Configuring Symantec NetBackup for PTT
To use Symantec NetBackup with the DXi Backup Application Specific Path to Tape (PTT) feature, you must configure the backup application as follows:
Prerequisites
Do the following before configuring Symantec NetBackup for PTT.
- Install and configure the DXi for Backup Application Specific Path to Tape. See Configuring the DXi For Path to Tape.
- Configure Fibre Channel connectivity.
- Dedicate a partition within the DXi to NetBackup. The partition cannot be shared with another backup application.
- Install the Backup Application Specific Path to Tape license on the DXi. See your DXi User's Guide.
A separate license is required on DXi systems to support Backup Application Specific Path to Tape. The Backup Application Specific license is pre-installed on all DXi6700, DXi6800, and DXi8500 systems.
Note: To support large numbers of tape drives in a VTL, you must have NetBackup 7.x.
Define the DXi as the NDMP host
- On the NetBackup Server, open the NetBackup Administration Console.
- Navigate to NDMP Credentials to create a new Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) host.
- For the NDMP host name, enter the DXi IP address.
- For the NDMP host user name and password, enter the same credentials used for the backup application on the DXi. See Configuring the DXi For Path to Tape.
Configure NetBackup for PTT
- Display the the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard.
Figure 1: Device Configuration Wizard
- Select your Master server and click the Change button to display the Change Device Host dialog box.
Figure 2: Change Device Host Dialog Box
- Select NDMP Server and click OK and Next to display the NDMP Hosts page.
- Click New to display the Media and Device Management - NetBackup dialog box.
Figure 3: NDMP Hosts Page and Media and Device Management - NetBackup Dialog Box
- In the NDMP host name field, enter the hostname or IP address of the DXi.
Note: For segmented network configurations, enter the data IP address.
- Click OK and Next to display the New NDMP Host page.
Figure 4: New NDMP Host Page
- Select the appropriate NDMP Host Credentials method, and populate the fields, as needed.
- Click OK to return to the NDMP Host screen with the DXi now displaying as an NDMP host.
- Select the DXi and click Next.
- After NetBackup scans the DXi NDMP host and discovers its associated virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and tape drives, click Next.
Note: If NetBackup does not discover the DXi or associated VTLs, make sure that the NetBackup host has network access to your DXi and recognizes the network name or IP address.
- Select both the source VTL, target physical tape library (PTL), and all tape drives, as needed.
- Click Next and Yes to save these settings.
- Click Next twice and then click Finish to save these settings.
