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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. MSDP cloud support
  4. About NetBackup support for AWS Snowball Edge
  5. Configuring NetBackup for AWS Snowball Edge using CLI
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Configuring NetBackup for AWS Snowball Edge using CLI

To configure NetBackup for AWS Snowball Edge using the CLI

  1. Log on to your primary server.
  2. To add a custom instance for AWS Snowball Edge device, run:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/csconfig cldinstance -a -in <instance name> -pt amazon -sh <hostname of your snowball server> -http_port_8080 -access_style 2

    Note:

    If configuring NetBackup for AWS Snowball Edge with SSL enabled, use -https_port 8443.

  3. Create a custom instance for AWS Snowball Edge, run:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/csconfig cldinstance -ar -in <instance name> -rn <region snowball edge device is imported> -lc <location constraint of the region> -sh <IP address of snowball edge device>

  4. Create an alias for the custom instance:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/csconfig cldinstance -as -in <instance name> -sts <storage server name> -lsu_name <name of LSU> -crl 0 -ssl 0

  5. Create a configuration file as follows:
    • [root@instancename# cat /add_lsu.txt
      
      V7.5 "operation" "add-lsu-cloud" string
      
      V7.5 "lsuName" "<lsu name used in last step> string
      
      V7.5 "cmsCredName" "<Snowball CMS CredName>" string
      
      V7.5 "lsuCloudBucketName" "<Bucket name on Snowball>" string
      
      V7.5 "lsuCloudBucketSubName" "<Volume name in the bucket>" string
      
      

      Note:

      If you use CMS for cloud authentication, use the CMS credential name in the configuration file instead of "lsuCloudUser" and "lsuCloudPassword". Use the following format:

      V7.5 "cmsCredName" "<Snowball_credential_name>" string

    • To update the storage server configuration using the configuration file created, run:

      /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -setconfig -storage_server <storage server name> -stype PureDisk -configlist /add_lsu.txt

    • To preview the disk volume and copy it to a temporary file, run:

      /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -previewdv -storage_server <storage server name> -stype PureDisk | grep <Volume name> > /tmp/dvlist

    • To create a disk pool, run:

      /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -createdp -dp <disk pool name> -stype PureDisk -dvlist /tmp/dvlist -storage_servers <storage server name>

  6. To create storage unit, run:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpstuadd -label <storage unit name> -odo 0 -dt 6 -dp <disk pool name> -nodevhost

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