Part 2 Back-end storage subsystems
by Carlos A. Martinez Vazquez, Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez, Mara Miranda Bautista, Ka
IBM ProtecTIER Implementation and Best Practices Guide
- Front cover
- Notices
- IBM Redbooks promotions
- Preface
- Summary of changes
- Part 1 General best practices
- Chapter 1. IBM ProtecTIER basics
- Chapter 2. Deduplication considerations
- 2.1 HyperFactor data deduplication
- 2.2 ProtecTIER HyperFactor deduplication processing
- 2.3 Components of a ProtecTIER system
- 2.4 Benefits of ProtecTIER HyperFactor
- 2.5 General ProtecTIER deduplication considerations
- 2.5.1 Rethinking your overall backup strategy
- 2.5.2 Data reduction technologies should not be combined
- 2.5.3 Data streams must be in order
- 2.5.4 Data organization in your ProtecTIER repository
- 2.5.5 The dynamics of the ProtecTIER repository
- 2.5.6 ProtecTIER repository usage
- 2.5.7 Compression
- 2.5.8 Encryption
- 2.5.9 Database logs and other data types with high data change rates
- 2.5.10 Multiplexing
- 2.5.11 Tape block size
- 2.5.12 File size
- 2.6 Data types
- Chapter 3. Networking essentials
- Chapter 4. Virtual Tape Library guidelines
- Chapter 5. ProtecTIER File System Interface: General introduction
- Chapter 6. Host attachment considerations for Virtual Tape Library
- Part 2 Back-end storage subsystems
- Chapter 7. Back-end storage overview
- Chapter 8. IBM FlashSystem 900 with System Storage TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway
- Chapter 9. IBM Storwize Family and SAN Volume Controller
- 9.1 IBM Storwize V3700 and V5000 overview
- 9.2 General considerations: V3700, V5000, and V7000
- 9.2.1 Configuration steps: ProtecTIER repository
- 9.2.2 Creating empty user data and metadata storage pools
- 9.2.3 Creating the MDisk arrays or discovering unmanaged MDisks
- 9.2.4 Creating volumes with a sequential virtualization type
- 9.2.5 Creating a host connection for the ProtecTIER nodes by using the GUI
- 9.2.6 Mapping volumes to a host
- 9.2.7 Creating file systems and building the ProtecTIER repository
- 9.2.8 Expanding the repository
- 9.3 IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, and V7000 Unified Storage
- 9.4 General notes
- 9.5 Firmware level
- 9.6 Fibre Channel connection topology
- 9.7 User data and metadata pool: General suggestions
- 9.8 Configuration steps
- Chapter 10. IBM XIV Storage System
- Chapter 11. IBM System Storage DS8000
- Chapter 12. Backup management introduction
- Chapter 13. IBM Spectrum Protect
- 13.1 IBM Spectrum Protect VTL
- 13.2 IBM Spectrum Protect: Preferred options
- 13.2.1 LAN-free backups with the ProtecTIER product
- 13.2.2 Data streams
- 13.2.3 Reclamation
- 13.2.4 Collocation
- 13.2.5 Migration
- 13.2.6 Backing up your IBM Spectrum Protect database
- 13.2.7 Physical tape
- 13.2.8 Avoiding mount conflicts
- 13.2.9 Multiple streams from the client with the resourceutilization parameter
- 13.2.10 Accommodating increased sessions
- 13.2.11 IBM Spectrum Protect storage pool selection
- 13.2.12 Technical overview
- 13.2.13 Advantages of an IBM Spectrum Protect environment with ProtecTIER
- 13.2.14 IBM Spectrum Protect configuration with VTL
- 13.2.15 Updating to a VTL library type
- 13.2.16 Defining and deleting IBM Spectrum Protect libraries with many drives
- 13.3 IBM Spectrum Protect: FSI
- Chapter 14. Symantec NetBackup and BackupExec
- Chapter 15. EMC NetWorker
- 15.1 Overview
- 15.2 EMC NetWorker in a VTL environment
- 15.3 EMC NetWorker in an FSI environment
- 15.3.1 Creating a Windows user for EMC NetWorker
- 15.3.2 Setting up for backup and restore
- 15.3.3 General configuration suggestions
- 15.3.4 Setting the information to be backed up
- 15.3.5 Setting the time for the backup
- 15.3.6 Performing a restore
- 15.3.7 Parameters for best performance with ProtecTIER FSI
- Chapter 16. HP Data Protector
- Chapter 17. IBM i and Backup, Recovery, and Media Services
- 17.1 IBM i overview
- 17.2 Integration of IBM i and ProtecTIER in a VTL environment
- 17.3 Configuration of BRMS for ProtecTIER
- 17.4 Deploying ProtecTIER with BRMS for disaster recovery
- 17.5 Use DUPMEDBRM to duplicate media from ProtecTIER to physical media
- 17.6 Device configuration
- 17.7 BRMS movement of replicated volumes: considerations
- Chapter 18. Commvault
- Chapter 19. Veeam FSI-CIFS
- Part 3 Application considerations
- Chapter 20. Application considerations and data types
- 20.1 IBM Domino
- 20.2 Microsoft Exchange
- 20.3 Microsoft SQL Server
- 20.4 DB2
- 20.4.1 Combining DB2 compression and ProtecTIER deduplication
- 20.4.2 Upgrading the DB2 database to improve deduplication
- 20.4.3 DB2 DEDUP_DEVICE setting
- 20.4.4 Example of DEDUP_DEVICE setting
- 20.4.5 Excluding logs from the DB2 database backup
- 20.4.6 DB2 suggested settings without DEDUP_DEVICE
- 20.4.7 Example of DB2 command using sessions, buffers, and parallelism
- 20.5 Oracle
- 20.5.1 Suggested RMAN settings
- 20.5.2 Mounting NFS Oracle Server to ProtecTIER NAS
- 20.5.3 Using ProtecTIER NAS to run RMAN incremental merge backups
- 20.5.4 Using ProtecTIER NAS to store Oracle Data Pump exports
- 20.5.5 Using ProtecTIER NAS to store Oracle database files and offline redo logs
- 20.5.6 Other suggestions for RMAN
- 20.6 SAP
- 20.6.1 SAP introduction
- 20.6.2 Data protection for SAP
- 20.6.3 Integration of Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP with SAP
- 20.6.4 Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP for Oracle database
- 20.6.5 Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP for DB2
- 20.6.6 SAP BR*Tools for Oracle using BACKINT
- 20.6.7 SAP BR*Tools for Oracle using RMAN with Tivoli Storage Manager
- 20.6.8 SAP BR*Tools for Oracle: Using RMAN to configure DB2 to use Tivoli Storage Manager
- 20.6.9 Preferred practices for Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP with ProtecTIER
- 20.7 VMware
- 20.7.1 Technical overview
- 20.7.2 Settings and tuning for VMware and Tivoli Storage Manager
- 20.7.3 Backup solutions
- 20.7.5 Configuring the ProtecTIER server
- 20.7.6 Installing the tape driver on the Tivoli Storage Manager server and the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent
- 20.7.8 Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration
- 20.7.9 Tivoli Storage Manager client installation
- 20.7.10 Disabling compression and deduplication on Tivoli Storage Manager
- 20.7.11 Configuring a full VM backup through the vStorage API
- 20.7.12 VMware Guest OS backup to ProtecTIER
- Part 4 Replication and disaster recovery
- Chapter 21. ProtecTIER replication
- 21.1 ProtecTIER IP replication
- 21.2 Native replication
- 21.3 Replication policies
- 21.4 Visibility switching
- 21.5 Principality
- 21.6 Replication Manager
- 21.7 Initial synchronization
- 21.8 Replication schedules
- 21.9 Replication backlog
- 21.10 Replication planning
- 21.11 Bandwidth validation utility
- 21.12 Planning ProtecTIER replication
- 21.13 The backup application database backup
- Chapter 22. Disaster recovery deployment with backup applications
- 22.1 Disaster recovery operations
- 22.2 ProtecTIER replication overview
- 22.3 Disaster recovery operations with VTL
- 22.4 Disaster recovery operations with FSI
- 22.5 Entering ProtecTIER DR mode
- 22.6 The backup application catalog
- 22.7 Single domain and multiple domains
- 22.8 Deploying replication with specific backup applications
- 22.9 IBM Spectrum Protect
- 22.10 Symantec NetBackup deployment with ProtecTIER replication
- 22.10.1 Scripting the inject/eject commands
- 22.10.2 Scripting the inventory commands
- 22.10.3 Setting up NetBackup for backup and restore
- 22.10.4 Setting up NetBackup for disaster recovery
- 22.10.5 Cross-site backups
- 22.10.6 ProtecTIER disaster recovery with Symantec NetBackup
- 22.10.7 Single domain versus two separate domains
- 22.10.8 Disaster recovery scenarios
- 22.10.9 Determining what is available for restore at the disaster recovery site
- 22.10.10 Eject and inject commands from NetBackup software
- 22.11 EMC NetWorker deployment with ProtecTIER replication
- 22.12 Commvault
- Part 5 Appendixes
- Appendix A. Hints and tips
- Remote access with IBM Endpoint Manager for Remote Control (Assist On-site)
- Operating system recovery functionality
- Online fsck command
- Dedup estimator tool
- Local directory cloning for FSI
- Commands to send files to and receive files from IBM Support
- Graphical performance tool
- ProtecTIER licensing tips
- Reconfigure an IBM Spectrum Protect instance attached to ProtecTIER after a reboot
- Appendix B. ProtecTIER compatibility
- Appendix C. ProtecTIER parsers
- Appendix D. Managing cartridge sizes with ProtecTIER
- Glossary
- Related publications
- Back cover
Back-end storage subsystems
This part describes IBM System Storage TS7600 ProtecTIER family preferred practices and configuration guidelines for specific back-end storage subsystems. It also describes principal rules to follow for storage resources that are used in a ProtecTIER environment, and contains the following chapters:
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Supported storage systems: For a list of IBM and third-party disk storage subsystems that are supported by the ProtecTIER deduplication servers, see the TS7650/TS7650G ISV and Interoperability Matrix. For more information, see Appendix B, “ProtecTIER compatibility” on page 457.
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