PowerScale OneFS 9.7.0.0 Backup and Recovery Guide

Create a client

With NetWorker, you must create a client that specifies the data to be backed up from an PowerScale cluster. If you are creating a client using NetWorker 9.0 and later, you must enable the diagnostics mode to set the storage node. Furthermore, to perform a two-way backup, the storage node must be set as the name of the Backup Accelerator node or Fibre Attached Storage node.

1. Connect to the NetWorker server from the NetWorker Management Console Server.
2. On the Enterprise tab, select a NetWorker server name and double-click.
3. Click Launch NetWorker Administration.
4. In the NetWorker administration window, click Protection.
5. To configure a new client, right-click Clients and select New to open the Create Client window.
6. Configure a client through the General tab.
   1. In the Name field, type a name or IP address for the client.
   2. In the Save set field, type the full path of the directory that you want to back up.
   3. From the Pool list, select the name of the data media pool you created.
   4. From the Protection group list, select a group that you created previously.
7. Configure a remote user through the Apps & Modules tab.
   1. In the Remote user field, type the name of an NDMP user you configured on the cluster.
   2. In the Password field, type the password of the NDMP user.
   3. Select NDMP and then, in the Backup command field, type the following backup command:

      nsrndmp_save -T tar

   4. In the Application information field, type the NDMP environment variables that you want to specify.
      The following text enables directory-based file history and direct access restores (DAR):

      DIRECT=Y
      HIST=F

      For a complete list of available options, see NDMP environment variables.