Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning Guide PDF
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AbouttheNetBackupAppliancedocumentation................................... 9 Section 1 Capacity planning ..................................................... 12 Chapter 2 Analyzing your backup requirements .......................... 13 Analyzingyourbackuprequirements................................................ 13 Whatdoyouwanttobackup?................................................... 13 Howmuchdatadoyouwanttobackup?.................................... 16 Whenshouldthebackuptakeplace?......................................... 17 Whatistheretentionperiod?.................................................... 19 Recordyourbackuprequirements............................................. 20 Chapter 3 Designing your backup system ..................................... 30 Addressingusecasesofbackupsystemsforenterprises......................30 Addressingusecasesofbackupsystemsforremoteorbranchoffices ........................................................................................... 33 AboutNetBackupappliances.......................................................... 34 AbouttheMasterServerrole.................................................... 39 AbouttheMediaServerrole..................................................... 40 Selectingnewappliances............................................................... 40 Selectingamediaserver..........................................................40 Selectingamasterserver ........................................................ 41 Section 2 Best Practices .............................................................. 43 Chapter 4 About the best practices section ................................... 44 About best practices ..................................................................... 44 Referencestomaintenancesites..................................................... 44 Contents 5 Chapter 5 About implementing deduplication solutions ............. 45 Aboutimplementingdeduplicationsolutions....................................... 45 General recommendations ............................................................ 45 Oracle........................................................................................ 46 MicrosoftSQL.............................................................................. 47 DB2........................................................................................... 48 Sybase.......................................................................................49 LotusNotes.................................................................................50 Chapter 6 Network consideration ..................................................... 51 Aboutnetworkconsiderations......................................................... 51 AboutFibreChannelconnectivity .................................................... 52 AboutSANzoneconfigurations....................................................... 53 AboutzoningtheSANforNetBackupappliances.......................... 53 Validatingnetworkbandwidth.......................................................... 56 Chapter 7 Storage configuration ....................................................... 60 Aboutstorageconfiguration............................................................ 60 Aboutconfiguringasharedstoragepool........................................... 64 Calculatingthebasicstreamcountforbackups ............................66 Aboutmovingastoragepartitionforbetterperformance....................... 66 Movingapartition................................................................... 67 MovingapartitionusingtheNetBackupApplianceShellMenu ..................................................................................... 69 MovingtheMSDPpartitionfromabasedisktoanexpansiondisk foroptimumperformance................................................... 70 Chapter 8 Generic best practices ..................................................... 80 Genericbestpractices................................................................... 80 AboutNotificationsettings.............................................................. 81 AboutIPMIconfiguration................................................................ 82 Disasterrecoverybestpractices...................................................... 83 Jobperformance ......................................................................... 84 Architecture................................................................................. 85 NetBackupCatalogBackup............................................................ 85 PatchingwiththeSLP(storagelifecyclepolicies)................................ 86 VMwarebackupsusingappliances.................................................. 87 ImprovingNetBackupAppliancerestoreperformance.......................... 88 Contents 6 Section 3 Performance tuning ................................................. 89 Chapter 9 Role-based Performance Monitoring ........................... 90 Role-basedconfigurationasafactoraffectingperformance................... 90 WhataffectstheperformanceofaMasterServer?.............................. 90 Whataffectstheperformanceofamediaserver(MSDP)?.................... 92 Chapter 10 Optimize network settings and improve performance .................................................................. 97 Optimizenetworksettingsandimproveperformance........................... 97 SANFiberChannelsetup...............................................................98 Networkbonding.......................................................................... 99 VMware VADP ........................................................................... 100 JumboframeimplementationforincreasedMTU............................... 101 Chapter 11 Storage configurations ................................................... 102 Storageconfigurations................................................................. 102 DeduplicationdiskI/OandRAIDlevelsettings.................................. 103 RAIDControlleroperations........................................................... 104 RAID Controller commands .................................................... 106 Deduplicationloadbalancing ........................................................ 107 StorageLifecyclePolicies............................................................. 107 AutoImageReplication(AIR)........................................................ 107 AdvancedDisksettings.................................................................108 TapeOutoperations.................................................................... 108 Chapter 12 NetBackup Appliance tuning procedures and performance monitoring ........................................... 110 Aboutdiagnosingperformanceissues............................................. 110 AboutCPUmonitoringandtuning............................................ 112 Aboutmemorymonitoringandtuning........................................ 113 Aboutnetworkmonitoringandtuning........................................ 114 AboutI/Omonitoringandtuning...............................................115 Generalguidelinestospotaresourcebottleneck.........................119 Aboutperformancetuningpractices................................................119 AboutI/Operformancetuning..................................................120 AboutOraclebackupandrestoreperformancetuning.................. 120 SettingNET_BUFFER_SZto0ontheNetBackupclientforbetter WANOptimizationperformance......................................... 121 Abouttuningproceduresandperformancemonitoring........................ 121 Contents 7 NetBackupClientperformance ............................................... 122 OtherPerformanceMonitoringcommands................................. 125 Section 4 Quick reference to Capacity planning and Performance tuning ............................... 126 Chapter 13 Capacity Planning checklist ......................................... 127 ChecklistforCapacityplanning ..................................................... 127 Capacitymeasuringworksheet...................................................... 135 Chapter 14 Best practices checklist ................................................. 139 Bestpracticeschecklist................................................................ 139 Chapter 15 How to monitor the performance of your appliance ...................................................................... 145 Aboutmonitoringtheperformanceofyourappliance.......................... 145 PerformanceMonitoringmatrix...................................................... 147 Index .................................................................................................................. 150 1 Chapter About this Guide Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics: ■ Aboutthisguide ■ Abouttheintendedaudience ■ AbouttheNetBackupAppliancedocumentation About this guide NetBackupApplianceisahigh-performancedataprotectionapplicationthatcaters to,largesizedenterprisesaswellasmidsizedorganizations.Itcanbescaledto managelarge-scaledatacenterswithmultipleclientsorsmallerdatacentersat remoteofficesorbranchoffices.Thismanualisforadministratorswhowantto analyze,evaluate,andtunetheperformanceoftheirNetBackupAppliances. Table1-1providesadetaileddescriptionofallthesectionsincludedinthisguide: Table1-1 Partsandsectionsinthisguide Capacityplanning Bestpractices Performancetuning Thesesectionshelpyouto Thesesectionsprovidea Thissectionhelpstomonitor analyzeyourbackup referenceforimplementing andimproveyourbackup requirements,identifyyour theplannedbackupsolution solutiontoobtaintheoptimum painpoints,andplanon thatyouhaveidentifiedinthe performance. puttingtogetherabackup CapacityPlanningchapter.It solutionthatisperfectfor liststheidealsettingsand yourenvironment scenariostoconfigurethe backupsolution. AboutthisGuide 9 Abouttheintendedaudience Note:The CapacityPlanningandPerformanceTuningguideisan improvement-in-progressguide,thatmeansitwillbeupdatedimprovedeachtime welearnofnewtools,andprocessesforcapacityplanningorperformance improvements.YoucanrefertotheNetBackupApplianceDocumentationpagefor themostupdatedversionsofthedocumentation. About the intended audience Thisguideisintendedfortheendusersthatincludeconsultants,partners,system administrators,andITtechnicianswhoaretaskedtoanalyzethebackup requirementsoftheirorganizationtoidentifyacompletebackupsolution.Thisguide canalsoenabletheenduserstomonitortheirappliancesandinformthemabout theaffecteachtypeofprocesshasonthebackupactivity. About the NetBackup Appliance documentation Thefollowingdocumentshelptoensurethatyoucansuccessfullyinstall,configure, anduseyourappliance.AllthesedocumentsarepostedontheNetBackupAppliance Documentationpage. Table1-2 NetBackupAppliancedocumentation Guide Description NetBackup™ApplianceHardware Thisguideprovidesthefollowinginformation: InstallationGuide ■ Anintroductiontothephysicallayoutoftheappliance hardware. ■ Installpreparationsteps,suchasunpacking procedures,environmentalconditions,andsafety precautions. ■ Hardwareconfigurationsteps Thissectionguidesyouthroughtherequiredsteps toinstallyourapplianceinarackandconnectyour appliancecables. NetBackup™ApplianceInitial Thisdocumentguidesyouthroughtheconfiguration ConfigurationGuide processfromtheNetBackupApplianceWebConsoleor fromtheNetBackupApplianceShellMenu. NetBackupApplianceUpgrade Thisdocumentguidesyouthroughtherequiredstepsto Guide upgradeaNetBackupappliance. AboutthisGuide 10 AbouttheNetBackupAppliancedocumentation Table1-2 NetBackupAppliancedocumentation(continued) Guide Description NetBackup™Appliance TheNetBackup™ApplianceAdministrator'sGuide Administrator'sGuide containsthefollowingtypesofinformation: ■ Deploymentinformation ■ Administeringyourappliance ■ Monitoringinformation NetBackup™Appliance TheNetBackup™ApplianceCommandReferenceGuide CommandReferenceGuide providesacompletelistofthecommandsthatare availableforyoutousethroughtheNetBackupAppliance ShellMenu. NetBackupApplianceRelease Thisdocumentcontainsinformationaboutthisversion Notes ofNetBackupAppliance.Itcontainsbriefdescriptionsof newfeatureswithintherelease,operationalnotesthat applytothereleaseupdate,andanyknownissues. NetBackupAppliance Thisdocumentcontainsthelatesttroubleshooting TroubleshootingGuide informationfortheNetBackupappliances. NetBackupApplianceCapacity Thisdocumentcontainsinformationonhowtooptimize PlanningandPerformanceTuning yourbackupenvironmentandyourNetBackupappliance. Guide Ithelpsyoutoanalyzeyourbackuprequirementsand designasystemthatbestfitsyourneeds. NetBackupApplianceSecurity Thisdocumentdescribesthesecurityfeaturesin Guide NetBackupApplianceandhowtousethosefeaturesto ensurethatyourapplianceenvironmentissecure. NetBackupApplianceFibre ThisdocumentdescribesthesupportedFibreChannel ChannelGuide (FC)capabilitiesandconfigurationsforNetBackup appliances. NetBackupApplianceiSCSI ThisdocumentdescribeshowiSCSIworksonthe Guide NetBackupappliance. NetBackupAppliance Thisdocumentdescribeshowtodecommissionand Decommissioningand reconfigureaNetBackupappliance. ReconfigurationGuide NetBackupApplianceSNMPTrap ThisdocumentprovidesacompletelistoftheNetBackup ReferenceGuide ApplianceSNMPtraps.Itdescribeswhateachtrap meansandtherecommendedactionsforwhenanerror occurs.
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