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Dell EMC NetWorkerVersion 19.1Administration Guide302-005-688REV 02
Copyright 1990-2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.Published June, 2019Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice.THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.“ DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KINDWITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OFMERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBEDIN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE.Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.Published in the USA.Dell EMCHopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-91031-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381www.DellEMC.com2NetWorker 19.1 Administration Guide
CONTENTSFigures17Tables19Preface23Chapter 1Overview29The NetWorker environment. 30NetWorker Components.30NetWorker services. 32Processes on NetWorker hosts .33Stop and start the NMC Server. 36Stop and start a NetWorker Server, Client, or Storage Node. 38NetWorker user interfaces. 41NMC user interface.41NetWorker Administration window. 42NetWorker client interface. 42NetWorker character-based interface. 43NetWorker command-line interface.43Introduction to the NetWorker Management Web UI. 43Chapter 2Getting Started47NetWorker Management Console interface.48Connecting to the Console window. 48Connecting to the Administration window. 53Opening the Administration window. 53Administration window. 53Editing multiple resources. 55Drag-and-drop functionality. 55Multiple library devices and slots. 57Setting user interaction preferences. 57Monitoring NetWorker Server activities in the Administrationwindow. 57Getting started with a new installation. 68Common NetWorker tasks.68Chapter 3Backup Target77Label templates. 78Using label templates. 78How the NetWorker server uses volume labels. 78Preconfigured label templates. 79Guidelines for completing Label Template attributes. 79Naming label templates. 81Working with label templates.82Setting up a label template to identify volumes. 84NetWorker 19.1 Administration Guide3
CONTENTSMedia pools. 85Using media pools.85Storage nodes.100Requirements. 101Licensing.101Storage node configuration. 101Storage Node Options.108Configuring a dedicated storage node. 108Troubleshooting storage nodes. 109Disk storage devices. 110Example environment. 111Considerations for Client Direct clients. 111Differences between FTDs, AFTDs, and DD Boost devices. 113Device target and max sessions default values and ranges. 115Advanced file type devices.116DD Boost and Cloud Tier devices. 131Libraries and silos. 132Overview of tape device storage. 132Support for LTO-4 hardware-based encryption.132Linux device considerations.133Solaris device considerations.134HP-UX device considerations. 134AIX device considerations.137SCSI and VTL libraries. 137Silo libraries. 176NDMP libraries. 185NetWorker hosts with shared libraries. 185Dynamic drive sharing. 187File type devices. 192FTD capacity issues.193Full FTD prevention. 193Stand-alone devices.193Autodetecting and configuring a stand-alone tape drive. 194Adding a stand-alone device manually. 194Auto Media Management for stand-alone devices.195Mounting or unmounting a volume in a stand-alone tape drive. 196Labeling and mounting a volume in one operation (stand-alone tapedrive). 196Labeling volumes without mounting.197Mounting uninventoried volumes.198Labeling volumes.199Labeling or re-labeling library volumes.199Verifying the label when a volume is unloaded. 200Troubleshooting devices and autochangers. 200Additional attributes in the Autochanger resource.200Maintenance commands. 200Autodetected SCSI jukebox option causes server to stopresponding. 201Autochanger inventory problems.201Destination component full messages. 201Tapes do not fill to capacity.202Tapes get stuck in drive when labeling tapes on Linux Red Hatplatform.202Increasing the value of Save Mount Time-out for label operations.203Server cannot access autochanger control port. 2034NetWorker 19.1 Administration Guide
CONTENTSChanging the sleep times required for TZ89 drive types.204Message displayed when CDI enabled on NDMP or file type device.205Verify firmware for switches and routers.205Commands issued with nsrjb on a multi-NIC host fail. 205SCSI reserve/release with dynamic drive sharing.205Recovering save sets from a VTL on a different NetWorker server.206Chapter 4Data Protection Policies209Overview of protection policies.210Designing data protection policies. 211Default data protection policies in NMC's NetWorker Administrationwindow.212Overview of configuring a new data protection policy. 213NetWorker resource considerations. 214Strategies for traditional backups.214Strategies for server backup and maintenance. 240Strategies for cloning. 245Policy Notifications. 268Monitoring policy activity. 269Monitoring cloning. 270Policy log files. 271Starting, stopping, and restarting policies.273Protection period. 273Starting actions in a workflow for an individual client. 275Modifying data protection Policy resources.276Policies. 276Workflows.277Protection groups.285Actions. 286Configuring NSR Protection Policies from nsradmin . 290Commands. 290Managing NSR Data Protection Policy. 291Managing Workflows. 292Managing Actions. 293Configuring Filters for Clone and Index Actions . 295Deleting multiple actions from multiple workflows and policies . 296Querying NSR protection policy workflow and NSR protectionpolicy action resources without specifying RAP resource types . 296Managing policies from the command prompt. 297Creating Data Protection Policy resources from a command prompt. 297Creating Action resources from a command prompt.298Starting, stopping, and restarting workflows from a commandprompt.299Displaying Data Protection Policy resource configurations.301Identifying clients that missed the workflow schedule.305Managing policies using the NetWorker Management Web UI. 305Policies, workflows, and actions in NetWorker Management Web UI. 306Create a policy using the NetWorker Management Web UI. 306Create a workflow using the NetWorker Management Web UI. 307Protection groups. 310Create an action using the NetWorker Management Web UI. 315NetWorker 19.1 Administration Guide5
CONTENTSCreate a rule using the NetWorker Management Web UI.357Troubleshooting policies. 359Chapter 5Backup Options363Overview of resources that support backups. 364Save sets.364The ALL save set. 365Backup levels.367Comparing backup levels. 368Backup levels and data recovery requirements. 369Backup levels for the online indexes. 370Synthetic full backups. 370Virtual synthetic full backups. 377Backup scheduling.380Scheduling backup cycles.380Considerations for scheduling backups. 381Methods for scheduling backups. 383Backup retention. 388Methods for setting retention.389Assigning a retention policy to a Client resource. 390Editing retention for a save set. 391General backup considerations. 392Renamed directories.392Raw partitions. 392Access control lists.393Client parallelism and parallel save streams. 393Maximum path and save set length.397Open files. 397Data deduplication. 398Directives. 398Types of directives. 399Format of directive statements. 399Order of Execution in the Directive.404Global directives. 404NetWorker User local directives. 408Creating local directives. 409Chapter 6Backing Up Data411Configuring a Client resource for backups on Windows hosts . 412Windows backup considerations.412Windows file system backups. 423Windows Bare Metal Recovery. 430Creating a Client resource with the Client Backup Configurationwizard.448Mapped drives. 454Configuring a Client resource for backups on UNIX hosts . 455UNIX/Linux backup considerations.455Creating a Client resource with the Client Backup Configurationwizard.456Supported save set configurations for UNIX hosts. 460Configuring a Client resource for backups on Mac OS X hosts . 463Mac OS X backup considerations. 463Creating a Client resource with the Client Backup Configurationwizard.4636NetWorker 19.1 Administration Guide
CONTENTSAssigning directives to Mac OS X clients. 467Configuring Open Directory database backups. 467Sending client data to AFTD or Data Domain devices only.468Non-ASCII files and directories.469Configuring checkpoint restart backups. 469About partial save sets.470Partial saveset cloning and scanning.470Checkpoint restart requirements. 470Configuring checkpoint restart.471Restarting checkpoint-enabled backups. 472Recovering data from partial save sets. 473Probe-based backups. 474Encryption. 475AES Encryption. 475In-flight encryption. 477Compression.478Configuring compression for scheduled backups. 478Configuring compression for manual backups. 478Configuring Client Direct backups. 479Requirements for Client Direct backups.479Configuring Client Direct backups. 480Backup command customization. 481Creating a custom backup script. 481Customizing backups with the pre and post commands. 487Client resources. 488Create a Client resourc
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