Symantec NetBackup, Manual

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About multiple Nirvanix child accounts
You can create additional child accounts for your storage pool; to do so, use the
Nirvanix Management Portal.
One reason to use multiple Nirvanix child accounts is to separate your NetBackup
traffic. You can use each child account as the storage for a disk pool. Then, use
each disk pool for a different storage unit (for example, five child accounts and
five storage units). In each storage unit, you can select a subset of the media
servers as the data movers. With this method, you can use each disk pool for a
different type of data and balance the backup load among the media servers.
Alternatively, you can configure one disk pool and use that disk pool as the storage
destination for multiple storage units. And then use the storage units to balance
backup load among the media servers. If you have more than one child account,
one disk pool can consume all of the child accounts.
If you use multiple child accounts, create them before you create the disk pool. If
you create them later, adding them to the disk is more difficult.
You also can use multiple storage units to prioritize your backup traffic.
See “About OpenStorage storage unit recommendations” on page 94.
About backup image representation in the Nirvanix cloud
The Nirvanix Management Portal shows the NetBackup backup images as follows
in the Nirvanix Web Client:
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Backup images appear as folders under the Storage Pool/Child Account view.
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Every write operation for a new image creates a folder under the backup image
folder. The folder names use a block image sequence number; for example, 0,
1, 2, and so on.
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Each backup image folder contains a
block_map
file. The file maps the block
images to individual files.
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Backup image properties are added as metadata to the folders.
About data encryption for cloud storage
You can encrypt your data before you send it to the cloud. NetBackup uses the
NetBackup Key Management Service (KMS) for data encryption for cloud storage.
To use encryption, you must first configure the Key Management Service. Enable
the KMS on a NetBackup host type that supports KMS.
Information about supported systems for KMS is available.
Planning your deployment
About Nirvanix cloud storage
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