Verifying the NetBackup configuration and creating a NetBackup policy

The procedure in this section explains how to verify that the PureDisk PDDO plug-in is configured properly in NetBackup. For more information about NetBackup operations, see your NetBackup documentation.

Note:
Do not use the Backup Policy Configuration wizard. You must create the policy manually.

To verify the NetBackup configuration and create a NetBackup policy

1. Verify that the PureDisk storage unit that you configured appears in the NetBackup interface.

   For example, start the NetBackup administration console on the media server and perform the following tasks:

   • Click Disk Pools and make sure that the disk pool that you named appears in the list.

     See step 8.

   • Click Storage Units and make sure that the storage unit that you named appears in the list.

     See step 12.

2. In the NetBackup interface, in the left pane, right-click Policies and select New Policy ....

   The Add a New Policy dialog box appears.

3. Type a name for this policy.

4. Create the NetBackup backup policy manually.

   NOTE: Do not use the Backup Policy Configuration wizard. You must create the policy manually.

   When you create this policy, make sure to specify the following options:

   • Disable compression

   • Disable encryption

   If compression and encryption are enabled in NetBackup, the data is modified before it reaches PureDisk, and PureDisk cannot deduplicate it correctly. PureDisk compresses and encrypts the data once it is deduplicated. The next step explains how to enable compression and encryption.

5. (Optional) To enable compression and encryption, edit the pd.conf file.

   Perform this step if you need compression and encryption when NetBackup writes the backup images to the PureDisk disk pool.

   PureDisk’s deduplication feature relies on the ability to detect similar patterns in files from one backup to the next. When you enable NetBackup encryption and compression, PureDisk cannot detect patterns in file content and deduplication effectiveness decreases.

   The pd.conf file is a configuration file on the media server. More information about how to specify settings in this file is available.

   About the pd.conf file

6. (Optional) Configure NetBackup for multistreaming.

   To run more than one job per NetBackup client, make sure to configure NetBackup to run more than one stream. For information about multistreaming, see your NetBackup documentation.

7. Run a manual backup and restore the files from the backup.

   If you can perform this backup and restore, then the configuration works properly. For information about NetBackup backups and restores, see your NetBackup documentation.