How-to guides

• 1: Immediate Backup
• 2: Recover
• 3: Backup Agent Usage
• 4: Backup Agent Install
• 5:

1 - Immediate Backup

You can perform an immediate backup of the current point in time, regardless of the schedule settings for the created backup. This task can be performed on the Backup Details page.

Immediate Backup

You can immediately create a backup of the current point in time. To perform an immediate backup, follow these steps:

1. Click the All Services > Storage > Backup menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of the backup.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Backup menu. You will be taken to the Backup List page.
3. On the Backup List page, click the resource to perform the backup. You will be taken to the Backup Details page.
4. Click the Immediate Backup button. The Immediate Backup popup window will open.
5. Click the Confirm button. The immediate backup will be performed.
6. Click the Backup History page. You will be taken to the Backup History page.
7. Check the backup in progress.

2 - Recover

You can perform a restore using the generated backup’s restore target (backup copy). You can perform the operation on the Backup Restore Target page.

VM Image Recover

You can restore using the backup copy to be restored.

To recover, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Storage > Backup Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Backup.
2. Click the Backup menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Backup List page.
3. Backup List page, click the resource to perform recovery. Navigate to the Backup Details page.
4. Click the Recovery Target page. It navigates to the Backup Recovery Target page.
5. After checking the Schedule and Backup date/time, click the More button of the target you want to recover.
6. Click the Restore button. Backup Restore popup window opens.
7. After checking the Backup target and Backup date/time, enter the recovery location, recovery server name, etc.

• Recovery Location: For remote backup copies, select the recovery location (target server or backup location).
  • Recovery Server Name: Use English letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters (-_) within 63 characters.
  • Server Type: Set the server type.
  • Network Settings: If you are restoring to a different location than the backup target server, configure the network of the recovery server.
  • Security Group: Set the Security Group of the recovery server.

8. After checking the entered information, click Confirm.
9. Click the Recovery History page. Go to the Backup Recovery History page.
10. Check the ongoing recovery tasks.

Filesystem Recovery

You can restore using the backup copy of the recovery target. To restore, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Storage > Backup Click the menu. Go to Backup’s Service Home page.
2. Click the Backup menu on the Service Home page. It navigates to the Backup List page.
3. Click the resource to perform recovery on the Backup list page. You will be taken to the Backup details page.
4. Click the Recovery Target page. Navigate to the Backup Recovery Target page.
5. After checking the Schedule and Backup time, click the More button of the target you want to recover.
6. Restore Click the button. Backup Restore A popup window opens.
7. Check the Backup target and Backup date and time, etc.
8. Click the Server Selection button of the recovery target item. The Server Selection popup window will open.
9. After selecting the server, click Confirm.
   • Only servers that have configured the Backup Agent can be selected among servers generated at the backup storage location.
   • Only servers that use the same Backup Master and OS as the target server can be selected.
10. Filesystem After checking the Filesystem to recover from the list at the bottom of the item, enter the Recovery location.
    • Please enter the exact name of the Filesystem being used in the OS.
    • /dev/zero, /dev/null When entered, recovery is impossible.
    • If it includes the following special characters for each operating system, recovery is impossible.
      • Linux: : * < > |
      • Windows: / ? * < > |
    • When Overwrite is selected, files with the same type and name are overwritten. If not selected, those files are excluded from recovery.
11. After verifying the entered information, click Confirm.
12. Click the Recovery History page. Navigate to the Backup Recovery History page.
13. Check the ongoing recovery work.

3 - Backup Agent Usage

Users can create and manage the agents required to use Filesystem backup in the Backup service.

Create Backup Agent

You can create and use the Backup Agent service in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

To create a Backup Agent, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Storage > Backup Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Backup.

2. Click the Backup Agent menu on the Service Home page. It moves to the Backup Agent List page.

3. Backup Agent List page, click the Create Service button.Backup Agent Creation page will be opened.

4. Backup Agent Creation page, enter the information required to create the service.

   Category	Required	Detailed description
   Target Server	Required	Select the target server to create the Backup Agent Click the Select button to select the Bare Metal Server to create the Backup Agent

   Table. Backup Agent Service Information Input Items

5. Summary Check the detailed information generated in the panel, and click the Complete button.

• Once creation is complete, check the created resources on the Backup Agent List page.

Backup Agent View Detailed Information

Backup Agent service can view and edit the full resource list and detailed information. Backup Agent Details page consists of Details, Tags, Job History tabs.

To view detailed information of the Backup Agent service, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Storage > Backup Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Backup.
2. Service Home 페이지에서 Backup Agent 메뉴를 클릭하세요. Backup Agent 목록 페이지로 이동합니다.
3. Click the resource to view detailed information on the Backup Agent List page. Move to the Backup Agent Details page.

• Backup Agent Detail page displays status information and additional feature information, and consists of Detail Information, Tag, Job History tabs.

  Category	Detailed description
  Backup Agent status	Backup Agent status information Creating: Creating Available: Created Deleting: Deleting Error: Abnormal state
  Service termination	Button to cancel the service

  Table. Status Information and Additional Functions

Detailed Information

Backup Agent list page allows you to view detailed information of the selected resources and, if necessary, edit the information.

Tag

Backup Agent List page allows you to view the tag information of selected resources, and you can add, modify, or delete it.

Work History

On the Backup Agent List page, you can view the operation history of the selected resource.

Backup Agent Cancel

You can cancel the unused Backup Agent.

To cancel the Backup Agent, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Storage > Backup Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Backup.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Backup Agent menu. It navigates to the Backup Agent List page.
3. Backup Agent List On the page, select the resource to cancel, and click the Cancel Service button.
4. If termination is completed, check on the Backup Agent List page whether the resource has been terminated.

4 - Backup Agent Install

To use Agent-based Backup, you need to connect to the target server and install the Backup Agent. After installing the Backup Agent, register the backup through the Backup service.

Pre-preparation work

To install the Backup Agent, we check the installation space, download the Backup Agent file, verify Backup Master/Agent information, and perform other preparatory tasks.

Backup Agent Check Installation Space

The required capacity for installing the Backup Agent is as follows.

Backup Agent installation file download

To download the Backup Agent installation file, follow these steps.

1. All Services > Storage > Backup Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Backup.
2. Click the Backup Agent menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Backup Agent List page.
3. Click the resource to view detailed information on the Backup Agent list page. It navigates to the Backup Agent details page.
4. Installation file URL After confirming, go to the URL. You can download the Backup Agent installation file.

Linux OS

If you are using Linux OS, refer to the following example and enter the command.

# cd [download location]
# curl -O installation file → Please insert the copied installation file download URL into the installation file.

Windows OS

If you use Windows OS, you can download using a web browser or Windows PowerShell.

When using an internet browser

After launching the internet browser, enter the copied installation file download URL into the address bar. After moving to the download screen, the download will start.

When using Windows PowerShell

1. Right-click the Windows Start icon, then run Command Prompt (Admin).
2. Windows PowerShell in administrator mode.
3. Please enter the command referring to the following example.

# wget "download URL" -OutFile "filename to save"

Check Backup Master and Agent information

To install the Backup Agent, routing settings and Backup Master and Agent information for host file registration are required. On the Backup Agent Details page, check the Backup Master IP, Backup IP, Gateway information. Backup Agent detailed information Please refer.

Setting up routing for communication with Backup Master

To communicate with Backup Master, you need to set up routing in the operating system.

Linux OS - CentOS/RHEL

Linux OS - To set up routing on CentOS/RHEL, follow the steps below.

1. Use the following command to check the backup network Interface information.
   • ip a
   • bash /usr/local/bin/ip.sh
2. Set up routing using the nmcli command.

   # nmcli con mod "Vlan bond-srv.100" +ipv4.routes "10.252.8.0/24 10.252.25.1"
   # nmcli device reapply bond-srv.100
   

3. Check that the routing settings have been applied correctly.

   # telnet [Backup Master name] 1556
   

Linux OS - ubuntu

Linux OS - To set up routing on Ubuntu, follow the steps below.

1. Use the following command to check the backup network Interface information.

   • ip a
   • bash /usr/local/bin/ip.sh

2. 50-cloud-init.yaml Open the file and set up routing.

   # vi /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml (Add routes to existing content)
     network:
     bonds:
     ...................... omitted
     ethernets:
     ...................... omitted
     vlans:
     bond.srv.100:
     addresses:
     ...................... omitted
     routes:
     - to:10.252.8.0/24
     via:10.252.25.1
     # netplan apply
   

3. Check that the routing settings have been applied correctly.

   # telnet [Backup Master name] 1556
   

Windows OS

To set up routing in Windows OS, follow the steps below.

1. Right-click the Windows Start icon, then run Command Prompt (Admin).

2. Run Windows PowerShell in administrator mode.

3. Using the ipconfig, Get-NetAdapter commands, check the backup network interface index (ifindex) setting.

   # ipconfig /all → Check the interface name assigned to the Agent IP.
   # Get-NetAdapter → Refer to the interface name checked above to find the interface index.
   

4. Set up routing using the NetRoute command.

   # Get-NetRoute -ifindex 100
   # New-NetRoute -ifIndex 100 -DestinationPrefix 10.252.8.0/24 -NextHop 10.252.25.1
   

5. Check that the routing settings have been applied correctly.

   # telnet [Backup Master name] 1556
   

Register Backup Master information in the hosts file

To register Backup Master information in the hosts file, follow these steps.

1. Open the host file using a file editing tool.
   • Linux operating system: /etc/hosts
   • Windows operating system: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
2. Open the hosts file and register the Backup Master and Backup Agent information (IP, name).

• After the Backup Agent name, you must add .scpbackup as shown in the following example.

  10.252.8.4 takre1p1bkm1
  10.252.25.4 agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup
  

Add port for Backup Agent (when using Windows firewall)

If you are using the Windows firewall, you need to add the port for the Backup Agent, which communicates with the Backup Master, to the Windows firewall.

The ports and settings to add to the Windows firewall are as follows.

• Inbound Rule: (TCP) 443, 1556, 13720, 13724, 13782 port
• Action: allow the connection
• Profile: domain, private, public select all

Check whether the package is installed (when using RHEL 8)

If you are using RHEL 8, the libnsl package must be installed to install the Backup Agent.

• Check if the libnsl package is installed using the following command.

  # rpm -qa | grep libnsl
  

• If the libnsl package is not installed, install the package using the following command.

  # yum install libnsl
  

Backup Agent Install

Install the Backup Agent suitable for the operating system.

Linux OS

To install the Backup Agent on Linux OS, follow the steps below.

1. Backup Agent 10.1.1 Move to the path where the installation file was extracted and change the permissions of the installation-related files.

   # chmod 755 installs
   # chmod –R 755 NBClients
   

2. ./install을 실행하세요.
   • [root@bkclientlin ~]# ./install
3. After the Install description, when confirming whether to proceed with the installation, enter y and press the Enter key.

   Do you wish to continue? [y,n] (y) y
   

4. When checking the installation progress of Software on the client, enter y and press the Enter key.

   Do you want to install the ~~~~~~~~~~~~ software for this client? [y,n] (y) y
   

5. When checking the Backup master server name, enter Backup Master name and press the Enter key.

   Enter the name of the ~~~~~~ master server : bkmaster
   

6. When checking the client server configuration name, enter n and then enter the Agent information.
   • Agent information input required: Backup Agent name.scpbackup (e.g., agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup)

   Would you like to use "bkclientlin" as the configured
   name of the ~~~~~~~ client? [y,n] (y) n
   agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup
   

7. Check the Master Server information and if there are no issues, enter y.

   Master server [bkmaster] reports the following CA Certificate fingerprints:
   SHA-256 Fingerprint: [BB:38:~~~~~~~~]
   SHA-1 Fingerpritn: [0D:E6:~~~~~~~]
   
   Is this correct [y,n] y
   

8. When selecting the Java GUI and JRE option, enter 2. Java GUI and JRE package installation will be excluded.

   Choose an option from the list below.
     1) Include the Java GUI and JRE
     2) Exclude the Java GUI and JRE
   
   Java GUI and JRE option: [1,2] (2) :2
   Excluding the installation of Java GUI and JRE packages
   

9. Verify that the installation was completed correctly.

Windows OS

To install the Backup Agent on Windows OS, follow these steps.

1. After moving to the folder where the Backup Agent 10.1.1 installation file has been extracted, run the Setup.exe file with administrator privileges.

2. After selecting the client to install in the client selection popup, click the OK button.
3. Select Yes in the Vertias NetBackup popup window. The installation popup window opens, and the installation steps are displayed on the left side of the popup.
4. Welcome When the step description is displayed, click the Next button.
5. License Agreement When the step description is displayed, select the Agree with the veritas Software License Agreement item, then click the Next button.
6. Install Type when the step description is displayed, confirm that Install to the computer only is checked, then select Custom installation. When selection is finished, click the Next button.

7. Option When the step description is displayed, verify the installation path and click the Next button. Client option information is displayed.

• Change… You can click the button to change the installation path.

8. After checking the Client Options information, click the Next button. Log on information will be displayed.
9. After checking the Log on information, click the Next button.
   • Safe Abort Option: If a system restart is required, this is an option to halt the installation (optional).
10. System Name If the step description is displayed, enter the server environment information and click the Next button. Master Server information will be displayed.
    • Client Name: Enter the Agent information. Backup Agent name.scpbackup (e.g.: agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup)
    • Master Server Name: Enter the Backup Master name.
11. After checking the Master Server information, I recognize the fingerprint for this host. Proceed with the certificate deployment. select the item. When selection is finished, click the Next button.
12. Security When the step description is displayed, confirm that the certificate deployment succeeded, then click the Next button.
13. Install When the step description is displayed, after checking the Installation Summary content, click the Install button.
14. When installation is complete, click the Finish button.

Backup Agent Check Status

When the installation of Backup Agent is finished, perform a communication test with Backup Master and check the status.

Linux OS

To conduct a communication test with the Backup Master on Linux OS, follow the steps below.

1. After entering the following command, conduct a communication test with Backup Master and check the results.
   • Command: # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -pn
   • The example of the communication test inspection results is as follows.

     # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -pn
     expecting response from server takre1p1bkm1
     agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup 10.252.25.4 52096
     

2. Samsung Cloud Platform Console에서 All Services > Storage > Backup 메뉴를 클릭하세요. Backup의 Service Home 페이지로 이동합니다.
3. Click the Backup Agent menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Backup Agent List page.
4. Click the resource to check the communication test on the Backup Agent List page. You will be taken to the Backup Agent Details page.
5. Click the Check Connection Status button in the Connection Status item. If it communicates normally with Backup Master, Success is displayed.
6. Verify that the result values of the Backup Master communication test performed on the OS and Samsumg Cloud Platform Console are the same.

Windows OS

To conduct a communication test with Backup Master on Windows OS, follow the steps below.

1. After entering the following command, perform a communication test with Backup Master and check the results.
   • Command: # [Installation Path]\Vertitas\NetBackup\bin\bpclntcmd.exe -pn
   • The example of the communication test inspection results is as follows.

     # C:\Vertitas\NetBackup\bin\bpclntcmd.exe -pn
     expecting response from server takre1p1bkm1
     agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup agent_tgdrhw.scpbackup 10.252.25.4 52096
     

2. Click the All Services > Storage > Backup menu in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console. Go to the Backup Service Home page.
3. Click the Backup Agent menu on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Backup Agent List page.
4. Click the resource to verify the communication test on the Backup Agent List page. It navigates to the Backup Agent Details page.
5. Click the Check Connection Status button in the Connection Status item. If it communicates properly with Backup Master, Success is displayed.
6. Verify that the result values of the Backup Master communication test performed on the OS and the Samsumg Cloud Platform Console are the same.

Backup Agent Delete

If you do not use the Backup Agent, you must delete the Backup Agent installed on each operating system.

Linux OS

To delete the Backup Agent on Linux OS, follow the steps below.

1. Stop the Backup Agent service.

   # /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.kill_all
   # /opt/VRTSpbx/bin/vxpbx_exchanged stop
   # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vxlogcfg -r -p 51216
   

2. Delete the Backup Agent installation file.

   # rpm –qa | grep –i VRTS → Backup Agent package check
   # rpm –e VRTSnbcfg
   # /opt/pdde/pddeuninstall.sh –forceclean
   # rpm -e VRTSnbjava
   # rpm -e VRTSnbjre
   # rpm -e VRTSnbclt
   # rpm -e VRTSpbx
   # rpm -e VRTSnbpck
   # rpm -qa | grep -i VRTS → Backup Agent package after confirming, delete remaining package
   # rm -rf /usr/openv
   

Windows OS

To delete the Backup Agent on Windows OS, follow the steps below.

1. Stop the Backup Agent service.

   # [Installation Path]\Vertitas\NetBackup\bin\bpdown.exe -f -v
   # [Installation Path]\Vertitas\NetBackup\bin\bpps.exe → Check remaining Process and then perform kill
   

2. Control Panel > Programs and Features: remove the Backup Agent program.
3. Delete the Backup Agent installation folder.

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