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Creating Storage Units Using the Disk Pool, Backing Up Data From a DR Series System (NetBackup)

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Creating Storage Units Using the Disk Pool Use the NetBackup GUI to create storage units using the disk pools on the DR Series system. Log in to NetBackup, and complete the following tasks: 1. In the main window of the NetBackup Administrator console, click Storage in the left navigation pane, and select Storage Units. 2. In the NetBackup Administrator console main window, right-click and select New Storage Unit from the drop-down list. 3. In the New Storage Unit page, enter a name in Storage unit name, and select the OST disk pool that you created in the Disk pool drop-down list. 4. Click OK to create the new storage unit. Backing Up Data From a DR Series System (NetBackup) This topic describes how to use NetBackup to back up data from a DR Series system. Before backing up data, you first need to configure a policy that creates a backup on the OST logical storage unit (LSU). This type of policy is similar to what is done for network-attached storage (NAS) shares, except that when defining policy attributes, you need to select the LSU that contains the OST disk pool. To back up data from a DR Series system using a policy, complete the following: 1. Log into the NetBackup Administrator console. 2. Click NetBackup Management in the left navigation pane, and select Policies. 3. In the All Policies main window, right-click OST, and select Change Policy from the drop-down list. The Change Policy page is displayed. 4. In the Change Policy page, click the Attributes tab, and select the settings for the policy you want to create. 5. Click OK to create the policy, which displays under OST in the main window. 6. Right-click the policy, and select Manual Backup from the drop-down list. The Manual Backup page is displayed. 7. In the Manual Backup page, enter the name of the media server in Server, and click OK. To monitor the status of any backup operation, click Activity Monitor in the left navigation pane of the NetBackup Administrator console, and select the backup job you are interested in to view details about the operation. Restoring Data From a DR Series System Using NetBackup This topic describes how to use NetBackup to restore data from a DR Series system. The process for restoring data from OST logical storage units (LSUs) is similar to how restores are performed from any backup device. To restore data from a DR Series system, complete the following: 1. Log into the NetBackup Administrator console. 2. Click Backup, Archive, and Restore in the left navigation pane. 3. In the Restore main window, click the Restore Files tab. 4. Select the data that you want to restore, and click OK. To monitor the status of any restore operation, click Activity Monitor in the left navigation pane of the NetBackup Administrator console, and select the restore job you are interested in to view details about the operation. 133

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Creating Storage Units Using the Disk Pool
Use the NetBackup GUI to create storage units using the disk pools on the DR Series system.
Log in to NetBackup, and complete the following tasks:
1.
In the main window of the
NetBackup Administrator
console, click
Storage
in the left navigation pane, and select
Storage Units
.
2.
In the
NetBackup Administrator
console main window, right-click and select
New Storage Unit
from the drop-down
list.
3.
In the
New Storage Unit
page, enter a name in
Storage unit name
, and select the OST disk pool that you created in
the
Disk pool
drop-down list.
4.
Click
OK
to create the new storage unit.
Backing Up Data From a DR Series System (NetBackup)
This topic describes how to use NetBackup to back up data from a DR Series system.
Before backing up data, you first need to configure a policy that creates a backup on the OST logical storage unit (LSU).
This type of policy is similar to what is done for network-attached storage (NAS) shares, except that when defining
policy attributes, you need to select the LSU that contains the OST disk pool.
To back up data from a DR Series system using a policy, complete the following:
1.
Log into the
NetBackup Administrator
console.
2.
Click
NetBackup Management
in the left navigation pane, and select
Policies
.
3.
In the
All Policies
main window, right-click
OST
, and select
Change Policy
from the drop-down list.
The
Change Policy
page is displayed.
4.
In the
Change Policy
page, click the
Attributes
tab, and select the settings for the policy you want to create.
5.
Click
OK
to create the policy, which displays under OST in the main window.
6.
Right-click the policy, and select
Manual Backup
from the drop-down list.
The
Manual Backup
page is displayed.
7.
In the
Manual Backup
page, enter the name of the media server in
Server
, and click
OK
.
To monitor the status of any backup operation, click
Activity Monitor
in the left navigation pane of the
NetBackup
Administrator
console, and select the backup job you are interested in to view details about the operation.
Restoring Data From a DR Series System Using NetBackup
This topic describes how to use NetBackup to restore data from a DR Series system. The process for restoring data from
OST logical storage units (LSUs) is similar to how restores are performed from any backup device.
To restore data from a DR Series system, complete the following:
1.
Log into the
NetBackup Administrator
console.
2.
Click
Backup
,
Archive
, and
Restore
in the left navigation pane.
3.
In the
Restore
main window, click the
Restore Files
tab.
4.
Select the data that you want to restore, and click
OK
.
To monitor the status of any restore operation, click
Activity Monitor
in the left navigation pane of the
NetBackup
Administrator
console, and select the restore job you are interested in to view details about the operation.
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