Configuring partial cluster backups to an IBM Storage Protect server

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You can configure IBM Storage Protect to complete a partial backup of a NetApp cluster. This method is useful when multiple organizations own data in the cluster. Each organization can manage backup operations for its data.

Before you begin

For an overview of NDMP functionality in IBM Storage Protect and NetApp file servers, see technote 7046965. This technote also lists system requirements.

If the NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 or later, or 9.1 or later, operating system is installed on your NetApp file server, use the following procedure. After you configure your NetApp file server to work with IBM Storage Protect, you can use the NetApp Cluster Aware Backup (CAB) extension to back up a partial cluster. When you configure a partial cluster backup, you determine the scope of the backup by specifying a virtual server, the NetApp storage virtual machine (SVM). The SVM provides access to part of a cluster.

If the NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 or later, or 9.1 or later, operating system is not installed on your NetApp file server, back up data by following the instructions in Configuring IBM Storage Protect for NDMP operations in a nonclustered environment.

Procedure

Verify that IBM Storage Protect Extended Edition is installed, and that the license is registered. If the license is not registered, issue the following IBM Storage Protect command:
```
register license file=tsmee.lic
```
Obtain cluster administrator privileges for the NetApp file server. This step is required to access the cluster console.
On the NetApp file server, enable the use of NDMP by following the instructions in the Clustered Data ONTAP® Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide. Complete the following steps:
1. Enable the NetApp SVM to control NDMP backup operations.
2. Create a backup user ID for NDMP operations.
3. Configure a network interface for NDMP control connections at the SVM level.
Register the IBM Storage Protect node that will own the backed-up data. On the IBM Storage Protect server, issue the REGISTER NODE command:
```
register node node_name password domain=nas_domain type=nas
```
where node_name specifies the node name, password specifies the node password, and nas_domain specifies the domain of the node.
Determine the numerical IP address or the domain name of the cluster interface that is used by the SVM. To determine the value, on the NAS file server, issue the following ONTAP operating system command:
```
network interface show -vserver vserver_name -role data
```
where vserver_name specifies the name of the SVM. This value that you obtain is required in step 6.
Define an associated data mover for the IBM Storage Protect node by issuing the DEFINE DATAMOVER command and specifying TYPE=NASVSERVER. On the IBM Storage Protect server, issue the following command on one line:
```
define datamover data_mover_name type=nasvserver
hladdress=svm_data_interface lladdress=port 
USER=user_name password=password dataformat=netappdump
```
where svm_data_interface is the value that you obtained in step 5 and data_mover_name is the name of the node that you registered in step 4.
For information about specifying the other parameters, see DEFINE DATAMOVER (Define a data mover).
Configure an IBM Storage Protect policy for managing NAS image backups. Follow the instructions in Configuring an IBM Storage Protect policy for NDMP operations.
Update the node that you registered in step 4 to the domain that you configured in step 7. On the IBM Storage Protect server, issue the UPDATE NODE command:
```
update node node_name domain=domain_name
```
Optional: Identify the volumes in the cluster and schedule backup operations. Take the following steps:
1. On the NAS file server, identify the volumes in the cluster by issuing the following Data ONTAP command:
```
volume show -vserver vserver_name
```
  where vserver_name specifies the name of the SVM.
2. Schedule backup operations by following the instructions in Scheduling NDMP operations.

What to do next

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.