Basic Concept NetBackup STACKIT S3 Storage

Setting up NetBackup

1. In NetBackup, go to https://<PrimaryServerName>/webui/login, where <PrimaryServerName> is the server you installed NetBackup on.
2. Log in using the new WEBUI method.
3. Go to Workloads → Cloud Object store → Add → Select Cloud object store provider name and check if STACKIT is listed.
   If it is not listed, update the provider list (Click here for the update files). This can happen on older versions (10.3) of NetBackup.
4. Check if there is a connection from your NetBackup domain to the STACKIT S3 endpoint object.storage.eu01.onstackit.cloud on port 443. If not, enable it.

Adding STACKIT S3 Bucket to backup

1. Go to Workloads → Cloud Object store → Add → Select Cloud object store provider name and select STACKIT Object Storage.
2. Enter a name for the bucket.
3. Enter the host server address.
   This address is displayed in the STACKIT Portal under Object Storage → Buckets if you select the bucket in question.
4. Click Add a new credential and add the bucket credentials.
5. Click Save and close the dialogue by clicking Next twice.

You have successfully added your bucket to NetBackup.

Adding STACKIT S3 Bucket to Policy

1. Go to Protection → Policies and click Add.
2. Enter a name for the Policy.
3. Select the Policy Type Cloud-Object-Store.
4. Go to the Cloud Objects tab. In the field Cloud object store account select the account you want to add.
5. In the field Buckets/Containers select your bucket.
   If your bucket isn’t available for selection click Add bucket/container details and enter the name of your bucket.
6. Click Create.

Creating MSDP-C (Cloud) using STACKIT S3 Bucket

Before starting, create a folder(windows)/filesystem(linux) on one of your media servers. It will be used for creating the MSDP database later on.

Go to Storage → Disk Storage → click on Add

Then you will get window below.

On Add MSDP storage server window, select a media server and put credentials (you are gonna need them after that for setup and accessing)

For next step you have to select where on the media server MSDP DB should be created(you have to create that folder/filesystem before starting the creation of MSDP-Cloud)

Next step is if you like to add additional media servers to that storage server. (Optional)

Next step - Click on Save. Configuring the storage server(you now have an MSDP created.) Now, you have to associate that MSDP with your bucket.

Go to Storage > Disk Storage > Disk Pools > Add

Change the Storage server to the one you created MSDP-C on.

On the next page, click on Select Volume > Add Volume

Next page put Volume name, select Cloud Storage Provider, put your credentials and name of your bucket.

Then click Next(if you have another MSDP-C, you can setup a replication target) and after that Finish.

Creating RAW diskpool from STACKIT S3 Bucket

NOTE: Before starting, you have to add SSL certificates to the media server you are gonna connect your bucket to(all medias and master, preferably as you might want to load balance). For that you need to edit the file located in:
Windows: [installation-path]\NetBackup\var\global\cloud
Linux: /usr/openv/var/global/cloud/cacert.pem

You can use below cmd to get STACKIT SSL certificates into a file and then copy them to cacert.pem

openssl s_client -connect object.storage.eu01.onstackit.cloud:443 -showcerts 2>&1 < /dev/null | sed -n ’/-----BEGIN/,/-----END/p’ > STACKITSSL.pem

To verify if you can successfully connect, use below cmd:

curl -vvI —cacert /usr/openv/var/global/cloud/cacert.pem https://object.storage.eu01.onstackit.cloud:443

If everything is correct, you can proceed with below steps.

Go to Storage > Disk Storage > Storage servers > Add and then Cloud connector

Following steps are the same as above. Placing your credentials and choosing media server. When it finish and storage server is done, you have to create the disk pool out of stackit_raw storage server.

Go to Storage > Disk Storage > Disk pools > Add

Select storage server → “The one you created above”, put a name to it and Next.

If the window is empty, click on Add and in the empty field place the name of your bucket. Once it is shown, select it and click Next and then Finish.