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Introduce Netbackup Accelerator

NetBackup Accelerator provides fast, streamlined backups to disk by implementing an Accelerator track log and leveraging deduplication and the Windows NTFS change journal. It enables full backups of files and folders with speeds equivalent to incremental backups. NetBackup Accelerator is configured in backup policies and can use the NTFS change journal or perform a full rescan to determine changed files. It addresses challenges with large data growth, high change rates, and limited backup windows.

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Introduce Netbackup Accelerator

NetBackup Accelerator provides fast, streamlined backups to disk by implementing an Accelerator track log and leveraging deduplication and the Windows NTFS change journal. It enables full backups of files and folders with speeds equivalent to incremental backups. NetBackup Accelerator is configured in backup policies and can use the NTFS change journal or perform a full rescan to determine changed files. It addresses challenges with large data growth, high change rates, and limited backup windows.

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Introduce NetBackup Accelerator

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What is NetBackup Accelerator?

• Provides fast streamlined backups to disk


• Implements an Accelerator track log and utilizes
the Windows NTFS change journal,
deduplication, and optimized synthetic backups
• Enables full backups of files and folders with
speeds equivalent to incremental backups

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Today’s backup challenges

• Completing backups within a backup window


– Too much data growth, either through internal
expansion or acquisition
– Significant data change rates
– Shorter, overlapping, or non-existent backup windows
• Protecting data
– Large, mission-critical applications
– Very large file systems
– Virtual machines
• Improving recovery time objectives (RTOs) and
recovery point objectives (RPOs)

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Requirements and prerequisites
• System requirements
– Any client OS platform that is supported by NetBackup
– Windows change journal for optimized performance (optional)
• Versions
NetBackup 7.5 for master server, media server, and client
• Licenses
NetBackup Data Protection Optimization Option (formerly NetBackup Deduplication
Option)
• Policies
Standard and MS Windows
• Storage Units
– PureDisk (MSDP, PureDisk, appliance)
– Cloud storage plug-ins
– OpenStorage (OST) vendor qualified for Accelerator support
(see NetBackup server hardware compatibility list)

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Background

NetBackup currently supports NTFS change journal,


but is limited to:
• Incremental backups
• One backup policy
• Inclusion of all NTFS volumes for the specified
clients

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Architecture overview

• The base architecture for this feature implements


a client track log and leverages Windows NTFS
change journal.
• The device mappings file contains OST vender
and hardware information.
• No new NetBackup processes or binaries are
being added.

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Client track log files

The client track logs are key aspects of NetBackup


Accelerator:
• The track log is specific for a given policy, client,
master server, storage server, and backup
selection.
• The NetBackup client track logs are circular files.
• The client track logs contain checksum entries for
each file being backed up.

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Location of the client track log files
The client track logs are found on each client in the following
directory:
install_path\NetBackup\track\master_server\
storage_server\client\policy_name\backup_specification

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The NTFS change journal

• Is an optional feature that can be used with NetBackup


Accelerator
• Is monitored by NetBackup to determine which files
and directories need to be included in a backup
• Eliminates the need to perform a full file system scan
• Maintains records pertaining to files and directories
• Has records identified by an update sequence number
(USN)
• Are circular databases
• Is increased to one million entries

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NTFS change journal databases
There are three databases files created and maintained at the root
of each NTFS volume.
– VxCJMon.dat contains records
pertaining to files and directories
that have been created and
modified.
– VxCJDelete.dat
contains records pertaining
to files and directories that have
been deleted.
– VxCJInfo.dat contains records
pertaining to the backup policies,
backup selections, and backup
schedules and their corresponding
USNs.

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Additional NTFS change journal information

• Integration with the NTFS change journal does not guarantee


that the NTFS change journal is used on every backup.
• The change journal data can be used with:
– Incremental backups: The Use accelerator option is
enabled or not enabled.
– Full backups: The Use accelerator option is enabled.
• If the change journal data cannot be used for a backup:
– NetBackup reverts to a full file system scan.
– A message is logged in the Job Details dialog box for the
backup.

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Configuration

• NetBackup Accelerator is installed with base NetBackup 7.5.


• No new binaries are required.
• NetBackup Accelerator must be enabled in the policy.
• If NTFS change journal is used, it must be enabled in each
client’s host properties.
• NTFS change journal and NetBackup Accelerator can be used
independently of each other.
• The verification of supported storage unit is done at policy
creation time.

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Modes of operation

Accelerator Windows NTFS


Standard forced rescan change journal

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Enabling Accelerator

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Setting the Accelerator forced rescan option

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Setting the Use Change Journal option

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Backup without NetBackup Accelerator or change
journal

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NetBackup Accelerator enabled; change journal not
enabled

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NetBackup Accelerator and change journal enabled

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Thank You!

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