Configuring NearStore as a secondary storage system

You can configure a NearStore system as a secondary storage system.

Considerations

Steps

1. Set up the SnapVault secondary license. Enter the following command: license add sv_ontap_sec_license
2. Add a new backup user to the Backup Operators useradmin group list. Enter the following command: useradmin user add backupuser -g "Backup Operators"
3. Generate an NDMP password for the new user. Enter the following command:ndmpd password backupuser

   The NDMP password is used to authenticate the NetBackup media server to the NearStore storage system. This password is required for NearStore setup on the NetBackup management station.

   Note: It is important to avoid using the root password as an NDMP password because the root password is not encrypted and can compromise the integrity of your storage system. Although the default is NDMP version 4, ensure that the NDMP version is set by running the ndmpd version version_number command where version_number is equal to 4.

   For more details about using NDMP, see the Data ONTAP Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide.

4. Enable SnapVault. Enter the following command:options snapvault.enable on
5. Use the options snapvault.access command to specify the names of the NetBackup media servers. Enter the following command:options snapvault.access host=netbackup_server1,netbackup_server2 ...
   Note: NetBackup client connect requests are received on TCP port 10571.

6. To confirm or set the appropiate global option, enter the following command: options snapvault.nbu.archival_snap_default {on|off}