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  2. NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide
  3. Configuring AdvancedDisk
  4. Configuring the AdvancedDisk option
NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

Configuring the AdvancedDisk option

This section provides an overview of how to configure the NetBackup AdvancedDisk option.

To configure a base NetBackup environment, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I:

https://support.cohesity.com/s/article/article-100040135

Table: AdvancedDisk configuration tasks

Step

Task

Section

Step 1

Learn about file system requirements

See About AdvancedDisk file system requirements.

Step 2

Learn about storage servers, data movers, and disk pools

See About AdvancedDisk storage servers.

See About AdvancedDisk data movers.

See About AdvancedDisk disk pools.

Step 3

Optionally, configure the Key Management Service

The Key Management Service is required if you use data encryption for the AdvancedDisk storage.

Step 4

Configure a storage server

See Configure an AdvancedDisk storage server.

Step 5

Optionally, configure CIFS disk volumes

For the AdvancedDisk_crypt disk type, you must configure CIFS volumes before you can add them to the disk pool.

See Configure a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption.

Step 6

Configure a disk pool

See Configure an AdvancedDisk disk pool.

Step 7

Configure a storage unit

See Configure an AdvancedDisk storage unit.

Step 8

Create a storage lifecycle policy

See About storage lifecycle policies.

See Creating a storage lifecycle policy.

Step 9

Create a backup policy

See Creating a backup policy.

Step 10

Optionally, configure resilient network connections

See Resilient network properties.

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