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YoucanalsoseedocumentationinformationoraskaquestionontheVeritascommunitysite: http://www.veritas.com/community/ Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) VeritasServicesandOperationsReadinessTools(SORT)isawebsitethatprovidesinformation andtoolstoautomateandsimplifycertaintime-consumingadministrativetasks.Depending ontheproduct,SORThelpsyouprepareforinstallationsandupgrades,identifyrisksinyour datacenters,andimproveoperationalefficiency.ToseewhatservicesandtoolsSORTprovides foryourproduct,seethedatasheet: https://sort.veritas.com/data/support/SORT_Data_Sheet.pdf Contents Chapter 1 About this Guide .................................................................. 8 Aboutthisguide............................................................................. 8 Abouttheintendedaudience............................................................ 9 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..................................................... 39 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 MovingapartitionusingtheNetBackupApplianceShell Menu ............................................................................. 69 MovingtheMSDPpartitionfromabasedisktoanexpansiondisk foroptimumperformance................................................... 70 Chapter 8 Generic best practices ..................................................... 74 Genericbestpractices................................................................... 74 AboutNotificationsettings.............................................................. 75 AboutIPMIconfiguration................................................................ 76 Disasterrecoverybestpractices...................................................... 77 Jobperformance ......................................................................... 78 Architecture................................................................................. 79 NetBackupCatalogBackup............................................................ 79 PatchingwiththeSLP(storagelifecyclepolicies)................................ 80 VMwarebackupsusingappliances.................................................. 81 ImprovingNetBackupAppliancerestoreperformance.......................... 82 Contents 6 Section 3 Performance tuning ................................................. 83 Chapter 9 Role-based Performance Monitoring ........................... 84 Role-basedconfigurationasafactoraffectingperformance................... 84 WhataffectstheperformanceofaMasterServer?.............................. 84 Whataffectstheperformanceofamediaserver(MSDP)?.................... 86 Chapter 10 Optimize network settings and improve performance .................................................................. 91 Optimizenetworksettingsandimproveperformance........................... 91 SANFiberChannelsetup...............................................................92 Networkbonding.......................................................................... 93 VMwareVADP............................................................................. 94 JumboframeimplementationforincreasedMTU................................ 95 Chapter 11 Storage configurations ..................................................... 96 Storageconfigurations...................................................................96 DeduplicationdiskI/OandRAIDlevelsettings................................... 97 RAIDControlleroperations............................................................. 98 RAID Controller commands .................................................... 100 Deduplicationloadbalancing ........................................................ 101 StorageLifecyclePolicies............................................................. 101 AutoImageReplication(AIR)........................................................ 101 AdvancedDisksettings.................................................................102 TapeOutoperations.................................................................... 102 Chapter 12 NetBackup Appliance tuning procedures and performance monitoring ........................................... 104 Aboutdiagnosingperformanceissues............................................. 104 AboutCPUmonitoringandtuning............................................ 106 Aboutmemorymonitoringandtuning........................................ 107 Aboutnetworkmonitoringandtuning........................................ 108 AboutI/Omonitoringandtuning...............................................109 Generalguidelinestospotaresourcebottleneck.........................113 Aboutperformancetuningpractices................................................113 AboutI/Operformancetuning..................................................114 AboutOraclebackupandrestoreperformancetuning.................. 114 SettingNET_BUFFER_SZto0ontheNetBackupclientforbetter WANOptimizationperformance......................................... 115 Abouttuningproceduresandperformancemonitoring........................ 115 Contents 7 NetBackupClientperformance ............................................... 116 OtherPerformanceMonitoringcommands................................. 119 Section 4 Quick reference to Capacity planning and Performance tuning ............................... 120 Chapter 13 Capacity Planning checklist ......................................... 121 ChecklistforCapacityplanning ..................................................... 121 Capacitymeasuringworksheet...................................................... 129 Chapter 14 Best practices checklist ................................................. 133 Bestpracticeschecklist................................................................ 133 Chapter 15 How to monitor the performance of your appliance ...................................................................... 139 Aboutmonitoringtheperformanceofyourappliance.......................... 139 PerformanceMonitoringmatrix...................................................... 141 Appendix A NetBackup Appliance 52xx and 5330 configurations ............................................................. 144 NetBackupAppliance5220configurations....................................... 144 NetBackupAppliance5230configurations....................................... 149 NetBackup5240Applianceoverview.............................................. 156 NetBackup5240AppliancePCIeslotconfigurations.......................... 157 Dual-port8GbFibreChannelHostBusAdapterports.................. 158 Dual-port10GbEthernetcardwithSFP+transceiverports........... 160 Quad-port1GbEthernetcardwithRJ45connectors.................... 161 NetBackupAppliance5330configurations....................................... 162 Availableappliancestoragecapacities...................................... 162 NetBackup5330AppliancecomputenodePCIeslot configurations ................................................................ 164 Index .................................................................................................................. 166 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. NetBackupAppliance Thisdocumentdescribeshowtodecommissionand Decommissioningand reconfigureaNetBackupappliance. ReconfigurationGuide NetBackupApplianceSNMPTrap ThisdocumentprovidesacompletelistoftheNetBackup ReferenceGuide ApplianceSNMPtraps.Itdescribeswhateachtrap meansandtherecommendedactionsforwhenanerror occurs. NetBackupCopilotforOracle ThisdocumentoutlineshowtoconfigureCopilotusing ConfigurationGuide NetBackupandtheNetBackupAppliance.
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