‑Latin characters. On Linux OS, the names can have a maximum of 200 characters. On Windows OS, there is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms
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In the Plugin Options list, select an existing Backup Options Set, or complete the following steps to create a set.
a
Click Create New to open the NetVault Database Backup Options page.
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Configure the following setting:
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Check Database Tables before Backup: This option can be used to verify the structural, entity, and referential integrity for the Scheduler and Media databases before the backup. It generates a warning or error log if any inconsistency is detected during the process.
This option is selected by default.
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Exclude the Online Indexes during backup: This option can be used to exclude the online backup indexes (backup indexes stored on the local filesystem) from the NetVault database backup to complete the NVDB backup in the required backup window.
This option is disabled by default.
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Exclude the Catalog database during backup: This option can be used to exclude the catalog search database from the NetVault database backup to complete the NVDB backup in the required backup window.
This option is disabled by default.
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Click Save, and in the Create New Set dialog box, type a name for the set. Click Save to close the dialog box.
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Select or create the Schedule Set, Target Set, and Advanced Options Set. For more information about these sets, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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To submit the job for scheduling, click Save & Submit. You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page.
To save the job definition without scheduling it, click Save. You can view, edit, or run this job from the Manage Job Definitions page. This job is not displayed on the Job Status page until you submit it.
For more information about Job Status, View Logs, and Manage Job Definitions, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.

Restoring NetVault Database

You can restore a NetVault Database backup to:

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Recover a NetVault Server.
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Migrate the NetVault system to a new machine.
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Migrate the system settings during NetVault upgrade.

This procedure for restoring a NetVault Database backup includes the following steps:

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Prerequisites
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Restore Procedure

Prerequisites

Before you start the restore procedure, verify that the following requirements are met:

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Install the NetVault Server on the target system. The software version must be the same as the original server.
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Add a backup device to the NetVault Server. For more information about this procedure, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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Load the backup media. In the new NetVault Domain, the media are marked as “foreign.” You must scan the media to load the contents. For more information about this procedure, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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When importing and restoring NetVault Database backups to an alternate backup server, the alternate NetVault Server must have the same NetVault Machine Name as the original server that performed the backups.
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It is recommended to install and enable the catalog search before restoring a NetVault Database backup that includes the catalog search database (in case of a fresh NetVault installation or if the catalog search had previously been installed and then uninstalled).
 
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NOTE: The installation and configuration of the catalog search are performed separately from the rest of the NetVault Database, even though the catalog search database is included in the NetVault Database backup. Hence, the current state (Enable or Disable) and configuration of the catalog search are not changed during a NetVault Database restore.

Restore Procedure

To restore a NetVault Database backup:
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In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.
On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, the saveset table provides a list of available savesets. The table shows the saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), creation date and time, saveset size, and saveset status.
The saveset status is indicated using the following icons.
 
Icon
Description

Saveset is online (all segments are online).

Saveset is partially online (some segments are online).

Saveset is offline (all segments are offline).

The saveset list is sorted alphabetically by saveset name. You can sort the list by a different column or reverse the sort order by clicking the column heading. The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sort order.
You can click Load more to load the next set of records, if available. Each load action fetches a maximum of 5000 records. This button is disabled if there are no more records to load.
By default, the table is sorted by creation date and time. You can sort the table by one or more columns, as required.
NetVault Built-in Plug‑ins web application supports multiple-column sorting for the tables. However, the first sorted column takes the highest precedence over the sorting of other columns. For example, if the table is sorted by the ‘Start Time’ as the primary sort, selecting sort options on the ‘ID/ Instance/ Phase’ column does not affect the list order.
To sort by a column, click the column header; to change the sort direction, click the column header again. Repeat this step for other columns by which you want to sort the table.
The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sorting order (up for ascending order and down for descending order). A blue arrowhead is used to indicate the sort order for the primary column.
To remove a sort, click the column header for the corresponding column until the arrowhead is no longer displayed.
To choose the following actions in a column, click the column menu:
 
Option
Description

Sort Ascending

Sorts the column in ascending order.

Sort Descending

Sorts the column in descending order.

Columns

Select/ clear to show/ hide the required column (s).

To set the filter options, view the page size setting, sorting order in the table, export the records, or edit table settings, click the icons at the lower- right corner of the table.
For more information, see the section ‘Customizing tables in NetVault WebUI’ in the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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Select the saveset that you want to use, and click Next.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, job title, tag, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, archive or not, and saveset size.
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On the Create Selection Set page, select the database components to recover the full database or parts of it.
 
Component
Description

Auditor Database

Restores the Auditor Database. This database contains the audit logs for the NetVault system.

Backup Catalog

Restores the catalog search database.

To restore only the NetVault Database backup without catalog search database, do not select the option ‘Backup Catalog’ on the Create Selection Set page.

To restore the NetVault Database backup with catalog search OR to restore only catalog search database, select the option ‘Backup Catalog’ on the Create Selection Set page.

NOTE: If “Exclude the Catalog database during backup” option is enabled during NVDB backup, then the “Backup Catalog” option is not shown in the list of components for restore on the Create Selection Set page for restore.

Backup Indexes

Restores backup indexes.

Backup indexes contain the list of backed up items and their references. Each index is assigned a saveset number. Backup indexes are stored on the backup media and the disk as part of the Media Database. The indexes provide the position of the individual backed up items so that they can be recovered from the backup media.

 

Backing up the indexes on the media ensures that the content of each saveset is available to view when required, in case the index files are deleted or retired from the Media Database. You can scan the backup indexes from the archived media, after they have retired or deleted from the NetVault Database.

NOTE: If “Exclude the Online Indexes during backup” option is enabled during NVDB backup, then the “Backup Indexes” option is not shown in the list of components for restore on the Create Selection Set page for restore.

Cluster

Restores cluster-specific configuration and associated client information

Configuration

Restores configuration files and settings for the.server and client systems, including network access and configuration information for the plug-ins.

Deployment Manager

Restores deployment-related information, such as package stores, task details, status, and schedules.

NOTE: If you do not select this component, details related to the deployment are not restored and are lost.

General Reports Files

Restores the files included in the Reporting system.

Licenses

Restores licenses to permit the continued operation of NetVault and the licensed plug-ins. If the NetVault server has a machine-tied license and the machine where restore is been performed has a different machine ID, then you must obtain and install the new machine-tied license file manually.

Logs

Restores NetVault Logs, which include all messages from the Server and Client machines. It allows you to check the activity of NetVault at a particular point in time.

Media Manager

Restores the Media Database, which contains records of all active media, the contents of all backups, how backups are organized, and where they are located.

Schedule Manager

Restores the Schedule Database. This database contains records of all defined jobs, backup policies, scheduled jobs, and job history, including when jobs last ran and what backups were produced.

Scripts

Restores system-defined and user-defined scripts for NetVault.

 
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NOTE: Selecting individual components to restore parts of a NetVault Database backup can introduce inconsistencies in the database.
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On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plugin Options.
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Configure the following option:
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Blank reports database tables before restore: By default, the existing data in the reports database is deleted when you restore the NetVault Database. If you want to retain the existing data in the reports data, clear this check box.
Click OK to save the settings, and then click Next.
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On the Create Restore Job page, specify a name for the job. Assign a descriptive name that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress.
A job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.
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In the Target Client list, the client from which data was backed up is selected by default. Do not change this setting.
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Select or create the Schedule Set, Restore Source Set, and Advanced Options Set. For more information about these sets, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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Click Submit to submit the job for scheduling.
 
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IMPORTANT: After submitting the restore job, close the WebUI. Do not try to monitor the job status while the job is running.

After the restore job completes, the NetVault Service is stopped. You must manually restart the service from the Txtconfig or the command-line interface.

 
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NOTE: To ensure that the catalog search and postgres databases are in sync after NVDB restore, you must select the “Add pre-existing backups to catalog” option on the Catalog Search Configuration page.

 

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