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1. Backup wizara ToT Backup Selections es You can back up data from any drive or share that is accessible on this server Vai What items juonichuculike toback up 4 145200 HA gt ME csetup E Os D Him Bi Os at MG Documents and Se i aa sind ME drivers m d ean foer Oiss BA System State Mim AA SSSR MGinetpub a nasso Migos COS seneca MG momscripts tonga x MG microsoft X gt E Cancel Help Figure 6 22 Selecting files IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions In the next window type a name for this backup job and a description of the contents you are backing up Figure 6 23 Backup Wizard Backup Names You should change the job and set names to meaningfully describe this backup What would you like to call this backup job 1st Backup NAS200 What would you like to call this backup set Backup NAS200 Figure 6 23 Backup Names If the backup devices were successfully installed and recognized you will be able to choose a backup device in the following window In our example we used a Backup to Disk folder on a local drive If you are backing to a tape you can select an available Media Set here Figure 6 24 Backup Wizard Backup Device and Media jes Your backup must be targeted to a particular device and media set d j Which device would you like to use to back up your data S Backup 1
2. 93 NetVault Welcome screen 94 NetVault User Information 95 NetVault Program Destination 96 NetVault Database Location 97 NetVault Setup type 2 eee 98 NetVault Setup Type Custom System 99 NetVault Enter Machine Name 100 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 5 9 5 10 5 11 5 12 5 13 5 14 5 15 5 16 5 17 5 18 5 19 5 20 5 21 5 22 5 23 5 24 5 25 6 1 6 2 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 9 6 10 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 6 15 6 16 6 17 6 18 6 19 6 20 6 21 6 22 6 23 6 24 6 25 6 26 NetVault Enter Password 101 NetVault Setup Complete 102 NetVault Default Screen 103 NetVault client management 104 NetVault System Access Password 105 NetVault System Access Passed 105 NetVault Client Management with NAS200 106 Netvault Backup 107 NetVault client selection 108 NetVault file system plug in 108 NetVault file system backupoptions 109 NetVaul
3. Help me configure the TSM Web Client Help me configure the TSM Client Scheduler Help me configure the TSM Joumal Engine Figure 4 1 TSM Client Configuration Wizard default screen 4 Select the following Help me configure the TSM Backup Archive Client Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 73 5 Click Next you will see a screen similar to Figure 4 2 TSM Client Configuration Wizard x Option File Task CI Which task do you wish to perform C Import an existing options file for use Update my options file lt Back Cancel Help Figure 4 2 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Option File Task 6 Then check the following Create a new option file Select this option for a new setup Select this option if you are setting up the first time Import an existing option file for use Select this option only if the dsm opt file was previously created by the system administrator on some other machine Update my options file Select this option if you want to update a previously configured dsm opt on the same machine 7 Click Next and you are asked to enter the TSM Node Name to use This should be the name of the TSM Client that is the NAS appliance An example to enter is IBM_NAS_TSM_CLIENT 8 Click Next and the TSM Client Server Communications screen is displayed Select TCP IP 74 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 9 Click
4. Schedule Options Figure 6 28 Schedule Options 132 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 6 3 1 Monitoring the backup job If you want to see the progress of the backup job just click Monitor Jobs in the Backup Exec Assistant window as shown in Figure 6 29 Backup Exec Assistant 7 E Backup Exec Assistant Monitor Jobs Mi scheduled active and completed jo Create a Backup Job T Set up a one time or recurring backup job to protect servers and workstations on the network Run a One button Backup Job Start an immediate backup job using Backup Exec defaults to protect the local media server Create a Restore Job Restore data to a server or workstation on the network Create an Automated Backup Strategy ay Set up a complete backup strategy to protect servers and workstations on the network Confirm Backup Device Availability om devices Verify that Backup Exec can access your backup Create Disaster Recovery Boot Media w Prepare boot media tot th Backup Execs Intelligent Disaster A TH Create a Cascaded Drive Pool Group backup drives together to allow automatic media spanning T Create a Drive Pool tJ Group backup drives together to provide fault tolerance and dynamic load balancing pal Create a Media Set Define a new logical group of media Configure Backup Exec Settings Select preferred Backup Exec Options V Always show me
5. x af E Done Internet a Figure 2 20 PSM error when failing over a disk Tip If you want to assure that the image is created no matter which node owns the disk configure the scheduled images on both nodes Now you are sure that the image is generated on one node and that the error message is generated on the other one 2 2 Using PSM with backup software solutions For systems that need to be available 24 hours per day and 7 days per week 24x7 backup is a challenge Traditionally it is required to shut down the application and to close any open files before performing a backup to ensure data integrity However if a significant amount of data is involved backup may take a while especially when the transfer is directed to tape This amount of downtime may not be acceptable for most systems for various reasons such as delayed transactions or lost profit Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 37 By using PSM there is no need to shut down the application because of its capability to capture snapshots even with open files In combination with a backup solution systems that store data on NAS devices can now operate in 24x7 mode For more information on using PSM IBMSNAP and backup software see the following chapters gt Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup on page 51 gt Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM on page 67 2 2 1 IBMSNAP Utility To provide flexibility
6. 65 TSM Client Configuration Wizard default screen 73 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Option File Task 74 TSM Client Configuration Wizard TCP IP Parameters 75 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Domain List 76 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Include Exclude Options 76 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Login to a TSM server 77 TSM Client default screen after installation 78 TSM Client Node Configuration Wizard Define TSM client nodes 79 TSM Client Node Configuration Wizard Node properties 80 TSM Client Node Configuration Wizard TSM client nodes 81 TSM Server Web Administration Interface node list 82 TSM Client Backup selection 83 TSM Client Backupreport 84 Sample IBMSNAP batch file 85 Sample batch file calling TSM 86 Screen right after running IBMSNAP batch file 87 Commands of the batch file being executed 87 Files being backed up by TSM 88 Screen showing PSM and TSM processes completing successfully 88 TSM Web Admin screen showing the backups available 89 Screen showing the backup details 90 NetVault Autorun screen
7. gt Backup from the left window pane 3 Enter the address and filename for an FTP server you want to use to store the iSCSI configuration see Figure 9 3 and click Apply IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions TotalStorage Microsoft Internet Explorer IBM TotalStorage IP Storag ogi gt Network gt Storage system gt Configuration gt Backup System Backup put configuration Firmware Date and time Server IP address 192 9 200 2 SS oerae Remote path and file name config bck Configuration Restore gt Code Reset gt Logs a Internet Figure 9 3 iSCSI Backup configuration If you need to recover the system follow the description in the user manual that ships with the system to recover the operating system image When the system is re loaded you need to re apply your system settings To restore the system settings follow these steps 1 Start the Web browser based management interface 2 Select System gt Configuration gt Restore from the left window pane 3 Enter the address and filename for an FTP server you want to use to restore the iSCSI configuration see Figure 9 3 and click Apply Chapter 9 Backup and restore considerations for iSCSI 183 TotalStorage Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 IBM TotalStorage IP Storag 2081 Logoff Help gt Network gt Storage system gt Configuration gt Restore System Restore get configuration
8. Program Folder 145 NetBackup Client Options 145 NetBackup Client Options screen 146 NetBackup Client Summary 147 NetBackup Install Summary 147 NetBackup Setup Complete 148 NetBackup Administration 149 NetBackup Backup Policy Management 150 NetBackup NewClass 150 NetBackup Add a New Class 151 NetBackup Backup Policy Configuration Wizard 151 NetBackup Class Name and Type 152 NetBackup Client List 153 NetBackup Files 154 NetBackup Backup Type 155 NetBackup Rotation 156 NetBackup Start Window 157 NetBackup NASclass 158 NetBackup Backup selection 159 NetBackup Backup Options 160 NetBackup Backup initiated 160 NetBackup Backup finished 161 NetWorker autorun screen 165 NetWork
9. beck ui Qsearch yrolders Bristory Bs OS X A A des a eo Folders Name type Total size Free Space iG Desktop gon Floppy A 314 Inch Floppy Disk H A My Documents amp System C Local Disk 6 34 GB 2 22 GB ag Maintenance D Local Disk 6 34 GB 6 30 GB eg 3 Floppy A INAS200DATA E Local Disk 55 1 GB 46 6 GB H System C QD compact disc Fi Compact Disc H 6 Maintenance D 4 Control Panel System Folder E E NASZOODATA E E fo folder1 E a folder2 Folder3 C Hway 1 south Muir National Monument Qg San Francisco H 0 snapshots a snapshot 0 H folder 2 folder2 8 0 folders Hway 1 south a Muir National Monum San Francisco ii 3 Compact Disc F E Control Panel Ej My Network Places g Recycle Bin 4 gt 6 object s B My Computer Figure 2 12 Screen showing the image created Creating scheduled PSM images An automated version of creating a PSM image is also available You can schedule your job tasks so that those actions can take place during the night and after business hours The following steps demonstrate how to create a scheduled PSM image 1 From the PSM main screen select Schedules Figure 2 5 on page 21 2 On the Persistent Image Schedules screen click New 3 On the Create Persistent Image Schedules screen Figure 2 13 select the entries for the following by clicking the pull down arrow Startat Repeat Every Begin V
10. 26 Persistent Image List screen 27 Screen showing the image created 28 Screen for creating a new scheduled persistent image 29 Screen showing scheduled persistentimages 30 Choose the Persistent Image torestore 32 PSM Disaster Recovery screen 33 PSM Disaster Recovery Properties screen 33 Backing up Disaster Recovery Image 34 PSM Disaster Recovery Image created 35 PSM error when failing over a disk 37 Double Take SemerList 41 Double Take Logon to Server 41 Double Take No Activation Code Entered 42 Double Take Activation Code Server Properties Window 43 Double Take Connection Wizard 44 Double Take Connection Wizard 44 Double Take Choosing Source System 45 Double Take Choosing Target System 46 Double Take Creating Replication Set 46 Double Take Defining Replication Set 47 Double Take Destination of Data 47 Double Take Destination Browse Window 48 Double Take Destinat
11. Administrator Figure 6 13 Enter administrator account Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 123 The installation program starts to copy necessary files as shown in Figure 6 14 wa Installing Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 on NAS200 Figure 6 14 Progress window When finished you will see the Information window Confirm it by clicking the OK button x Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 was successfully installed on NAS200 Figure 6 15 Installation finished Before exiting the Setup program you can review the Readme file for latest information about Backup Exec by clicking the View Readme file check box and then exit by selecting Finish Setup Complete Setup has finished installing Backup Exec on your computer Setup can now launch the Readme File Choose the options you want below M View Readme File Click Finish to complete Setup Figure 6 16 Setup Complete 124 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions If you want to verify the installation on the IBM TotalStorage appliance the Backup Exec files have been installed in the C Program Files VERITAS Backup Exec RANT installation folder Figure 6 17 BY C Program Files ERITAS Backup Exec RANT File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt search Gh Folders CHristory ag Ge xX a E Address Pao x Folders Name 4 Size Type Micros
12. Firmware a Date and time Server IP address 192 9 200 2 Administrators Remote path and file name config bck Configuration Backup gt Code Restoring the configuration requires a system reboot Reset gt Logs Internet Figure 9 4 iSCSI Restore configuration Remember to reboot the iSCSI appliance Now your IP Storage 200i is restored including the system settings Next re attach the iSCSI client systems and restore the user data using your favorite backup software 184 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Abbreviations and acronyms ABI Application Binary Interface ACE Access Control Entries ACL Access Control List AD Microsoft Active Directory ADSM ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager AFS Andrew File System AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive ANSI American National Standards Institute APA All Points Addressable API Application Programming Interface APPC Advanced Program to Program APPN Advanced Peer to Peer Networking ARC Advanced RISC Computer ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ASCII American National Standard Code for Information Interchange ATE Asynchronous Terminal Emulation ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode AVI Audio Video Interleaved BDC Backup Domain Controller Copyright IBM Corp 2002 BIND BNU BOS BRI BSD BSOD BUMP CA CAL C SPOC CDE CDMF CDS CERT CGI CHAP CIDR CIFS CMA co COPS Berkeley In
13. Inter Client Conventions Manual Integrated Drive Electronics Interface Definition Language Intelligent Disk Subsystem Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Group Management Protocol Internet Information Server Internet Key Exchange Internet Message Access Protocol Input Output Internet Protocol IPC IPL IPsec IPX ISA iSCSI ISDN ISNO ISO ISS ISV ITSEC ITSO ITU IXC JBOD JFS JIT L2F L2TP LAN LCN LDAP Interprocess Communication Initial Program Load Internet Protocol Security Internetwork Packet eXchange Industry Standard Architecture SCSI over IP Integrated Services Digital Network Interface specific Network Options International Organization for Standardization Interactive Session Support Independent Software Vendor Initial Technology Security Evaluation International Technical Support Organization International Telecommunications Union Inter Exchange Carrier Just a Bunch of Disks Journaled File System Just In Time Layer 2 Forwarding Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Local Area Network Logical Cluster Number Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Abbreviations and acronyms 187 LFS LFS LFT JNDI LOS LP LPC LPD LPP LRU LSA LTG LUID LUN LVCB LVDD LVM MBR MCA MDC MFT MIPS MMC MOCL MPTN 188 Log File Service Win
14. Snapshot of drive C successful Job Completed Restore using NTBackup 19 IBM NAS Backup Assistant He E File Systems E as Distributed file system 2 Services for UNIX Shared Folders Local Internet Information Service Computer Management Local 8 Software Version 8 TotalStorage NAS Information Cluster Tools Persistent Storage Manager 7 SANergy Figure 3 4 NT Backup NAS Backup log page 2 Tip For help on the NAS Backup Assistant please go to Start gt IBM NAS Admin msc gt Backup and Restore gt IBM NAS Backup Assistant Help IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Restore To restore go to Start gt IBM NAS Admin msc gt Backup and Restore gt Restore Using NT Backup This presents you with a screen as shown in Figure 3 5 Backup Untitled Figure 3 5 NT Backup Backup and Recovery Wizard default screen Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 57 From here on follow this procedure 1 Select the Restore tab this produces a screen similar to Figure 3 6 Backup Restore x Job Edit View Tools Help Welcome Backup Restore Schedule Jobs Ee Click to select the check box for any drive folder or file that you want to restore I Ja File aff Name Size DA Media created 4 19 2002 at 4 01 O Administrator 10 304 AA G System OE Administrator ITSO 4 1872 OG etsetup All Users 4718 7 O om O Copy of Default User ann e 5
15. Windows Powered Server Appliance Double Take Double Take 4 1 1 4 780 5 Activation Code fi 111222233334444 Invalid License Type Active Modules JV Source V Target Cancel Help Figure 2 24 Double Take Activation Code Server Properties Window Once you have entered a valid activation code for each system double clicking any server in the Double Take Servers list will show all the available drives under each corresponding server Now you are ready to start using Double Take If however you had entered a valid activation code but did not check either the Source or Target boxes your server will show up in the list but no drives will show if you double click that server If this is the case simply right click the appropriate server and chose properties from the menu Make the necessary changes and click OK to continue 2 3 6 Creating a mirror Double Take performs four basic types of operations mirroring replication failure monitoring failover and restoration We will now demonstrate how to create a mirror between two servers The first step in mirroring is to decide which machine is going to be the source and which is going to be the target Once you have decided this you can bring up the connection wizard by clicking the Tools menu and selecting Connection Wizard This can be seen in Figure 2 25 Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 43 af Administrator Double Take Man
16. gt Programs gt NetVault 6 gt NetVault from your Windows desktop You will see the screen shown in Figure 5 11 N Net ault Bie x Fie view Operations Administration Help rst S fse e cal ii pNetVault o E Management aaus Piae a ele Restore AA YA oe hi Figure 5 11 NetVault Default Screen Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 103 Choose Client Management You should see a screen similar to Figure 5 12 NI Net ault Client Management o A iol x File Help pNetVault Server Selection senegal v Clients Available NetVault Machines senegal EEY A7Bcywxd t NAS200 wisla m Find Net ault Machine Machine Name or IP Address li 4 Figure 5 12 NetVault client management You should see your NetVault server on the left side If not go into the main administration interface and select Administration gt Domain Management to select the NetVault domain the NetVault server you want to manage The available NetVault machines on the right side are systems that were found but not added to your selected clients yet Another NetVault server can also be a client 104 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Select the NAS device you want to manage for example NAS200 and add it to the selected clients by double clicking the icon NetVault will now prompt you for the system access password that was set
17. sole Pending Messages Group Status J Clone Status Server senegal itsolab2 almac 9 44 AM YA Figure 8 7 NetWorker Administrator Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 171 In the right pane click Manage Clients You will now see the clients that are already configured for this server Figure 8 8 Net Worker Administrator olx Eile View Operations Resources Options Window Help lel olw ee aj E X NetWorker Servers and Clients H ff Networker Servers E e8 NetWorker Clients A brazil almaden ibm com ABA easter almaden ibm com Ba sicily almaden ibm com senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com E soe Pending Messages J Group status Clone Status J Server senegal itsolab2 almat 9 44 AM YA Figure 8 8 NetWorker Manage Clients 172 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Right click Clients and select Create Figure 8 9 E NetWorker Administrator Biel es File View Operations Resources Options Window Help wlej dela elm eo soa X NetWorker Servers and Clients H NetWorker Servers G e NetWorker Clients brazil almaden ibm com easteralmaden ibm cam BA sicily almaden ibm com senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com 8 senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com Clients oO x T Configure Monitor Volumes J Indexes sole Pending Messages Group status J Clone Status J Creates a new item Server sen
18. 1 2 IBM TotalStorage NAS Recovery Procedures For this chapter we assume that the IBM TotalStorage NAS device needs to be recovered after a disaster meaning that the complete system data needs to be re installed and configured Chapter 1 Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 9 Re initializing the unit is very simple as it comes with CD ROMs for this purpose However the unit also has a protection system to prevent it from being accidentally re initialized if the CD ROM is left in the drive during a reboot To circumvent this protection you must use the Recovery Enablement Diskette and follow the procedure described below 1 2 1 Recovering the NAS 200 The IBM NAS 200 can be recovered either using a recovery CD or using the maintenance disk partition It is assumed you have a keyboard and monitor connected locally Using the recovery CD This method removes any configuration done on the NAS 200 Before you start the recovery procedure you must delete any persistent images currently present on your system To recover the preloaded image on your appliance 1 Insert the diskette into the diskette drive and CD 1 in the CD ROM then restart the appliance When the Recovery Enablement Diskette has completed loading and modifying your appliance start up sequence it will warn you about losing all data on the C drive If you continue the CD image process will start Follow the directions on screen and replace the CDs wh
19. In February 2001 IBM announced the IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i which became generally available in June 2001 This is a network appliance that uses the iSCSI technology The IP Storage 200i appliance solution includes client initiators These comprise client software device drivers for Windows NT Windows 2000 and Linux clients These device drivers coexist with existing SCSI devices without disruption They initiate the iSCSI I O request over the IP network to the target IP Storage 200i iSCSI uses the SCSI I O protocol Therefore it is block I O oriented like a direct attached storage device DAS or a storage area network device SAN rather than file I O oriented like a NAS appliance This is illustrated in Figure 9 1 Support for general purpose storage applications over TCP IP including database systems is provided IP network gt Application I O request gt iSCSI appliance initiates block I O which is unwraps the I O from encapsulated in TCP IP and TCP and reads writes sent to disk block on disk Figure 9 1 iSCSI uses block I O For more information on iSCSI IBM s iSCSI products and how to integrate them into your environment please see the following IBM Redbooks gt IP Storage Networking IBM NAS and iSCSI solutions SG24 6240 gt Using iSCSI Solutions Planning and Implementation SG24 6291 180 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 9 2 Back
20. International Technical Support Organization San Jose Center Frank Tutone Gary Diamanti Girish Venkatachaliah IBM US Natalie Longhini Tracy James BakBone Software Jim Edmonds VERITAS Software This publication is intended to help customers who want to back up and recover IBM TotalStorage Network Attached Storage systems The information in this publication is not intended as the specification of any programming interfaces that are provided by IBM TotalStorage storage network products and solutions See the PUBLICATIONS section of the IBM Programming Announcement for IBM TotalStorage for more information about what publications are considered to be product documentation Preface X X Comments welcome Your comments are important to us We want our Redbooks to be as helpful as possible Send us your comments about this or other Redbooks in one of the following ways gt Use the online Contact us review redbook form found at ibm com redbooks gt Send your comments in an Internet note to redbook us ibm com gt Mail your comments to the address on page ii XX IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery In our computing world today data is considered the most important competitive differentiating factor Temporary inaccessibility or the complete loss of data has a huge financial impact and can drive companies out of business The inability to manage dat
21. S 14 Disks Shares Maintenance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Create Persistent Image Volumes to include Image attributes Read only C Read Write Retention weight Normal bd Image name snapshot i Figure 2 10 Create Image screen 3 In the Volumes to Include select the drives that you want to create an image of For multiple volumes press the Ctrl or Shift key while selecting the drives you want to have PSM images created of 4 You can choose if the image has read only attributes or if it is read write 5 You can also give the image a relative retention weight and a name The retention weight is important when PSM needs to delete some persistent images of a volume because the cache file for the volume has reached a certain threshold 6 Click OK You will be taken to the Persistent Image List window showing the volumes Note After PSM images are created you might have to wait for a few seconds or minutes in order for PSM to update its write back queues and caches In particular the very first image will generally take much longer than subsequent images Hence if the system is heavily utilized this update may take a while After this you should be able to access the images One other thing to keep in mind is that by design PSM will run at a lower priority than regular I O 26 IBM TotalStorage NA
22. Services or locally and use the following example modified for your environment http computername or ip address 8099 2 When prompted for a username and password use the administrative account for example administrator password 3 The NAS main screen will appear as shown in Figure 2 3 Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 19 Z Windows R Powered Server Appliance Tasks Microsoft Internet Explorer OL x Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help Address ja http 9 1 38 14 8099 tasks asp tab1 TabsWe7 Go Back gt A QSearch iq Favorites lt Buistory yy S Links NAS200 e Status Information Welcome EAn m Set Server Appliance Name Set Administrator Password Set Default Page Take a Tour Welcome Welcome to Server Appliance Powered by Microsoft Windows Use the following tasks to start using the server appliance Take a Tour Take a tour to learn how easy it is to use your server appliance Set Server Appliance Name Choose a name so that client computers can connect to the server appliance Set Administrator Password Create a password for the server appliance administrator Set Default Page Choose which page the server appliance displays first Figure 2 3 Microsoft Windows 2000 for NAS main screen 4 From the main screen select Disks Figure 2 4 Z Windows R Powered Server Appliance Tasks Microsoft Internet E
23. amp Test Miror System C NTFS NAS200DATA H NTFS o RECYCLER E System Volume Information 69 user ij user2 9 Wxchdata Figure 2 30 Double Take Defining Replication Set You have defined the specific NAS appliance and data that will be the source now you will supply the wizard with a location on the target machine The target system had already been defined at the beginning of the wizard You now need to select the appropriate path You have the option of sending all the data to a single path or the same path This is shown in Figure 2 31 Connection Wizard Destinations x Select the location on the target machine for the data Send all data to a single path on the target C Send all data to the same path on the target To customize a path click once on it to change the field to edit mode Source Path Hi Si Figure 2 31 Double Take Destination of Data The Target Path allows you to browse to a location By default the pathing will be the name of the server the name of the replication set and the source drive Double click the Target Path and a browse window will appear to the right of the path as shown in Figure 2 32 Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 47 Connection Wizard Destinations E x Choose Directory 3 x Directory name NAS 200 Cancel LBAS
24. during a differential backup When restoring from a differential backup both the full backup and the latest differential backup must be used gt An incremental backup is similar to a differential backup When an incremental backup is taken all files changed since the previous incremental or full backup are now backed up When restoring from an incremental backup the full backup will be needed as well as all of the incremental backups The NAS administrator can decide to perform a backup using all of the files from a specific True Image copy or only some files from it However while the administrator can take incremental or differential backups of the drive represented by a virtual image the administrator cannot back up the PSM persistent image cache files themselves Therefore should you have a situation where you have to restore user data from tape the persistent images will be lost To assist the NAS administrator in making backups using either TSM or ISV software with PSM persistent image technology IBM has provided the IBMSNAP utility Using this utility requires knowledge of Windows batch files and a command line backup utility IBMSNAP EXE is a command line tool that creates a PSM persistent image virtual drive launches backup batch files and then sets the archive bits accordingly on the drive being backed up It can be used in conjunction with other third party backup utilities as long as these support command line backups and
25. l h files c winnt system32 nthack h bat exit IBM Persistent Image utility version 1 1 Going to run file cmd exe c c 2 winnt system32 nthack h bat F c winnt system32 gt ntbackup backup F m normal f g backups h drive bkf Backup program exited with a exit code PSM is disabled for all processes Snapshot of drive H successful Job Completed C ibm NAS Backup m Figure 3 12 Successful completion of IBMSNAP and NT Backup 7 You can check if the backup file has been created Figure 3 13 PU backups iol x Ele Edt view Favorites Tools Help Back f Search Folders EBdistory B i XxX A Ea Address Ca Folders x H 3 system C yi 271 970KB Microsoft Backup File 9 30 2001 9 08 AM Maintenance D Compact Disc E J Removable Disk Fi PBR Disks G backups RECYCLER E System Volume Information H drive H I drive 1 J Control Panel My Network Places Fal Recycle Bin 1 object s Disk Free space 32 3 GB 265 MB ey My Computer WA Figure 3 13 Screen showing the backup file created 8 Notice also that there is the Removable Disk F on the NAS as shown in Figure 3 13 This is the temporary location to which the persistent image was stored by PSM for the NT Backup purpose Drive F was used because it is the next available drive
26. 3 Old data is written to PSM cache 4 New data is written to active volume 3 Figure 2 1 PMS s copy on write process Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 17 Reading a True Image True Images may consist of data on both the active volume and PSM cache If this is the case and there is a requirement to read the True Image for backup purpose or data retrieval PSM determines whether data has changed data is now on the PSM cache or is still unchanged on the active volume Then PSM retrieves the data accordingly whether on PSM cache or active volume and presents it to the user See Figure 2 2 for the process flow 1 PTI read request comes in from the network 2 PSM determines if data is stored on active volume or PSM cache then combines them 3 PSM presents the PTI to the user Disk Storage Figure 2 2 Process flow of reading a True Image Processes such as backup or restore having access through a persistent image have a lower priority than normal read and write operations Therefore if the NAS device is experiencing heavy client utilization and at the same time a backup program is launched to access the True Image the latter will have lesser priority for minimal performance impact While creating the PSM images happens very quickly it may take a few minutes before that image is visible and available to the users Generally the very first image will take m
27. 4 GB when the installation is asking you to format the partition Choose leave the current file system intact No changes 3 Boot on the maintenance partition using a Disk Boot and configure all necessary software for example TSM Client to have the necessary connections to the backup server if necessary 4 From the maintenance partition invoke Restore To System Partition 5 Make sure no errors occurred during the restore processes 6 Reboot the NAS 200 1 2 2 Recovering the NAS 300 The restoration for a single NAS 300 node is the same as described for the NAS 200 We are now showing how to restore the NAS 300 in a clustered environment Reloading a NAS 300 after one node of a cluster fails In this section we demonstrate how to reload one node in a clustered environment We will call this system new node for demonstration purposes and we are going to use the NAS setup navigator to accomplish the reload There is an assumption of a local keyboard mouse and monitor 1 Place the enablement diskette and CD 1 into the new node 2 Reboot the new node 3 Supply CDs to system as required The system should reboot when finished Note Since the new system name will already exist in the cluster and either an NT domain or Active Directory a few additional steps are required For best practices we are going to give the new node the same name that it had previously which is why these steps are necessary Chapter 1 Intr
28. 59 Usage of IBMSNAP EXE ibmsnap 1 drive files backup_script_file exit Where drive volume you want to have a PSM image of backup_script_file script or batch file that PSM runs after creating image exit exit and close PSM 3 1 2 Using IBMSNAP with NT Backup To use IBMSNAP with NT Backup you will need to create a batch file on the NAS box that calls NT Backup with the necessary parameters 1 Get connected to your NAS system 2 From acommand prompt type notepad yourbatchfile for example ntback h bat See Figure 3 8 Fj ntback h bat Notepad OF x File Edit Format Help ntbackup backup 1 m normal f g backups h drive bkf Figure 3 8 Sample batch file calling NT Backup Where 1 persistent image virtual drive letter to be supplied by PSM automatically the drive letter that will be used by PSM is the next available drive on your system m mode in the example we selected normal f the backup file and its location 3 Run IBMSNAP from C ibm NASBackup directory with the necessary parameters For example ibmsnap 1 h files c winnt system32 ntback h bat exit Where h drive to be backed up ntback h bat batch file to execute NT Backup 60 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 4 You should see a screen on the NAS Terminal Services Client session similar to the one shown in Figure 3 9 Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5 00 2195 lt C gt Copyrigh
29. Bytes Transferred 46 31 MB Compressed By 0 Transfer Rate Network KB s i 3 325 06 Aggregate KB s AA 1 891 09 r Object Count Inspected 225 Backed Up 225 Updated 0 Rebound 0 Marked Inactive 0 Failed 0 View For Help press F1 WA Figure 4 13 TSM Client Backup report Congratulations You have already made the first backup of your IBM TotalStorage NAS device using Tivoli Storage Manager To restore the files from the TSM Client follow these steps 1 Use Windows Terminal Services from any NAS client to access the NAS appliance 2 Select Start gt Programs gt Tivoli Storage Manager gt Backup Archive GUI This leads you to the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI Select Restore Select the Backup Set to be used as the source and the data to be restored oOo a A OQ Select Restore It is not possible to cover all possible configuration settings in a TSM server environment in this paper For more information as well as the TSM User s Guide please see http www redbooks ibm com 84 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 4 4 1 Using IBMSNAP with TSM In this section we discuss the use of IBMSNAP with TSM Creating the batch file that calls IBMSNAP The procedure for running the IBMSNAP is independent of the backup solution whether NTBackup TSM or any other that supports the command line utility However for simplification of scheduling the TSM backup of the PSM image we w
30. D Which media set would you like to use to back up your data Media Set 1 Ne Figure 6 24 Selecting backup device and media Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 129 130 If your media already has some data on it the backup procedure can overwrite it or append new data to it Select appropriate method of writing new data as shown in Figure 6 25 Backup Wizard Backup Overwrite Method You can choose whether to append to or overwrite available media When this backup job begins would you like Backup Exec to append to media or overwrite available media C Overwrite media Use media available to be overwritten Append to media overwrite if no appendable media is available Append to media terminate job if no appendable media is available If overwriting media what name would you like to give to the media Media created 4 23 2002 04 36 34 PM Next gt 3 Cancel Help Figure 6 25 Media overwrite method Now a backup method has to be chosen These methods are available gt Full backs up all files and resets the archive bit gt Copy backs up all files only gt Differential backs up changed files only gt Incremental backs up changed files and resets the archive bit gt Daily backs up files that changed today gt Working Set backs up all files last accessed in x days IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Additionally you can select a verification of written data
31. Disaster Recovery screen see Figure 2 16 This is an informative screen with the current status of the disaster recovery tool You can start an immediate backup create a boot diskette or configure the properties 32 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 2 Disaster Recovery Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt amp A A Asearch GHFavorites Bristory G SD Address ja http nas200 8099 snapshots psm_bu_status asp Tab1 TabsDisks amp Tab2 TabsDisksPSM amp ReturnURL tasks 2Easp 3F Multi ab 3D TabsDisks 26Container 3DTabsDi gt Go IBM5194 23TT YOO Status Information elcome Stat Ne 1S Disks RES eee oe ance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Disaster Recovery Backup schedule Current status Idle Backup Path Status Last Backup Result Copies Start Backup Primary backup davimage psm 00000000 Operation has never been performed 0 Stop Backup Secondary backup 00000000 Operation has never been performed 0 SA roperties Tertiary backup 00000000 Operation has never been performed 0 Create Disk Disk Path Status Last Update Recovery disk a 00000000 amp Back Figure 2 16 PSM Disaster Recovery screen Click Properties to configure the settings Now you are in the PSM Disaster Recovery Properties screen as shown in Figure 2
32. Next and you will be asked for the TCP IP Parameters see Figure 4 3 ITSM Client Configuration Wizard TCP IP Parameters 9 1 38 156 BIGWSE Figure 4 3 TSM Client Configuration Wizard TCP IP Parameters 10 Enter the Server Address This is the TSM Server s IP address for example 192 1 1 5 11 Enter the Port Address as 1500 This is the default value 12 Select Next and make sure that the following are configured according to your needs Domain List Include Exclude Options Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 75 Refer to Figure 4 4 and Figure 4 5 Preferences M ibm51 94 23ttyO0 foldert SMibm5194 23tty00 folder2 ibm5194 23ttyO0 folder3 C Mibm5194 23ttyO0 c Figure 4 4 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Domain List Domain List Click the Edit button to select the directory to be backed up Preferences Management Class a Po Move Up HEemoye Move Dowr Figure 4 5 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Include Exclude Options 76 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Include Exclude options Click the Edit button to either include or exclude some files from the list 13 Select Next and Finish to complete the TSM client configuration Note To finish the client installation it is necessary that the client is registered within the TSM server Please refer to 4 3 Server configuration on page 79
33. Recovery Solutions 3 You will see a screen similar to Figure 4 10 Client Node Configuration Wizard x Define TSM client nodes and policy mj Click on a storage pool to see any associated nodes A 7 4 node s data will enter a storage pool and migrate up the storage hierarchy mo Storage pools Associated nodes 49 1 38 145 fi Storage Pool Hierarchy LTOPOOL1 DISKPOOL amp BACKUPPOOL SERVERFREESTP SRVFREEMAGSTG Domain TESTNAS Edit Delete Advanced Drag and drop storage pools to These nodes will back up their data to arrange your storage pool hierarchy the selected storage pool lt Back Next gt Cancel Help Figure 4 10 TSM Client Node Configuration Wizard TSM client nodes 4 Click Next and Finish to proceed Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 81 Congratulations You should now see the client node in your client node list For example in the Web management interface on a TSM 5 1 server this should look similar to Figure 4 11 Server Administration Tivoli ont 5 Release 1 Level 1 0 Operations z ol Server Administration E Ha Operation view SRE Csi Client Nodes S Other servers E Client nodes Link to Node Policy Domain Name Node Name Contact J hated Herzer demps o TESTNAS 9 138 145 Route a command to multi a Configuration view 5 STANDARD AZURE FS E Oh Et ge Oblect view
34. Setup program This program will install NetYault on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law cm Figure 5 2 NetVault Welcome screen 94 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions After accepting the Software License Agreement you will be asked for the user information as depicted in Figure 5 3 User Information E x Type your name below You must also type the name of the company you work for Name itso Company iem Figure 5 3 NetVault User Information Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 95 96 The screen in Figure 5 4 lets you select the location of the NetVault program files Please be aware that you will be prompted in a separate screen to enter the location of the NetVault database file Choose Destination Location E 3 xj Setup will install NetVault in the following folder Ta install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install NetV
35. a usable condition for user access If quiescence is not achieved within the allocated period the True Image will not be created IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Following the quiescent period PSM creates the persistent True Image a virtual point in time representation of the volume This True Image is presented in folders and files structure in exactly the same manner as they are presented on the source volume see Figure 2 1 on page 31 Metaphorically the True Image contains the data that was overwritten on the live volume from the time of the previous True Image creation to the creation of the current True Image In reality at the time of True Image creation PSM sets up junction points to the Diff Data maintained in the PSM area The actual creation of the True Image requires minimal resources and time Writing to a PSM NAS volume When a write I O is sent to the production volume after a True Image has been created PSM intercepts and pauses the request reads the data or the blocks that is to be overwritten and saves the data in a Diff directory within the PSM specific cache file After the original data has been copied to the cache PSM releases the new data and it is written to the live production volume This process is called copy on write It is shown in Figure 2 1 1 Write request comes in from the network 2 PSM intercepts and pauses write then copies old data from active volume
36. a selected folder from one of the persistent images or the system partition The other method is to use the NAS Backup Assistant tool The NAS Backup Assistant automatically creates a Persistent Image and starts the NT Backup program Use this method to back up the data on a volume or file level basis These are the steps to be executed to perform a Backup using the NAS Backup Assistant tool 1 Use Windows Terminal Services from any NAS client to access the NAS appliance 2 Select Start gt IBM NAS Admin msc gt Backup and Restore 3 This leads you to the IBM NAS Admin display IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 4 Select Backup and Restore gt IBM NAS Backup Assistant from the left pane This will present you with a screen similar to Figure 3 1 fii IBM NAS Admin NAS Management Backup and Restore IBM NAS Backup Assistant i Console Window Help JI D 2 bed 1e x Action View Favorites lle Am Eae Tree Favorites IBM NAS Backup Assistant NAS Management Storage E NAS Utilities ja E S tec Backup Operations Scheduled Jobs Backup Logs Displayed Logs isk Defragmenter H E Removable Storage Lo Drie Backup Type Backup Method H E ServeRaid Manager c Full Standard E Diskpart v Backup System State Incremental PSM Persistent Image Users and Groups maintenance Schedule Day Time Backup and Restore O Every Monday 12
37. amp Nas200 Best Mirror MH Drives System C Figure 2 32 Double Take Destination Browse Window You can browse to a different destination Once you have selected the destination directory name click OK and then click Next as shown in Figure 2 33 Connection Wizard Destinations x Select the location on the target machine for the data Send all data to a single path on the target Send all data to the same path on the target To customize a path click once on it to change the field to edit mode Source Path Hi IC NAS200 T est Mirror H T estf ee Figure 2 33 Double Take Destination Complete The wizard will bring up a final screen showing a summary of the connection information You can continue if satisfied with the settings otherwise click the Back buttons to change the appropriate setting An Advanced Options button will allow you to adjust mirror schedule and failover options Click Finish to complete the setup See Figure 2 34 48 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions inistrator Double Take Management Console ele View Monitor Insert Tools Help a OsE sgea 2ee ease 45200 Source amp Target Double Take Servers A ey NAS200 System C NTF PLU ST EL N x Maintenance E NASZ00DATA H Review your selections and click the Finish button to protect your T NAS300A source machine with Double Take Select the Back
38. at the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim Germany Julian Garcia Bayo is a Storage expert and consultant with IBM Spain in the SSG Group He holds a Masters degree in Telecommunications Engineering with a focus in Electronic Equipment His areas of expertise include Storage Networking Solutions NAS SAN Microsoft and Linux Operating Systems and disk subsystems He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCSE and an IBM Certified Specialist for xSeries and Enterprise Disk Solutions IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Notice Glenn Korn is a member of the Technical Support Marketing group for the IBM SSG group where he specializes in SAN and NAS solutions Glenn has been working with computer hardware and networks for over 12 years He has extensive experience in IT support of both hardware and software He holds a B S degree in Industrial Technology and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCSE and Novell CNE Rok Rebolj is a Systems Engineer and Instructor in Slovenia He has 8 years of experience in the IT field He holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from the University in Ljubljana His areas of expertise include IBM Netfinity and xSeries servers storage networking and systems management He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCSE and IBM Certified Expert for xSeries Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project Yvonne Lyon Emma Jacobs Deanna Polm
39. data replication techniques Then you will see various solutions for popular backup and recovery software This book covers the following backup software products gt Microsoft Windows NT Backup gt Tivoli Storage Manager gt BakBone Software NetVault gt Veritas BackupExec and NetBackup gt Legato NetWorker Additionally the book includes tools and utilities provided by IBM to support backup of the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices as well as special considerations for iSCSI environments The team that wrote this redbook This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization San Jose Center Copyright IBM Corp 2002 xvii The team from left to right Julian Glenn Rok Roland Ingo Roland Tretau is a Project Leader with the IBM International Technical Support Organization San Jose Center Before joining the ITSO in April 2001 Roland worked in Germany as an IT Architect for Cross Platform Solutions and Microsoft Technologies He holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in telecommunications Ingo Fuchs is a Chief IT Architect and Alliance Manager at Memorex Systemhaus in Frankfurt Germany His areas of expertise include Storage Networking SAN NAS Intel based server systems and high availability solutions Ingo holds a Masters degree in Information Technology with focus in Project Engineering and has a teaching share
40. during the installation of this client as shown in Figure 5 13 Password Required E xi Connecting to Machine NAS200 Enter Password Cancel Figure 5 13 NetVault System Access Password After entering the password and clicking OK NetVault confirms the system access as shown in Figure 5 14 EEE ox System Access Passed Figure 5 14 NetVault System Access Passed Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 105 Click OK and the Client Management window will change to something similar to Figure 5 15 lolx File Help NetVault Server Selection senegal X r Clients r Available Netault Machines senegal AT Boys NAS200 wisla Find Net ault Machine Machine Name or IP Address Wl 4 Figure 5 15 NetVault Client Management with NAS200 You will see that after entering the system password the key symbol on the system icon is gone Congratulations You have successfully integrated the IBM TotalStorage NAS device into the NetVault client management 106 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 5 4 Starting a backup In this chapter we assume that gt The NetVault client software is installed on the IBM TotalStorage NAS device gt The NetVault server software is installed and configured on a backup server gt The IBM TotalStorage NAS device shows in the NetVault client management gt The NetVault GUI is installed on an administrative system
41. for more details Example 4 1 is a sample of the DSM OPT file in the NAS appliance Example 4 1 TSM client sample dsm opt file in the NAS appliance NODENAME IBM_NAS_TSM_CLIENT PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE DOMAIN ibm 23ttn07 share_e DOMAIN ibm 23ttn07 share_g DOMAIN ALL LOCAL TCPSERVERADDRESS 192 1 1 5 After successful installation of the TSM Agent you are prompted to login to the TSM Server with a screen similar to Figure 4 6 TSM Login 21x Login into a TSM server User id 9 1 38 145 Cancel Help Figure 4 6 TSM Client Configuration Wizard Login to a TSM server Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 77 Next you will be presented with the TSM Client default screen as shown in Figure 4 7 Tivoli Storage Manager File Edit Actions Utilities View Window Help For Help press F1 Figure 4 7 TSM Client default screen after installation Congratulations You have successfully set up the TSM client on your IBM TotalStorage NAS device 78 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 4 3 Server configuration We assume that you already have knowledge regarding the configuration of a TSM server Here we give you a quick example of how to integrate an IBM TotalStorage NAS device into the TSM server configuration 1 On your TSM server start the Client Node Configuration Wizard this depends on your server version and administrative configuration then click Next
42. installed with the Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Agent This enables you to back up the data in the NAS appliance Since this is only a TSM client code you will require a TSM server which is another server in the network to perform the actual backup Based on the TSM server s configuration the final destination of the NAS appliance s backup may either be located in the TSM server s disk storage or an attached tape subsystem The latter is the preferred target location As in the NT Backup method you will have to ensure that the persistent images are created before activating this backup function Automated scheduling to back up these PSM images can then be configured in the TSM server The TSM client uses an option file to store its configuration Once the setup is completed it creates an option file on the IBM NAS appliance in the following directory and file name C Program Files Tivoli TSM baclient dsm opt 72 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Here are the steps needed to configure the TSM client 1 Access the NAS appliance locally or use Terminal Services to connect 2 Select Start gt Programs gt Tivoli Storage Manager gt Backup Archive GUI 3 This produces the TSM Client Configuration Wizard as shown in Figure 4 1 TSM Client Configuration Wizards TSM Client Configuration Wizard This wizard will help you create a client options file Which components would you like to configure
43. many and others across any IP based LAN or WAN Ability to configure a many to one disaster recovery plan which may allow for reduced total cost of ownership Options which allow reporting and verification of data protection systems gt Resource utilization features Selective file replication allowing you to choose the specific directories and drives that require replication saving on valuable bandwidth File update technology which only transmits file updates not whole disk blocks or whole files This may lower the bandwidth requirement and allow for more efficient use of resources Double Take can operate in an asynchronous mode allowing processing to continue even in a congested link environment Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 39 gt Multi platform features Multi platform consistency provides identical functionality on Windows 2000 NT and Solaris platforms This allows for simplification of training and support Single management of both platforms may allow for lower Total Cost of Ownership Double Take can be used on the following operating systems e Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 e Solaris 2 51 2 6 7 and 8 e Improved backup benefits Double Take allows for mirroring of open files eliminating the need to schedule system downtime for complete backups 2 3 3 Double Take operations Double Take performs four basic types of operations mirroring replication f
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45. or the GUI on the server or client is used Tip To change the NetVault domain the NetVault server that is managed from the GUI select Administration gt Domain Management from the default screen Creating a backup job is easy From the default NetVault GUI select Backup as shown in Figure 5 16 Ninet ault E 15 x File view Operations Administration Help S Ep se e 31 aki NetVault eee Status ee a ee sania ua 1 18 Figure 5 16 NetVault Backup Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 107 The default client selection screen will be displayed Figure 5 17 File view Accept Help ISSA A NetVault Server Selection senes 3 Job Title No Tie Selections Backup Options Schedule Target Advanced Options senegal NAS200 Backup Selection Set kau Load Delete IE Modi Figure 5 17 NetVault client selection Select the NAS device from the client selection window After double clicking you will see the plug in modules that are installed on the client In our case the default plug ins are the file system plug in and the raw device plug in With the raw device plug in you can select disk drives to back up We will use the file system plug in as we want to execute a backup based on files and directories As soon as you select the file system plug in you will see a screen like Figure 5 18 1x File view Accept Help D B NetVault Server S
46. perform a backup from the image to the backup target that you specified Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 53 8 When the backup process is finished click the Backup Logs tab You will see a screen as shown Figure 3 2 Disk Management Local C9 Disk Defragmenter Removable Storage Local ServeRaid Manager Diskpart Users and Groups E Maintenance Restore using NTBackup IBM NAS Backup Assistant He E File Systems a Distributed file system Q Services for UNIX Be Shared Folders Local E Internet Information Service Computer Management Local 19 Software version S TotalStorage NAS Information E Cluster Tools a Persistent Storage Manager SANergy Figure 3 2 NT Backup Backup Logs screen 54 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 9 Select the log you want to examine and click View You will be presented with screens similar to those shown in Figure 3 3 and Figure 3 4 NAS Management E Storage E NAS Utilities Disk Management Local CN Disk Defragmenter Removable Storage Local ServeRaid Manager Diskpart E Users and Groups E Maintenance Backup and Restore Restore using NTBackup IBM NAS Backup Assistant He le Systems alg Distributed file system Services for UNIX Shared Folders Local H N Internet Information Service 2 Computer Management Local 19 Software version S TotalStorage NAS Information Cluster Tools a Persist
47. software installed This is shown in Figure 2 21 af Administrator Double Take Management Console File View Monitor Insert Tools Help aina wA Double Take Servers i i i 2 0 Double Take 5 Pl Tal Jali 8 NAS200 5 NAS300A NAS200 NAS300A NAS300B amp Nas3008 LL eee Ready ka Figure 2 21 Double Take Server List Valid activation codes are now required to enable the Double Take software This is done by logging into each machine either by right clicking each server listed and choosing Logon or by double clicking the appropriate server You supply a username and password as shown in Figure 2 22 34 Administrator Double Take Management Console allel File View Monitor Insert Tools Help iii nanena Double Take Servers Replication Set Connection 1D Target 1P Target Status Transmit Mode Mirror Status E NAS200 ae z TS nasa O Remove F Shutdown New Properties 4 Source _ Target Logon to the server E Figure 2 22 Double Take Logon to Server Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 41 42 Once you have logged on you will get a message stating that you need to supply a valid activation code to enable Double Take This is shown in Figure 2 23 lol ile View Monitor Insert Tools Help Double Take Servers Replicati
48. target system Click the Make your First Connection button and follow the wizard through the process of creating a connection between two NAS appliances The wizard tells you that it will take you through the basic steps of setting up a connection It asks you what system is going to be the one with the information that needs to be protected which will be the source device All the systems that have Double Take software loaded have a valid activation code installed and you had checked to be a source will show up here Use the drop down box to select the appropriate NAS appliance and click Next as shown in Figure 2 27 Connection Wizard Source Server Selection E x The Double Take source is the data provider This is where the files reside that you wish to protect Select the Double Take source Ad NAS200 NAS 3008 cmo Figure 2 27 Double Take Choosing Source System The wizard then asks for the target machine which will be receiving the data Again the only ones that will show up in the drop down box will be the ones with the code installed have a valid activation code and you had selected to be a target system Use the drop down box to select the NAS appliance that will be used as the target system and click Next as shown in Figure 2 28 Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 45 46 Connection Wizard Target Server Selection E x The Double Take target is the machine design
49. this at startup Close Figure 6 29 Monitor Jobs A new window will open showing all submitted jobs with their corresponding status If you need more detailed information about a particular job right click it and select Properties from the pop up menu as shown in Figure 6 30 Backup Exec Evaluation ersion day 1 of 60 Activity Monitor File View Admin Network Select Jobs Tools Window Help B bet ty Reve Al xel ea SI 3y Scheduled Active and Completed Jobs o x Cancel Refresh Backup Selections Restore Selections Job Definitions Be ee etes fiee Job Status Percent Complete Start Time Elapsed Time Byte Count ET Activ WA ist Backup NAS200 NAS Backup 1 Backup Rt 4 23 2002 4 54 PM Properties Activity Monitor 0 09 04 2 616 8 Ready SENEGAL Figure 6 30 Activity Monitor Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 133 In the Properties window you can see the job progress It shows the current file an its source and destination Other information you can also see is the current Throughput Rate in MB min Figure 6 31 Figure 6 31 Job Progress 134 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Backup Exec writes a log for every job executed You can look at it by clicking the Job Log tab as shown in Figure 6 32 Figure 6 32 Job Log Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 135 Verification of backed up fi
50. with huge amounts of data but not all of it needed on line all the time HSM is the best way to save on storage costs 24 x 365 application protection Some of todays most business critical application programs must remain on and active 24 hours a day for 365 days a year Fortunately the manufacturers of some of these important programs understand the need for data protection Some applications have a built in capability to control external data protection applications By directly controlling the time and method by which a data transfer to off line storage occurs the application can continue operating with no interruption Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 69 70 Enterprise management Tivoli Storage Manager is a client server application One Tivoli Storage Manager server handles hundreds of Tivoli Storage Manager clients Tivoli Storage Manager s administration control is extremely flexible via a hierarchy of administrators each designated with different management authority levels and specific domains defining user groups or applications Multiple administrators can manage Tivoli Storage Manager simultaneously with full data integrity Multiple Tivoli Storage Manager servers can be controlled from any Tivoli Storage Manager server or via a Web interface from any computer Data restore requests can be initiated and controlled from the Tivoli Storage Manager client greatly reducing workload for the administrator The heart of th
51. 00 AM 9 IBM NAS Backup Assists po 3 ya O Next 9 Restore using NTBackuy IBM NAS Backup Assist Run Now File Systems 3 Computer Management Lo A x Be Eompletng all JI Software Version Backup Destination Type File Path or Tape Name fields click button Execute a TotalStorage NAS Informat File le nasbackup c C Cluster Tools S Persistent Storage Manage ic SANergy Figure 3 1 NT Backup NAS Backup Wizard 5 In the right pane the following options appear Backup Operations Select drive schedules backup types backup methods destination type file path or tape name Schedule Jobs List jobs scheduled for backups You can also delete jobs that have been scheduled but not yet executed Backup Logs Shows logs of all backups You can view or delete logs here Display Logs Allows you to display the logs 6 Now in the Backup Operations screen select the drive you want to back up here drive C the backup type full or incremental the backup method standard or PSM Persistent Image the scheduling here run now the backup destination type and path we chose to back up to a file on the local drive E typically the backup should be performed onto a tape device 7 Now click Execute The backup process will start by creating a True Image of the selected drive if you selected PSM Persistent Image as the backup method and then invokes the NT Backup program to
52. 1 IBMSNAP Utility 2 2 0 ee 38 2 3 Replication using NSI Double Take 38 2 3 1 Description of Double Take 39 2 3 2 Double Takefeatures 39 2 3 3 Double Take operations 40 2 3 4 Double Take installation 40 2 3 5 Setting up Double Take 41 2 3 6 Creating a MOa atetan AA UE tees 43 Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 51 Sill NT BACKUP II WI abe 4a ae Hho we ee ee ne 52 Copyright IBM Corp 2002 iii iv 3 1 1 IBMSNAP utility 2 ee 59 3 1 2 Using IBMSNAP with NT Backup 60 3 1 3 Creating a scheduled NT Backup with IBMSNAP 64 Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 67 4 1 Introduction to Tivoli Storage Manager 68 4 2 Agent installation and configuration 72 4 3 Server configuration 79 4 4 Starting a Backup 83 4 4 1 Using IBMSNAP with TSM 85 4 4 2 Creating a scheduled TSM backup using IBMSNAP 90 Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 91 5 1 Introduction to BakBone NetVault 92 5 2 Agent installation and confi
53. 17 Fie Edt view Favorites Tools Help Heak gt O A A Bsearch Favorites History ye 5 Address fal o2526T abl 253DT absDisks o2526T ab2 253D TabsDisksPSM 2Z6R 0 1359501626072252088R 0 9457751579228766 Y Go Links gt IBM5194 23TT YOO ra a Status Information 2 Windows Powered Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Edit Disaster Recovery Properties User name administrator Password Li Path Save Media Size Primary backup d vimage psm i Copy 2 5 gigabytes z Secondary backup lt not selected gt lt no limit gt x Tertiary backup enot selected gt z eno limit gt a Start Time Repeat Every Start Date Backup schedule 15 30 J Hours I Today Thursday 2 Backup name Backup Recovery disk path 3 Restore Defaults D gt oK B Cancel EJ Done E Local intranet p Figure 2 17 PSM Disaster Recovery Properties screen Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 33 Now you can provide the needed parameters such as gt Location of backup up to three sites including network shares gt Number of copies for each site gt Size limit for each site gt Settings for scheduling the command gt Backup name gt Username and password that attaches to the network shares during a system backup or disaster recovery You can click OK and come back to the
54. 24 NetBackup NAS class Now you are ready to initiate a backup IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 7 4 Starting a backup When all server and client configuration tasks are completed we can start with initiating the first backup process We chose to initiate a backup from the NAS appliance so connect to the appliance either locally or through a Terminal Services Client Then click Start gt Programs gt VERITAS NetBackup gt NetBackup This will bring up the Backup Archive and Restore screen Click Select for Backup and select the data to be backed up as shown in Figure 7 25 gS Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Backup Server senegal Client nas200 File Actions Edit View Backup Window Help E Select for Backup E Select for Restore Qayview Status g Ek Rackup Server senegal Client nas200 O G dsetup 10 11 2001 12 5 O E Corfig Msi 5 3 2002 1 02 23 O om 9 20 2001 9 37 0 O E Documents and Se d 4 18 2002 3 54 3 OA drivers 12 18 2001 10 3 O Gisee d r 10 29 2001 5 17 DA Networkerinstall OGtem d 4 15 2002 6 36 1 CG Persistent Storage Manage OGitnetpub d 4 15 2002 2 30 0 OG RECYCLER O Goes d 9 20 2001 3 44 1 OG snapshots OGmomscripts d 3 6 2002 3 25 20 CG System Volume Informatior Gy Microsoft g 4 19 2002 4 01 5 Omni d 10 5 2001 3 22 4 O Q Fersistent Storage d h 4 18 2002 3 18 1 O O Program File
55. 3 Documents and Settings COG Default User 4184 OG divers OG i2 OG bM OG Inetpub OG kk OG Loss OG MDMScripts OD mi 7 m E E E If files already exist 2 Restore files to p altemate location 7 Do not replace Start Restore Alternate location CN Browse Figure 3 6 NT Backup Backup and Recovery Wizard restore screen Here select the source from which to restore in this example the file we defined as the backup target earlier in the chapter and the data in the source that you want to restore files directories and the like Also you have to define the target location to which the files must be restored Important As we used the PSM Persistent Image as the backup method which means that a new drive letter like G is created for the image and then the backup is started with this drive letter as a parameter to NT Backup we now have to change the restore location to the target we want to restore to Otherwise NT Backup would try to restore the files to the image which is not what we want 2 Now select Start Restore 3 You may select Advanced Options then confirm the restore source 58 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 4 The restore process will now start When it is finished you will be presented with a screen similar to Figure 3 7 Restore Progress The restore is complete To see a report wi
56. 6 Additional information is included in the IBM Redbook SG24 6505 Implementing IBM TotalStorage NAS at the Web site http www redbooks ibm com 1 1 3 Backup and recovery software IBM ships the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices with various pre loaded software products to meet customer requirements in the area of backup and archiving This includes gt True Image capabilities using PSM gt Native NT Backup software gt Tivoli Storage Manager Client software gt IBMSNAP Utility as a command line tool to enhance interoperability of PSM and backup software gt IBM NAS Backup Assistant as a GUI to start NT Backup in conjunction with creating a PSM image These products will be presented in more detail in the following chapters Additionally a wide range of backup and recovery products from independent software vendors ISVs is supported More information on certified third party software products can be found in the NAS Interoperability List at http www storage ibm com snetwork nas nas_interoperability html Chapter 1 Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 3 1 1 4 Archival backup and restoration of IBM NAS appliances 4 Systems administrators should ensure that data stored in the NAS appliance has adequate protection against data losses due to accidental erasure replacement multiple disk crashes and even disaster scenarios In this section we discuss the options and rationales of each Archival c
57. 634 462 J NRECYCLERNS 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 B NDIZNMINIDIAG EXE Sent Normal File gt 6 133 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 50 N Di2NREAD ME Sent Normal File gt 136 J NRECYCLERNS 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 I25 2 S Di3 LICENSE TXT Sent Normal File gt 1 215 289 J VRECYCLERYS 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 2005D13Nfakediag EXE Sent Normal File gt 7 925 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 25802 SOGSD13 README TXT Sent Normal File gt 31 457 288 J sqldata Nasnew_data mdf Sent si 56 11 MB gt Figure 4 18 Files being backed up by TSM 4 Once the backup is done the screen should look similar to the one shown in Figure 4 19 2502 500 Di3 Makediag EXE Sent L NRECYCLERNS 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 r A L sqldata Nasnew_data mdf Sent 31 457 280 L sqldata Nasnew_log ldf Sent Poraa File gt 26 486 L System Volume Information tracking 1 Successful incremental backup of L Total number objects inspected Total number objects backed up Total number objects updated Total number objects rebound Total number objects deleted Total number objects expired Total number objects failed 8 bytes transferred 64 26 MB ime 7 93 sec 8 287 66 KB sec 4 675 10 KB sec PSM is still enabled by another process Snapshot of drive I successful Job Completed C ibm NASBackup gt li uu ET Figure 4 19 Screen showing PSM and TSM proce
58. 990040518258R 0 06115015822385711 Go Links gt IBM5194 23TTY00 Status Information 7 ne Status Network Users Shares Maintenance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Persistent Image Global Settings Maximum persistent images 250 snapshots x Inactive period 5 seconds X Inactive time out 15 minutes ji Image directory snapshots Restore Defaults gt k cancel IE Done BE Local intranet y Figure 2 6 PSM Global Settings screen Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 21 22 This is where you can set the PSM Global Settings Maximum persistent images This corresponds to the maximum number of active images that you can create per volume The default value is 250 Inactive period This is the idle time on the volume PSM will wait before creating a persistent image The default value is 5 seconds Inactive time out This is the time that PSM will wait for inactivity If the Inactive period for example 5 seconds does not occur within the specified Inactive time out for example 15 minutes PSM will not create a persistent image The default value is 15 minutes Persistent image directory name This is the name of the directory that will contain the image of your volume The default here is snapshot but you can change it to any nam
59. Block System Management Interface Tool Symmetric Multiprocessor Systems Management Server Systems Network Architecture SNA Interactive Transaction Program Simple Network Management Protocol System Parallel Sequenced Packet eXchange Structured Query Language Security Reference Monitor Serial Storage Architecture Secure Sockets Layer System Use Sharing Protocol Serviceability Telephone Application Program Interface Trusted Computing Base Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol Trusted Computer System Evaluation Transport Data Interface Tivoli Data Protection Transport Layer Security TOS TSM TTL UCS UDB UDF UDP UFS UID UMS UNC UPS URL USB UTC UUCP UUID VAX VCN VFS VG VGDA VGSA VGID VIPA VMM VP VPD Type of Service Tivoli Storage Manager Time to Live Universal Code Set Universal Database Universal Disk Format User Datagram Protocol UNIX File System User Identifier Ultimedia Services Universal Naming Convention Uninterruptable Power Supply Universal Resource Locator Universal Serial Bus Universal Time Coordinated UNIX to UNIX Communication Protocol Universally Unique Identifier Virtual Address eXtension Virtual Cluster Name Virtual File System Volume Group Volume Group Descriptor Area Volume Group Status Area Volume Group Identifier Virtual IP Address Virtual Memory Manager Virtual
60. Corporation and Lotus Development Corporation in the United States other countries or both Domino Lotus Word Pro The following terms are trademarks of other companies ActionMedia LANDesk MMX Pentium and ProShare are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both C bus is a trademark of Corollary Inc in the United States other countries or both UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries SET SET Secure Electronic Transaction and the SET Logo are trademarks owned by SET Secure Electronic Transaction LLC Other company product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others xvi IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Preface This IBM Redbook is a guide for backup and recovery solutions for IBM TotalStorage NAS and iSCSI appliances It provides a detailed description of how to implement various backup and restore solutions This hands on guide starts with an introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery solutions and covers general concepts After that you will learn about persistent storage images and
61. Exec introductory screen is started automatically as shown in Figure 6 1 it s what your business has been waiting for VERITAS BUSINESS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION VERITAS Backup Exec Backup Exec Installation Backup Exec Certification Information View Documentation VERITAS Product Information VERITAS Technical Support VERITAS eLearning VERITAS NetBackup Desktop to Datacenter Figure 6 1 Backup Exec Introduction window From this window you can get useful information about the product by clicking the View Documentation link To begin the installation click the Backup Exec Installation and on the next screen Start Backup Exec Installation as shown in Figure 6 2 Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 117 it s what your business has been waiting for VERITAS A VERITAS Backup Exec Pre Installation Information gt Check VERITAS Web Site for the Latest Build before Installation Check VERITAS Web Site for Product Alerts View README View Licensing Information Start Backup Exec nstallation Click to proceed with we tallation Figure 6 2 Start Backup Exec Installation After clicking Next on the Welcome screen you have to read and agree with the licensing terms When you are done proceed with clicking the Yes button as shown in Figure 6 3 Software License Agreement x Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the re
62. GC26 7389 IBM SAN Survival Guide SG24 6143 IBM Storage Solutions for Server Consolidation SG24 5355 Tivoli Storage Management Concepts SG24 4877 Getting Started with Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation Guide SG24 5416 Using Tivoli Storage Manager in a SAN Environment SG24 6132 Tivoli Storage Manager Version 4 2 Technical Guide SG24 6277 Red Hat Linux Integration Guide for IBM eServer xSeries and Netfinity SG24 5853 AIX 5L and Windows 2000 Side by Side SG24 4784 Migrating IBM Netfinity Servers to Microsoft Windows 2000 SG24 5854 Using TSM in a Clustered NT Environment SG24 5742 Planning and Implementing an IBM SAN SG24 6116 2002 193 Referenced Web sites These Web sites are also relevant as further information sources gt IBM Storage http www storage ibm com IBM TotalStorage http www storage ibm com ssg IBM Network Attached Storage NAS http www storage ibm com snetwork nas index html IBM TotalStorage Network Attached Storage 200 http www storage ibm com snetwork nas 200 index html IBM TotalStorage Network Attached Storage 300 http www storage ibm com snetwork nas 300 index html IBM TotalStorage Network Attached Storage 300G http www storage ibm com snetwork nas 300g_product_page htm IBM Storage Networking Technical Support http www ibm com storage support nas Tivoli http www tivoli com BakBone Software http www bakbone com LEGATO http www legato c
63. However in certain circumstances any non IBM software may have to be uninstalled for IBM service to provide problem determination on the IBM hardware and software IBM has tested and will continue to test a variety of vendor software products To see the status and additional details of this testing customers can go to the IBM Support Web site at http www storage ibm com snetwork nas index htm AntiVirus scan The IBM TotalStorage NAS products do not come preloaded with antivirus software They are considered as a closed system configuration and are less susceptible to viral infection However an antivirus scan of the storage can be performed from clients that have the appropriate access permissions Also Norton AntiVirus Version 7 1 or later can be installed using normal Windows 2000 software installation procedures Additionally some ISV backup software has options to scan for viruses during backup processing Depending on configuration options antivirus scanning can use substantial processor disk or network resources Therefore scanning options and scan schedules should be carefully selected to minimize the impact to system resources A good recommendation is to schedule it during off peak hours Note For more information read the IBM white paper by Jay Knott entitled NAS Cache Systems Persistent Storage Manager and Backup available at http www storage ibm com snetwork nas whitepaper_nas_cache_systems html
64. IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions a Integrate backup software from BakBone Legato Tivoli and Veritas See snapshot and replication technology for NAS Learn backup concepts for iSCSI Roland Tretau Ingo Fuchs Julian Garcia Bayo Glenn Korn Rok Rebolj ibm com redbooks Red b ooks International Technical Support Organization IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions July 2002 SG24 6831 00 Take Note Before using this information and the product it supports be sure to read the general information in Notices on page xv First Edition July 2002 This edition applies to the IBM TotalStorage Network Attached Storage 200 and 300 running the Windows Powered OS Comments may be addressed to IBM Corporation International Technical Support Organization Dept QXXE Building 80 E2 650 Harry Road San Jose California 95120 6099 When you send information to IBM you grant IBM a non exclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2002 All rights reserved Note to U S Government Users Documentation related to restricted rights Use duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp Contents Figures 25 2 AAA WAWANOA Dae a bei ey ade ead vii hani AI ts ana ate WI AI ul
65. IBMSNAP 85 90 TSM Agent configuration 72 V VERITAS 115 139 virtual image 7 Index 199 200 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions HH ae Redbooks IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 0 2 spine 0 17 lt gt 0 473 90 lt gt 249 pages IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Integrate backup software from BakBone Legato Tivoli and Veritas See snapshot and replication technology for NAS Learn backup concepts for iSCSI This IBM Redbook is a guide for backup and recovery solutions for IBM TotalStorage NAS and iSCSI appliances It provides a detailed description of how to implement various backup and restore solutions This hands on guide starts with an introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery solutions and covers general concepts After that you will learn about persistent storage images and data replication techniques Then you will see various solutions for popular backup and recovery software This book covers the following backup software products Microsoft Windows NT Backup Tivoli Storage Manager BakBone Software NetVault Veritas BackupExec and NetBackup and Legato NetWorker Additionally the book includes tools and utilities provided by IBM to support backup of the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices as well as special considerations for iSCSI environments SG24 6831 00 ISBN 0738426296 Tw wA A Redbooks I
66. M amp ReturnURL tasks 2Easp 3FTab1 3DTabsDisks 7 Go Links o aaan O a O IBM5194 23TTY00 I Windows Powered Status Information Welcome Status Network nance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Persistent Storage Manager Create manage and restore snapshots of selected volumes to protect against data loss Global Settings Volume Settings Select the global parameters for Persistent Storage Configure each Persistent Storage Manager volume Manager Schedules Persistent Images Create one time or recurring persistent image schedules of Create or view persistent images and their properties selected volumes Disaster Recovery Restore Persistent Images Recover data Following a tatal system loss Use existing persistent images to recover data Figure 2 5 PSM main screen Now you are in the PSM main screen ready to configure PSM Configuring PSM Before you create images you need to configure PSM first The following steps are intended to guide you through the PSM configuration 1 Configure the Global settings From the PSM main screen click Global Settings see Figure 2 6 A Global Settings Microsoft Internet Explorer 0 x Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help Back gt AI Qsearch Gare Bristory Ge G Address smru2sreturURL tasks 42S2Easp 253F abl 162590 TabsDisks Z6R 0 5306
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68. PSM Disaster Recovery screen gt Click Start to start the backup gt Click OK again in the confirmation screen You can monitor the progress of the image creation in the PSM Disaster Recovery screen as shown in Figure 2 18 NAS200 Status Information 15 TA Disks KAZA es Maintenanc sntroller Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Disaster Recovery Backup schedule Every 1 hour s from 1 30 PM for 24 hour s every day starting 4 17 2002 Current status Backing up volume Backup Path Status Last Backup Result Copies Start Backup Primary backup NAS300alrecoverywimage psm packing ug Creating files 0 Stop Backup nh e vimage psm mine Me Creating files 0 Eropertss Operation has Tertiary Blank entry A never been 0 Create Disk backup aad performed Disk Path Status Last Update Recovery disk a Valid path 4 17 2002 2 30 50 PM Q Back Figure 2 18 Backing up Disaster Recovery Image 34 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions When the image is copied you can see the results in the PSM Disaster Recovery screen in Figure 2 19 im File Edit View Favorites Tools Help E Back gt A A Gsearch Geyravorites history G4 Sb IBM5194 23TT YOO amp Status Information ne Status Network Users Shares Maintenance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File S
69. Processor Vital Product Data VPN VRMF VSM W3C WAN WFW WINS WLM WOW WWW WYSIWYG WinMSD XCMF XDM XDMCP XDR XNS XPG4 Virtual Private Network Version Release Modification Fix Virtual System Management World Wide Web Consortium Wide Area Network Windows for Workgroups Windows Internet Name Service Workload Manager Windows 16 on Win32 World Wide Web What You See Is What You Get Windows Microsoft Diagnostics X Open Common Management Framework X Display Manager X Display Manager Control Protocol eXternal Data Representation XEROX Network Systems X Open Portability Guide Abbreviations and acronyms 191 192 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Related publications The publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this redbook IBM Redbooks For information on ordering these publications see How to get IBM Redbooks on page 195 gt gt gt Copyright IBM Corp IP Storage Networking NAS and iSCSI Solutions SG24 6240 01 The IBM TotalStorage NAS 200 and 300 Integration Guide SG24 6505 Implementing the IBM TotalStorage NAS 300G High Speed Cross Platform Storage and Tivoli SANergy SG24 6278 Using iSCSI Solutions Planning and Implementation SG24 6291 A Practical Guide to Tivoli SANergy SG24 6146 Tivoli SANergy Administrator s Guide
70. S Backup and Recovery Solutions 7 After a while click the Refresh icon on your Internet Explorer You should now see the new images you created on the list Figure 2 11 You can change the properties undo changes made to the image or delete the image using this screen Z Persistent Images Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt gt A A search Gyravorites CBristory Ey Sp IBM5194 23TT YOO amp Status Information Persistent Images PSM status Idle Search Timestamp gt Go 1 Timestamp Image Name Attribute Weight Volumes I 4118 2002 6 02 45 PM snapshotstsnapshot O Read only Normal E Tasks New E Done Figure 2 11 Persistent Image List screen BE Local intranet 8 To check if the images contain exactly the same data as the volumes you selected logon to the NAS using Terminal Services Client from the Maintenance menu on your Web Browser or do it locally 9 After that open a Windows Explorer window As shown in Figure 2 12 a snapshot directory has been created on each volume E that was selected during the image creation The mounted volumes in turn contain the directories and files that were in each volume at the time you created the images Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 27 Ba ry computer aaa File Edit View Favorites Tools Help
71. TENTS HTM x oo Links BakBone Power and Simplicity SOFTWARE Storage Management Redefined NetVault CD Contents NETVAULT This CD contains the following software for Intel platforms FreeBSD 4 x Netyault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011018 Linux Kernel 2 2 x NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011018 Linux Kernel 2 4 x NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011018 MP RAS R03 NetVault Version 6 03 Client R010912 OpenServer 5 0 x NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011018 Solaris 7 8 Intel NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server R011018 Solaris 7 8 ntel NetVault Version 6 5 0 Client R011018 UnixWare 2 13 NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011018 UnixWare 7 NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server R011122 UnixWare 7 NetVault Version 6 5 0 Client R011122 Windows NT 4 0 Intel NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011030 Windows 2000 NetVault Version 6 5 0 Server and Client R011030 Windows 95 98 ME NetVault Version 6 03 Client R010215 NetVault 6 5 0 Documentation Contents Documentation CD layout 2001 BakBone Software Inc All Rights Reserved Careers Legal Information Privacy Statement fe Done B My Computer Figure 5 1 NetVault Autorun screen Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 93 The NetVault set up program welcomes you with the screen shown in Figure 5 2 Welcome gi x Welcome to the NetVault
72. VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 153 In the screen shown in Figure 7 20 you can select the data that should be backed up for this class Please be aware that this setting does not affect backups that are initiated from a client Click Next Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Files Specify the files and folders to backup Figure 7 20 NetBackup Files 154 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Now define the backup type Figure 7 21 For our example we used a Full Backup setting and allowed a backup to be initiated by the user This is a prerequisite for the backup procedure described later in this chapter Click Next Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Backup Type Specify the types of backups a Differential files changed since last full or incremental backup Cumulative files changed since last full backup M Figure 7 21 NetBackup Backup Type Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 155 156 Now define the backup rotation and retention settings according to your environment We used the default settings Figure 7 22 Click Next Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Rotation Select a rotation for backup and retention specify how often to start full backups AJ rr F Speciy how often to start mcremental backups Figure 7 22 NetBackup Rotation IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Then define the backup start window again accordin
73. While the backup takes place you should be able to access the removable disk But once it has completed and IBMSNAP has finished this removable disk is no longer accessible To release the removable disk you should logoff and logon to your system Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 63 3 1 3 Creating a scheduled NT Backup with IBMSNAP If you want to schedule the creation of a persistent image and then back it up you need to create two batch files one that calls IBMSNAP at the scheduled time and another one that calls NT Backup Then you need to use the Windows at command to create an entry on the Task Scheduler to call the IBMSNAP batch file at your specified time Here is an example 1 Create a batch file that calls IBMSNAP Figure 3 14 A backup h bat Notepad ioj x File Edit Format Help i ibm nasbackup ibmsnap l h Files c winnt system32 ntback h bat exit Figure 3 14 Sample batch file that calls IBMSNAP 2 Create the batch file called by IBMSNAP which in turn calls NT Backup Figure 3 15 A ntback h bat Notepad iof x File Edit Format Help Figure 3 15 Sample batch file that calls NT Backup 3 On the NAS command prompt type at time ibmsnap_batch_file for example at 11 00pm c winnt system32 backup h bat 4 You should see that the job is added to Task Scheduler with a specific job ID To confirm at the command prompt type at Figure 3 16 64 IBM TotalSt
74. a can have a negative impact on a company s profitability and limit its ability to grow Storing protecting and managing data growth has become one of the major challenges of today s businesses For these reasons it is essential that disaster recovery and backup restore procedures be properly planned and implemented to meet the high demand for security and safety of data The IBM TotalStorage NAS devices are designed to plug into your current data protection scheme Unlike other NAS appliances the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices do not depend on special vendor provided versions of software but work with out of the box backup software If you use Tivoli Storage Manager TSM as your enterprise backup solution you will be pleased to know that the IBM NAS devices are shipped with a TSM client already installed Also if you do not already have a data protection scheme in place the IBM NAS systems come bundled with their own complete backup software solution Copyright IBM Corp 2002 1 1 1 Backup and recovery solutions considerations As in many other areas planning is the key to successful backup and recovery of your IBM TotalStorage NAS devices and the user and application data stored on it In this chapter we explain the key features and functionalities that IBM provides with their devices to ensure data availability and easy backup and recovery IBM provides you with hardware to maximize system uptime and data availability This way t
75. ability through failover and replication of the data By minimizing downtime and data loss Double Take is one more tool in your data protection arsenal and it accomplishes this with only a small amount of impact on existing communications and network resources Double Take allows the user to select specific volumes and directories to replicate in real time from a source server to a target server The target server s can be local or remote giving the user the ability to have off site backups in real time It has the ability to move only changes in data allowing minimal impact on resources source There are many ways to implement Double Take in a data protection environment including gt Local data replication services gt Off site data replication services 2 3 2 Double Take features Double Take has many features which can help you to create an improved data protection environment These features include high availability and disaster recovery management features resource utilization features multi platform features and improved backup benefits gt High availability and disaster recovery management features Continuous replication lowering your environment s exposure to data loss by real time replication of file changes to target system Failover capability which may reduce system downtime enabling businesses to continue to function Multiple configuration options which include a one to one many to one one to
76. after backup is finished This helps you securing your data by comparing the written data on tape with original data on the backup client Figure 6 26 Backup Wizard Backup Options You can choose options that affect how data is backed up Which backup method would you like to use to back up files FULL Back Up Files Files accessed in 2 Would you like to verify that the selected files were backed up successfully after the backup job has completed days Yes verity after backup No do not verify files after backup Figure 6 26 Backup Type and Verification Before you finish the Backup Wizard you have to decide when the job will run You can start the job immediately by selecting Yes run the job now or schedule it to run later by clicking No schedule the job to run later as shown in Figure 6 27 Backup Wizard i Completing the Backup Wizard You have completed the Backup Wizard and successfully created a backup job Do you want to run this backup job now Yes run the job now No schedule the job to run later To close this wizard and run or schedule the job click Finish lt Back Cancel Help Figure 6 27 Completing the Backup Wizard Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 131 For scheduled execution you need to provide the start time and date and repeat interval Then complete the Backup Job setup by clicking the OK button Figure 6 28
77. agement Console ll File view Monitor Insert Tools Help ja 0 4 m fd Gonnection Managere INAS3O0B Source amp Target Restoration Manager Double Take server ef Eailover Control Center H E asz00 Cennection Wizard i By wassooa mg mnecti Tagetip mirror status 4 Source Target LLL NR Figure 2 25 Double Take Connection Wizard You may also access the wizard by dragging the source machine onto the target machine Either way will bring up the Double Take Connection Wizard welcome screen as shown in Figure 2 26 3 7 Administrator Double Take Management Console a Oj x File view Monitor Insert Tools Help Ii egan AE Double Take Servers Pall Pal Fal i i a amp amp naszo0 A KA NAS300A NAS200 NAS300A NAS300B 5 amp NA5S3008 Welcome to NSI Double Take Ne x Double Take A 5 Have the Connection Wizard guide you through _Make your fist connection the creation of your Double Take connection using servers listed in the left hand pane Cancel Exit this window and establish connections manually Don t display this startup screen again Ready R Z Figure 2 26 Double Take Connection Wizard 44 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions The connection wizard will take you through the process of setting up a connection with a source and
78. ailure monitoring failover and restoration gt Mirroring The process of creating an identical copy of data from the source system to the target system File attributes and permissions are retained After initial mirroring only subsequent changes to files are updated and transferred gt Replication This is the real time transmission of file changes from source to target Double Take s replication process operates at the file system level and can independently track file changes from the file s related application gt Failure monitoring failover This setup allows for the a target system to stand in for a failed source system This results in user and application requests being redirected to the target machine Failover can be automatic or manual depending on the configuration gt Restoration Restoration is an easy way to replicate data back from target system to source system This can be accomplished with specific data or the whole replication set Double Take provides a method for this with minimal configuration 2 3 4 Double Take installation 40 Please install Double Take according to the manufacturer s recommendations IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 2 3 5 Setting up Double Take Setting up Double Take is fairly straightforward After you have installed Double Take start the application with the Double Take Management Console You will see a list of all the machines that have the Double Take
79. akBone 91 block O 180 C considerations 2 D Data availability hardware 2 software 3 differential backup 7 disaster recovery planning 68 Double Take 15 38 Connection Wizard 44 Creating a Mirror 43 Defining Replication Set 47 description 39 features 39 High availability 39 installation 40 Local data replication services 39 Copyright IBM Corp 2002 Multi Platform 40 Off site data replication services 39 Operations 40 Resource utilization 39 setup 41 dsm opt 72 F file O 180 full backup 7 I O protocol 180 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager advantages Unigue Differentiators 72 IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i 182 recovery 182 IBM TotalStorage NAS 300 Recovery 11 IBMSNAP_ 7 38 59 and PSM creating animage 61 batch file 85 Removable Disk 63 Scheduled NT Backup 64 Scheduled TSM Backup 90 with NTBackup 60 with TSM 85 IBMSNAP EXE 7 incremental backup 7 Introduction 1 iSCSI 179 Backup and recovery 181 backup and restore considerations 179 block I O 180 encapsulates SCSI commands 181 introduction 180 recovery 182 restore configuration 184 topology 181 L Legato 163 197 Local data replication services 39 M maintenance partition 4 10 N NAS Archival backup 4 Archival backup of user data 5 Archival copy 4 recovery after cluster fails 11 recovery procedures 9 NAS 200 recovery 10 NAS 300 recovery 11 NAS Admin msc 52 NAS appliances archival 4 backup 4 restoration 4 NAS Backup Assista
80. apter If you have only Gigabit Ethernet adapters installed it is recommended that you perform PSM backup of each node to its maintenance partition D drive which would allow you to recover if the system volume is corrupt and or unbootable Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 35 2 1 3 Special considerations for PSM in a clustered environment In this section we review some special considerations to take in account when PSM is used in a clustered environment like in the IBM TotalStorage NAS 300 The use of PSM in clustered volumes is supported and there are no big differences with PSM standard volumes as explained in 2 1 2 Creating images with PSM on page 19 However the following points deserve mention gt Creating and accessing a snapshot is the same procedure as for unclustered systems When failing over a disk from one node or after a failure the other node mounts the volume and all the snapshots in the volume After that the snapshots are accessible via the other node After a failover there is a delay between the moment the volume is accessible until the snapshots are accessible that vary depending on the number and size of the snapshots In the event of a failover PSM has to load the images before the volume can be brought online on the node The default time out for pending state in a cluster is 180 seconds It is recommended to change this value to a greater one to avoid that the disk
81. ar Oyen E AE xiii Notices AA Beer ea Eee es Ma de aes ae a aa XV Erademark Serei tiua i r ar cae lt a doe tan Ba RO Mien ny a Attend ee xvi PROTAC Ce conto arena Ot Bi KA ki REA cad ORE Bl het na Rad oe A es xvii The team that wrotethisredbook xvii NA cs ata ats sata teeta eas ae ade eck Gua Rha es Aer ae tae eae Ree a aan ee xix Comments welcome XX Chapter 1 Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 1 1 1 Backup and recovery solutions considerations 2 1 1 1 Data availability hardware 2 1 1 2 Data availability software 3 1 1 3 Backup and recovery software 3 1 1 4 Archival backup and restoration of IBM NAS appliances 4 1 2 IBM TotalStorage NAS Recovery Procedures 9 1 2 1 Recovering the NAS 200 10 1 2 2 Recovering the NAS 300 11 Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 15 2 1 Snapshots using Persistent Storage Manager PSM 16 2 1 1 How PSM works 0 a A teas 16 2 1 2 Creating images with PSM 19 2 1 3 Special considerations for PSM in a clustered environment 36 2 2 Using PSM with backup software solutions 37 2 2
82. architecture and database aware agents and options VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter effortlessly adapts to the growing needs of any data center Note For updates on third party product certification see the NAS Interoperability List at this site http www storage ibm com snetwork nas nas_interoperability html We used NetBackup DataCenter Version 3 4 for our testing Important Please be aware that NetBackup Professional cannot be used to back up IBM TotalStorage NAS devices IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 7 2 Agent installation and configuration Connect to the NAS device either locally or by using the Terminal Services Client After inserting the NetBackup DataCenter CD you will be prompted with a screen similar to Figure 7 1 NetBackup Install Explore CD Add Remove Programs VERITAS NetBackup Client for Microsoft Windows NT Read me NetBackup Server for Microsoft Windows NT Read me Install NetBackup Java Display Console for MS Windows Install Figure 7 1 NetBackup autorun screen Select the NetBackup Client and click Install This will bring up the Welcome screen as depicted in Figure 7 2 Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 141 Welcome to the NetBackup Client Setup program This program will install NetBackup Client on your FA computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and
83. ated to receive the data and possibly stand in for the source machine Select the Double Take target X NAS200 NAS3008 ome Figure 2 28 Double Take Choosing Target System The wizard will take you through creating a replication set This is a list of all the files that need to be protected You can either create a replication set or use an existing one As you can see in Figure 2 29 we have decided to create a new replication set and call it Test Mirror When you have finished click Next Connection Wizard Replication Set Selection E x Select or create the replication set you wish to connect to the Double Take target A replication set represents all of the files to be protected Create a new replication set with this name Test Mirror Note File selection will be completed on the next page Use this replication set fest z lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 2 29 Double Take Creating Replication Set The wizard will ask you to select the volumes and folders that you want to protect You are beginning to define the replication set that is selecting the volume s and directories that will be included in the mirroring process This is shown in Figure 2 30 When you are finished click Next to continue IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Connection Wizard Define Replication Set F x Select the volumes and folders you wish to protect
84. ault by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder C Program Files NetVault6 Browse lt Back Cancel Figure 5 4 NetVault Program Destination IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions After that you have to specify the database location as shown in Figure 5 5 Enter Database Folder Figure 5 5 NetVault Database Location Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 97 98 In the NetVault Setup Type screen in Figure 5 6 you have to decide which type of setup you want to start In our case we installed a NetVault Client System Setup Type E x Click the type of Setup you prefer then click Next Net ault Client System Net ault Custom System Net ault Server System Description Choose this option to install a NetYault Client System This will permit your system to act as a NetVault client on your network lt Back Cancel Figure 5 6 NetVault Setup type IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions If you plan to attach a tape library to the NAS device to directly transfer data from the NAS system to the tape without using the network than you would have to choose the NetVault Custom System entry NetVault allows you to back up data locally from the NAS device using the NetVault SmartClient technology You can also share backup devices in a SAN using the Dynamically Shared Drives DSD feature See Figure 5 7 Setup Type au x Click the type of Setup yo
85. button to GAE NAS3008 change an option gt System C NTF mary of Co amp Files D NTFS 3 NSI Storage F amp Quorum Q NTF on Information 00 Test Mirror H Click Advanced Options to adjust Mirror 7 Schedule and Failover options Advanced Options lt Back Cancel Ready ka Figure 2 34 Double Take Connection Wizard Finished You can now check to see if the mirror is operational One way is to double click the source server There will be an icon and the name of your replication set Open up the replication set and observe the settings You can also verify by going back to the main window and clicking the source It will show the replication sets and other pertinent information like IP address target mirror status and so on These checks are shown in Figure 2 35 Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 49 Double Take Servers py Nasz00 amp System C NTFS amp Maintenance E NTFS H 3 NAS200DATA H NTFS Test Mirror E NAS300A amp NAS3008 Replication Set Connecti Target IP Transmit Mode Mirror Status v Test Mirror 1 119 1 38 146 H gt Ci NAS Ok Started 1 3 For Help press F1 g Figure 2 35 Double Take Verifying Replication Set You have just completed a mirror that will
86. cknowledge it by clicking Yes 166 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Now the NetWorker setup program should launch with a screen similar to Figure 8 3 Net Worker Setup Setup Type Click Next to install to this folder or click Browse to install to a different folder Installshield Figure 8 3 NetWorker Setup Type Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 167 Select Client and click Next This brings up the Allowed Servers screen see Figure 8 4 Net Worker Setup Servers Enter servers InstallShield en ee eel e Figure 8 4 NetWorker Allowed Servers 168 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Type in the servers that are allowed to access the client Click Next This brings up the Ready to Install screen as shown in Figure 8 5 v Net Worker Setup Ready to install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Install Networker Install to C Program Files nsr Server senegal Installshield ui eee Figure 8 5 NetWorker Ready to Install the Program Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 169 Review the settings and click Install You will be prompted with a status screen Figure 8 6 click Finish to complete the installation ya NetWorker Setup Completing the NetWorker Setup Wizard The InstallShield setup wizard has successfully installed NetWorker Click Finish to exit the setup wizard To configure Net Worker to use Windows Chang
87. creening Disaster Recovery Backup schedule Every 3 hour s from 3 30 PM for 24 hour s every day starting 4 18 2002 Current status Idle Backup Path Status Last Backup Result Copies Start Backup The Primary va 5 Operation d wimage psm Valid path 4 18 2002 3 31 43 PM 1 backup ge p p was Properties successful Operation Blank pacpnaary entry has never 4 Create Disk ackup ignored been a performed Operation Tertiary Biene has never 0 backup Ree been ig performed Disk Path Status Last Update Recovery disk a Valid path 4 18 2002 3 15 47 PM amp Back Figure 2 19 PSM Disaster Recovery Image created You should now create the boot disk gt Insert a formatted floppy disk in the diskette drive of the NAS device gt Click Create Disk in the PSM Disaster Recovery screen gt Click OK in the confirmation screen This can take some time gt When finished click Back to get back to the PSM Disaster Recovery screen gt To make the disk bootable run the fixboot bat file on the floppy disk The process to recover the system volume from a disaster recovery image is straightforward Just boot the NAS appliance with the boot diskette inserted The recovery process starts automatically and will try the first given path that contains a valid image and load it After that you only have to reboot the machine Restriction Restoration of a PSM backup image over the network is not supported for the Gigabit Ethernet Ad
88. d into the default Program Files folder because this folder by default does not allow write access to all users The following licensed features were installed Intelligent Disaster Recovery IDR non Alpha clients The NetBackup Clients will not be allowed to access these features unless the appropriate licenses have been installed on the NetBackup Server Client LOCAL NAS 200 install was successful Figure 7 11 NetBackup Install Summary Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 147 Now confirm the installation by selecting Finish Figure 7 12 Setup Complete Figure 7 12 NetBackup Setup Complete The NetBackup client is now installed You do not have to reboot the NAS appliance 148 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 7 3 Server configuration In this section we explain how to integrate the NAS device into an existing NetBackup environment We assume that you have already set up the NetBackup server and that all device and server configuration tasks are completed As an example we will show you how to create a new backup policy class and how to add the NAS appliance to this class We will use simple settings as a complete configuration and exploitation of the NetBackup functionalities is not in the scope of this paper Start the administrative interface for the server by selecting Start gt Programs gt VERITAS NetBackup gt NetBackup Administration This should br
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90. dows NT Logical File System AIX Low Function Terminal Java Naming and Directory Interface Layered Operating System Logical Partition Local Procedure Call Line Printer Daemon Licensed Program Product Least Recently Used Local Security Authority Local Transfer Group Login User Identifier Logical Unit Number Logical Volume Control Block Logical Volume Device Driver Logical Volume Manager Master Boot Record Micro Channel Architecture Meta Data Controller Master File Table Million Instructions Per Second Microsoft Management Console Managed Object Class Library Multi protocol Transport Network MS DOS MSCS MSS MSS MWC NAS NBC NBF NBPI NCP NCS NCSC NDIS NDMP NDS NETID NFS NIM NIS NIST NLS NNS NSAPI NTFS IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Microsoft Disk Operating System Microsoft Cluster Server Maximum Segment Size Modular Storage Server Mirror Write Consistency Network Attached Storage Network Buffer Cache NetBEUI Frame Number of Bytes per l node NetWare Core Protocol Network Computing System National Computer Security Center Network Device Interface Specification Network Data Management Protocol NetWare Directory Service Network Identifier Network File System Network Installation Management Network Information System National Institute of Standards and Technology National Languag
91. e Support Novell Network Services Netscape Commerce Server s Application NT File System NTLDR NTLM NTP NTVDM NVRAM NetBEUI NetDDE ocs ODBC ODM OLTP OMG ONC OS OSF PAL PAM PAP PBX PCI PCMCIA PDC PDF NT Loader NT LAN Manager Network Time Protocol NT Virtual DOS Machine Non Volatile Random Access Memory NetBIOS Extended User Interface Network Dynamic Data Exchange On Chip Sequencer Open Database Connectivity Object Data Manager on line Transaction Processing Object Management Group Open Network Computing Operating System Open Software Foundation Platform Abstract Layer Pluggable Authentication Module Password Authentication Protocol Private Branch Exchange Peripheral Component Interconnect Personal Computer Memory Card Primary Domain Controller Portable Document Format PDT PEX PFS PHB PHIGS PID PIN PMTU POP POSIX POST PP PPP PPTP PReP PSM PSN PSSP PV PVID QoS RACF RAID Performance Diagnostic Tool PHIGS Extension to X Physical File System Per Hop Behavior Programmer s Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System Process Identification Number Personal Identification Number Path Maximum Transfer Unit Post Office Protocol Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environment Power On Self Test Physical Partition Point to Point Protocol Point
92. e you want The default directory is snapshot When finished click OK to get back to the PSM main screen IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 2 Configuring the Volume settings Click Volume Settings This is where you can configure the specific volume attributes see Figure 2 7 REE Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help e Bak gt A A search Favorites history Gy Address E PSM 26Tab1 3DTabsDisks 26Tab2 3DTabsDisksPS5M 26ReturnURL 3Dtasks 252Easp 253FTab1 253DTabsDisks Go Links gt IBM5194 23TTY00 Status Information s Maintenance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Volume Settings PSM status Idle Available Volume Size Free Space Cache Size Usage Tasks System C 6 347 GB 2 230 GB OMB 0 00 C NAS200DATA E 55 101 GB 54 990 GB OMB 0 00 Configure zi Z BE Local intranet Figure 2 7 PSM Volume Settings screen Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 23 You can select a volume and configure the specific attributes by clicking Configure See Figure 2 8 a Edit Configuration Settings For Selected Yolume Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Bak gt A Bsearch Favorites lt Hristory E4 SH IBM5194 23TT YOO amp Status Information Welcome Status Net
93. e Journal click Configure Gancel Figure 8 6 NetWorker Completing the NetWorker Setup Wizard 170 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 8 3 Server configuration We assume that you have already set up and configured the Legato NetWorker backup server In this chapter we will explain how to integrate the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices into the Legato NetWorker client management On the backup server select Start gt Programs gt NetWorker Group gt NetWorker Administrator You will see the NetWorker Administrator screen see Figure 8 7 NetWorker Administrator senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com Bel es Eile View Operations Resources Options Window Help te los Hela alel aj X NetWorker Servers and Clients ff senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com BEE GE ff Networker Servers EE e NetWorker Clients Media Management E brazil almaden ibm com g Autochanger E easter almaden ibm com ial Set Up Server set up mount unmount label BA sicily almaden ibm com os ie we Devices 8 Bl Server Notifications set up mount unmount label S Manage Policies g Manage Pools a Registration l Manage Label Templates E Clone Save Sets z 7 E Clone Volumes Client Operations e Staging Manage Clients ol Manage Directives NetWorker Groups w Archive Requests Hi Manage Groups S Migration fa Manage Schedules 7 Configure Monitor J Volumes J Indeves J
94. e Tivoli Storage Manager server is an integrated relational database This database catalogs each data transfer backup archive HSM etc and the complete set of data for every Tivoli Storage Manager client If you tell Tivoli Storage Manager to do data backups every day the database allows the restore of data from every day in the past for as far back as you specify Tivoli Storage Manager lets you go back in time to previous versions of your data files You specify the frequency of backups where the copied data is held magnetic disk storage pool optical disk data tape etc how long it is held there until migrating the next storage type and how long each version is kept before it is erased and the space it used is made available for new data copies You also specify how often data tapes should be tested for data integrity what percent of empty should a tape be before its data is consolidated to another tape freeing complete tapes for reuse and how quickly should data from single users be migrated from multiple tapes to a single tape to speed data restores Management automation All the management capabilities of Tivoli Storage Manager can be automated Automation control is via an extremely granular policy engine This engine can be configured down to the individual file level to cover the who what where when and how of data transfers Who has access to this file What data should be transferred Where should it be transferred to Whe
95. e status of the backup process as shown in Figure 8 14 NetWorker User Eile Operation free View Options Window Help Backup Status SYSTEM STATE Registry Starting save CAWINNT system32 config SECURITY_NSR CAWINNT system32 contig sottware_NSR CAWINNT system32 config system_NSR CAWINNT system32 config default NSR CAWINNT system32 config SAM_NSR SYSTEM STATE Registry Saved i Backup SYSTEM STATES 16 MB 00 00 10 17 files Backup completion time 4 26 02 9 57a Start time 4 26 02 9 54a Server senegal Client nas200 itsolab2 almaden ibm com Figure 8 14 NetWorker Backup Status To restore the data you have backed up click Recover select the data to be recovered click Mark and then Start After resolving possible naming conflicts the restore should be processed Congratulations You have successfully backed up the data on your IBM TotalStorage NAS device using Legato NetWorker 178 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Backup and restore considerations for iSCSI In this chapter we discuss how to perform backup and restore operations in an iSCSI environment Copyright IBM Corp 2002 179 9 1 Introduction to iSCSI iSCSI is a proposed industry standard that allows SCSI block I O protocols commands sequences and attributes to be sent over a network using the popular TCP IP protocol This is analogous to the way SCSI commands are already mapped to Fibre Channel parallel SCSI and SSA media
96. egal itsolab2 almac 9 45 AM YA Figure 8 9 NetWorker Create Client Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 173 Now enter the Legato client name for the client to be created Figure 8 10 Create Client x Nas2od MDefault ODOS standard directives DOS with compression directives Figure 8 10 NetWorker Create Client window 174 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Click OK Now you should see the newly created client in the Clients view Figure 8 11 E gt Net Worker Administrator el Eg Eile Yiew Operations Resources Options Window Help te los sii ae au GB 8 NetWorker Servers and Clients a NetWorker Servers e NetWorker Clients tS 2 brazil almaden ibm com fl 2 easter almaden ipm com Ba sicily almaden iom com senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com ioj x senegal itsolab2 almaden ibm com Clients _ Oy x pal Ti Configure Volumes Indexes j al sole Pending Messages Group Status J Clone Status J Server senegal itsolab2 almac 9 46 AM WA Figure 8 11 NetWorker New Client Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 175 8 4 Starting a backup 176 We assume that the backup server is set up the client software is installed and the client is accessible from the Legato NetWorker server Also we assume that a proper device pools and groups configuration has been applied to the server and that the client has been as
97. election senes ts Job Title No Tie Selections Backup Options Schedule Target Advanced Options NAS200 File System OF AN OF cs o6 Ds O87 Es Backup Selection Set uu Load Delete I Modify 13 4 Figure 5 18 NetVault file system plug in 108 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions As an example we chose to back up the drive H and the system settings By clicking the drive letters you can further select and deselect individual directories and or files When you are done with the definition you can now select the Backup Options tab Figure 5 19 Figure 5 19 NetVault file system backup options Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 109 After reviewing the options you should select the Schedule tab Figure 5 20 N Netvault Backup j MEE Figure 5 20 NetVault backup schedule In the Schedule tab you can define when the backup should occur or define a trigger to cause a job execution remotely 110 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions In the target window shown in Figure 5 21 you define the backup target meaning where the backup data should be written to This can be another NetVault server or a NetVault SmartClient NetVault client with attached backup device Virtual backup devices can also be used aa T File View Accept Help IA B Q NetVault Server Selection senes sd Job Title Notie AA Selections Backup Opti
98. en asked 2 Remove the Recovery Enablement Diskette from the diskette drive and the last CD from the CD ROM drive When the process is finished the system will reboot automatically 3 The original manufacturing preload will be restored Reinstall all software updates that has been installed on the Model before Reconfigure shared folders users permissions and applications 4 Apply service packs as needed Note Refer to the backup book for different ways to back up and restore your NAS appliances Using the maintenance disk partition To avoid to create the users shared folders and permissions again you can use tools such Persistent Storage Manager to create a operating system image In order for this process to work you need to meet the following prerequisites 1 Have a previous backup of operating system See 2 2 1 IBMSNAP Utility on page 38 10 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 2 Have a diskette format with the following files BOOT INI NTDETECT COM NTLDR By following these steps you can recover the NAS 200 appliances 1 Change the boot order Press F1 when the NAS appliances starts and put in this order a First Startup Device Diskette Drive 0 b Second Startup Device Cd Room c Third Startup Device Hard Disk 0 2 In order to restore the backup temporarily install Windows 2000 Server into the maintenance partition The installation processes will show you this partition with 6
99. ent Figure 5 22 Nnetvault Backup jo File View Accept Help DS F DNetVault Server Selection senegal 7 Job Title No Title Selections Backup Options Schedule Target Advanced Options Backup Life Backup Archive Discard after M Full Backup I Discadater Days C Weeks Year Compressi p Verification T Verify after backup m Duplication I Duplicate Using Schedule Set Using Target Set I Migrate Discard origin o r Pre and Post Scripts Use Pre Script User Parameter Use Post Script User Parameter Advanced Options Set Load SaveAs Delete I Madify Figure 5 22 NetVault Advanced Backup Options Tip Enabling network compression will reduce the amount of data transported through your network and may reduce the time needed to transfer data from the backup client to the backup server On the other hand network compression adds CPU load on both the client and the server You will have to evaluate this setting for your specific environment When you are done with configuring the backup job you can select the Submit button the traffic light symbol or choose Accept gt Submit Backup This will submit the backup job The progress of the job can be monitored in the NetVault Job Management window as shown in Figure 5 23 112 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Ninetvault Jobs sll x File View Help NA U N
100. ent Storage Manager SANergy p drive letter IBMSnap used Yes Backup to file Backup bkf file name e nasbackupic Note see NTbackup report file below for IBMSnap drive letter When you use ntbackup to restore the bkf file make sure to select Restore files to alternate location and then select the original Backup Drive Letter C For more information refer to the Restore section in the IBM NAS Backup Assistant Help web page Figure 3 3 NT Backup NAS Backup log page 1 Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 55 56 Figure 3 4 shows the second part of the NAS Backup log page B AS Ad A anageme Ba pandR ore IB AS Ba pA a oy x Ja Console Window Help IO S bel m ai Action view Favorites gt m ef Tree Favorites IBM NAS Backup Assistant NAS Management E Storage NAS Utilities E Disk Management Local B Disk Defragmenter Removable Storage Local C ServeRaid Manager Diskpart Users and Groups Maintenance Backup and Restore 3 IBM NAS Backup Assistant Fri Apr 19 2002 16 00 52 IBM Persistent Image utility version 1 1 Enabling PSM Press control C to stop Creating snapshot of drive CA on drive G Directory G exists fatching drive G Going to run file cmd exe c C ibm NASBackuptbatchintbatch bat G Backup program exited with a 0 exit code PSM is still enabled by another process
101. ent for Lotus Domino OK Open File Option OK eas Folder Space Required 18414 k aE Space Available 5496268 K L Disk Space pee lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 6 7 Remote Install Options IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions On the following screen the option to be installed and the installation location will be shown If you are satisfied with the settings click Next Figure 6 8 Start Copying Files E x Setup has enough information to start copying the program files If you want to review or change any settings click Back If you are satisfied with the settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings Installing Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 Local Target Directory C Program Files VERITAS Backup Exec NT Figure 6 8 Start copying A Warning window will pop up informing you about the Service Pack requirements for Windows NT 4 0 operating systems Confirm it by clicking OK as shown in Figure 6 9 x WARNING We strongly recommend that all Windows NT v4 0 systems have Service Pack 4 or above installed prior to installing the Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 l Figure 6 9 Service Pack 4 Warning Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 121 Now you have to select the system s to install Remote Agent First choose all domains in which your systems are located Figure 6 10 Select Domains for Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 Ins
102. er File Download screen 166 NetWorker Setup Type 0 cece ee 167 NetWorker Allowed Servers 168 NetWorker Ready to Install the Program 169 NetWorker Completing the NetWorker Setup Wizard 170 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 10 8 11 8 12 8 13 8 14 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 NetWorker Administrator 171 NetWorker Manage Clients 172 NetWorker Create Client 173 NetWorker Create Client window 174 NetWorker New Client 175 NetWorker User 176 NetWorker Backup 177 NetWorker Backup Status 178 iSCSI uses block AUA 180 DAS uses block I O III AA 181 iSCSI Backup configuration 183 iSCSI Restore configuration 184 Figures Xi xii IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Tables 4 1 Sample NAS disk configuration 85 Copyright IBM Corp 2002 xiii xiv IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may
103. ervers you have or which platform they re running on This revolutionary new approach called Enterprise Storage Management offers an ideal solution for companies looking to re centralize the backup process Tue Net Bene THE NETWORKS Legato NetWorker for Windows NT and NetWorker for Windows 2000 combine enterprise strength storage management and comprehensive integration with Microsoft BackOffice Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 and Microsoft Windows 2000 NetWorker is the first in a new breed of Enterprise Storage Management solutions that can help you improve the way you protect critical information assets take maximum advantage of existing resources and dramatically reduce administrative costs Get Started Visit our Web Site e Install Legato NetWorker for Windows 2000 e Legato Systems Inc e Install Legato NetWorker for Windows NT 4 0 Figure 8 1 NetWorker autorun screen Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 165 Select Install Legato NetWorker for Windows 2000 This should bring up a screen similar to Figure 8 2 File Download x You have chosen to download a file from this location setup exe from G temp winnt networkr What would you like to do with this file Save this program to disk Always ask before opening this type of file Cancel More Into Figure 8 2 NetWorker File Download screen Select Run this program and click OK If a security warning pops up a
104. et file location and the program folder Figure 7 6 and Figure 7 7 and continue by clicking Next Setup will install NetBackup Client in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install NetBackup Client by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder C Program Files VERITAS Browse lt Back Cancel Figure 7 6 NetBackup Destination Location 144 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Select Program Folder x Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing Folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders VERITAS NetBackup Existing Folders ActivePerl Administrative Tools Alacritech Director Agent IBM FAStT MSJ Intel DMI 2 0 SP SDK v1 10 Jasc Software xl pe Figure 7 7 NetBackup Program Folder In the Client Options screen Figure 7 13 enter the name of the backup server you want to use and click Add Select Next when you are done NetBackup Client Options Ea Setup will use the following configuration options for all new installations of the NetBackup Client Name of NetBackup Server Add NetBackup Server list Remove M Make Master Master Help lt Back Cancel Figure 7 8 NetBackup Client Opt
105. etVault Server Selection Status Jobs History SS e Time dob Title _ 1d Insta Ph ci Selectio Schedul Target YA RunStatus X Figure 5 23 NetVault Run Status Further information can be seen when selecting the job Figure 5 24 Job Monitor NAS200 Inital Full 1 O xj Job Information Job Title NAS200 Inital Full Instance 1 Status Writing to media m Data Transfer Plugin Type File System Average Xfer Rate 5070 kb sec Current Xfer Rate 5763 kb sec Peak xfer Rate 7252 kb sec Elapsed Time 00 02 10 Elapsed xfer 00 02 05 Waiting for Device 00 00 05 File Count 18 Total MBytes 622 81 MBytes Processing H snapshots snapshot 0 Persistent Storage Manager State cae760db0 Current File Size 7813 00 MBytes Current File OK Abort Job Figure 5 24 NetVault Job Monitor Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 113 Another place to look for a status feedback is the device management window as shown in Figure 5 25 N Netvault Device Management 4 loxi Fie Add View Help pNetVault Server Selection senegal Y Devices Device Logs Media Reguests TYDRHOO4 lt NAS200 gt w SLOT 1 TYDRHOO8 lt NAS200 gt w SLOT 2 RESERVED w SLOT 3 RESERVED 4 SLOT 4 RESERVED w SLOT 5 TYDRHOOS lt NAS200 gt w SLOT 6 TYDRHOO1 lt NAS200 gt w SLOT 7 BLANK TVDRHO0 1w SLOT 8 BLANK TYDRHO005 w SLOT 9 BLANK TYDRHO06
106. ete backup strategy to protect Select preferred Backup Exec Options servers and workstations on the network Confirm Backup Device Availability Verify that Backup Exec can access your backup devices M Always show me this at startup Close Figure 6 18 Backup Exec Assistant IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions In the Backup Exec Assistant select Create a Backup Job A Backup Wizard starts Figure 6 19 and guides you through the following steps Backup Wizard Welcome to the Backup Wizard This wizard will guide you through the process of creating a backup job To begin creating a backup job click Next Figure 6 19 Backup Wizard You will be presented with a window showing a local machine with its drives Expand the tree below Remote Selections and Microsoft Windows Network by first choosing the domain and then the machine you want to back up see Figure 6 20 lolx Backup Selections es You can back up data from any drive or share that is accessible on this server ue What items would you like to back up OS Local Selections HQ c Oso a05 E H O System State E Z 9 Remote Selections 8 a Microsoft Windows Netw OO amp y CzPac00D O ay GERFRA Oy GRUPO OA ITSOLAB1 ITSOLAB2 O Sy1ems194 23TTv00 O S LocHness aszoo OE nassooa OE nasso O Esenca DOBI tonga Figure 6 20 Selecting Remo
107. for your existing backup solution persistent image functionality is implemented in such a way that any backup application that supports command line backups will be supported The IBM NAS systems come with a command line utility called IBMSNAPEXE that allows you to use PSM technology with your existing backup software solution Usage of this utility requires knowledge of Windows batch file processing plus the backup software command line utility IBMSNAPEXE is a command line utility that creates a PSM image launches the backup batch file and then sets the archive bits accordingly on the drive being backed up The IBMSNAPEXE file is located in the C ibm NASBackup directory Usage of IBMSNAP EXE ibmsnap 1 drive files backup script file exit Where drive volume you want to have a PSM image of backup_script_file script or batch file that PSM runs after creating image exit exit and close PSM 2 3 Replication using NSI Double Take This section will describe NSI Double Take and its features It will show how to install set up and use Double Take on NAS systems Double Take can be configured in many different ways to meet your data protection and availability plans The following section covers the replication configuration based on two servers 38 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 2 3 1 Description of Double Take Double Take is a real time software product that can be used for increased data avail
108. g to your individual environment Figure 7 23 Click Next Backup Policy Configuration Wizard 29 xi Start Window Specify the time window during which backups are allowed to start t aa aa Scheduled window EE User window off hours C Off hours Working hours Wi C Alday C Allday Custom Custom Custom Settings Day All E Start Duration fe 4a hf 4 lt Back Cancel Figure 7 23 NetBackup Start Window Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 157 158 Select Finish on the final screen Figure 7 23 and the new class should now be visible in the main screen Figure 7 24 Backup Policy Management Classes NetBackup Of x Class Edit view Window Help yV B x OX ob BiB a e e All Classes Test NAS Attributes Ey senegal dasses storage vounee al PLAT clelelul tele alc Keyword N N NN vp H Composite of all classes FE Test NaS MS Windo Disk NetBackup 0 YN NOM MMe NN Test NAS 2 Schedules Full Backup 2 weeks 1 Week User Backup 2 weeks Test NAS 1 Files Pathname or Directive KS ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES Operating System WindowsNT For Help press F1 Master Server senegal Connected Figure 7
109. gnostics and system management processors for fast error diagnose gt RAID controllers to protect against disk failure system and user data gt Predictive Failure Analysis PFA notifies the user of an imminent failure before it actually happens PFA protects various hardware components IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 1 1 2 Data availability software To help customers ensure the availability of data IBM ships the product Persistent Storage Manager PSM with the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices PSM creates True Images multiple point in time persistent images of any or all system and data volumes All persistent images are designed to survive system power loss or a planned or unplanned reboot Each instance of PSM handles 250 concurrent images of up to 255 independent volumes for a total of 63 750 independent data images Typically any image can be easily managed through the Web interface and accessed the same as any other active volume In case of data corruption or loss typically any persistent image can be used for manual retrieval of individual files by the administrator or end users or more importantly for instant restoration by a PSM function initiated by the administrator in the Web user interface of the entire volume from image which can help reduce the amount of system downtime A more detailed description of PSM is included in 2 1 Snapshots using Persistent Storage Manager PSM on page 1
110. guration 93 5 3 Server configuration 103 5 4 Starting a backup wi AWA aa 107 Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Erec 115 6 1 Introduction to Veritas Backup Ekec 116 6 2 Remote Agent installation and configuration 117 6 3 Backup procedure AA AALI AA 126 6 3 1 Monitoringthebackupjob 133 Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 139 7 1 Introduction to Veritas NetBackup DataCenter 140 7 2 Agent installation and configuration 141 7 3 Server configuration lt s seces sauna cee eee 149 7 4 Starting a backup 159 Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 163 8 1 Introduction to Legato NetWorker 164 8 2 Agent installation and configuration 165 8 3 Server configuration AI IA ees 171 8 4 Starting a backup 176 Chapter 9 Backup and restore considerations for iSCSI 179 9 1 IntroductiontoiSCSI 180 9 2 Backup andrecoveryofuserdata 181 9 3 Recovery of the IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i 182 Abbreviations and acronyms 185 Related
111. he failure of hardware components such as disk drives or power supplies does not affect the availability of data on the network Almost no disruption of your business occurs as the redundancy features provide protection against most possible hardware failures The next level of hardware redundancy is clustering This way if one NAS system should become unavailable the data will still be accessible to users quickly and automatically from a second clustered NAS device This is implemented in the IBM TotalStorage NAS 300 For even higher data availability you might want to use data replication technology to replicate data to a remote system or remote site IBM supports NSI s Double Take product see 2 3 Replication using NSI Double Take on page 38 On the other hand if you already have a Storage Area Network SAN environment with replication technology for example IBM ESS with PPRC you can use the IBM TotalStorage NAS 300G to leverage your existing SAN as a back end storage repository to your NAS devices Furthermore IBM supports you in the task of backup and recovery primarily for archival and disaster recovery purposes by providing backup software products with the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices 1 1 1 Data availability hardware 2 IBM ships the NAS appliances with a wide range of data availability features This includes gt Redundant fans and power supplies to ensure system availability gt Light Path dia
112. he largest data pipes connecting servers and clients Tivoli Storage Manager minimizes the amount of data going over those pipes Because of Tivoli Storage Manager s integrated relational database Tivoli Storage Manager is smart gt Smart enough to know that if a file hasn t changed it doesn t need to be backed up again ever gt Smart enough to know that if only a few bytes of a file have changed only those bytes must be backed up again For those data transfers that include many bytes Tivoli Storage Manager is optimized for disk to disk transfers Instead of transferring data from the disk of a client computer over the network directly to a tape Tivoli Storage Manager will instead make the first transfer to a disk storage pool After an administrator specified length of time hours days or weeks the data on that storage pool is migrated to other less expensive off line storage devices This technique allows more data to be moved faster reducing the total time of all data transfers both from and to clients Disk to disk provides a data transfer technique better matched to the higher bandwidths of SANs and other Gigabit networks At the other of the bandwidth spectrum if a dial up or internet connection is dropped Tivoli Storage Manager is smart enough to pick up where it left off Instead of starting a transfer all over again when the connection is restored Tivoli Storage Manager continues from where it previously ended Cha
113. hose drive letter will be F since it is the first available letter and which will be assigned the volume label DATA So as far as TSM is concerned you have two volumes drives D and F with the same label If you back up F which the batch files do the process will fail It is very important therefore that you rename the temporary Removable Disk before the TSM backup runs This can be done by adding a label command on your batch file Important While using TSM and PSM together you need to rename the Removable Disk generated by PSM before starting the TSM backup Here is the procedure for creating a TSM batch file 1 On your command prompt type notepad batch file For example notepad tsmbatch bat 2 Add the necessary entries for the batch file Take note that in Figure 4 15 the label command is on the first line to work around the problem of having duplicate volume labels A tsmbatch bat Notepad iof x File Edit Format Help label 1 temp cd program files tivoli tsm baclient dsmc incremental subdir yes 1 Figure 4 15 Sample batch file calling TSM 3 Remember also that for the 1 variable IBMSNAP will supply the correct drive letter Also you may want to set the PASSWORDACCESS parameter on the dsm opt file to GENERATE so that you will not be required to specify the password on the dsmc command for security reasons 4 For more details on the available parameters for dsmc e
114. ile directly if the image was created read write Edit the file after copying it to the volume if the image was created read only IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions BX E snapshots snapshot 1 folder2 San Francisco Ele Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back f A Search R Folders EBHistory g IE X A EJ Dee Lt 4 Address E snapshotsisnapshot 1 Folder2 San Francisco Folders x Desktop a A My Documents g My Computer ee 3 Floppy A System C Maintenance D E NAS200DATA E Folder1 f folder2 fa folders 3 Persistent Storage Manager State E snapshots SJ snapshot 2 3 snapshot 1 folderi 9 folder2 E Hway 1 south Muir National Monument 9 San Francisco 2 E work folder3 Persistent Storage Manager E snapshots E System Volume Information J snapshot 10 gt Alcatraz and Bay Alcatraz JPG City Layout JPG Bridge JPG Cliffs 2 3PG Cliffs JPG Crew and Golgen Crew on hill JPG Gate JPG X 21 objects gE My Computer Example 2 1 Using files in a Persistent Image Restore the complete image You restore the complete volume image by clicking Restore Persistent Images in the PSM main screen In the Persi
115. ill create a batch file that executes the IBMSNAP command Here is the procedure 1 On a command prompt type Notepad batch file For example notepad tsmbackup i bat 2 Enter the IBMSNAP command with appropriate parameters Refer to 2 2 1 IBMSNAP Utility on page 38 for the available parameters and their usage Save and close Notepad Figure 4 14 A tsmbackup i bat Notepad iof x File Edit Format Help cd ibm nasbackup jbmsnap 1 4 Aas c ibm nasbackup tsmbatch bat exit Figure 4 14 Sample IBMSNAP batch file Creating a batch file that calls TSM TSM has the dsmc exe utility that enables the command line backup execution However to run properly it has to be executed within the baclient subdirectory Therefore the change directory entry has to be added on the batch file Unlike NTBackup TSM uses volume labels to keep track of the drives on the machine It is therefore important to have unique volume labels on the NAS This reveals a problem since IBMSNAP uses the volume label of the source drive for the volume label of the temporary Removable Disk that it creates For example suppose your NAS drives are the following Table 4 1 Sample NAS disk configuration Volume Label Drive Letter Volume Label SYSTEM TEST Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 85 While using IBMSNAP you create a persistent image of D whose volume label is DATA BMSNAP will create a temporary Removable Disk w
116. ing up a screen similar to Figure 7 13 If the NetBackup Wizard is started please exit the Wizard and continue with the administration tool 21 NetBackup Administration Figure 7 13 NetBackup Administration Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 149 150 Now select Backup Policy Management Figure 7 14 Backup Policy Management Classes NetBackup olx Class Edit view Window Help V B 4AX n kaa AAN e All Classes Sages senegal classes Composite of all classes For Help press F1 Master Server senegal Connected WA Figure 7 14 NetBackup Backup Policy Management Select Class from the menu bar and click New Class Figure 7 15 El Backup Policy Management Classes NetBackup Of x Class Edit view Window Help orm New Al aa 2 W2 0 Classes ge Copy to New Class amp print Setup E Print Preview amp print Activate Deactivate ag Manual Backup Gere Configure NetBackup Catalog Backup Backup NetBackup Catalog New Window 8 Change Master Server Exit For Help press F1 Figure 7 15 NetBackup New Class IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions This brings up the screen shown in Figure 7 16 Add a New Class Ea Class name TestNas V Use add class wizard omes Figure 7 16 NetBackup Add a New Class Ente
117. initiating a backup from the backup client The IBMSNAP EXE utility can be found in the c nas ibm nasbackup directory of the NAS operating system See 2 2 1 IBMSNAP Utility on page 38 for further details Chapter 1 Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 7 Note Please keep in mind that PSM is primarily used for quick and easy restores of individual files or volumes from PSM cache In many cases it appears to be more useful to use a backup software either TSM or a third party software that supports open file backup and fully exploits Windows 2000 as the backup solution Especially in large environments the need to create and maintain batch files might be impractical We do not recommend the use of PSM to create images of application data such as IBM DB 2 Lotus Domino or Microsoft Exchange as the only backup solution You should use backup software with adequate application support such as Tivoli Data Protection modules for TSM Restoration of previous persistent images As mentioned earlier the NAS administrator or user can restore their files from a previous True Image copy They can perform this file restoration through a graphical drag and drop action or other standard file copy method A single file or an entire volume of files can be copied and restored in this manner An overview of the process is as follows 1 The NAS administrator selects the desired previous persistent image to be restored 2 A
118. ion Now the components selection screen is displayed For the Remote Agent installation select Install Backup Exec options on remote computers as shown in Figure 6 5 Installing YERITAS Backup Exec E x Please select the components that you want to install Install Backup Exec software or options on this E conus m Install Remote Administrator on this computer Install Backup Exec options on remote computers lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 6 5 Backup Exec components selection Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 119 120 In the next screen you will be asked you for the serial number For evaluation purposes you don t need to enter it and a 60 day Evaluation Version will be installed Figure 6 6 ERITAS Backup Exec Serial Numbers a x m Enter Serial Numbers Enter serial number for Backup Exec or Option SI Add Existing Serial Numbers Remove Import Selecting Next without entering a serial number installs a 60 day evaluation coet wa Figure 6 6 Backup Exec Serial Numbers Backup Exec v8 6 provides backup client agents for several different operating systems For IBM TotalStorage NAS devices you need to select Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 and click Next as shown in Figure 6 7 Backup Exec Remote Install Options 3 x Select the components you wish to install Components Remote Agent tor Windows NT 2000 Remote Agent for Netware OK Ag
119. ion Complete 48 Double Take Connection Wizard Finished 49 Double Take Verifying Replication Set 50 NT Backup NAS Backup Wizard 53 NT Backup Backup Logs screen 54 vii viii 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 4 19 4 20 4 21 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 NT Backup NAS Backup log page 1 55 NT Backup NAS Backup log page 2 56 NT Backup Backup and Recovery Wizard default screen 57 NT Backup Backup and Recovery Wizard restore screen 58 NT Backup Restore Progress screen 59 Sample batch file calling NT Backup 60 Screen showing IBMSNAP running and PSM creating an image 61 NT Backup started automatically by IBMSNAP 61 On going backup of removable disk F with PSM image of drive H 62 Successful completion of IBMSNAP and NT Backup 63 Screen showing the backup file created 63 Sample batch file thatcalisIBMSNAP 64 Sample batch file that calls NT Backup 64 Screen showing the scheduled job for IBMSNAP
120. ions Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 145 In the following screen Figure 7 9 configure the additional options if needed then click Next We used the default values NetBackup Client Options Figure 7 9 NetBackup Client Options screen In the next screen Figure 7 10 review your settings then click Next 146 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions NetBackup Client Summary x Setup will install the NetBackup Client to the selected clients using the selected options NOTE Pressing the Next button will begin the setup process Current Settings For Upgrade Installations Setup did not detect any existing NetBackup Client installatio For New Installations NetBackup Client Service Startup Automatic NetBackup Client Job Tracker Startup Manual Start NetBackup Client Service After Install Yes Install program files to directory C Program Files VERITAS Name Displayed in Start Menu VERITAS NetBackup Master server for client s senegal BPCD Port 13782 BPRD Port 13720 Figure 7 10 NetBackup Client Summary The installation programs starts copying files now Then the Install Summary screen is displayed Figure 7 11 Click Next NetBackup Client Install Summary x NetBackup Client install summary and restores write permission to the NetBackup Logs folder 4 must be given to those users This is 4 requirement if NetBackup was installe
121. is image is sometimes called Persistent True Image PTI because it is gt Persistent Images survive accidental or intentional reboots file corruption and system crashes and are highly resistant to virus attacks gt True Image Data is managed at the block level of the device even though files and folders are presented to the users PSM is preloaded in the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices PSM s most important function is its capability to create a True Image other terms are point in time image snapshot of open files eliminating the necessity to shutdown applications It does this using its component called Open Transaction Manager OTM With point in time images you can run your backup while the system I O continues 2 1 1 How PSM works 16 PSM runs and operates below the file system as a storage filter class driver intercepting all write actions to the NAS volumes When the command to create a True Image is executed PSM begins monitoring the file system looking for a quiescent period The quiescent period provides sufficient time for completion of writes and for the various software buffers to flush The premise is that by the end of the quiescent period a volume will be created which is in a stable state This means that the volume is at rest the caches has been flushed and the data is consistent If the volume is captured in a stable state then all its contents files and folders can be returned to
122. is set off line and not accessible for either node This is done by opening the IBM NAS Admin Tool gt Cluster Tool gt Cluster Administrator Select a group with clustered disks and in the right panel you see all the resources for this group For each resource listed do the following Right click the resource name and select Properties Select the Advanced tab Change the Pending timeout value to 1200 seconds Click Apply then click OK Repeat for all groups with clustered disks Scheduling a Persistent Image is always done on one of the nodes If the disk is moved to the other node the image is not created and an error message is generated as shown in Figure 2 20 36 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Windows Powered Server Appliance Status Microsoft Internet Explorer of xj Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Address la http 9 1 38 147 8099 statuspage asp Tab1 TabsStatus z Go Back gt A A ASearch GFavorites SHistory G gt 3 Links amp J IB NAS300B CH Status i System Information Alerts Status error 04 24 2002 12 30 00 psman5 3 Shared Files O files open ups Stopped Alert e mail not set up D Date and time not set up error 04 24 2002 12 30 00 psmand A persistent image could not be created due to error Ox80000011 When you are finished viewing this message choose Clear Message Clear Message
123. les will follow the actual writing operation if you selected the Verify after backup option Figure 6 33 Active Job a x Active Job Job Log Job name 1st Backup NAS200 Refresh Cancel Status Running Server name SENEGAL Operation Verify Device name NAS Backup 1 E Source Media created 4 23 2002 04 36 34 PM IS Destination WNASZO0 CS ja Current directory SWINNT Driver Cache i386 Current file driver cab 43 m File statistics Directories 1 716 Start time 4 23 2002 4 54 PM Files 30 399 Elapsed time 0 11 25 Bytes 1 245 204 194 Est rem time N A Est total bytes NZA Corrupt files 0 Rate 766 1 MB min Skipped files 4 Figure 6 33 Job Verify progress If the verification didn t find any problems the job will be finished and marked as successful in the activity monitor as shown in Figure 6 34 lt Backup Exec Evaluation Yersion day 1 of 60 Activity Monitor E E l0 x File view Admin Network Select Jobs Tools Window Help Bi toc Resor EA xe aaa 5 gC ist Backup NA5200 NAS Backup 1 Bac ce S 4 23 2002 4 54 PM Restore Selections Devices Job Definitions Activity Monitor SENEGAL Figure 6 34 Job Successful 136 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions If you directed the job to the Backup to Disk folder on a local drive you can check the backup file by opening the corre
124. mage copies can be used by clients to recover from problems such as an accidental file deletion How archival backup accesses a PSM persistent image Persistent Storage Manager is accessed via the NAS Administration console This is where the PSM images are created They are either executed immediately or scheduled for single or periodic execution Figure 1 1 shows the PSM schedule menu This menu contains schedules of PSM images to be captured Chapter 1 Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 5 i Image Schedules Microsoft Internet Explorer ioj xj il t View Favorites Tools Help Back gt G A A Search Favorites lt Bristory 4 SH Address http nas200 8099 snapshots psm_sched_list asp Tab1 TabsDisks amp T ab2 TabsDisksPSM amp ReturnURL tasks 2Eas Y 60 Links gt IBM5194 23TT YOO amp Status Information Icome Status Network Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Persistent Image Schedules Search Persistent Image Schedule gt gt Go Persistent Image Schedule Group Name Attribute Weight Save Volur j Tasks Every 1 hour s from 3 30 PM for I 24 hour s every day starting snapshot i Read only Normal 5 E eee 4 18 2002 tee Pl Q Back Done Local intranet a Figure 1 1 Persistent Storage Manager Scheduling menu screen Full increme
125. n should Tivoli Storage Manager check to see if the file has changed and must be transferred again How should the transfer occur With Tivoli Storage Manager s policy based automation engine configured and enabled Tivoli Storage Manager really is a set it and forget it application Tivoli Storage Manager reports what it has done and alerts you to anything out of the ordinary IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Hardware support The best automation and management features for data protection mean little if they won t work with the computers you have Tivoli Storage Manager s client software supports seventeen different operating systems Tivoli Storage Manager s server software runs on eight operating systems Platforms vary from laptop computers all the way up to mainframe computers Any server can work with any client all cross platform Solaris with Windows AIX with Solaris O S390 with HP UX any combination Tivoli Storage Manager supports more than 400 off line storage devices including optical disk and tape To make sure your backups and restores can happen as efficiently as possible Tivoli Storage Manager also supports multiple network types dial up the internet WAN LAN and SAN are each maximized for the data bandwidth they are capable of Tivoli Storage Manager is also an open product Its Application Programming Interface API is available to anyone through the Tivoli Ready program Data transfer Even with t
126. network storage topologies and protocols NAS SAN IP Storage NDMP SolP etc and all major enterprise applications Oracle SAP DB2 Lotus SQL etc is provided For our testing we used NetVault 6 5 0 We will cover the basic steps to configure NetVault in an IBM TotalStorage NAS environment and provide some specific information where needed We will not cover all features of NetVault and we will not explain all the available plug in modules For more details on BakBone Software and their products see their Web site at http www bakbone com Note For updates on third party product certification see the NAS Interoperability List on http www storage ibm com snetwork nas nas_interoperability html 92 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 5 2 Agent installation and configuration After inserting the NetVault CD the NetVault autorun screen is displayed as shown in Figure 5 1 Select Windows 2000 gt Disk1 gt SETUP EXE This will start the setup program If you are using the IBM TotalStorage NAS device in a headless operation mode you should connect to the system using the Terminal Services client and open an Explorer window Run x W2K DISK1 SETUP EXE where x is your CD ROM drive letter Z BakBone Software Inc Net ault Online Documentations Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help e ebak Q A Qsearch GjFavorites Bristory G5 S Address p Con
127. nt 52 65 launch 53 perform backup 53 NetBackup 139 agent configuration 141 agent installation 141 backup class 150 backup options 160 backup start 159 backup type 155 client list 153 client options 145 introduction 140 OTM install 143 policy configuration 151 policy management 150 rotation 156 server configuration 149 Wizard 149 NetBackup DataCenter 139 NetVault 91 Agent Configuration 93 Agent Installation 93 backup options 109 backup schedule 110 Backup start 107 backup target 111 Client Management 104 client selection 108 device management 111 Dynamically Shared Drives 99 file system plug in 108 introduction 92 job monitor 113 network compression 112 Server configuration 103 SmartClient technology 99 welcome screen 94 NetWorker 163 Administrator 171 agent configuration 165 agent installation 165 allowed servers 168 Backup 177 Backup start 176 Backup status 178 create client 173 introduction 164 manage clients 172 Server configuration 171 setup type 167 NSI Software 38 NT Backup 4 51 Backup and Recovery Wizard 57 restore 57 scheduled 64 with IBMSNAP 60 O Off site data replication services 39 Open Transaction Manager 16 P Persistent Storage Manager see PSM Persistent True Image 16 pre loaded software 3 PSM 15 and IBMSNAP creating an image 61 archival backup access 5 automated TSM backup 87 backup software solutions 37 batch file 85 Cache full warning threshold 24 Cache size 25 clustered envir
128. ntal and differential backups Over time backups can take up substantial storage Generally only a small amount of data changes each day or over a period of time Therefore backup administrators often take a backup of the changes that occur rather than backing up a complete copy of all data Backup software such as the pre loaded NT Backup generally has the ability to make full incremental or differential backups This section gives you an overview of backup processes but the individual backup program manuals should be consulted for in depth descriptions and additional details 6 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions First most backup programs allow the administrator to select all files or a specific subset of the files to be backed up For these selected files a full backup differential backup or incremental backup can generally be requested The distinctions between the three types of backup are as follows gt When a full backup is taken all selected files are backed up without any exception gt When a differential backup is taken all files changed since the previous full backup are now backed up Thus no matter how many differential backups are made only the latest differential backup plus the original full backup are needed for any restore operation However the administrator should understand the particular backup software thoroughly because some backup software will back up changed files but not new files
129. o STANDARD BONNIE os STANDARD CLYDE 5 STANDARD JAMAICA 5 8 STANDARD KADRES3 gt l zi Figure 4 11 TSM Server Web Administration Interface node list 82 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 4 4 Starting a Backup To initiate a backup from the NAS device connect using Terminal Services 1 Select Start gt Programs gt Tivoli Storage Manager gt Backup Archive GUI This leads you to the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI Select Backup Select the data to be backed up as shown in Figure 4 12 oa e Oo Select Backup Tivoli Storage Manager OE x File Edit Actions Utilities View window Help Backup CL Backup Estimate g ZI Incremental complete 7 ee 3 6 Local GS ibmsi94 zatyondi GS Wibmsi94 z3ttyoo c ibms194 23ttyoo e folder1 folder2 D nasBackup GG Persistent Stora DE snapshots BG System volume I E Test a EA Katie of Displaying ibm5194 23ttyO0 e For Help press F1 Figure 4 12 TSM Client Backup selection Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 83 When the backup is done you will be presented with the backup report as shown in Figure 4 13 Tivoli Storage Manager ID Ea File Edit Actions Utilities View Window Help PIB O e Backup Report Detailed Status Report Elapsed Time 00 00 25 m Performance
130. oduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 11 4 Log on to the working system not the new node and go into Cluster Administration The node that is being reloaded will be represented by an icon with a circle and red slash You need to evict that node from the cluster Right click that node gt Evict Node Note The next step will need to be performed on the working system if it contains the Active Directory you are using If the domain information is located elsewhere you will need to connect to the appropriate system and remove the name of the new node before recreating 5 From the same working system go to Start gt Programs gt Administrative Tools gt Active Directory Users and Computers Open up the computers folder and remove the failed system This removes the system from Active Directory For an NT domain use Star gt Programs gt Administrative Tools gt Server Manager find the failed system in the list and delete You are done on this node for now 6 Log in to the new system with Administrator and password again The NAS Setup Navigator will start Note Perform step 9 if you have DNS loaded on the cluster The new node would have had DNS on it 7 Load DNS on the new server Do this by Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs gt Add Remove Windows Components gt Networking Services Click the box to check Networking Services and then click the Details b
131. oft FrontPage af beactivenode cmd 2KB Windows NT Comm E bebsdu dll 67KB Application Extension gt beclass dll 356KB Application Extension Slbedrives cmd 1KB Windows NT Comm gt bedscomn dll 45KB Application Extension gt bedsmdoc dll 21KB Application Extension IS bedsnote dll 222 KB Application Extension gt bedsnt5 dil 348 KB Application Extension Microsoft Script Debugger E Microsoft SQL Server Ga NetMeeting C Outlook Express RaidMan Ga Resource Kit C Support Tools i k aa s bedssql dll 158KB Application Extension H Uninstall Information e bedssql2 dll 163KB Application Extension iu VERITAS gt bedsxchg dll 40KB Application Extension gt bedsxese dll 33KB Application Extension Backup Exec S ji g s beerrors dll 79KB Application Extension 2 belanman cmd 2KB Windows NT Comm Windows Media Player gt benetapi dll 15KB Application Extension Windows NT gt WQuinn gt benetutl dll 9KB Application Extension RECYCLER 3 Ibenodes cmd 1 KB Windows NT Comm H L sefu RIL L 32 object s Disk free space 1 24 GB 3 26 MB B My Computer WA Figure 6 17 Remote Agent installation folder Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 125 6 3 Backup procedure 126 In this chapter we assume that gt Veritas Backup Exec server software is installed and configured on a backup server gt Veri
132. oli Data Protection Modules is not in the scope of this paper Please see the available Redbooks on http www redbooks ibm com Copyright IBM Corp 2002 67 4 1 Introduction to Tivoli Storage Manager 68 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager ensures availability of business applications while driving improved return on storage management investment by providing superior data protection and resource utilization that scales with business needs Tivoli Storage Manager is an enterprise class recovery solution protecting your business critical data from the laptop to the IBM zSeries regardless of where it resides Tivoli Storage Manager supports business continuance by helping to automate disaster recovery planning and recovery execution based on business priorities Tivoli Storage Manager integrates the power of applications aware technology in the recovery of leading database content management and workflow applications to ensure your entire business process is protected Tivoli Storage Manager ensures your data integrity by copying active on line data to off line and off site storage even from 24x365 applications If your data growth exceeds your storage capacity Tivoli Storage Manager can effectively extend your capacity Tivoli Storage Manager moves inactive data from on line storage to less expensive off line or near line storage Tivoli Storage Manager ensures the data integrity on any number of computers running any of more than a do
133. olumes to Include Image Attributes Retention Weight Number of images to save Image name 28 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions ate New Persistent Image Schedule Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt O A A Reach Favorites GBristory Gye Address E3 1 25253DTabsDisks 26PageMi 1 26PageMx 790372198535997 38R 0 7655754536662095 Y IBM5194 23TTY00 amp Status Information Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Create Persistent Image Schedule Start at 3 30 z Cam pm Repeat every Hour A Begin Today Thursday 7 Volumes to include Image attributes Read only Read Write Retention weight Normal Ba Number of images to save 5 Image name snapshot i Cancel Local intranet Figure 2 13 Screen for creating a new scheduled persistent image 4 Click OK 5 You will reach the Scheduled Persistent Images window showing the volumes time and date and repetition you selected earlier Figure 2 14 In this screen you can also change the properties of the scheduled Image or delete it Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 29 30 Persistent Image Schedules Microsoft Internet Explorer loj x Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help Ea Back gt A Qsearch Favorites CBristory B SH Address htt
134. om VERITAS Software http www veritas com NSI Software http www nsisoftware com Storage Networking Industry Association http www snia org Sysinternals Microsoft Tools http www sysinternals com Linux Documentation http www 1inuxdoc org Internet SCSI Draft http www ietf org internet drafts draft ietf ips iscsi 05 txt Internet SCSI Documentation http www ece cmu edu ips Docs docs html 194 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions gt Network Data Management Protocol http www ndmp org How to get IBM Redbooks You can order hardcopy Redbooks as well as view download or search for Redbooks at the following Web site ibm com redbooks You can also download additional materials code samples or diskette CD ROM images from that site IBM Redbooks collections Redbooks are also available on CD ROMs Click the CD ROMs button on the Redbooks Web site for information about all the CD ROMs offered as well as updates and formats Related publications 195 196 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Index A AntiVirus 9 author list xvii availability features 2 B Backup and Recovery Wizard 57 Backup Exec 115 agent configuration 117 agent installation 117 Assistant 126 backup procedure 126 backup wizard 127 Introduction 116 job verify 136 method 130 monitor jobs 133 remote install options 120 schedule options 132 verification 131 backup process overview 6 B
135. on Set Connection ID Target IP Target Status Transmit Mode Mirror Status amp y waszo0 A NAS300A SR Nas300B No Activation Code Entered xi 2 You are attempting to login to a server with a missing or invalid activation code Without a valid activation code Double Take functionality is disabled Would you like to activate this server now by entering the activation code in the Server Properties dialog box ma e 4 Source _ Target Ready s Figure 2 23 Double Take No Activation Code Entered At this time you will need to decide on the role of the system Is the NAS appliance going to serve as a source or a target or both If you choose not to select a box or only one of the boxes you can always go back in later and change the settings Select the appropriate check boxes and type in the activation code as shown in Figure 2 24 Click OK to continue Tip Deselecting a check box may cause one of your replication sets to stop working if that server is part of a current replication set IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions x Source Target Database Logging General Startup Network Memory YY Nickname Nas 3004 Machine NAS3O0A Addresses 9 1 38 146 x 10 10 10 1 9 1 38 148 zi Client Transmit Port 11100 Discovery Method Broadcast Heartbeat Operating System Windows 2000 Advanced Server Version 5 0 Build 2195
136. onment 36 198 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Configuring 21 copy on write 17 Creating a Scheduled Image 28 Creating animage 25 Creating an Immediate image 25 Creating images 19 definition 16 Disaster Recovery 32 first image 18 how it works 16 IBMSNAP_ 38 59 image directory 22 Image restoration 8 main screen 21 Maximum images 22 NAS Volume 17 Performance impact 18 Persistent True Image 16 process priority 18 Quiescent period 22 Quiescent time out 22 Read Performance 19 Reading True Image 18 Removable Disk 63 86 True Image 16 with TSM 85 Write performance 19 R Recovery CD ROM 4 10 Recovery Enablement Diskette 10 recovery execution 68 recovery procedures 9 Redbooks Web site 195 Contact us xx Replication 15 S scheduled 90 SCSI 180 Snapshots 15 T Third Party product support 8 Tivoli Data Protection 8 Tivoli Storage Manager see TSM True Image 16 TSM 1 67 24 x 365 application protection 69 Agent installation 72 Archive Retrieve 69 automated backup of persistent image 87 available backups 89 Backup Archive GUI 73 83 backup details 90 Backup report 84 Backup selection 83 backup start 83 Backup Restore 68 batch file 85 Client Configuration Wizard 73 client node configuration wizard 79 Data transfer 71 Disaster preparation and recovery 68 dsm opt 72 Enterprise management 70 Hardware support 71 Hierarchical Storage Management 69 introduction 68 Management automation 70 with
137. ons Schedule Target Advanced Options m Device options C AnyDevice Specify Device Ele senegal c VTL NewLibrary J DRIVE 1 J amp Z DRIVE 2 RE DRIVE 3 AS DRIVE 4 m Media Options Target Media By Any not in a group C Any C MID z Group Label NAS200 H LabelMedia V Automatically label blank media Reuse Media Never An C r General Options Specify minimum space required on media before backup nana M Bytes 17 Protect media from further writes after backup 17 Ensure this backup is the first on the media Target Set uu Load SaveAs Delete I Modity Figure 5 21 NetVault backup target As an example we use only two of the four drives of a virtual library on our backup server senegal As target media we use a group label called NAS200 This way we identify tapes that are used for this client exclusively Other options will apply for your environment To create group labels go from the default GUI to NetVault Device Management right click the appropriate media select Properties and enter a Group Label Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 111 Next you can select the Advanced Options tab Here you can define further options like network compression backup verification and aging Also on this tab is the duplication setting which allows you to duplicate a backup set to a backup device on any NetVault server or SmartCli
138. opy of the NAS operating system on CD ROM IBM NAS products ship with a Recovery CD ROM that allows the NAS administrator to restore the system to the same configuration as it was shipped from the factory Therefore no matter what happens to the operating system or maintenance partition the NAS administrator can restore the operating system software from this Recovery CD ROM However if the administrator has applied any fixes to the NAS product these must be reapplied after the Recovery CD ROM is used Archival backup of NAS OS maintenance partition IBM Network Attached Storage products are pre configured with an operating system partition and a maintenance partition Using the pre loaded NT Backup software the administrator can make a backup of the operating system to the maintenance partition and the NAS product has a wizard assistant to make this simple Because the NAS operating system might be in use when performing the backup it is recommended to use a True Image copy to resolve the open file issue when making a backup The included NAS Backup Assistant will create a True Image copy for its use before the NT Backup is started to ensure that the backup is complete and valid Archival backup of NAS OS to tape using NT Backup The operating system can be backed up to tape using the included NT Backup program and the NAS Backup Assistant Again to resolve the open file problem the backup should employ a True Image copy and
139. orage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions C WINNT system32 gt at 11 66pm c winnt system32 backup h bat Added a new job with job ID 1 C WINNT s ystem32 gt at Status ID D i Command Line Today 11 66 PM ci winnt system32 backup h bat C WINNT system32 gt _ Figure 3 16 Screen showing the scheduled job for IBMSNAP For more information on NT Backup refer to the original Microsoft documentation Important Please be aware that if you back up files directly from a PSM persistent image the entire path name of each backed up file is preserved As a result when you restore such a file it will attempt to restore to the persistent image and not to the original volume Restore Using NT Backup should only be used in situations where standard backup that is not open file is deemed sufficient and you only want to back up a few selected files as opposed to an entire volume For all other backups using NT Backup the NAS Backup Assistant should be used Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 65 66 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Tivoli Storage Manager TSM In this chapter we introduce the Tivoli Storage Manager Agent 4 2 The agent is pre installed on the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices and provides an easy way to include the NAS devices into your existing Tivoli Storage Manager backup and recovery environment Discussion of the features of Tivoli Storage Manager and additional software such as Tiv
140. ore the Open File Option should not be installed nor used During the testing for this chapter we used the Backup Exec version 8 6 It was a 60 day Evaluation Code with full basic functionality Here we provide the steps to install the Remote Agent on IBM NAS devices We do not cover the installation and configuration procedures or the different features of Backup Exec Before implementing the client installation procedure we assume that the following prerequisites have been met gt The Veritas Backup Exec server software is installed and configured ona backup server gt Veritas Backup Exec server can access the backup device gt Client device to be backed up is connected to the network and can be accessed from the backup server To get more information about Backup Exec and other Veritas product please see their Web site at http www veritas com 116 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 6 2 Remote Agent installation and configuration Installation can be done locally on the NAS device but since IBM TotalStorage NAS appliances are headless devices a very convenient way of installing a backup client software on them is a push installation method from the Backup Exec server The procedure is easy and very straightforward Here are the steps to install the Remote Agent software on IBM TotalStorage NAS devices Insert the Backup Exec installation CD into your Backup Exec server s CD drive The Veritas Backup
141. orker reduces management overhead by providing lights out protection of storage assets in the largest corporate data centers and the smallest satellite branch offices For our tests we used NetWorker 6 1 1 Note For updates on third party product certification see the NAS Interoperability List at this site http www storage ibm com snetwork nas nas_interoperability html For more details on Legato and their products see their Web site at http www legato com IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 8 2 Agent installation and configuration For this chapter we assume that you have already installed and configured at least one Legato Networker backup server in your network We used a Legato NetWorker 6 1 1 server other versions may require additional steps Connect to the IBM TotalStorage NAS device via a Terminal Services client After inserting the Legato NetWorker CD you will be presented with a default screen similar to Figure 8 1 Z NT Splash Microsoft Internet Explorer Eile Edit view Favorites Tools Help Sek gt OE A Qsearch Favorites history B amp Address E G temp winnt autorun autorun htm Thank You for selecting Legato NetWorker for your Windows enterprise backup and recovery solution NetWorker for Windows NT and NetWorker for Windows 2000 deliver fast reliable data protection across your entire organization regardless of how many s
142. p nas200 8099 snapshots psm_sched _list asp Tab1 TabsDisks amp Tab2 TabsDisksPSM amp ReturnURL tasks 2Eas Go Links gt IBM5194 23TT YOO Mapas Status Information 2 lindows Powered nce Help e Status Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Persistent Image Schedules Search Persistent Image Schedule gt E gt Go 1 Persistent Image Schedule Group Name Attribute Weight Save volur Tasks Every 1 hour s from 3 30 PM for N 17 24 hour s every day starting snapshot i Read only Normal 5 E E 4 18 2002 v Pe A Q Back E Done BE Local intranet Z Figure 2 14 Screen showing scheduled persistent images Restoring a Persistent Image If you need to use the information stored in an image you have two choices gt File system access gt Restore the complete image File Systems Access You can access the files stored in the Persistent Images just as any other file in your system See Figure 2 1 gt Open the Windows Explorer gt Go to the Persistent Images directory snapshot in our example gt Choose the image you want to use snapshot in our example gt Choose and work with the file as usual browsing with the Windows Explorer and finding the file gt You can now Drag and drop the file on to the volume to replace the actual file Edit the f
143. pter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 71 Unique differentiators Tivoli Storage Manager has two unique features its incremental backups that only back up the files that have changed since the last backup and its ability to effectively utilize the disk and tapes in its storage hierarchy The combination of these two mean less data being sent over your network less tape drives needed to write the data and fewer tapes needed to store that data Tivoli Storage Manager does more than just backup your clients data it has numerous products that integrate directly with the centralized server These products allow you to back up your application databases help you generate a plan for recovering from a disaster move seldom used files off of clients local disk to near line storage and generate in depth reports to help you analyze and forecast your backup procedures Tivoli Storage Manager is great for the administrators because there is so much flexibility in how you set up your backup policies storage hierarchies schedules and off site disaster protection In addition there is great flexibility in where you administer the product from as Tivoli Storage Manager can be administered over the Web from where ever you are 4 2 Agent installation and configuration As the TSM Agent is already pre installed in the IBM TotalStorage NAS appliances we only describe the agent configuration here The IBM Network Attached Storage products have been pre
144. publications 193 IBM Redbooks erac ra nae r ee bees Gene Boa te Seen eee eats 193 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Referenced Websites 194 How to get IBM Redbooks 195 IBM Redbooks collections 195 Index oes se a ant eae Pe eat oe a a enfin AA RB ad ia 197 Contents v vi IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Figures 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 2 25 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 2 30 2 31 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 3 1 3 2 Copyright IBM Corp 2002 Persistent Storage Manager Scheduling menu screen 6 PMS s copy on write process 17 Process flow of reading a Truelmage 18 Microsoft Windows 2000 for NAS main screen 20 DISKS SCOM ce cut a had bee de He Hele Ae ee tien E angen have gee 20 PSM Main screeni urnini aaa E AA OEE lad 21 PSM Global Settings screen 21 PSM Volume Settings screen 23 PSM attributes of a volume 24 PSM Screen containing already created images 25 Create Image screen
145. r and confirm the password and chose Next the setup program starts to copy the NetVault files See Figure 5 9 Net ault Password p E x Enter the password that will be required to access this system from other Net ault nodes on your network Password TT Confirm Password a lt Back Cancel Figure 5 9 NetVault Enter Password Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 101 When the copy process is finished you will be informed that the installation is completed We recommend that you restart the computer before using NetVault See Figure 5 10 Setup Complete Setup has completed installing Net ault Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Click Finish to exit setup Figure 5 10 NetVault Setup Complete 102 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 5 3 Server configuration Concerning the server configuration we assume that you have already set up the NetVault server system and configured your backup device s In this section we show you how to integrate the IBM TotalStorage NAS system into the NetVault client management The next chapter will explain how to set up a backup job in NetVault If you have not yet set up the backup server do this now It is a simple and straightforward process similar to the client installation Then configure the backup device s prior to following the steps outlined below Start the NetVault GUI by selecting Start
146. r the name of the class and make sure that Use add class wizard is selected Click OK This starts the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Figure 7 17 Backup Policy Configuration Wizard This wizard will guide you through the process of creating a backup policy also known as a NetBackup class when it is to be backed up and where the data is to be stored Classes allow you to back up a number of similar clients JI ih iii A NetBackup class defines what data is to be backed up iliii HTH Classes can be customized using Backup Policy Management from the NetBackup Administration window To begin click Next Cancel Figure 7 17 NetBackup Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 151 Click Next In the following screen Figure 7 18 review the class name and choose a class type For the IBM TotalStorage NAS appliances we chose the type MS Windows NT Click Next Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Class Name and Type Specify the class name and class type Test NAS MS windows nT OO G Figure 7 18 NetBackup Class Name and Type 152 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions In the Client List window click Add and enter the name of the client Figure 7 19 Click Next Backup Policy Configuration Wizard Client List Specify clients for this class Properties Figure 7 19 NetBackup Client List Chapter 7
147. ration view Es Network view File Spaces NAS200 NEW temp Config uration view 4 lied A P Erg Object view Node Name NAS200 NEW i A Administrators Cal Clients m Client Nodes Client Option B File Spaces Filespace Name temp Filespace Type NTFS Capacity MB 86780 7 Pet Util 0 1 Last Backup Start Date Time 2001 10 03 16 21 34 000000 Last Backup Completion Date Time 2001 10 03 16 21 43 000000 Figure 4 21 Screen showing the backup details You now have the confirmation that the TSM backup from the NAS client was successful 4 4 2 Creating a scheduled TSM backup using IBMSNAP Just as when working with NTBackup you need to use the at command utility of Windows 2000 to schedule the start of PSM and TSM For example you want to schedule a backup of drive s persistent image at 5 p m you need to execute on a command prompt the following command at 5pm c ibm nasbackup tsmbackup i bat Where tsmbackup i bat batch file that calls IBMSNAP 90 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions BakBone NetVault In this chapter we provide an overview of BakBone Software s NetVault Then we explain how to install and configure the backup client on IBM TotalStorage NAS devices Copyright IBM Corp 2002 91 5 1 Introduction to BakBone NetVault BakBone Software s NetVault product provides a backup solution for open systems customers Support for all major operating systems UNIX Linux NT 2000
148. reboot of the NAS product is performed 3 The operating system reverts the data to the prior persistent image view 4 The boot is completed The NAS administrator can perform additional database specific actions or other recovery actions or both For example the administrator can rerun any database transaction logs to bring the database up to the latest level before the restoration Third party products The IBM appliances are sold as fixed function boxes and are in general not intended to be modified or changed by the customer IBM and its vendors have cooperated to tune the performance and testing of these products in NAS environments Additionally the license agreements between IBM and its software vendors and between IBM and its customers prohibit the use of these appliances as general purpose servers Therefore addition or modification of this software in the NAS system may void any support by IBM 8 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions However a limited number of add on applications have been tested with these NAS products and customers may add those specific software applications to the system Should a customer have problems with non IBM software that they have added to this appliance the customer should contact the vendor directly as IBM does not provide on site or remote telephone support for those non IBM products IBM will continue to support hardware and software that is shipped with the NAS appliance
149. s the SCSI protocol over FC or an iSCSI device that encapsulates SCSI commands into IP packets or really a local SCSI disk Chapter 9 Backup and restore considerations for iSCSI 181 In summary the OS as well as the applications running on it including backup applications sees a SCSI disk drive even if it is an iSCSI device attached using an IP network So if you have an application server that uses the iSCSI driver the OS and the application will be presented with a local SCSI disk drive for example drive E If you want to back up the data on drive E just install a backup agent on this application server and perform a backup from this drive The backup application will not recognize any difference to a local SCSI disk Therefore the backup of an application server that uses an iSCSI storage device is just the same as the old style backup that you are used to perform 9 3 Recovery of the IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i 182 The previous chapter described the backup of user data that has been stored on an iSCSI appliance Let us now look at the means IBM provides for easy backup and recovery of the system settings on the IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i IBM s iSCSI appliance To make the recovery of your individual system settings possible they need to be backed up first To accomplish this follow these simple steps 1 Start the Web browser based management interface 2 Select System gt Configuration
150. s d r 5 3 2002 2 49 32 O RECYCLER dsh 4 22 2002 6 03 4 OGsfu d 4 3 2002 12 19 0 O E snapshots d 5 3 2002 12 42 3 OE System volume Inf dsh 4 18 2002 1 03 0 OG temp 5 3 2002 2 47 47 OA Toos 11 13 2001 12 3 JOG wnr 5 3 2002 2 49 50 Start Backup of Marked Files Figure 7 25 NetBackup Backup selection Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 159 Then click the Start Backup icon in the top left corner In the Backup Options screen Figure 7 26 you can set additional options We left everything at default Click Start Backup Back up to NetBackup server senegal 7 General Options Items marked to be backed up E folder1 E older2 E Mfolder3 System State Archive files delete files after successful backup Keyword phrase to associate with the backup optional Cancel Help Figure 7 26 NetBackup Backup Options In the next screen Figure 7 27 you can define wether you want to view the progress of the backup We chose Yes nbclient Q The backup was successfully initiated Do you want to view the progress of the backup Figure 7 27 NetBackup Backup initiated 160 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions You can now see the progress of the backup When the backup is finished you will be presented with a screen similar to Figure 7 28 Remember to press Refresh or set a refresh rate to ge
151. see Figure 4 8 Client Node Configuration Wizard Define TSM client nodes and policy Click on a storage pool to see any associated nodes A node s data will enter a storage pool and migrate up the storage hierarchy Storage pools Associated nodes Policy Domain Yi Storage Pool Hierarchy LTOPOOLI DISKPOOL P BACKUPPOOL amp SERVERFREESTP amp SRVFREEMAGSTG Edit Delete Advanced il Drag and drop storage pools to These nodes will back up their data to arrange your storage pool hierarchy the selected storage pool lt Back Cancel Help Figure 4 8 TSM Client Node Configuration Wizard Define TSM client nodes Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 79 2 Click Add to add a node You will be prompted to enter the node properties as shown in Figure 4 9 Enter the node name as configured on the client and the password for that node then define which policy the node should be linked to When you are done entering the information click OK Node information SAN Disks m Node information TSM policy domain Node name Policy domain name 21 38 145 E TESTNAS 7 Password Edit Remove Node data will be sent to pool DISKPOOL Verify password E Force password reset OK Cancel Apply Help Figure 4 9 TSM Client Node Configuration Wizard Node properties 80 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and
152. signed to an appropriate client group Connect to the NAS device using Terminal Services client Select Start gt Programs gt NetWorker Group gt NetWorker User This will bring up the NetWorker User default screen Figure 8 12 NetWorker User File Operation Tree View Options Window Help Figure 8 12 NetWorker User The NetWorker User program should now start to connect to the NetWorker server As soon as this is accomplished you can start the backup process by clicking Backup IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions In the following screen select the data to back up and click Mark see Figure 8 13 NetWorker User Backup v Mark Unmark clients on Senegal Jes on Senegal System C amp Maintenance D Ik Compact Disc F I SYSTEM DB mI SYSTEM FILES SYSTEM STATE 4 fz Eile Operation Tree View Options Window Help gt folderi v Gfolder2 v folder3 NASBackup Networkerlnstall Persistent Storage Manager State a QAPolicyv5 mdb a QaQuotasV4 dat RECYCLER isnapshots System Volume Information Test 4 Server senegal Client nas200 itsolab2 almaden ibm com Figure 8 13 NetWorker Backup Review your settings and click Start 4 18 02 3 01p 114688 4 22 02 6 19p 9216 4 22 02 6 18p 4 18 02 1 03p 4 22 02 11 02a Chapter 8 Legato NetWorker 177 The Backup Status window will show th
153. sponding folder in Windows Explorer Figure 6 35 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt search Gyrolders CBristory BS GE X A Ea Address ja CANAS Backup Go Folders x Name 4 Size Type Modfied exchange af E e2D000001 bkf 2 867 093 KB Microsoft Backup File 4 23 2002 5 04 PM exchsrvr a Changer cfg 1KB CFG File 4 23 2002 5 08 PM DJ loadsim C MailTest C microfix Ga msdownld tmp NAS Backup Program Files RECYCLER sdwork SMrdac08009500 z 2 object s Disk Free space 2 51 GB 2 73 GB my Computer WA Figure 6 35 Job on media If you followed above mentioned procedure you should now have a working backup on your media ready to use it if you need to Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 137 138 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter In this chapter we introduce VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter We show how to integrate the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices into an existing NetBackup environment Copyright IBM Corp 2002 139 7 1 Introduction to Veritas NetBackup DataCenter 140 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter provides complete platform independent data protection for the largest UNIX Windows NT 2000 and NetWare enterprise environments Global enterprises can access a single easy to use central control site to assure continuity of all aspects of backup and recovery With a flexible four tier
154. sses completing successfully 88 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions To verify that the backup has been created on the TSM server perform the following steps 1 Open the TSM Server Web Admin window 2 Click Object view select Clients then select File Spaces 3 Our sample is shown in Figure 4 20 Server Administration Microsoft Internet Explorer oj x File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Heak gt A A Reach Favorites History B D Address ja http 9 67 213 132 1580 SignOnPost Eao Links 2 Server Administration Tivoli Cane Operations 7 pi Server Administration a ae B File Spaces Configuration view a ject view Node Name Filespace Name CE Administrators 13 NASIO0 NEW temp a ae Clients EU Client Nodes Client Option B File Spaces B Backup Sets a Ps Server HE Database EER Recovery Log gt gt E Done al Internet Ui Figure 4 20 TSM Web Admin screen showing the backups available Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 89 4 Click the backup you just created to display the details as shown in Figure 4 21 Server Administration Microsoft Internet Explorer loj x Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help Back gt A A Asearch SyFavorites C4ristory By amp Address ja http 9 67 213 132 1580 SignOnPost v 6o Links Server Administration Tivoli a Operations 7 A Server Administration aly Ope
155. st of the agreement HMPORTANT Read This Carefully Before Installing The Software THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAM YOU MUST READ ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WHICH FOLLOWS THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN THE VERITAS SOFTWARE LICENSE BOOKLET OR USER S MANUAL CONTAINED IN YOUR WRITTEN MATERIALS WHEN PROMPTED PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER YOU ACCEPT OR DO NOT ACCEPT IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOFTWARE LICENSE YOU MAY RETURN THE MEDIA PACKAGE AND ALL ACCOMPANYING ITEMS INCLUDING WRITTEN MATERIALS gt Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No Setup will close To install Backup Exec you must accept this agreement lt Back Yes No Figure 6 3 Software License Agreement 118 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions If you are not sure about the requirements for installing the Veritas Backup Exec please read them on the following screen and then proceed by clicking the Next button Figure 6 4 VERITAS Backup Exec Information E x VERITAS Backup Exec TM for Windows NT 2000 is the industry standard 100 compatible 32 bit solution for the complete Windows NT 72000 environment including integrated support for Microsoft BackOffice and Novell Figure 6 4 Backup Exec Informat
156. stent Images to Restore Screen you can choose the Image to be restored see gt Select the Figure 2 15 Image you want to restore gt Click Details to see more information gt Click Restore to restore the image Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 31 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt Q A A Qsearch Favorites CBristory Ge Sp IBM5194 23TTYOO Status Informati sks and Volumes Disk Quota Persi Persistent Images to Restore Restore status Idle Search Persistent Image gt Go Persistent Image Date and Time Age Volumes Tasks snapshots snapshot 2 4 18 2002 3 10 34 PM Ohrs E Details C snapshotstsnapshot1 4 18 2002 3 10 11 PM Ohrs E Restore snapshotstsnapshot 0 4118 2002 3 02 45 PM Ohrs Back E IEE Local intranet Figure 2 15 Choose the Persistent Image to restore gt Click OK in the confirmation screen Now you have successfully restored the Persistent Image Disaster Recovery with PSM In the event that you need to recover the operating system volume from the Recovery CD all systems settings have to be recreated PSM provides a procedure for backing up the system partition in a network share or local disk This procedure also creates a boot diskette to boot the machine and recovers the system partition from the image unattended To start the process click Disaster Recovery in the PSM main screen You are now in the
157. t backup schedule 110 NetVault backuptarget 111 NetVault Advanced Backup Options 112 NetVault RunStatus 113 NetVault Job Monitor 113 NetVault Device Management 114 Backup Exec Introduction window 117 Start Backup Exec Installation 118 Software License Agreement 118 Backup Exec Information as sesse oi 0 0 00 Wa eee 119 Backup Exec components selection 119 Backup Exec Serial Numbers 120 Remote Install Options 120 Start COPYING ais ceed da ede ee dad a ed ee de ete 121 Service Pack 4 Waming 121 Selectingdomains 122 Selecting destination systems 122 Selected system 123 Enter administrator account 123 Progress WiNdOW a aaa e aek i a ete ees 124 Installation finished 124 Setup Complete 124 Remote Agent installation folder 125 Backup Exec Assistant IA AA ee 126 Back
158. t 1985 2606 Microsoft Corp C WINNT system32 gt cd ibm nasbackup C ibm NASBackup gt ibmsnap 1 h files c winnt system32 ntbhack h bat exit IBM Persistent Image utility version 1 1 Enabling PSM Press control C to stop Figure 3 9 Screen showing IBMSNAP running and PSM creating an image After that NT Backup should start Figure 3 10 Backup Restore Schedule Jobs Welcome to the Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools Backup Wizard The Backup wizard helps you create a backup of your programs and files so you can prevent data loss and damage caused by disk failures power outages virus infections and other potentially damaging events Restore Wizard The Restore wizard helps you restore your previously backed up data in the event of a hardware failure accidental erasure or other data loss or damage Emergency Repair Disk This option helps you create an Emergency Repair Disk that you can use to repair and restart Windows if itis damaged This option does not back up your files or programs and it is not a replacement for regularly backing up your system Figure 3 10 NT Backup started automatically by IBMSNAP Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup 61 5 You should next see that the backup is being done as in Figure 3 11 This screen shows an on going backup of removable disk F which contains a PSM image of drive H 3 NAS200 NEW Terminal Services Client Microsoft Internet Explorer Z Backup Unti
159. t updated information The progress can also be checked from the backup server oS iew Status administrator Operation Type Time Requested Operation Status a ac 5 02 3 03 a uccessful Backu 3 03 11 PM Close Delete Help r Selected Operation Refresh Rate seconds E Refresh Print Progress 15 03 22 INF BACKUP START 15 03 24 INF Beginning backup on server senegal of client nas200 15 06 27 INF Total Size 322124922 15 06 27 INF Client completed sending data for backup 15 06 34 INF Backup by administrator on client nas200 the requested operation wa re Ma Figure 7 28 NetBackup Backup finished Congratulations The first backup of your IBM TotalStorage NAS device is successfully completed Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 161 162 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Legato NetWorker In this chapter we show how to integrate the IBM TotalStorage NAS appliances into an existing Legato NetWorker environment Copyright IBM Corp 2002 163 8 1 Introduction to Legato NetWorker 164 Legato NetWorker protects the critical business data of more than 10 000 enterprise customers worldwide by simplifying centralizing and automating backup and recovery operations across Unix Windows Linux and NetWare platforms in DAS NAS and SAN storage environments Built upon an open highly scalable client server architecture NetW
160. take your source data and replicate it to the target system in real time IBM s NAS appliances and Double Take together are just more ways that IBM ensures your company s data availability For more information on NSI Double Take please refer to http www nsisoftware com 50 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Microsoft Windows NT Backup In this chapter we provide an overview of the native backup solution shipping with the IBM TotalStorage NAS systems as well as a guide on how to configure and use the software that is provided The IBM NAS Backup Assistant is also covered here Copyright IBM Corp 2002 51 3 1 NT Backup 52 The IBM TotalStorage NAS products are pre loaded with Windows NT Backup and the NAS Backup Assistant This approach can be used to back up operating system data or user data either to disk or tape The pre loaded Persistent Storage Manager function is in this case the recommended method of resolving the open file issue There are two ways to back up the files in the NAS appliance when you use the NT backup method You can either access it through the NAS administration console or the Windows Terminal Services The NAS administration console is accessed via the Maintenance gt System Backup and Restore gt Backup option in the Web user interface For this approach you should first create a Persistent Image before the NT Backup is started Use this method if you want to back up
161. tallations xj Select the Windows NT 2000 domains that contain the systems on which you want to install the Remote Agent for ITSOSJNT TSM51D0M WORKGROUP Figure 6 10 Selecting domains Next select the system name s as shown in Figure 6 11 Install Remote Agents for Windows NT 2000 Xx Select the Windows NT 2000 destination systems on which the Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 files are to be installed MITSOLAB2 IBM5194 23T TY00 MITSOLAB2 LOCHNESS WITSOLAB2 NAS200 MITSOLAB2 NAS3004 MITSOLAB2 NAS300B ITSOLAB2 SENEGAL MITSOLAB2 TONGA Figure 6 11 Selecting destination systems 122 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions On the next screen you can preview all selected systems If you need to add additional ones click the Back button otherwise proceed by clicking Next as shown in Figure 6 12 Preview Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 Installations x You have selected the following systems on which to install Remote Agent for Windows NT 72000 WITSOLAB2 NAS200 Figure 6 12 Selected system You need to provide the Administrator account and password on the selected system to be able to access it and install the Remote Agent code Then proceed with the Next button Figure 6 13 Enter Administrator Account Information J x Please enter a valid Administrator account and password in order to access the desired server Server WNAS200 Connect As
162. tas Backup Exec server can access the backup device gt Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent software is installed on the IBM TotalStorage NAS device gt The IBM TotalStorage NAS device is seen in the Backup Exec Assistant To create a backup job start the Backup Exec Assistant by clicking Start gt Programs gt VERITAS Backup Exec on the backup server or any machine with Remote Administrator Backup Exec administrative GUI installed A window similar to the one shown in Figure 6 18 will open Backup Exec Assistant KIK H xj Backup Exec Assistant Monitor Jobs Create Disaster Recovery Boot Media 22 View scheduled active and completed jobs wasi Prepare boot media to use with Backup Exec s Intelligent Disaster Rec TH gt Create a Cascaded Drive Pool Group backup drives together to allow automatic media spanning m Create a Drive Pool Group backup drives together to provide fault Create a Setup ao t Backup Job ne time or recurring backup job to workstations on the network rotect s Run a One button Backup Job Start an immediate backup job using Backup Exec defaults to protect the local media server tolerance and dynamic load balancing Create a Restore Job ea Create a Media Set Restore data to a server or workstation on the geet Define a new logical group of media network 271 Create an Automated Backup Strategy Configure Backup Exec Settings W Setup a compl
163. te Machine Chapter 6 VERITAS Backup Exec 127 128 When you select the remote machine Backup Exec will remind you that Remote Agent has to be installed on Windows 2000 machines to be able to back up their System State including the Registry Also restore operations on Windows 2000 machines have to be done from the Windows 2000 based Backup Exec server Important message from Backup Exec E x WARNING Media servers cannot completely protect remote Windows 2000 servers or workstations unless the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 is installed and running on each remote Windows 2000 server or workstation to be protected Data loss can occur if the Remote Agent for Windows NT 2000 is not running while backing up or restoring remote Windows 2000 computers To fully restore a Windows 2000 server or workstation the restore operation MUST be performed by a Windows 2000 media server Please refer to the documentation or online help for more information Don t show this message again Figure 6 21 Backup Exec Warning Now you can select drives folders and files to be backed up by placing a checkmark in front of them as shown in Figure 6 22 If you select only certain files within a drive it will be marked with a slash This means only select files will be backed up and not the whole drive If you are backing up a complete system drive you would probably want to select the System State data as well see Figure 6 22
164. ternet Name Domain Basic Network Utilities Base Operating System Basic Rate Interface Berkeley Software Distribution Blue Screen of Death Bring Up Microprocessor Certification Authorities Client Access License Cluster single point of control Common Desktop Environment Commercial Data Masking Facility Cell Directory Service Computer Emergency Response Team Common Gateway Interface Challenge Handshake Authentication Classless InterDomain Routing Common Internet File System Concert Multi threaded Architecture Central Office Computer Oracle and Password System 185 CPI C CPU CSNW CSR DAC DARPA DASD DBM DCE DCOM DDE DDNS DEN DES DFS DHCP DLC DLL DS DSA DSE DNS DTS EFS EGID 186 Common Programming Interface for Communications Central Processing Unit Client Service for NetWare Client server Runtime Discretionary Access Controls Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Direct Access Storage Device Database Management Distributed Computing Environment Distributed Component Object Model Dynamic Data Exchange Dynamic Domain Name System Directory Enabled Network Data Encryption Standard Distributed File System Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Data Link Control Dynamic Load Library Differentiated Service Directory Service Agent Directory Specific Entry Domain Name System Distributed Time Service Encryp
165. th detailed information about Report the restore click Report ya Media name Media created 4 19 2002 at 4 01 PM Status Completed Elapsed Time 2 sec Processed Estimated Files 0 6 Bytes 1 368 11 580 419 Figure 3 7 NT Backup Restore Progress screen 5 Check the Restore Report for any errors during the restore then select Close to finish the restore Congratulations You have successfully backed up and restored data from the IBM TotalStorage NAS device using the built in NT Backup software plus tools provided by IBM to ease to backup and restore tasks 3 1 1 IBMSNAP utility To provide flexibility for your existing backup solution persistent image functionality is implemented in such a way that any backup application that supports command line backups will be supported This includes Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Veritas Backup Exec and many others The IBM NAS systems come with a command line utility called IBMSNAPEXE that allows you to use PSM technology with your existing backup software solution Usage of this utility requires knowledge of Windows batch file processing plus the backup software command line utility IBMSNAPEXE is a command line utility that creates a PSM image launches the backup batch file and then sets the archive bits accordingly on the drive being backed up The IBMSNAP EXE file is located in the C ibm NASBackup directory Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows NT Backup
166. the included NAS Backup Assistant wizard can and should be used IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Archival backup of NAS OS to tape by other backup programs While the NAS operating system can be backed up using the included NT Backup software a customer may decide to back up the operating system using Tivoli Storage Manager TSM or a separately purchased ISV backup program Either TSM or a purchased backup software package provides additional backup functionality to that of NT Backup This enhanced backup software might then be used for backing up both the operating system and the user data Tivoli Storage Manager is discussed in Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM on page 67 while various ISV backup software is presented in later chapters Archival backup of NAS user client data System administrators need to make archival copies of their critical data Typically these copies are made to tape and then these tape cartridges can be taken off site to protect against site disaster incidents In many cases the administrator will use PSM to create a True Image copy which then will be used in the archival backup While True Image copies are retained across NAS reboots they are not a replacement for tape backup as they do not create a separate copy of the data that can be transported off site Therefore NAS administrators should not use True Image copies as their sole disaster recovery approach However True I
167. the joining node 13 Once you have successfully joined the cluster verify in Cluster Administration that both nodes are present The existing node and the new node At this time you have reloaded your IBM TotalStorage NAS appliance in a cluster Chapter 1 Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery 13 14 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take In this chapter we provide an introduction to the snapshot and replication features of IBM TotalStorage NAS systems Although it is not a necessary part of a backup and recovery solution we believe that an understanding of snapshot and replication solutions will assist you in planning the protection of your valuable data along with implementing a backup solution using one of the products described later in this book Copyright IBM Corp 2002 15 2 1 Snapshots using Persistent Storage Manager PSM Persistent Storage Manager PSM is a utility that creates point in time images of the file system on the NAS unit This is done by using a copy on write technique that uses for each volume an area of pre allocated storage the PSM cache file that keeps only those data blocks which have been written since the time you made a persistent image of the volume This image then can be used to restore accidentally deleted files corrupted data or can even be used to back up data to another location disk or tape Also th
168. then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel Figure 7 2 NetBackup Welcome Click Next and make sure that Install to this computer only is selected in the Client Setup Type screen Figure 7 3 Click Next NetBackup Client Setup Type x Click the radio box to the left of the option that best describes where you want to install the NetBackup Client Select from available computers on the network If you choose the Select from available computers on the network option Setup will scan your network for available clients lt Back Cancel Figure 7 3 NetBackup Client Setup Type 142 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Deselect OTM there are inter operability issues with the IBM TotalStorage NAS OS Click Next NetBackup Client OTM Install Figure 7 4 NetBackup OTM Install Enter the client name and click Next Figure 7 5 Chapter 7 VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 143 NetBackup Client Name x Specify the NetBackup Client name for the computer lt Back Cancel Figure 7 5 NetBackup Client Name Define the targ
169. ting File Systems Effective Group Identifier EISA EMS EPROM ERD ERP ERRM ESCON ESP ESS EVID FAT FC FDDI FDPR FIFO FIRST FQDN FSF FTP FtDisk GC GDA GDI GDS GID IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Extended Industry Standard Architecture Event Management Services Erasable Programmable Read Only Emergency Repair Disk Enterprise Resources Planning Event Response Resource Manager Enterprise System Connection Encapsulating Security Payload Enterprise Storage Server Effective User Identifier File Allocation Table Fibre Channel Fiber Distributed Data Interface Feedback Directed Program Restructure First In First Out Forum of Incident Response and Security Fully Qualified Domain Name File Storage Facility File Transfer Protocol Fault Tolerant Disk Global Catalog Global Directory Agent Graphical Device Interface Global Directory Service Group Identifier GL GSNW GUI HA HACMP HAL HBA HCL HSM HTTP IBM ICCM IDE IDL IDS IEEE IETF IGMP IIS IKE IMAP VO Graphics Library Gateway Service for NetWare Graphical User Interface High Availability High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing Hardware Abstraction Layer Host Bus Adapter Hardware Compatibility List Hierarchical Storage Management Hypertext Transfer Protocol International Business Machines Corporation
170. tions for creating a PSM image gt Immediate gt Scheduled Creating an immediate PSM image We start by showing the steps to create an immediate PSM image 1 At the PSM main screen see Figure 2 5 on page 21 click Persistent Images You will see the screen in Figure 2 9 that contains the already created images AJ Persistent Images Microsoft Internet Explorer oix Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help l Back gt AI Reach Favorites CBristory e Address E PSM 26Tab1 3DTabsDisks 26Tab2 3DTabsDisksP5M 26ReturnURL 3Dtasks 252Easp 253FTab1 253DTabsDisks 7 Go Links gt IBM5194 23TT YOO amp Status Information ome Status Network Diss Users Shares Maintenance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Persistent Images PSM status Idle Search Timestamp zl gt Go I Timestamp Image Name Attribute Weight Volumes Tasks New Q Back E Done 7 E Local intranet Z Figure 2 9 PSM Screen containing already created images Chapter 2 Snapshots and replication PSM and Double Take 25 2 Click New to see the Create Image screen see Figure 2 10 a Create New Persistent Image Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help eBak gt A Bsearch Favorites Hristory E4 IBM5194 23TT YOO e Status Information e
171. tled Job Edit view Tools Help Be B e Welcome Backup Restore Schedule Jobs Click to select the check box for ani eae he HE Desktop s A Cancel 3 My Computer a b Eai cance Osa Ua F Os C system on Os D Maintenance WEE JE H drive OS G PBR Disks Medianame Media created 9 30 2001 at 9 07 AM O5 H H drive Os 1 l dive Status Backing up files from disk OS OE System State Progress TUI E My D t si S My Documents Elapsed Estimated remaining gO My Network Places Time 6 sec 51 sec Processing F data lotus cnt inf Processed Estimated Files See 3 842 Ba dah Bytes 28 810 985 275 083 884 i Backup media or file name Ja backups h crve bk Browse Backing up files From disk Start eA E Shortcut to cmd exe bm backup Untitled Figure 3 11 On going backup of removable disk F with PSM image of drive H 6 Once the backup is completed you will be returned to the command prompt It should display a screen similar to the one in Figure 3 12 showing that IBMSNAP and NT Backup have completed successfully 62 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5 00 2195 lt C gt Copyright 1985 2666 Microsoft Corp lt C WINNT system32 gt cd ibm nasbackup C ibm NASBackup gt ibmsnap
172. to Point Tunneling Protocol PowerPC Reference Platform Persistent Storage Manager Program Sector Number Parallel System Support Program Physical Volume Physical Volume Identifier Quality of Service Resource Access Control Facility Redundant Array of Independent Disks Abbreviations and acronyms 189 RAS RDBMS RFC RGID RISC RMC RMSS ROLTP ROS RPC RRIP RSCT RSM RSVP SACK SAK SAM SAN SASL SCSI SDK SFG SFU SID Remote Access Service Relational Database Management System Request for Comments Real Group Identifier Reduced Instruction Set Computer Resource Monitoring and Control Reduced Memory System Simulator Relative OnLine Transaction Processing Read Only Storage Remote Procedure Call Rock Ridge Internet Protocol Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology Removable Storage Management Resource Reservation Protocol Selective Acknowledgments Secure Attention Key Security Account Manager Storage Area Network Simple Authentication and Security Layer Small Computer System Interface Software Developer s Kit Shared Folders Gateway Services for UNIX Security Identifier SLIP SMB SMIT SMP SMS SNA SNAPI SNMP SP SPX SQL SRM SSA SSL SUSP SVC TAPI TCB TCP IP TCSEC TDI TDP TLS 190 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Serial Line Internet Protocol Server Message
173. to include data archiving Until on line storage is as inexpensive as off line storage archiving inactive data is an effective way to reduce your on line storage costs The cost of storing a gigabyte of data using on line storage is typically thirty times more expensive than the same gigabyte using off line storage Some percentage of your data is inactive if it hasn t been accessed in weeks if not months Does that inactive data need to remain in on line storage Tivoli Storage Manager will move that inactive data to off line storage thus freeing up on line disk space for more important active data Should you find that the inactive data you archived must be used again Tivoli Storage Manager will retrieve that data for you Hierarchical Storage Management Tivoli Storage Manager also includes a more automated version of archive called Hierarchical Storage Management or HSM Like archiving HSM removes data from on line storage and puts it on less expensive off line storage But unlike archive HSM leaves a data stub in on line storage that shows the name of the removed file With this stub you can easily access the off line data albeit much more slowly than if it were on line Tivoli Storage Manager s HSM capabilities are automated and will watch on line data files to see how often they are used If not opened for an administrator specified length of time they will be removed to off line storage leaving only the data stub behind For many businesses
174. u prefer then click Next NetVault Client System NetVault Custom System Net ault Server System Description Choose this option to customise your Net ault System to your individual requirements lt Back Cancel Figure 5 7 NetVault Setup Type Custom System If you want to use SmartClient and or DSD select NetVault Custom System and proceed by choosing Next Otherwise select NetVault Client System and click Next For a NetVault Custom System select the following items Core files NetVault server files Device control files Data plug in files GUI files Help files vvvvvy Please refer to the NetVault documentation for more information Chapter 5 BakBone NetVault 99 100 After selecting the NetVault client you will be prompted for the name of the client This name will be used to identify the system in the NetVault domain It does not have to be the same as the network name of the device although this typically eases administrative tasks See Figure 5 8 Enter Machine Name x Enter a name that this machine will be known as by the other Net ault machines on your network lt Back Cancel Figure 5 8 NetVault Enter Machine Name IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions After selecting the name for the client you have to provide a password This password is used to protect the system against unauthorized access from other NetVault systems As soon as you ente
175. uch longer to create than subsequent images Performance impact of PSM The performance considerations for PSM can be subdivided into write performance and read performance 18 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Write performance PSM creates minimal additional I O overhead which is limited to writes The copy on write process adds one read the write is paused to read the old data from the live volume and one write old data is copied to PSM cache to each write system request Read performance Reads are merely affected since typically 90 of all I O activities are reads directly from the live volume which causes no interaction with PSM However when access to True Images is required backup prototypes compatibility testing this causes interaction with PSM for data retrieval from live volume PSM cache or both This as discussed earlier has a lower priority Note PSM is designed for the main purpose of quick data retrieval as well as creating readily available images for other functions such as backup and development testing even with open files no need for application shutdown Although it can be used for backup purposes backup performance is not an issue PSM was designed to address 2 1 2 Creating images with PSM To access the PSM functions you need to get connected to the NAS system via Web interface as seen in the next steps 1 Open your Internet Explorer you may also connect by using Terminal
176. up Wizard synoi peter rae Eea a iia 127 Selecting Remote Machine 127 Backup Exec Warning 00 AAA 128 Selec ng MES ANA AINA YA EE EOE A NUNA KUANIKA AEG 128 Backup NAME AAA aaa 129 Selecting backup device and media 129 Media overwrite method 130 Backup Type and Verification 131 Figures ix x 6 27 6 28 6 29 6 30 6 31 6 32 6 33 6 34 6 35 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 10 7 11 7 12 7 13 7 14 7 15 7 16 7 17 7 18 7 19 7 20 7 21 7 22 7 23 7 24 7 25 7 26 7 27 7 28 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 Completing the Backup Wizard 131 Schedule Options AI AUA KUKAA 132 MOMItOrJODS ia AA AA 133 Activity Monitor 133 JONES AA UA aila 134 Wa II AA Sacks NES 135 Job Verify progress 0 0 ar a tee 136 Job Successful 00 UA tees 136 SOD ON NMC Ai eed ik EEEE AK cede Pathe di vel ara lle wit edt dene alg 137 NetBackup autorun screen 141 NetBackup Welcome 142 NetBackup Client Setup Type 142 NetBackup OTM Install 143 NetBackup Client Name 144 NetBackup Destination Location 144 NetBackup
177. up and recovery of user data Basically backup and recovery in an iSCSI environment is the same as ina classical direct attached storage DAS environment Let s have a closer look at this In a DAS environment storage devices are attached by cable directly to the server In PC configurations the storage is usually integrated in the same cabinet as the processor In mainframe and large open servers the storage is typically located in a separate unit some distance from the host The connection is typically made by a SCSI or IDE cable Each server effectively owns its own storage devices I O requests access devices directly as illustrated in Figure 9 2 This topology was designed initially for efficiency and high performance Sharing data between systems was not initially anticipated IP network Application server Block I O SCSI protocol gt Application makes file 1 0 request to file system in server which initiates block I O to disk or Application initiates raw block I O to disk Figure 9 2 DAS uses block I O So what about iSCSI In a DAS environment the operating system OS uses a device driver to access the storage devices In case of a SCSI disk this would be a SCSI device driver So simply speaking from an OS point of view the storage device is a direct attached SCSI disk when it uses a SCSI disk driver to access the storage device The OS is not aware if it is a FC SAN that also use
178. up gt cd program files tivoli tsm bac lient C Program Files Tivoli ISM baclient gt dsmc incremental subdir yes L Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup Client Interface Version 3 Release 7 Level 2 0 1 lt C gt Copyright IBM Corporation 1996 2000 All Rights Reserved Node Name NAS2 NEW Session established with server NASRB_2K_SERVER1 Windows NT Server Version 3 Release 7 Level 3 8 Server date time 10 03 2001 16 21 29 Last access 10 03 2001 16 12 2 SS eee gt Figure 4 17 Commands of the batch file being executed Chapter 4 Tivoli Storage Manager TSM 87 3 TSM backup will then proceed Figure 4 18 Directory gt B J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 FN 2502 5084 Di2 Sent Directory gt 8 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 25 2 S Di3 Sent Normal File gt 65 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2562 S desktop ini Sent Normal File gt 2 428 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 508 INFO2 Sent Normal File gt 265 428 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 5084 Di2 D054GW EKE Sent Normal File gt 241 058 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 SGQ Di2 MGADTEST EXE Sent Normal File gt 245 226 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 S Di2 NGAFTEST EXE Sent Normal File gt 274 474 J RECYCLER S 1 5 21 729965561 18993966 2502 S Di2 NGAHTEST EXE Sent Normal File gt
179. utton The Subcomponents of Networking Services box comes up Click the box next to Domain Name System then click OK 8 In NAS Setup Navigator on the Information and Setup Options screen select the radio button that applies to the new node and Active Directory if needed After you have selected the appropriate radio buttons click Apply Clicking the Apply button will refresh the screen and bring you back to the top of the Information and Setup Options screen 9 Click the Forward button to advance to the next screen 10 Follow these steps and screens and configure the new node When you are done with each screen click the Forward button to advance Configure the new node with the appropriate information for gt System Language gt Administrator Password gt Date and Time 12 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions gt Network Identification gt Public LAN Settings gt Private LAN Settings Note At this point in the install of new node you will either get the Joining a Domain screen or the Active Domain Controller Setup screen The Information and Options screen where you either selected Joining a Domain or Setup Active Domain Controller determines this 11 This step requires you to either join a domain or set up Active Directory depending on what radio buttons were selected in the beginning of the NAS Setup Navigator 12 Now you will join the cluster Follow the TotalStorage Cluster Configuration Wizard as
180. w SLOT 10 BLANK TVDRHOTO Figure 5 25 NetVault Device Management Congratulations The first backup job should now be running 114 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions VERITAS Backup Exec In this chapter we provide a short overview of VERITAS Backup Exec We explain how to install and configure the backup client on IBM TotalStorage NAS devices Copyright IBM Corp 2002 115 6 1 Introduction to Veritas Backup Exec Veritas Backup Exec is a complete backup solution for environments scaling from workgroup size up to enterprise It protects data and operating system on the backup client machine including System State and Active Directory Specific client agents are available for different groupware applications like Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint Portal Server Lotus Domino and databases like Oracle Microsoft SQL Server and SAP R 3 IBM TotalStorage NAS appliances do not come preloaded with Veritas Backup Exec client software However it has been tested and used to back up and restore the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices If you already have a Veritas Backup Exec environment set up it is easy to integrate IBM NAS devices into it Note For updates on third party product certification see the NAS Interoperability List at this site http www storage ibm com snetwork nas nas_interoperability html Important There is a known conflict between the Veritas Open File Option and the IBM supplied software theref
181. work Users Shares Maintenance Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Edit Configuration Settings for Volume NAS200DATA E Warning threshold reached when Cache 80 Full ma Begin deleting images when Cache 90 Full ni Cache size 15 E Restore Defaults oK J Cancel Figure 2 8 PSM attributes of a volume Warning threshold This is the percentage of the cache size before warnings are sent This is done to inform the NAS administrator that it is time to save the images before unwanted deletion of the first persistent images occurs The logs for this option are saved in the Windows Event Log so you can check for it using either Internet Explorer or a Terminal Services Client The default value is Cache 80 Full Begin deleting images This is the percentage of cache size that if reached will begin deleting images on first in first out basis The default value is Cache 90 Full 24 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Cache size This is the size of the PSM cache allocated from the PSM volume location Is expressed in a percentage of the volume size Make sure that you have enough space in you volume to hold the cache file The default value is 15 Click OK to get back to the Volume settings screen and click Back to come back to the PSM main screen Creating a PSM image You have two op
182. xe and their meaning please refer to the on line information on your TSM Client Program 5 Finish by clicking Save and Exit 86 IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Executing automated TSM backup of persistent image Now that everything is prepared we can run the automated TSM backup of persistent images Here are the steps 1 On a command prompt execute the batch file that calls IBMSNAP Figure 4 16 For example tsmbackup i bat C ibm NAS Backup gt tsmbackup i C ibm NAS Backup gt cd ibm nashbackup C ibm NASBackup gt ibmsnap 1 i files c ibm nasbackup tsmbatch IBM Persistent Image utility version 1 1 Enabling PSM Press control C to stop Figure 4 16 Screen right after running IBMSNAP batch file 2 PSM will then run and create a snapshot of the specified volume on the batch file Also the screen should show that the Removable Disk volume label has been changed to avoid duplication with the source volume Figure 4 17 Tivoli Storage Manag z m E3 IC ibm NAS Backup gt tsmbackup i IC ibm NAS Backup gt cd ibm nashbackup IC ibm NASBackup gt ibmsnap 1 i files c ibm nashbackup tsmbatch bat exit IBM Persistent Image utility version 1 1 Enabling PSM Press control C to stop Creating snapshot of drive I on drive L Directory L exists Watching drive L Going to run file cmd exe c c ibm nasbackup tsmbatch bat L Ic ibm nasbackup gt label L temp ic ibm nasback
183. xplorer 2101 Fie Edt view Help Back gt gt A A Gsearch Favorites CBristory By amp Address http inas200 8099 tasks asp tab1 TabsDisks Ix Favorites Tools v Go Jinks gt IBM5194 23TTY0O Status Information e Status Net Disks KU Help Disks and Volumes Disk Quota Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Storage Reports File Screening Disks Configure disks volumes disk quotas and other storage related features Disks and Volumes Configure the properties of individual disks and volumes residing on the server appliance Disk Quota Configure disk quotas for volumes on the server appliance Persistent Storage Manager Directory Quota Use Persistent Storage Manager to Configure directory quotas to take point in time snapshots of manage and control disk space selected volumes allocation on the server appliance Storage Reports File Screening Generate storage management reports to analyze disk consumption Configure properties to determine which files are allowed on the server appliance Figure 2 4 Disks screen IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions 5 Select Persistent Storage Manager and you will see Figure 2 5 REF Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help a SBack gt A A Qsearch Favorites CBristory G 3 Address Disks amp Container TabsDisksPSM8Tab1 TabsDisks amp Tab2 TabsDisksPS
184. you This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication IBM may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Any references in this information to non IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products their published announcements or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibility or any other claims related to non IBM products Questions on the capabilities of non IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products This information contains examples of data and reports used in daily business operations To illustrate them as completely as possible the examples include the names of individuals companies brands and products All of these names are fictitious and any similarity to the names and a
185. zen different operating systems from laptops to mainframes Backup restore Complete data protection starts with data backups Backups are a copy of your active on line data stored on off line storage If an on line storage device fails a data error occurs or someone accidentally deletes a file the off line copy of that data can be copied back to on line storage restored Tivoli Storage Manager is famous for its extremely efficient backup methods Tivoli Storage Manager uses multiple techniques to reduce data transfer sizes to the minimum possible These techniques reduce the total time required for both data backups and more importantly data restores Disaster preparation and recovery Complete data protection also involves disaster preparation and recovery Local copies of data will protect against discrete failures or errors in equipment storage or people But disasters tend to happen to entire facilities not just a portion of the equipment inside those facilities IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions Tivoli Storage Manager will prepare an additional copy of your active data for safekeeping at an off site location to provide that extra insurance against disasters Should a disaster strike and destroy your on line storage and computers the off site copy of your active data can be restored to new computers to get your business up and running quickly Archive retrieve Tivoli Storage Manager goes beyond just data backups

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