Instructions for how to install and configure the appliance are beyond the scope
of the NetBackup documentation. For instructions, refer to the vendor
documentation.
About installing the disk appliance plug-in
If your storage is a disk appliance, the storage vendor’s release package includes
a plug-in that installs on the NetBackup media servers that connect to the storage
server. The NetBackup media servers use the plug-in to communicate with the
disk appliance.
Install the plug-in on all NetBackup media servers that connect to the appliance.
To install the plug-in, follow the vendor’s installation instructions.
The vendor’s plug-in installation process may also configure the storage server.
See “Configuring an OpenStorage storage server” on page 85.
After the initial installation of the plug-in, the storage server and disk pools inherit
all of the functionality that the vendor exposes in their plug-in. However, if the
vendor updates the plug-in to add new functionality, you must update existing
storage servers and disk pools in NetBackup to use that new functionality.
See “Adding OpenStorage functionality to an existing environment” on page 102.
About provisioning the Nirvanix storage space
Before you configure Nirvanix cloud storage, you must have a Nirvanix master
account and storage space allocated for your use.
Your Nirvanix master account must be enabled for default node-replication policy
settings. New storage pools inherit the default policies, but you can adjust them
for each storage pool to fit your business needs. For more information or to verify
that your account has the proper settings, contact Nirvanix customer support
using the Nirvanix Management Portal.
For Nirvanix storage, NetBackup must create the application (that is, storage pool)
and the child account. The storage pools that NetBackup creates contain a required
Symantec Partner Key. If you use the Nirvanix Management Portal to create the
storage pool, it does not contain the partner key. Consequently, that storage pool
cannot accept data from NetBackup.
See “About the Nirvanix storage pool” on page 73.
See “About Nirvanix child accounts” on page 73.
Provisioning the storage
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