Catalog Components NetBackupTM 6.

0 Catalog Backup and Recovery

Three Catalog 1) CONFIGURATION FILES

Components Policies, schedules, any other flat files used by NetBackup

2) RELATIONAL DATABASE 3) IMAGE DATABASE

Media and volume data used during backups, BMR info, configuration Information about what has been backed up and where the
files data resides

UNIX: NBDB.db
/usr/openv/db/data EMM_DATA.db
Windows: EMM_INDEX.db
install_path\NetBackupDB NBDB.log
\data vxdbms.conf

UNIX:
/usr/openv/var/global server.conf
Windows:
databases.conf
install_path\NetBackupDB
\conf

Hot Catalog Backup Jobs Hot Catalog Backups with Mixed NBU Versions

Multiple jobs appear in the Activity Monitor
Parent job - Active for the duration of all child
jobs (1894)
Child job 1 - Backup of the EMM database (1895)
Child job 2 - Backup of catalogs – images,
policies… (1896)
Hot Catalog Backup Policy
Attributes:
Policy Type = NBU-Catalog (new)
Policy Storage Unit default = Any Available
Policy Volume Pool = CatalogBackup (new)
Policy ‘attributes’ selections cannot be made via
wizard.
Schedules = Full – Differential/Cumulative Incremental
Clients Î Cannot be selected. NetBackup determines the
NetBackup servers (clients) to be backed up
Backup Selections Î Cannot be selected. NetBackup
determines the directories/folders to be backed up
Disaster Recovery information – New to this Policy Type
Presence of one or more NetBackup 5.x Media Servers
adds a fourth job to Hot Catalog Backups
•Catalog Backup of Media Server databases to the Master
•Uses bpbackupdb
•No File list generated in Job Details
•Automatically creates a new directory in NetBackup
database directory:
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/NBU_5XMDB_IMAGE on Unix
<installpath>\NetBackup\db\NBU_5XMDB_IMAGE on
Windows
Disaster Recovery Information
Disaster Recovery information is everything that is
required to recover NetBackup catalogs, which thereby
enables the recovery of all customer data (contained in
backup images).
•Backup image HEADER file relating to backup image of
NetBackup catalogs.
•Information gathered includes the location/media to which
the catalog backup image files were written.
As an additional precaution, the Backup Policy for the
hot catalog backup allows Disaster Recovery
information to be emailed to a designated email
address. Contents of DR Info email:
•Catalog Backup status
•Catalog Recovery Media
•Critical Policy Recovery Media
•Catalog Recovery procedure for loss of entire
catalog
•Disaster Recovery procedure using the DR
image file (attached to this email message)
•Disaster Recovery without the DR image file
 New Recovery Options NetBackupTM 6.0 Catalog Backup and Recovery Catalog Recovery Wizard

Recover the Catalog to a Different Operating System

Recover the Catalog to a Different Location
Recover the Catalog to a Different Host
Recover Old Catalog Backups
Perform Automatic Full Catalog recoveries
Perform Manual Partial Catalog recoveries
Recovery Scenarios
Total Disaster Recovery Partial Image DB Recovery Relational DB Recovery 5.X Media DB Recovery
1.Rebuild hardware environment. •If only part of the image If only the Enterprise •The recovery of a NetBackup
2.Gather all of the tapes database needs to be Media Manager Database 5.X Media Server’s media
necessary to perform the recovered and the backup of or Bare Metal Restore database is a manual procedure.
recovery (this may include tapes the catalog is good, you can Database is corrupted, •The user is required to run:
that have been vaulted). use the the command bprecover -l -p policy_name
3.Install the Operating System. bprestore bprecover –r –nbdb to list the NetBackup 5.X Media
4.Install the NetBackup 6.0 Master command line or the Backup can be used to recover Server’s catalog.
Server and the Enterprise Media and Archive Graphical User the NetBackup Relational •The customer must then run:
Manager Server. Interface to restore the image Databases. bprecover -r -p policy_name
5.Configure the recovery devices: database. to recover the NetBackup 5.X
tpautoconf •Specify the NetBackup Media Server’s catalog.
6.Run Machine and Policy Type.
vmupdate
on the device which has the
catalog media (if known).
7.Run the Catalog Recovery
Wizard or:
bprecover –wizard.

Critical Policies Debug Logs for Troubleshooting

ƒCritical Policies are Backup Policies that back up the customers’
most critical data. Catalog Backup Catalog Recovery
•If ‘critical policies’ are listed in Backup Policy for hot catalog •bpbkar •bpbkar
backups, during a hot catalog backup NetBackup will gather
information required to recover backup images created by the •admin
critical policies Relational DB Activity •Java Restore log in
•Use the ‘Manual Recovery’ method found in the ‘Disaster User_Ops
Recovery Wizard’ only if critical policies were named in the Hot •server.log in
Catalog Backup policy. netbackupdb\log directory •bptm
•Manual Recovery recovers only catalog images from critical •tar
policies, catalog backup images, and configuration data from
these backups. •bpcd
•Administrator uses Backup, Archive, and Restore GUI to restore
client data backed up using critical backup policies.

Catalog Recovery Jobs bprecover Command Syntax

Activity Monitor displays multiple jobs
Must first stop NetBackup services/daemons (refer to
•One Catalog Recovery job (58)
NetBackup documentation for details).
•Multiple (3) Restore jobs (59-60-61)
‘bprecover –l’ used to list catalog contents
‘bprecover –r’ used to recover catalog contents