Deploying backup and restore setups

Deployment options: Netezza Performance Server for Cloud Pak for Data System

Learn how to deploy a backup and restore setup on a running Netezza Performance Server instance without any further dependencies.

For each storage type, you must provide select backup and restore arguments.

Note:

For versions older than 11.2.2.3, if you deploy a new backup and restore setup on a running instance, the existing deployments are wiped out. New ones are deployed. For example, if you already have an NFS storage and want to specify a SAN storage, you must modify and pass arguments for both SAN and NFS with the nzinstall modify command.
When you are configuring a backup and restore pod with SAN storage and specify a different file system type as compared to what was configured before, you might lose data.
Starting from 11.2.2.3, the backup and restore deployment storage is added to the existing storage deployment. For example, if you already have an NFS storage and want to deploy a SAN storage, run the nzinstall modify command with SAN-specific arguments.

Procedure

To add an NFS storage, run:

nzinstall modify --instance NPS INSTANCE \
--bnr-storage-src nfs \
--nfs-config-data NFS_CONFIG_DATA \

Example:

nzinstall modify --instance nps-1 \ 
--bnr-storage-src nfs \ 
--nfs-config-data "9.1.1.0:/nfs0:500:/pod/nfs0:rw 9.1.1.0:/nfs1:600:/pod/nfs1:rw"

To add a SAN storage, run:

nzinstall modify --instance NPS INSTANCE \
--bnr-storage-src san \
--san-config-data SAN_CONFIG_DATA

Example:

nzinstall modify --instance nps-1 \ 
--bnr-storage-src san \ 
--san-config-data "3600507681080813d6800000000000002:3000:/dest/san01:xfs 3600507681080813d6800000000000003:10000:/dest/san02:xfs"

To add a NFS and a SAN storage, run:

nzinstall modify --instance NPS INSTANCE \ 
--bnr-storage-src nfs san \
--nfs-config-data NFS_CONFIG_DATA \
--san-config-data SAN_CONFIG_DATA

Example:

nzinstall modify --instance nps-1 \ 
--bnr-storage-src "nfs san" \ 
--nfs-config-data "9.1.1.0:/nfs0:500:/pod/nfs0:rw 9.1.1.0:/nfs1:600:/pod/nfs1:rw" \
--san-config-data "3600507681080813d6800000000000002:3000:/dest/san01:xfs 3600507681080813d6800000000000003:10000:/dest/san02:xfs"

For more information about the nzinstall modify command and its arguments, see Backup and restore configuration arguments.

What to do next

If you want to access the storage inside the backup and restore pod, see Accessing the storage inside the backup and restore pods.