Hitachi Content Platform v7.2.x with StorReduce 3.4.

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and Veritas NetBackup 7.7

Implementation Guide

By Federick Brillantes

August 2016
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Contents
Tested Solution Components ............................................................................................ 2
Hardware and Software Components ............................................................................................ 3
Solution Implementation.................................................................................................... 6
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Hitachi Content Platform v7.2.x with StorReduce 3.4.8 and
Veritas NetBackup 7.7
Implementation Guide

The purpose of this guide is to provide steps for deploying StorReduce 3.4.8 with Veritas NetBackup 7.7 and Hitachi
Content Platform (HCP) v7.2. This paper describes the installation and configuration of StorReduce with Veritas
NetBackup 7.7 backup and restore operations to and from HCP.

This guide is written for IT professionals who are HCP tenant administrators, storage administrator/implementers, and
those who implement and manage Veritas NetBackup backup and recovery. It is expected that readers have basic
knowledge of SAN, compute, and networking, and have working experience in managing and administering Veritas
NetBackup.

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Tested Solution Components
The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate the installation and configuration of StorReduce 3.4.8 with Veritas NetBackup
7.7 and Hitachi Content Platform v7.2 tested in the Hitachi Data Systems lab.

Figure 1 describes the environment in the Hitachi Data Systems lab.

Figure 1

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Hardware and Software Components
Hardware Components
The following sections describe the minimum system requirements to implement StorReduce with Veritas NetBackup 7.7
with Hitachi Content Platform v7.2.

HA 8000 Server Model 4 (1 Unit) Intel Xeon E5620 Quad-Core 2.4GHz, 12 GB RAM, 6500GB HDD - Veritas
NetBackup Master Server

HA 8000 Server Model 4 (1 Unit) Intel 2 Xeon E5620, 2.4GHz, 12 GB RAM, 6 500 GB HDD - Veritas NetBackup
Media Server

VMware VM (4 Units) Intel 24-core processor E5620, 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM -Veritas NetBackup Clients 1 to 4

VMware VM (1 Unit) -> Intel 24-core processor E5620, 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM - StorReduce

Hitachi Compute Rack 220S server (4 Units) 6-core processor E5-2420, 1.9 GHz 32 GB RAM Hitachi Content
Platform nodes (HCP 300) - Primary HCP

Hitachi Compute Rack 220S server (4 Units) 6-core processor E5-2420, 1.9 GHz 32 GB RAM Hitachi Content
Platform nodes (HCP 300) - Replica HCP

Brocade VDX 6740 Switch (1 Unit) 24-Port 1 GbE - HCP 300 back-end network

Brocade VDX 6740 Switch (1 Unit) 24-Port 1 GbE - HCP 300 front-end network

Software Components
Hitachi Content Platform software v7.2.x

Veritas Master Server version 7.7

Veritas NetBackup Media Server version 7.7

Veritas NetBackup Client version 7.7

StorReduce 3.4.8

VMware ESXi 5.1

For production, StorReduce supports ESXi 5.1 or higher

For non-production, StorReduce supports VMware Workstation 10 and higher, Fusion 7.0 or higher

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (64Bit)

Veritas NetBackup Master

Veritas NetBackup Media Server

Veritas NetBackup Client

Microsoft Windows Clients

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Hitachi Content Platform
Hitachi Content Platform is a distributed object store that provides advanced storage and data management capabilities.
This helps you address challenges posed by ever-growing volumes of unstructured data. Divide a single Content Platform
into multiple virtual object stores, secure access to each store, and uniquely configure each store for a particular
workload.

Eliminate storage silos using Content Platform with a single object storage infrastructure that supports a wide range of
data types, applications, and users with different service level needs in enterprise and cloud environments.

Hitachi Content Platform is designed to enable archiving of fixed content in a manner that:

Ensures content integrity, authenticity, security, completeness and accessibility over the long term, in accordance with
relevant laws and regulations

Offers fast, online access to content

Allows integrated searching and indexing of the archive, including search of file contents

Supports business continuity, data recovery, compliance search and retention needs

Scales horizontally to support multiple applications and content types; and vertically to support continued data
growth

StorReduce
StorReduce is a specialized cloud deduplication solution, designed to meet the unique requirements of companies using
cloud storage for large volumes of data. StorReduce sits between applications and cloud storage, transparently
deduplicating data inline at speeds of up to 900MB/sec. Storage and bandwidth transmission costs are reduced,
speeding up the transfer of your data to cloud (and between clouds) by as much as 30 times. For details about
StorReduce architecture, refer to this link: http://storreduce.com/architectures/

StorReduce key characteristics include:

Reduces Cost: Reduces data transmission and cloud storage costs up to 97%

Fast sustained throughput: Writes up to 900 MB/sec, adding under 50ms of latency. Capable of sustained throughput
24/7 - does not buffer data.

Scalable: Up to 80 petabytes (80,000,000 gigabytes) of data per virtual server. Multiple servers will provide unlimited
capacity.

Cloud-native: Deduplicated data is immediately accessible to cloud services via StorReduce's S3 REST API

Multi-Cloud: Data can be stored on Amazon S3 or S3IA, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
(Standard or Nearline), S3-compatible private cloud object stores, including Cloudian and IBM Cleversafe.

Resilient: Index information required to re-hydrate the data is stored in multiple locations, both in cloud storage and
on each StorReduce server. Extensive hashing and checking ensures data integrity during deduplication and
re-hydration.

Software-only solution: No hardware required, free from cost and lock-in.

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Veritas NetBackup
NetBackup provides a complete, flexible data protection solution for a variety of platforms. The platforms include
Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems. NetBackup lets you backup, archive, and restore files, folders or
directories, and volumes or partitions that reside on your computer. NetBackup includes the server and the client
software as follows:

Server software resides on the computer that manages the storage devices

The master server manages backups, archives and restores. The master server is responsible for media and device
selection for NetBackup. Typically, the master server contains the NetBackup catalog. The catalog contains the
internal databases that contain the information about NetBackup backups and configuration

Media servers provide additional storage by allowing NetBackup to use the storage devices that are attached to
them. Media servers can also increase performance by disturbing the network load. Media servers can also be
referred to as device hosts

Client software resides on the computers that contain data to back up (servers also contain client software and can be
backed up)

NetBackup also accommodates multiple servers that work together under the administrative control of one
NetBackup master server combination of managed and unmanaged services that let you build, deploy, and manage
applications any way you like for unmatched productivity.

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Solution Implementation
Deploying this solution requires the following high-level steps:

1. Deploy Hitachi Content Platform

Install Hitachi Content Platform software

Set up HCP Tenant

Set up HCP Tenant Data Access User

2. Deploy StorReduce System

Install StorReduce Software

Set up StorReduce Network

Update StorReduce Software to the Latest Version

Install StorReduce License

Configure StorReduce Settings

i. Configure StorReduce Operation Mode

ii. Configure StorReduce Network

iii. Configure HCP as StorReduce Target Storage

Manage Keys for StorReduce Users

3. Deploy Veritas NetBackup: System

Set up Veritas NetBackup Master Server

Set up Veritas NetBackup Media Server

Set up Veritas NetBackup Client

4. Deploy StorReduce as a Veritas NetBackup Cloud Storage Target

Configure Cloud Storage Server

Configure Disk Pool

Configure Storage Unit

Configure NetBackup Policies

Run NetBackup Backup Operation to Target StorReduce

Verify NetBackup Backup Operations to StorReduce

Verify that Data in StorReduce is moved to HCP

Run NetBackup Restore Operation

Your checklist might vary based on your environment. More information about each of these steps is included in the
following sections.

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Deploy Hitachi Content Platform
Install Hitachi Content Platform Software
To install Hitachi Content Platform software, perform the following steps. You may skip the procedure if you will be
integrating NetBackup with off-premises Hitachi Cloud Services.

1. Apply Hitachi Content Platform pre-installation requirements and tasks.

2. Install the Appliance operating system.

3. Install Hitachi Content Platform software.

For complete details on installing Hitachi Content Platform, refer to the Hitachi Content Platform Installation Guide
(MK-99ARC026) - http://hdsnet.hds.com/techpub/archivas/mk-99arc026/arc02611.pdf.

Set up a Hitachi Content Platform Tenant

1. Using the Hitachi Content Platform system management console (SMC), go to Tenant-> Create Tenant. Configure the
tenant name, hard quota, soft quota, namespace quota, and enable desired features. Provide credentials for the
tenant's initial security account. Click the Create Tenant button when done.

2. In the SMC, select the tenant you created and click the tenant URL in the overview tab to go to the Tenant
Management Console (TMC) for the tenant.

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Set up a Hitachi Content Platform Tenant Data Access User Account

4. Using the TMC, go to Security -> Create User Account to create a data access user for NetBackup. Fill out the
username, full name, and password fields. Check the Allow namespace management checkbox.

NOTE - Do not assign any Roles to this user.

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Deploy StorReduce System
To deploy Symantec NetBackup, perform the following steps.

Install StorReduce Software

This deployment is a Windows-based platform. To install StorReduce, double click on Setup and follow the wizard.

1. Select StorReduce OVA and click Next.

2. StorReduce OVF provides the details of the default disk size. Click Next to continue.

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4. Select Thin Provision disk format as recommended by StorReduce and click Next.

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6. StorReduce Virtual Appliance default memory setting is 4 GB.

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12 StorReduce Virtual Appliance default disk configuration includes 3 Hard disks (20 GB for Hard Disk1, 100 GB for both
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Hard disk 1 and 2). Set the disk size to match expected data volume.

8. StorReduce prompts provide the default link to access the system and login.

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Set
Upon completion of StorReduce install, the next step is to configure the system network settings. Please refer to the
following steps:

1. Using StorReduce Network Manager, select Edit a connection.

2. Available network interfaces will be listed. Select the NIC that you want to configure and select Edit to continue.

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14 Use the Tab key to navigate settings. Go to IPv4 configuration and select Manual.
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4. In IPv4 configuration, provide the IP address, gateway, DNS server(s), and search domains.

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6. When the settings are saved, go to Quit and exit network configuration.

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Update StorReduce Software to the Latest Version
After the StorReduce Virtual Appliance base version of 3.2.6 has been installed, it needs to be upgraded to the latest
version with the following steps:

1. Login to the StorReduce host via SSH using the default username (root) and password (storreduce). Execute the
sudo yum clean all command to prepare for the update.

2. Run sudo yum update storreduce* to perform the StorReduce update.

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4. You will be prompted to download listed StorReduce updates. Select "Y" to proceed until completion.

5. To verify that the StorReduce update is applied successfully, login to StorReduce Console and go to the Settings tab.

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Install StorReduce License
To initially set up StorReduce, a license must be applied. Make sure that the StorReduce license has been obtained in
advance. Follow these steps to apply the license:

1. Using StorReduce Console, go to Settings Server. Select Manually cut-and-paste a license from the drop down
menu and paste the actual license.

2. Click Save Settings and Restart Server to save changes.

Configure StorReduce Settings

Configure StorReduce Operation Mode:
1. Using StorReduce Console, go to Settings Server. Select Read-Write Mode

2. Click Save Settings and Restart Server to apply changes.

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 Configure StorReduce Network:
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1. Using StorReduce Console, go to Settings Network. Provide the hostname as a FQDN.

2. Click Save Settings and Restart Server to save changes.

Configure HCP as StorReduce Target Storage

1. Using StorReduce Console, go to Settings Storage. Select Amazon S3 and Compatible for backend object store
where HCP is categorized.

2. Configure the Endpoint and Bucket in the following format:

Endpoint: http://<tenant>.<hcpdomain>

Bucket: <hcp namespace>

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20 Configure Credentials by providing the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
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Access Key ID: HCP tenant data access user in Base64-encoded format.

Secret Access Key: HCP tenant data access user password in MD5-hash format

4. Leave KMS Master Key ID and KMS Endpoint as is (default). If needed, enable throttle write speeds.

5. Click Save Settings and Restart Server to save changes.

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Manage Keys for StorReduce User
1. Using StorReduce Console, go to the Users tab and select the Root User.

2. Go to the Manage Keys tab and select New Key.

3. Take note of the generated StorReduce Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

Note - Keep a record of the StorReduce Access Key ID and Secret Access Key as they will be used when configuring
StorReduce as a Veritas NetBackup Cloud Storage Target.

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Deploy Symantec NetBackup System
To deploy Symantec NetBackup, perform the following steps.

Set up Symantec NetBackup Master Server

This deployment is a Windows-based platform. To install Symantec NetBackup Master Server, double click on Setup and
follow the wizard.

1. Select Agree with Symantec software license agreement and click Next.

2. Under Install Type, choose Install to this computer only for local installation and select "Typical Installation" which
uses default settings. To continue, click Next.

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23 Select NetBackup Master Server and provide the license key.
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4. A summary of selected settings will be listed. Confirm that these are the correct settings and click Install to proceed
with installation. Follow the wizard until completion.

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Set
After installing NetBackup Master Server, the next component to install is the NetBackup Media Server. Depending on
your requirements, you can install multiple media servers. For this setup, follow the steps below to install a single
NetBackup Media Server.

1. Accept the NetBackup Software license agreement and click Next.

2. For Install Type, select Install to this computer only for local install and Typical Installation to use default settings
during install.

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3.

4. Fill out the Master Server Name where this media server will be associated. Click Next to install and follow the wizard
until completion.

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26 up Symantec NetBackup Client
Set
NetBackup client is a NetBackup component where source data resides for backup. To set up NetBackup Client, perform
the following steps.

1. Select the correct platform (32-Bit or 64-Bit) for the client type and double click on Setup.

2. Accept the Symantec Software License Agreement and click Next.

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default settings during install.

4. Fill out the Master Server Name to which the client will be associated. Click Next to continue. Follow the wizard until
completion.

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Deploy StorReduce as a Veritas NetBackup Cloud Storage Target
To deploy StorReduce as NetBackup Cloud Storage target, perform the following steps.

Configure Cloud Storage Server

To set up StorReduce as a Veritas NetBackup Cloud Storage Server, configure the following.

1. Using NetBackup Administration Console, select the Master Server on the left pane. Choose Configure Cloud
Storage Server on the right pane.

2. Select your provider in the list of Cloud Storage Providers:

(1) At this time, select Cloudian HyperStore for StorReduce setup.

(2) Click Next.

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4. In the General Settings tab of the Add Cloud Storage dialog, fill out the following fields:

(1) Service host: Enter the fully qualified domain name of StorReduce

(2) Service endpoint: Leave Blank

(3) HTTP port: 80 (Default)

(4) HTTPS port: 443 (Default)

(5) Storage server name: Enter the logical name you wish to use in NetBackup for StorReduce

NOTE - When configuring an Amazon S3-Compatible Cloud Provider such as StorReduce, Veritas recommends that
storage server names should be logical names and should not match a physical host name.

(6) Endpoint access style: Path Style (Leave as is)

(7) Region Settings tab: Do not enter any region settings

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5.

6. Back on the Cloud Storage Provider page complete the following fields:

(1) Select the Service host and Storage server name that you just created.

(2) Choose a Netbackup Media server name.

You will be adding this storage server to additional media servers later.

(3) Enter StorReduce's user's Access key ID generated in the previous section - Manage Keys for StorReduce user.

(4) Enter StorReduce's user's password Secret access key generated in previous section - Manage Keys for
StorReduce user.

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31 (5) Click the Advanced Settings button.

7. In the Advanced Server Configuration dialog, ensure that:

Use SSL is unchecked

Use Proxy Server is unchecked (default)

8. Click OK to continue.

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Configuration Wizard.

10. By default, Encryption is disabled. Ensure that the Encrypt data using AES-256 before writing to cloud storage is
unchecked. The StorReduce Server cannot deduplicate encrypted data but it can encrypt the data before sending it
to the underlying cloud object store. You can configure this on the StorReduce Dashboard Settings page.

11. The Cloud Storage Server Configuration Summary will be listed. Verify that the settings are correct and click Next.

12. When prompted click Next to continue to the Disk Pool Configuration Wizard.

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Configure a Disk Pool
Use the Disk Pool Configuration Wizard to define a disk pool.

1. On the first page of the Disk Pool Wizard (DPW) you are prompted to select a storage server volume to add to the disk
pool. Click the Add New Volume button.

2. In the Create Buckets dialog, enter the name of the bucket you would like to create and click the Add button. This is
the name of the bucket to create in StorReduce. Click the Create button.

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34 The new bucket is created in StorReduce.
3.

4. Back in the DPW, in the select storage server volumes area, check the box next to the bucket you just created and
then click the Next button.

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5.

Give your disk pool a name

Leave high and low water marks at default

Leave Limit I/O streams unchecked

6. Click the Next button.

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Configure a Storage Unit
1. On the Storage Unit Creation page of the DPW:

2. Enter a Storage unit name

3. Choose the Only use selected media server radio button if you intend to run on this specific media server only

4. Set the Maximum concurrent jobs for your cloud storage unit

5. Set the Maximum fragment size in Megabytes.

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Configure NetBackup Policies
In order for objects to be backed up from NetBackup to StorReduce, create a policy by following the steps below.

1. Using the NetBackup Administration Console, select the Master Server on the upper left pane and choose Create
Policy.

2. For this setup, select File systems, databases, applications, and click Next.

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40 Provide a policy name and select the policy type.
3.

4. Click Add and select client(s) that will cover this backup policy.

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41 Clients that are successfully added will be listed and the type of hardware and operating system will be included.
5.

6. Define the location of data to back up. Click Add and specify the directory or files to back up. You can add multiple
locations if needed.

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42 Select the backup type for this policy.
7.

8. Define the frequency of the backup.

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43 Specify a schedule backup window, in this case all day for 7 days a week.
9.

10. Once all settings have been defined, click Finish to complete.

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45 NetBackup Backup Operation to Target StorReduce
Run
To perform the NetBackup backup operation, follow the steps below.

1. Using the NetBackup Administration Console, select Backup, Archive and restore on the upper left pane. Go to the
Backup Files tab, and select the directory and files to back up.

2. Select Backup on the lower right corner and click Start Backup to run the backup operation.

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46 Select the backup operation job ID. Go to the Detailed Status tab. The Status window provides details of the backup
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operation.

4. Using the Administration Console, select Activity Monitor, and go to the Job Overview tab. This window provides
information about backup operations.

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Verify NetBackup Backup Operations to StorReduce
To verify that the backup operation has successfully written data to StorReduce, perform the following.

1. Using StorReduce Console, go to Browse Data and select the target bucket.

2. For every backup, NetBackup creates at least 2 folders below:

Format: clientname_timestamp_Copy#_HDR

clientname_timestamp_Copy#_Fragment#

NOTE: Backup data written by NetBackup to StorReduce is deduplicated and will be moved to HCP as the final data
storage.

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Verify Data in StorReduce is Moved to HCP
To verify that backup data written to StorReduce has been moved to HCP as its final target storage, perform the following.

1. Using the HCP management console, log in to target HCP namespace storreducens194. A list of folders and files that
were created is listed as shown below.

2. Specific folders contain files that have been created as shown.

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49 NetBackup Restore Operation
Run
To run the NetBackup restore operation, perform the following.

1. Using the NetBackup Administration Console, select Backup, Archive, and Restore. On the right pane, choose the
Restore Files tab.

2. On the upper right corner, click on the Policy type icon. Specify the machine to use and policy type for backup or
restore. A popup window will open as shown below.

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50 Directory structures will be listed containing folders and files for restore. Select the folder and/or file(s) to restore and
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click Restore.

4. Define the restore destination. NetBackup provides restore options shown below. Select applicable options/settings
and click Start Restore.

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51 Select the Job ID and go to the Detailed Status tab to track job status.
5.

6. Go to the Job Overview tab to view the file list and job status.

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52 Verify that restore operation is successful by verifying that file(s) are written to the restore destination
7.

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