Implementing an effective NDMP backup solution on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system using Symantec NetBackup

Implementing an effective NDMP backup
solution on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
system using Symantec NetBackup

A technical report

Udayasuryan Kodoly

IBM Systems and Technology Group ISV Enablement
November 2011

Implementing an effective NDMP backup solution on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system using Symantec NetBackup
© Copyright IBM Corporation, 2011.
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Table of contents
Abstract..................................................................................................................................... 3
Executive summary .................................................................................................................. 3
Intended audience ................................................................................................................................... 3
Scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 4
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system ........................................................................................ 4
Storwize V7000 Unified system NDMP overview .................................................................................... 6
Storwize V7000 Unified supported NDMP physical configuration ........................................................... 6
Two-way (or remote) Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration ................................................ 7
Three-way Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration ................................................................ 8
Fundamentals of Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP feature ................................................................ 9
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP command-line configuration ........................................................ 10
Storwize V7000 Unified system configuration in lab ...................................................................... 11
Storwize NDMP network group configuration ................................................................................ 11
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group configuration using GUI ............................................ 12
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group configuration using CLI ............................................. 17
Configuring Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup prefetch ........................................................ 18
Concurrent Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup and restore usage with other Storwize V7000
Unified functions ............................................................................................................................. 20
Considerations for Symantec NetBackup DMA for Storwize V7000 Unified system NDMP backup
....................................................................................................................................................... 21
Monitoring NDMP session on Storwize V7000 Unified system ..................................................... 22
Monitoring NDMP log information on Storwize V7000 Unified system .......................................... 23
Symantec NetBackup NDMP configuration .......................................................................... 24
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration using Symantec NetBackup........................................... 24
Two-way NDMP authentication and detection of tape devices ..................................................... 24
Three-way NDMP tape server authentication and tape configuration ........................................... 38
Symantec NetBackup inventory of tape library .............................................................................. 51
Creating a Symantec NetBackup NDMP policy ............................................................................. 55
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup considerations ................................................................. 64
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup (full) ................................................................................. 66
Symantec NetBackup NDMP restore .................................................................................................... 71
Using Symantec NetBackup Direct Access Recovery (DAR) for NDMP restores ......................... 71
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP restore using Symantec NetBackup restore ................................ 71
Summary ................................................................................................................................. 84
Appendix A: Glossary ............................................................................................................ 85
Appendix B: Materials used in the lab setup ........................................................................ 86
Appendix C: Resources ......................................................................................................... 87
About the author..................................................................................................................... 88
Trademarks and special notices ........................................................................................... 89

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Abstract
This technical paper provides the best practices guide for implementing IBM Storwize V7000
Unified Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backup solution using the Symantec
NetBackup software. The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system includes the IBM Storwize V7000
file module and the Storwize V7000 storage system. The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system
supports both block protocols and file protocols.
NDMP is an open protocol for managing data stored on networked file servers. The NDMP
future development is under the direction of the Storage Networking Industry Association
(SNIA), which has a work group for NDMP.

Executive summary
As an established market leader in data protection, Symantec NetBackup can provide unparalleled next-
generation data protection by minimizing cost and complexity and ensuring greater business continuity
with a solution that unifies desktop, remote office, and data center protection across the entire enterprise.
Symantec also supports a wide range of data protection options including NDMP support.

The IBM® Storwize® V7000 Unified system supports NDMP version 4. The NDMP function is configured
and managed on the Storwize V7000 Unified system using the Storwize V7000 Unified command-line
interface (CLI) from the active management node. NDMP alerts are written to the alert log on the Storwize
V7000 Unified active management node.
This technical report provides details on configuring NDMP feature of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system
and enabling Symantec NetBackup NDMP-specific settings and functionality.

Intended audience
This technical report is intended for:
• Customers and prospects looking to implement effective NDMP backup solution on IBM Storwize
V7000 Unified system using the Symantec NetBackup software
• Users and management seeking detailed information to implement NDMP backup solution on
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system using Symantec NetBackup software

Scope
This technical report provides:
• Detailed NDMP backup solution implementation on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system with
Symantec NetBackup 7.0.1
• Detailed NDMP backup implementation guide; configuration best practices

This technical report does not:
• Discuss any performance impact and analysis from a user perspective
• Replace any official manuals and documents from IBM and Symantec on the products used in
the NDMP backup solution

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Prerequisites
This technical paper assumes familiarity with the following prerequisites:
• Basic knowledge of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system
• Basic knowledge Symantec NetBackup 7.0.1 or higher
• The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system must have Storwize V7000 file module software version
1.3 GA or higher.

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system
The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system offers simple, unified storage architecture. In an IBM Storwize
V7000 Unified system, the file module is a clustered system comprised of two units that provide file
systems for use by network-attached storage (NAS). The file module uses the Storwize V7000 storage
system to provide the file module with volumes. Volumes are also provided on the storage area network
(SAN).

Figure 1: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system

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Figure 2: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Architecture

The IBM Storwize V7000 File Module Software within the Storwize V7000 Unified system contains the
interface-node and management node functions. A management node is used for configuring,
administering, and monitoring a system. An interface node connects a system to an Internet Protocol (IP)
network.

The Storwize V7000 Unified software performs the following functions for the host systems that attach to
Storwize V7000 Unified:
• Creates a single pool of storage
• Provides logical unit virtualization
• Manages logical volumes
• Mirrors logical volumes

The Storwize V7000 Unified system also provides the following functions:
• Large scalable cache
• Copy services
− IBM Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager (point-in-time copy) function, including thin-
provisioned FlashCopy to make multiple targets affordable
− Metro Mirror (synchronous copy)
− Global Mirror (asynchronous copy)
− Data migration
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• Space management
− IBM System Storage® Easy Tier™ to migrate the most frequently used data to higher
performing storage
− Metering of service quality when combined with IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
− Thin-provisioned logical volumes

This offers customers great flexibility in meeting their storage needs, irrespective of whether file-based or
block-based.

Storwize V7000 Unified system NDMP overview
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system supports the NDMP version 4. NDMP is a network-based protocol
used by data management applications primarily for backing up and restoring the files contained within a
NAS system, such as IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system.

The Storwize V7000 Unified system NDMP feature provides the capability to backup and restore the files
and directories within file systems of the Storwize V7000 Unified system. The granularity of backup is at
the directory level. NDMP supports the concept of a full backup and an incremental backup. A full backup
backs up all files and directories specified by Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP feature. An incremental
backup backs up those files and directories that have changed since the last full backup. Incremental
backups are cumulative.

A cumulative incremental backup backs up the files that are specified in the backup selections list that
have changed since the last full backup. In the event no previous backup has been finished, all the files
are backed up. Cumulative incremental backups occur automatically according to the scheduled criteria.
A complete restore requires the last full backup and the last cumulative incremental backup.

A differential incremental backup backs up the files that have changed since the last successful
incremental (differential or cumulative) or full backup. If no previous backup has been done, all files are
backed up. Differential incremental backups occur automatically according to scheduled criteria. A
complete restore requires the last full backup, the last cumulative incremental backup, and all differential
incremental backups that have occurred since the last full backup.

Storwize V7000 Unified supported NDMP physical configuration
There are two primary NDMP configurations that can be used with the Storwize V7000 Unified system.
• Two-way (or remote) NDMP
• Three-way NDMP
The following sections describe the two-way (or remote) and three-way NDMP configurations in detail.

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Two-way (or remote) Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration
The two-way NDMP consists of an external data management application, such as Symantec
NetBackup, running on a server external to the Storwize V7000 Unified system. The data
management application system has some form of storage hierarchy, such as a tape library, that it
manages for the storage of backup data.
In addition to the external data management application (Symantec NetBackup) system, an Ethernet
network exists that connects the data management application system to the Storwize V7000 file
modules on which the NDMP server is running. NDMP control and data traffic flow across this
network, between the external data management application system and the Storwize V7000 Unified
file modules on which the NDMP server is running.
Recommendation: The recommendation is that this network be a high speed 10 Gb Ethernet
network to handle the volume of data being backed up or restored. However, nothing prevents this
network from being a 1 Gb Ethernet network.

Figure 3 shows an example of a two-way Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration. It includes an
external data management application (Symantec NetBackup) running on a server external to the
Storwize V7000 Unified system. The data management application server has an IBM System
Storage® TS7650G ProtecTIER® Deduplication Gateway attached to it through an 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel (FC) SAN. The System Storage TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway has an IBM
System Storage DS5000 storage controller attached to it through 8 Gbps FC links, which in turn has
some number of DS5000 disk storage expansion units attached to it through 8 Gbps FC links. The
data management application is connected to a 10 Gbps Ethernet network to which the Storwize
V7000 Unified file modules are attached. In Figure 3, the lines are intended to show the type and
speed on the connections between the various physical components and do not necessarily
represent the actual number of physical links.

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Figure 3: Two-way (Remote) Storwize V7000 NDMP configuration

Three-way Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration
In a three-way Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration, an NDMP tape server is installed on a
server external to the Storwize V7000 Unified system and separate from the server on which the
Symantec NetBackup data management application is running. Some forms of storage devices, such
as a virtual tape library or real tape library and tape drives, are attached to the server running the
NDMP tape server.

The NDMP controls the traffic flow between the Symantec NetBackup data management application
system and the Storwize V7000 Unified file modules. NDMP data traffic flows between the Storwize
V7000 Unified file modules and the NDMP tape server. In this scenario, only NDMP control traffic is
flowing between the Symantec NetBackup data management application system and the Storwize
V7000 file modules. Therefore, the Symantec NetBackup data management application system does
not need to be on a high-speed network. The Symantec NetBackup (data management application)
system can use a lower speed 1 Gbps Ethernet network to connect the Storwize V7000 file modules
and the external server on which the NDMP tape server is running.

However, NDMP data traffic (the actual data being backed up or restored) is flowing between the
Storwize V7000 Unified file modules and the external server on which the NDMP tape server is
running.

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Recommendation: It is recommended that the Ethernet network between the NDMP tape server and
the Storwize V7000 unified file modules running the NDMP server be a high-speed 10 Gbps Ethernet
network.

Figure 4 shows an example of an NDMP three-way configuration. In this example, the Storwize
V7000 Unified file modules (used for file serving) and the data management applications are
connected on a 1 Gbps Ethernet network. Storwize V7000 Unified file modules used for NDMP
backup and restore, are also connected to a 10 Gbps Ethernet network along with the NDMP tape
server. The server on which the NDMP tape server is running is connected to an 8 Gbps FC SAN
along with an IBM System Storage TS3500 tape library with some FC-attached tape drives, such as
IBM Linear Tape-Open data cartridges, Generation 3, Generation 4, or Generation 5 tape drives.

Figure 4: Three-way Storwize V7000 NDMP configuration

Fundamentals of Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP feature
The following points explain the fundamentals of Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP features:
• An NDMP version 4 compliant data server is available on file modules of the Storwize Unified
storage system. There is a provision to create both the file modules that will be part of an
NDMP_NODE_GROUP. Both the file modules are paired with network group IP addresses that
can be assigned to a specific network port. This network port is associated with the NDMP
service.

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• The NDMP server running on a file module provides for both data and control connections to
servers external to the Storwize V7000 Unified storage system on which a data management
application (Symantec NetBackup) is running.

• The ability to configure the NDMP parameters for file modules (the NDMP_NODE_GROUP) is
provided through Storwize V7000 Unified CLI commands that are run from the file module, which
stores the NDMP configuration parameters in the Samba Registry.

• In addition to the Storwize V7000 Unified CLI commands available to store and retrieve NDMP
configuration parameters, a set of CLI commands are provided allowing to view NDMP session
information and NDMP log information, and stop currently running NDMP sessions.

• An NDMP backup session provides backup of a specific directory in an IBM General Parallel File
System (IBM GPFS™) and all files and subdirectories contained within it. Besides the basic data
of the files and directories, all extended GPFS attributes are saved for every file and directory. In
order to provide the provision to back up a directory structure at a given point in time, a snapshot
is used and it is actually the snapshot of the directory structure that is backed up. This snapshot
also accounts for files that might be open or in use during the backup, as a point-in-time
representation of the file is backed up by NDMP.

• An NDMP restore session will restore all of the files and directories in the proper structure of
subdirectories, and so on. In addition to the actual file contents, the GPFS extended attributes
are also restored.

Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP command-line configuration
The following Storwize V7000 Unified CLI commands (shown in Table 1) are available for configuring,
monitoring, and managing the NDMP configuration parameters and NDMP sessions.

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# Storwize V7000 Unified CLI command Usage description

1 cfgndmp Configure NDMP

2 cfgndmpprefetch Configuring NDMP backup prefetch

3 lsndmp List NDMP configuration

4 lsndmplog List the actual contents of the NDMP log on the
given file module

5 lsndmpsession List NDMP session information

6 rmndmpcfg Remove NDMP configuration information for a
specified NDMP node group

7 stopndmpsession Stop NDMP session

8 lsndmpprefetch List NDMP prefetch configuration

Table 1: Storwize V7000 Unified system CLI command description

Storwize V7000 Unified system configuration in lab
In the lab:
• The Storwize V7000 Unified system has one Storwize V7000 storage system for block access
functionality.
• The Storwize V7000 Unified system has two file modules that act as management nodes,
interface nodes, and storage nodes for file-level access: mgmt001st001 and mgmt002st001
• The Storwize V7000 Unified system file cluster is defined as: ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com
• There are 10 Gb Ethernet cards on each file modules and configured ethX1 to access the
bonded ports
(Refer to “Appendix B: Materials used in the lab setup” for more information)

Storwize NDMP network group configuration
This section provides the guidelines to create and configure a network group that includes file
modules to service NDMP requests for the NDMP node group.

• Create a network group comprising two file modules using mknwgroup Storwize V7000
Unified CLI command on file modules.
mknwgroup ndmp_nw_group mgmt001st001,mgmt002st001

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Validate the newly created network group using the lsnwgroup Storwize V7000 Unified CLI
command on file modules.
• Create a network with configurable IP addresses using the mknw Storwize V7000 Unified
CLI command on file modules.
mknw 17.0.0.0/24 0.0.0.0/0:17.0.0.1 --add 17.0.0.100,17.0.0.101, 17.0.0.102, 17.0.0.103

Note: Visit the URL: http://oav.net/mirrors/cidr.html to figure out the Classless Inter-Domain
Routing (CIDR). In this case, the team used 23. In this example, mknw cli use 17.0.0.0/24…

Validate the newly created network using the lsnw Storwize V7000 Unified CLI command on
file modules.
Attach the newly created network group, ndmp_nw_group, to the newly created network
using the attachnw Storwize V7000 Unified CLI command on file modules.
attachnw 17.0.0.0/24 ethX0 -g ndmp_nw_group

Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group configuration using GUI
In order to use Storwize V7000 Unified GUI to configure NDMP, log in to Storwize V7000 Unified
system GUI using https://<IP Address>:1081.

Note: It is recommended to use the Mozilla Firefox browser to use Storwize V7000 GUI for
appropriate functional performance.
1. Click the Files icon in the left pane and the click Services to start configuring NDMP backup, as
shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5: Configuring Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup services

2. Click Backup Selection in the Services menu and then click Edit, as shown in the Figure 6.

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Figure 6: Enabling Backup Selection

3. Select Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) from the Backup Selection pane and click
OK, as shown in the Figure 7.

Note: Both, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and NDMP backup are not supported on the same Storwize
V7000 Unified storage system.

Figure 7: Selecting Network Data Management Protocol based backup selection

4. Click Backup in the Services menu and then click New Backup NDMP, as shown in the Figure
8.

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Figure 8: Configuring NDMP backup

5. In the General tab of the New NDMP Node Group window, select the Enable NDMP session
check box and enter the NDMP node group name. Select a file system from the File system list
to be used for backup or restore operations through NDMP, and select a network group from the
corresponding list. After selecting the network group, the network group’s interface nodes and
network group’s public IP addresses will be displayed in the New NDMP Node Group window.
Refer to Figure 9.

Figure 9: Configuring NDMP node group
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6. In the Advanced tab, select the advanced options for NDMP configuration. You can choose to
keep default options. Activate the prefetch functionality by selecting the Prefetch activated
check box and the click OK, as shown in the Figure 10.

Figure 10: Configuring NDMP Node Group

7. The wizard creates and configures the NDMP backup node group and the summary is displayed,
as shown in the Figure 11. Verify the summary information and click Close.

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Figure 11: NDMP node group configuration summary

8. The newly configured NDMP node group will be displayed in the main window. From the Actions
list, select Activate to activate the newly created NDMP node group, as shown in the Figure 12.

Figure 12: Activating the NDMP node group

9. The wizard activates NDMP configuration and the summary is displayed, as shown in the
Figure 13. Verify the summary information and click Close.

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Figure 13: NDMP node group activation summary

Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group configuration using CLI
This section provides appropriate guidelines to create and configure the Storwize V7000 Unified
NDMP node group.
• A Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration can be defined only for an NDMP node group.
• A Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group must be created before any other specific Storwize
V7000 NDMP node group configuration parameters can be set.
• A Storwize V7000 NDMP node group is created, configured, and activated appropriately, before
an NDMP backup or restore can be configured on the Symantec NetBackup Data Management
Application (DMA) server.
To configure the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group:
1. Create an NDMP node group using the --create option of the cfgndmp command on Storwize
Unified file module.
cfgndmp -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --create

2. Attach the newly configured network group, ndmp_nw_group, (refer to the “Storwize NDMP
network group configuration” section) to the newly created Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node
group using the cfgndmp Storwize V7000 Unified CLI command with the
--networkGroup option on the file module.

cfgndmp -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --networkGroup
ndmp_nw_group

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3. Set the data port range of the NDMP node group using the --dataTransferPortRange option of
the cfgndmp command on file module.

cfgndmp -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --dataTransferPortRange
2048-2098

4. Add the file system mount point paths to the NDMP node group configuration using the
--addPaths option of the cfgndmp command on the Storwize V7000 Unified file module.

cfgndmp -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --addPaths
/ibm/gpfs0,/ibm/gpfs1
5. A default NDMP backup prefetch configuration is assigned to a newly created NDMP node
group, with the function deactivated. Optionally, use the cfgndmpprefetch CLI command to
change the NDMP backup prefetch configuration and activate the function for improved NDMP
backup performance. Refer to the “Configuring Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup prefetch”
section for more information.
6. Activate the NDMP node group with the --activate option of the cfgndmp CLI command.

cfgndmp -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --activate

Note: You can use the lsndmp CLI command with the -ndmpServiceStatus option to verify that
NDMP has started on all the nodes in the NDMP node group, on the Storwize V7000 Unified file
module.
lsndmp -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com [-s] [--ndmpServiceSatus]

Figure 14: lsndmp CLI usage

Configuring Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup prefetch
The NDMP backup prefetch function navigates the directory that is being backed up, reading files in
advance to the files actually coming due to be backed up. The prefetch function opens files in read-
only mode and places the files in the file module’s cache for improved backup performance.
NDMP backup prefetch is designed to work on files that are less than or equal to 1 MB in size.

Restriction: Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup prefetch will not work for a file system that has a
block size that is greater than 1 MB.
• To activate the NDMP backup prefetch feature, use the cfgndmpprefetch CLI command
with the --activate option. Specify the NDMP node group to enable NDMP prefetch feature
with Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP node group, as in the following example on the Storwize
V7000 Unified file module.

cfgndmpprefetch -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --activate
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Note: If NDMP is not active on the specified NDMP node group, a message is displayed
indicating that prefetch for NDMP will be activated when NDMP is activated.

• To set a limit for the number of applications that can simultaneously use Storwize V7000
Unified NDMP backup prefetch for a node, (including multiple instances of the same
program, such as multiple Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP sessions) use the
cfgndmpprefetch CLI command with the --appLimit option, as in the following example on
the Storwize V7000 Unified file module.
cfgndmpprefetch –c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --appLimit 4
Note: If NDMP is not active on the specified NDMP node group, a message is displayed
indicating that the configuration for prefetch for NDMP has been updated.

• To set a limit for the number of prefetching threads on file module, use the cfgndmpprefetch
CLI command with the -numThreads option, as in the following example on the Storwize
V7000 Unified file module.
cfgndmpprefetch –c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com ndmp_node_grp1 --numThreads
100
Note: The value for the --numThreads option must be a positive integer, greater than 50 and
less than or equal to 180. The default value is 100.

• To display NDMP backup prefetch status information, use the lsndmpprefetch CLI
command using the -s or --status option, and optionally adding the -g option to limit display
to the specified NDMP node group, as in the following example on the Storwize V7000
Unified file module.
lsndmpprefetch –c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com –g ndmp_node_grp1 -s

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Concurrent Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup and restore usage with other
Storwize V7000 Unified functions
The information in Table 2 helps you identify the Storwize V7000 Unified features and functions that
might be currently used on the same Storwize V7000 Unified system.
Anti-virus Asynchronous Hierarchical NDMP IBM Tivoli Storwize
Features scanning replication Storage backup Storage V7000
and management and Manager Unified
functions (HSM) restore backup block
processing and functions
restore
Same Same
Same system: system: system:
Same system: Yes Yes Yes
Yes Same file Same file Same file
Anti-virus Same file module: Yes module: module:
scanning N/A module: Yes Refer Note 3 Yes Yes Yes
Same Same Same
system: Same system: system: system:
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Same file Same file Same file Same file
Asynchronou module: module: Yes module: module:
s replication Yes N/A Refer Note 2 Yes Yes Yes
Same
system:
Yes Same
Same file Same system: system:
module: Yes Same Yes
Yes Same file system: No Same file
HSM Refer module: Yes Same file module:
processing Note 3 Refer Note 2 N/A module: No Yes Yes
Same
system:
Same No
system: Same file
Yes Same system: Same system: module:
NDMP Same file Yes No No
backup and module: Same file Same file Refer
restore Yes module: Yes module: No N/A Note 1 Yes
Same Same
system: system: No
Tivoli Storage Yes Same system: Same system: Same file
Manager Same file Yes Yes module: No
backup and module: Same file Same file Refer Note
restore Yes module: Yes module: Yes 1 N/A Yes
Storwize
V7000 Unified
Block
functions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A
Table 2: Concurrent Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup and restore usage with other Storwize V7000 Unified
functions

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Notes:
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backup / restore and NDMP backup / restore provide the same basic
functionality of backing up or restoring file systems and the directories and files within the file
systems. It is not recommended and not supported to have both Tivoli Storage Manager backup
restore processing and NDMP backup restore processing being used on the same Storwize
V7000 Unified system.

• NDMP backup are normally scheduled operations, which can be scheduled at a time when other
activity, such as general purpose file serving, is low. If possible, it is recommended to perform
NDMP backups during periods when other file serving activity is generally lower, perhaps late in
the evening or early in the mornings.

• In case, the NDMP backup or restore processing significantly interferes with other Storwize
V7000 Unified functions, such as network file serving (CIFS, NFS, FTP, HTTP) then consider
increasing the processing energy and memory configuration of the Storwize V7000 file modules.
Many Storwize V7000 Unified functions invoke the GPFS policy engine to evaluate a GPFS
policy to determine the list of files to operate on. These include:

− Tivoli Storage Manager backup processing
− Tivoli Storage Manager HSM processing
− NDMP incremental backup processing
− Asynchronous replication processing
− The runpolicy CLI command and others

The GPFS policy engine scans the file system metadata to determine the files that match the criteria
specified in the policy. This scan of the file system metadata can generate a significant amount of I/O
to the storage systems to read all the file system metadata, especially for file systems containing very
large number of files, such as 10s or 100s of millions of files. Therefore, it is recommended not to
start all the Storwize V7000 Unified functions at exactly the same time, but instead be staggered over
time.

Considerations for Symantec NetBackup DMA for Storwize V7000 Unified system
NDMP backup
Obtain either the IP address or host name for the file module to be used for this NDMP session.
• Host Name: Configure a DNS server with a common host name mapped to all of the IP
addresses that are associated with the network group that is associated with the NDMP node
group. If this host name is used, any of the file modules that are associated with the NDMP
node group can be assigned based on a round robin IP address assignment from the DNS
server.
• IP address: Submit the lsnwinterface CLI command using the -x option on the file module
of the Storwize V7000 Unified system and choose an appropriate IP address or multiple IP
addresses, if multiple backup policies are to be run simultaneously. This method is useful
when multiple NDMP backup policies are used and you want to distribute the NDMP
workload across file modules and ensure that the same file module will not be used for all of
the backup policies that will be run from the DMA server.

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Configure the Symantec NetBackup DMA server with the configuration parameters of the NDMP
server for the file module that are available to perform NDMP services, including the user name
and password associated with the NDMP node group. If a port other than 10000 was selected for
the NDMP control port, then that control port's information needs to be configured on the DMA
server.

Monitoring NDMP session on Storwize V7000 Unified system
Note: Read this information after configuring Symantec NetBackup NDMP configuration and staging
appropriate Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup or restore. Refer to the “Symantec NetBackup
NDMP Configuration” section for more information
• The lsndmpsession CLI command enables to monitor the NDMP session on Storwize V7000
Unified system. Use -n or -nodes option to view the NDMP sessions running on a specified file
module or with the -g or --nodeGroupName option to view the NDMP sessions running on
specified NDMP node groups.

Only file modules can be specified when using the -n or --nodes option. Multiple file modules and
multiple node groups in a list must be separated with commas. If no file modules or node groups
are specified, the output displays information for all of the file modules in the cluster. To
determine the file modules that are running NDMP sessions for an NDMP node group, submit the
following command that shows the file modules that have NDMP sessions running and the
sessions that are running on the nodes:

lsndmpsession –c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com -n mgmt001st001

Or
lsndmpsession –c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com –g ndmp_node_grp1

• Use the Storwize V7000 Unified CLI lsndmpsession command with the -i or
--sessionID option to view the verbose information of the NDMP session identified by the
specified session ID (sid) running on the specified file module. In the following example, the sid
1284990 is specified. Use the Storwize V7000 CLI lsndmpsession command with the -i or --
sessionID option to view the verbose information of the NDMP session identified by the specified
session ID running on the specified file module.
lsndmpsession –c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com -n mgmt001st001 -i 1284990

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Monitoring NDMP log information on Storwize V7000 Unified system
You can view Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP log using the lsndmplog CLI command.
• Use the Storwize V7000 Unified CLI lsndmplog command with the -n or --nodes option to view
all of the NDMP log information related to the specified file module. In the following example, the
file module mgmt001st001 is specified:

lsndmplog -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com -n mgmt001st001

• Use the Storwize V7000 Unified CLI lsndmplog command with the -l or --lines option to view the
most recent lines of the NDMP log information related to the specified interface node. In the
following example, the node int005st001 and 25 lines are specified:

lsndmplog -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com -n mgmt001st001 -l 25

• Use the Storwize V7000 CLI lsndmplog command with the -o or --outputLogFilePath option to
save the log file as a temporary file, as in the following example:

lsndmplog -c ifs1isv.storage.tucson.ibm.com -n mgmt001st001 -o /ibm/gpfs0/ndmplog.out

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Symantec NetBackup NDMP configuration
The Symantec NetBackup enables to use the NDMP to initiate and control backups and restores of NAS
systems.

Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration using Symantec NetBackup
This section describes the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration using Symantec NetBackup.

Two-way NDMP authentication and detection of tape devices
Perform the following steps for Storwize V7000 Unified two-way NDMP authentication and detection
of tape devices.

1. Launch Symantec NetBackup Administration Console.
2. In the NetBackup Administration Console window, click Configure Storage Devices to configure
the storage device. Refer to Figure 15.

Figure 15: Symantec NetBackup Administration Console window

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3. The Device Configuration Wizard appears as shown in the Figure 16. Click Next to continue.

Figure 16: Device Configuration Wizard

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4. Select the NetBackup server host (as shown in the Figure 17) and click Change to continue.

Figure 17: Selecting the host system

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5. Select NDMP host and click OK, as shown in the Figure 18.

Figure 18: Selecting NDMP host
6. Click Next to continue.

Figure 19: Proceeding with device detection

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7. Click New and enter the appropriate Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP management node address,
and click OK to continue, as show in the Figure 20.

Note: The management node IP address can be obtained using the lsnwinterface –x command
in the Storwize V7000 Unified file module management console.

Figure 20: Adding an NDMP host

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8. Select Use the following credentials for this NDMP host on all media servers (Not valid for
back-level servers) and enter the NDMP user name and password of the Storwize V7000
Unified storage system, and click OK to continue.

Note: By default, the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP user name is ndmp and the password is
ndmp.

Figure 21: Specifying the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP credentials

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9. Select the newly added Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP host and click Next to continue, as shown
in the Figure 22.

Figure 22: Newly-added NDMP host

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10. Symantec NetBackup scans the Symantec NetBackup host and the tape drives that are
connected to the NetBackup host. Click Next to continue.

Figure 23: Symantec NetBackup scanning the host and tape drives

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Figure 24: Symantec NetBackup SAN Client configuration

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12. Validate the appropriate tape library connected to the Symantec NetBackup host, and then click
Next to continue.

Note: Click Properties to validate the appropriate serial number of the connected tape library.

Figure 25: Reviewing the devices that NetBackup has found

Figure 26: Validating the properties

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13. After the scanning process is complete, Symantec NetBackup would detect all available tape
devices connected to the host. Select the appropriate tape library and click Next to continue.

Note: To change the tape device mapping, drag and drop the tape devices between robots (only
if you are sure about tape library element ID and device ID). However, it is not recommended to
change default configuration.

Figure 27: Verifying drive configuration

14. Click Yes to commit the new device configuration.

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Figure 28: Committing the new device configuration

15. Symantec NetBackup updates new device configuration changes and restarts the device-related
services. Click Next to continue.

Figure 29: Updating device configuration

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16. After successful completion of the steps, click Finish.

Figure 30: Message displaying successful completion of the NetBackup device configuration

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17. In the Symantec NetBackup Administrator Console window, navigate to Media and Device
Management  Devices  Robots and validate the configured tape library and tape drives, as
show in the Figure 31.

Figure 31: NetBackup Administration Console

18. In the Symantec NetBackup Administration Console window under Media and Device
Management  Credentials  NDMP Hosts, validate the NDMP host information, as show in
the Figure 32.

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Figure 32: NetBackup Administration Console window

Three-way NDMP tape server authentication and tape configuration
Perform the following steps for Storwize V7000 Unified three-way NDMP tape server authentication
and tape configuration.

1. Launch Symantec NetBackup Administration Console.

2. Click Configure Storage Devices in the console window, as show in the Figure 33.

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Figure 33: Symantec NetBackup Administration Console

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3. The Device Configuration Wizard appears. Click Next to continue.

Figure 34: Device configuration Wizard

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4. Select the NetBackup server host and click Change to continue.

Figure 35: Device configuration wizard with the options to specify NDMP host

5. Select NDMP host and click OK, as shown in the Figure 36.

Figure 36: Change Device Host dialog box

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6. Click New and enter an appropriate Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP management node and
NDMP tape server IP address. Then, click OK to continue (as shown in the
Figure 37).

Figure 37: Device configuration wizard with the option to add NDMP host

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7. Select Use the following credentials for this NDMP host on all media servers (Not valid for
back-level servers), then enter the user name and password of the storage system, and click
OK to continue (as shown in the Figure 38).

Note: By default, the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP user name is ndmp and the password is
ndmp.

Figure 38: NDMP host configuration parameters

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8. Select the NDMP tape server IP address and click Next to continue (as shown in the Figure 39).

Figure 39: Select NDMP tape server

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9. Symantec NetBackup scans the NDMP tape server and the tape drives that are connected to the
NDMP tape server. Click Next to continue (as shown in the Figure 40).

Figure 40: Scanning the tape server configured tape library

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10. In the SAN Clients configuration page, click Next to continue, as shown in the Figure 41.

Figure 41: The SAN Client configuration page

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11. Validate the appropriate tape library connected to the NDMP tape server. Click Next to continue.

Note: Click Properties to validate the appropriate serial number of the connected tape library.

Figure 42: Validating the tape library

Figure 43: Reviewing the properties in the Device Properties dialog box

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12. After the scanning process is complete, Symantec NetBackup would detect all available tape
devices connected to the NDMP tape server. Select the appropriate tape library and click Next to
continue.

Note: To change tape device mapping, drag and drop the tape devices between robots (only if
you are sure about tape library element ID and device ID). However, it is not recommended to
change the default configuration.

Figure 44: A listing of the tape devices connected to the NDMP tape server

13. Click Yes to commit the new device configuration, as shown in the Figure 45.

Figure 45: Committing the new device configuration

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14. Symantec NetBackup updates the new device configuration changes and restarts the device-
related services. Click Next to continue, as shown in the Figure 46.

Figure 46: Updating the new device configuration changes

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15. After successful completion of the steps, click Finish, as shown in the Figure 47.

Figure 47: Final NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard page

16. Validate the configured tape library and tape drives in Symantec NetBackup Administration
Console under Media and Device Management  Devices  Robots, as shown in the
Figure 48.


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19. Validate the configured tape server in Symantec NetBackup Administration Console under Media
and Device Management  Credentials  NDMP hosts, as shown in the Figure 49.


Symantec NetBackup inventory of tape library
This section provides the steps involved in inventorying the tape library on NetBackup Administration
console.
1. On the Symantec NetBackup Administration Console window, right-click Robots and click
Inventory Robot, as shown in the Figure 50.

Figure 50: Opening the Robot inventory

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2. From the Robot list, select the tape library that is appropriate to the device host, select Update
volume configuration, and then click Start (as shown in the Figure 51).

Figure 51: Selecting the device host and the inventory operation

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3. Click Yes to confirm the updation of volume configuration, as show in the Figure 52.

Figure 52: Confirming to update volume configuration

4. The Robot Inventory will provide information about the configured tape library volume information.
Repeat the steps for tape library configuration of NDMP tape server for the three-way NDMP
configuration.

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5. In the NetBackup Administration Console window, click Device monitor to validate the
configured tape library volumes, as shown in the Figure 53.

Figure 53: Validating the configured tape library volumes

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Creating a Symantec NetBackup NDMP policy
Perform the following steps to create an NDMP policy on NetBackup Administration Console.
1. In the NetBackup Administration Console window, right-click Summary of all Policies and
click New policy to create a new Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP policy, as shown in the
Figure 54.

Figure 54: Creating a new Storwize V7000 NDMP policy

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2. Enter a new Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP policy name, and select the Use Backup Policy
Configuration Wizard check box, and click OK to continue (as shown in the Figure 55).

Figure 55: Specify a name for the new policy

3. In the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard, click Next to continue.

Figure 56: Backup Policy Configuration Wizard

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4. Select NDMP as the policy type and click Next to continue.

Figure 57: Specifying the policy type

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5. Click Add and then provide an appropriate Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configured
management node associated IP address (as source Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP client to
backup) and press Enter, and then click Next to continue.

Figure 58: Specifying clients

6. Select the NDMP, NDMP option for client hardware and operating system. Then, click OK to
continue.

Figure 59: Selecting the client hardware and operating system

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Figure 60: The Client List page

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8. Add an appropriate file system path that needs to be backed up and click Next to continue.

Figure 61: Adding the file system path to be backed up

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9. Select Full Backup as the backup type and click Next to continue.

Note: This page is self-explanatory. There are two types of incremental backup in Symantec
NetBackup.

• Differential: The differential backup will back up files that changed since last full backup or
incremental backup
• Cumulative: The cumulative backup will back up the files that changed since last full backup.

Figure 62: Specifying the backup type

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10. Provide appropriate Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup retention period parameters and click
Next to continue.

Figure 63: Specifying the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup retention period

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11. Schedule the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup as per the requirement and click Next to
continue.

Figure 64: Scheduling the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup

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12. Click Finish to complete the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP policy creation.

Figure 65: Finalize the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup policy

Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup considerations
There are specific Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP environment variables, which are treated as
parameters and can be passed to the NDMP server from data management applications performing
NDMP backups. The following two parameters can be configured through data management
applications.
• BACKUP_GROUP_NAME: This is the name of a backup group where all the backup
directories within the backup group share the same Storwize V7000 Unified snapshot.

− Note 1: The way to set this environment variable is to have a line similar to the following
in the backup policy:
SET BACKUP_GROUP_NAME=NDMP_EXISTING_snap1

− Note 2: If the BACKUP_GROUP_NAME parameter begins with NDMP_EXISTING, then
it is assumed that the Storwize V7000 Unified system is configured to use a snapshot,
which has a name corresponding to this environment variable value. In this special case,
it is also assumed that the user will delete the corresponding snapshot manually.

− Note 3: The maximum length of the backup group name is 32 characters (inclusive of a
possible NDMP_EXISTING).

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• BACKUP_GROUP_EXPIRATION: This parameter helps to configure the amount of valid time
that the snapshot is associated with BACKUP_GROUP_NAME. After the age of the snapshot
has surpassed the expiration value, a new snapshot will be taken and all the new NDMP
backup sessions associated with BACKUP_GROUP_NAME will use the new snapshot. This
Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP parameter is very important to effectively schedule incremental
or differential backup that has less than 1 hour incremental and differential backup expiration
schedule time.

− Note 1: The way to set this environment variables is to have a line similar to the following
line in the backup policy:

SET BACKUP_GROUP_EXPIRATION = 1_DAY

− Note 2: The following values are acceptable for this environment variable:

• 0_SEC … 60_SEC
• 0_MIN … 60_MIN
• 0_HOUR … 168_HOUR
• 0_ DAY … 31_DAY
• 0_MONTH … 12_MONTH

− Note 3: If no value is given for the expiration, the default will be 1 hour.

− Note 4: If the user wants to ensure that a separate snapshot is taken for every directory,
then an expiration value of 0_SEC should be specified.

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Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup (full)
Perform the following steps for a manual full Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup.
1. In the NetBackup Administration Console window, right-click a newly-created Storwize V7000
Unified NDMP backup policy and click Change, as show in the Figure 66.

Figure 66: Changing the backup policy setting

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2. Select the appropriate storage unit for Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup.

Figure 67: Specifying the storage unit for the backup

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3. In the Backup Selections tab, click New to update Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup policy
(full) with appropriate Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP environment variables. Click OK to
continue.

Figure 68: Updating Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup policy with Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP environment
variables

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4. Right-click the newly-created Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP policy and click Manual Backup to
run the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup.

Figure 69: Running Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP backup

5. Select the schedule type and click OK to continue.

Figure 70: Specifying the schedule type

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6. In the NetBackup Administration Console notification message, click OK to continue.

Figure 71: Notification message for the manual backup

7. In the NetBackup Administration Console window, click Activity Monitor and view the backup
progress, as shown in the Figure 72.

Figure 72: Viewing the backup progress

8. Right-click the NDMP backup job to validate the backup information.

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Symantec NetBackup NDMP restore
This section describes Symantec NetBackup NDMP restore feature.

Using Symantec NetBackup Direct Access Recovery (DAR) for NDMP restores
By default, Symantec NetBackup for NDMP is configured to use DAR when restoring files or
directories. DAR is used differently for file restore when compared to directory restore, as follows:

• For each restore of files (not of directories), Symantec NetBackup automatically determines
whether the use of DAR speeds up the restore. Symantec NetBackup uses DAR only when it
results in a faster restore.

• For restore of directories, by default DAR is always used when restoring a subdirectory but never
used when restoring the directory containing an entire image. For example, if /vol/vol0 contains
the entire image, and /vol/vol0/dir1 is a subdirectory, DAR is used by default when restoring
/vol/vol0/dir1. But it is not used when restoring /vol/vol0. For restore of subdirectories, Symantec
NetBackup does not attempt to gauge the effectiveness of using DAR. Unless DAR is manually
disabled, Symantec NetBackup always uses DAR when restoring subdirectories.

Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP restore using Symantec NetBackup restore
This section provides the steps involved in Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP restore on Symantec
NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore NetBackup client.

1. Launch the Symantec Symantec NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore NetBackup client.
Note: In Microsoft® Windows®, click Start  All Programs  Symantec NetBackup
 Backup, Archive, Restore.

In Linux®, click the Backup, Archive, Restore node.

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Figure 73: Symantec NetBackup window

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2. Click File  Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.

Figure 74: Opening the Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type dialog box

3. Select the appropriate source and destination client to restore. However, in case you are not able
to select the appropriate source and destination client from the lists, click Edit client List to
continue.

Figure 75: Specifying the source and destination client

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4. Provide the appropriate IP address of Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configured interface node
and click Add Name(s).

Figure 76: Adding the IP address of the Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configured interface node
5. Click OK to continue.

Figure 77: Edit Client List dialog box displaying the client list
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6. After selecting the source client and the destination client, select NDMP as the restore policy type
and click OK to continue.

Figure 78: Specifying the NetBackup machines and the policy type

7. From the Select for Restore list, select Restore from Normal Backup.

Figure 79: Options in the Select for Restore list

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8. Select the Storwize V7000 Unified file system to be restored.

Figure 80: Selecting the Storwize V7000 Unified file system to be restored
9. Click Actions  Preview Media.

Figure 81: Selecting the Preview Media option
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10. The Media Required dialog displays the media that are required for Storwize V7000 Unified
NDMP restore. Click Close.

Figure 82: List of media that are required for Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP restore

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11. Click Actions  Restore.

Figure 83: Enabling Symantec NetBackup restore

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12. Restore data to the preferred location.

• To restore data to original location, select Restore everything to its original location and
click Start Restore to initiate restore.

Figure 84: Restoring data to original location

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• To restore data to a different location, select Restore everything to a different location
(maintaining existing structure) and click Start Restore to initiate restore.

Figure 85: Restoring data to a different location

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• To restore individual files, select Restore individual folders and files to different locations
(double-click to modify) and click Start Restore to initiate the restore.

Figure 86: Restoring individual files and folders to a different location

13. Click Yes to view the progress of the restore job as shown in Figure 87. The job status can also
be viewed from the Job screen, similar to backup jobs details.

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Figure 87: NetBackup message indicating that the restore was successfully initiated
The NDMP restore progress status is displayed in the View Status window.

Figure 88: Viewing the restore progress status

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The View Status window shows the successful NDMP restore and validates the Storwize V7000 Unified
file system for a successful NDMP restore.

Figure 89: The View Status window indicating successful NDMP restore

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Summary
The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system is a virtualizing RAID storage system that supports both block
protocols and file protocols. This unified system includes the IBM Storwize V7000 file module and the
Storwize V7000 storage system.

The file module is a clustered system comprising two units that provide file systems for use by network-
attached storage. The file module uses the Storwize V7000 storage system to provide the file module with
volumes. Other volumes, which are block volumes, are provided on the SAN to be presented to hosts.

The Storwize V7000 Unified system has incorporated the NDMP technology and support the NDMP
protocol version 4. Leveraging Symantec NetBackup NDMP backup support, the Storwize V7000 Unified
data files can seamlessly back up to the tape devices and perform restore from the tape device.

This technical content is intended to be a reference guide for users who want to use Symantec
NetBackup for backing up files (using NDMP protocol) that are incorporated on Storwize V7000 Unified
system. This technical report is not meant to be an implementation or solution guide. For details on actual
implementation or solution design, refer to the documentation provided in the “Resources” section of this
technical paper.

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Appendix A: Glossary

• IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system – Build on IBM high-performance computing experience,
and designed to support both block and file storage protocols, Storwize V7000 Unified system
provides the performance, high availability, single management interface, and functionality that
are essential to address strategic storage requirements.

• Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) – An industry standard protocol created to ease
the process of integrating backup and restore for NAS with data protection software, such as
NetBackup. The NDMP is the data transfer protocol and one piece of the overall data protection
solution. For more information about the NDMP protocol and the NDMP standards group, visit
http://www.ndmp.org/info/faq.shtml.

• Two-way (or remote) Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP – An NDMP configuration supported by
Storwize V7000 Unified storage system. The two-way NDMP consists of an external data
management application, such as Symantec NetBackup, running on a server external to the
Storwize V7000 Unified storage system. The data management application has some form of
storage hierarchy, such as a tape library that it manages for the storage of backup data.

• Three-way Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP – An NDMP configuration supported by Storwize
V7000 Unified storage system. In a three-way Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP configuration, an
NDMP tape server is installed on a server external to the Storwize V7000 Unified storage system
and separate from the system where Symantec NetBackup data management application is
running.

• Symantec NetBackup – NDMP Data Management Application (DMA) used to backup Storwize
V7000 Unified data, using Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP technology.

• Direct access recovery (DAR) – Symantec NetBackup uses DAR to restore a directory or
individual files from a backup image. DAR can greatly reduce the time it takes to restore files and
directories. DAR is enabled by default (no configuration is required).

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Appendix B: Materials used in the lab setup
Infrastructure
Vendor Quantity Details
component

DMA server IBM 1 IBM System x3650 M3

Storage IBM IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system

Storwize V7000 Unified file modules – 2
Storwize V7000 storage system – 1

Network adapter Broadcom 2 Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM 5709 1000Base-T
(interface nodes)

Network adapter Broadcom 2 Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM 5709 1000Base-T
(DMA server)

Switch (DMA server IBM 1 IBM Switch Model 2498-B24
back-end SAN)
For more information, refer to IBM System
Storage SAN24B-4 Express Switch at:
ibm.com/systems/storage/san/b-type/san24b-
4/express/specifications.html

HBA QLogic 2 QLogic QLA 2432

Tape Library IBM 2 IBM TS3200 Tape Library Express Model
For more information, visit
ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/ts3200/index.html

IBM Storwize V7000 file module version 1.3.0.0

Software IBM Storwize V7000 Unified NDMP version 4

Symantec Symantec NetBackup 7.0.1

Table 3: Materials used in the lab setup

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Appendix C: Resources
These websites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this paper:
• IBM Systems on PartnerWorld
ibm.com/partnerworld/systems

• IBM Redbooks®
ibm.com/redbooks

• IBM Publications Center
www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi?CTY=US

Symantec NetBackup 7.0.1 documentation

• Symantec NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/resources/sites/BUSINESS/content/live/TECHNICAL
_SOLUTION/135000/TECH135525/en_US/357098.pdf

• Symantec NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and Linux:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/resources/sites/BUSINESS/content/live/TECHNICAL
_SOLUTION/135000/TECH135524/en_US/357099.pdf

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About the author
Udayasuryan Kodoly is a Storage Technology Specialist in IBM Systems and Technology Group (ISV
Enablement) Organization. Uday has several years of experience on designing, architecting storage
solutions, and developing solution best practices on various NAS and SAN appliance data protection
(backup) solutions. Uday is an expert on virtualization technologies and the virtual machine data
protection strategies. Presently, Uday is working on enabling various ISV backup, disaster recovery, and
virtualization solutions for IBM SONAS and IBM Storwize V7000 systems.

You can reach Uday at uakodoly@us.ibm.com.

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