Reconfiguring Tivoli Storage Manager to optimize clustered backups
If you configured Tivoli® Storage Manager to back up NetApp clusters by using node-scoped NDMP, you can reconfigure Tivoli Storage Manager to use NDMP Cluster Aware Backup (CAB). In this way, you can optimize backup operations for NetApp clusters.
About this task
- You can configure Tivoli Storage Manager to back up all volumes in a NetApp cluster to a directly attached tape device or to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. In both cases, the data is owned by a single Tivoli Storage Manager node. Even if you move volumes within the cluster, backup operations continue and no reconfiguration is required.
- You can complete a partial backup of a NetApp cluster to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. This method is useful when multiple organizations own data in the cluster. Each organization can manage backup operations for its data. You set the scope of a partial backup by specifying a NetApp storage virtual machine (SVM), which provides access to part of a cluster.
To reconfigure Tivoli Storage Manager to use CAB, you must define a new Tivoli Storage Manager node and a new data mover.
Use this procedure as a starting point. For the latest information about backing up NetApp clusters, see technote 7046965.
Procedure
What to do next
Optional: To verify that volumes in the NetApp cluster are backed up, complete the following steps:
- On the Operations Center menu bar, click Clients.
- Double-click a NAS device client and click Volumes.
- To determine when the last full volume backup was completed, review the information in the Last Full column. To determine when the most recent differential backup was completed, review the information in the Last Differential column.