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Netbackup 8.0 Blueprint IRV
Netbackup 8.0 Blueprint IRV
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The NetBackup components and process flow are illustrated here for an Activate
request – that was initiated using the nbrestorevm –ir_activate command:
1. nbrestorevm is executed on either the master server or restore host, and sends
an Activate request to bprd. At a minimum, the command specifies the VMware
virtual machine and the temporary datastore on the ESX server.
2. The bprd daemon verifies if this backup image is already activated, or not.
3. bprd sends a request to nbfsd on the media server to export the backup image
for the selected VMware virtual machine.
4. After the export is successfully completed, bprd sends a request to the nbfs
client on the VM proxy or restore host to mount the backup image as a
NetBackup datastore.
5. After the mount operation is successful, bprd sends a request to bpvmutil on the
proxy host to activate the virtual machine.
6. After the Activate operation is successful, bprd saves the record in the
NetBackup database.
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Nbrestorevm –ir_deactivate command is used to deactivate or delete a restored VM
if it is no longer required.
NetBackup components and process flow are illustrated here for a Deactivate request
– that was initiated using the nbrestorevm –ir_deactivate command:
1. nbrestorevm is executed on either the master or restore host, and sends a
deactivate request to bprd.
2. bprd verifies with bpdbm if this VM is activated or not.
3. bprd sends a request to bpvmutil on the proxy host to deactivate or delete the
Instant Recovery virtual machine.
4. After the Instant Recovery VM is deleted or deactivated, bprd sends a request to
the nbfs client on the proxy or restore host to unmount the NetBackup datastore.
5. After the unmount is completed, bprd removes the activate VM record from the
database.
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