Test Scenario

Storage Involved

Protocol(s) Tested

Result

Backup Target -Object

OceanStor Pacific Storage

S3

Passed

Name

Model

Version

Quantity

Storage

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Scale-Out Storage

(Hereinafter referred to as “Pacific” as well)

8.2

1

Name

description

Usage

Quantity

VMWare ESXi

x86 server

• CPU:2* Gold 6130
• Memory: 256 GB
• Network: 4 x 10GE optical ports
  

VMWare VM Backup and Restoration

1

Ethernet switch

Huawei 6855 10GE Network Switch

Ethernet switches for management networking and service networking.

2

Veritas NetBackup Master server

(Hereinafter referred to as “NBU server” as well)

• x86 server
• CPU:2* Silver 4208
  
• Memory: 256 GB
  
• Primary storage disk: 2 x 3.84 TB SSD
  
• Network: 4 x 10GE optical ports
  

Deploys backup software to schedule backup tasks and transfer backup data.

1

Veritas NetBackup Media server

(Hereinafter referred to as “NBU server” as well)

• x86 server
• CPU:2* Silver 4208
• Memory: 256 GB
  
• Primary storage disk: 2 x 3.84 TB SSD
  
• Network: 4 x 10GE optical ports
  

Deploys backup software to schedule backup tasks and transfer backup data.

1

Software Name

description

Version

Quantity

VMWare ESXi

VMware virtualization platform

7

1

Veritas NetBackup

Veritas NetBackup Software

10.4

1

Operation System

Install the Windows Hosts

Windows Server 2016(master server)

1

Operation System

Install the Linux Hosts

RHEL 8.8(media server)

1

Test Purpose

To verify that the bucket can be added to the NBU server as S3 target storage through HTTP protocol.

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   

Test Procedure

1. Add the storage device as a cloud storage server through HTTP protocol. Endpoint access style choose Virtual Hosted Style.
   
2. Create a disk pool and add the bucket as disk volume.
   
3. Create a storage unit and select the disk pool created in step 2.
   
4. Create a backup policy.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 1, succeed to configure the cloud storage server.
   
2. In step 2, succeed to configure the disk pool.
   
3. In step 3, succeed to configure the storage unit.
   
4. In step 4, succeed to configure the backup policy.
   

Test Result

In step 1, the cloud storage server is configured successfully.

2. In step 2, the disk pool is configured successfully.

3. In step 3, the storage unit is configured successfully. 

In step 4, the backup policy is configured successfully. 

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To Verify that the NBU server full backup and recovery is working

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. Prepare some large files and small files.
   
5. The backup policy has been created in section 3.1.
   

Test Procedure

1. Right-click the backup policy and start full backup job.
   
2. Once the backup job is finished, check the status of full backup job.
   
3. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.
   
4. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistency.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 2, the full backup job finishes successfully.
   
2. In step 4, the recovery job finishes successfully, and restored files are the same as the original files.
   

Test Result

Prerequisites

Pre1 Prepare some large files and small files as backup source.

Test Result

In Step1, right-click the backup policy and start full backup job.

2. In Step2, check that the state of backup job is done. The backup job finishes successfully.

3. In Step3, Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.

4. In Step4, check that the state of restore job is successful, and restored files are the same as the original files.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To Verify that the NBU server incremental backup and recovery is working

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. Prepare some large files and small files.
   
5. The full backup job has completed in section 3.2.
   

Test Procedure

1. Right-click the backup policy and start incremental backup job.
   
2. Once the backup job is finished, check the status of incremental backup job.
   
3. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.
   
4. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistency.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 2, the incremental backup job finishes successfully.
   
2. In step 4, the recovery job finishes successfully, and restored files are the same as the original files.
   

Test Result

Prerequisites

Pre1 Add some large files and small files as backup source.

Test Result

In Step1, right-click the backup policy and start incremental backup job.

2. In Step2, check that the state of backup job is done. The backup job finishes successfully.

3. In Step3, Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.

4. In Step4, check that the state of restore job is successful, and restored files are the same as the original files.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To verify that the bucket can be added to the NBU server as S3 target storage through HTTPS protocol.

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. The storage device certificate has been imported and activated, please refer to the section 4.2.
   
5. The complete certificate chain of storage device has been prepared on the NBU server.
   

Test Procedure

1. Add the storage device as a cloud storage server through HTTPS protocol. For Endpoint access style choose Path Style.
   
2. Create a disk pool and add the bucket as disk volume.
   
3. Create a storage unit and select the disk pool created in step 2.
   
4. Create a backup policy.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 1, succeed to configure the cloud storage server.
   
2. In step 2, succeed to configure the disk pool.
   
3. In step 3, succeed to configure the storage unit.
   
4. In step 4, succeed to configure the backup policy.
   

Test Result

Prerequisites Pre1 Write the complete certificate chain file to the cacert.pem file on NBU server. 

Test Result In step 1, the cloud storage server is configured successfully.

1. In step 2, the disk pool is configured successfully.

 





3. In step 3, the storage unit is configured successfully.

2. In step 4, the backup policy is configured successfully.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To Verify that the NBU server full backup and recovery is working

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. Prepare some large files and small files.
   

Test Procedure

1. Right-click the backup policy and start full backup job.
   
2. Once the backup job is finished, check the status of full backup job.
   
3. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.
   
4. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistency.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 2, the full backup job finishes successfully.
   
2. In step 4, the recovery job finishes successfully, and restored files are the same as original files.
   

Test Result

Prerequisites Pre1 Prepare some large files and small files as backup source.
Test Result In Step1, right-click the backup policy and start full backup job.


2. In Step2, check that the state of backup job is done. The backup job finishes successfully.
3. In Step3, Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To Verify that the NBU server incremental backup and recovery is working

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. Prepare some large files and small files.
   
5. The full backup job has completed in section 3.5.
   

Test Procedure

1. Right-click the backup policy and start incremental backup job.
   
2. Once the backup job is finished, check the status of incremental backup job.
   
3. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.
   
4. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistence.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 2, the incremental backup job finishes successfully.
   
2. In step 4, the recovery job finishes successfully, and restored files are the same as the original files.
   

Test Result

Prerequisites

Pre1 Add some large files and small files as backup source.

Test Result

1. In Step1, right-click the backup policy and start incremental backup job.

2. In Step2, check that the state of backup job is done. The backup job finishes successfully.

3. In Step3, Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.

4. In Step4, check that the state of restore job is successful, and restored files are the same as the original files.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To test that the NetBackup server supports adding a bucket as the S3 backup source through the HTTP protocol.

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. The NetBackup WebUi console is available
   

Test Procedure

1. Add the storage device as a cloud storage server through HTTP protocol. Endpoint access style choose Virtual Hosted Style.
   
2. Create a disk pool and add the bucket as disk volume.
   
3. Create a storage unit and select the disk pool created in step 2.
   
4. Create a cloud object store.
   
5. Create a backup policy, which policy type is Cloud-Object-Store.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 1, succeed to configure the cloud storage server.
   
2. In step 2, succeed to configure the disk pool.
   
3. In step 3, succeed to configure the storage unit.
   
4. In step 4, succeed to add cloud object store
   
5. In step 5, succeed to configure the backup policy.
   

Test Result

In step 1, the cloud storage server is configured successfully.

2. In step 2, the disk pool is configured successfully.

 




3. In step 3, the storage unit is configured successfully. 

In step 4, the cloud object store is created successfully.

In step 5, the backup policy is configured successfully. 

Test Purpose

To Verify that full backup and restore works properly with an NBU server when S3 bucket is the backup source

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.
   
2. The storage device is running properly.
   
3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.
   
4. Prepare some large files and small files.
   
5. The backup policy has been created in section 4.1
   

Test Procedure

1. Right-click the backup policy and start full backup job.
   
2. Once the backup job is finished, check the status of full backup job.
   
3. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.
   
4. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistency.
   

Expected Result

1. In step 2, the full backup job finishes successfully.
   
2. In step 4, the recovery job finishes successfully, and restored files are the same as the original files.
   

Test Result

Prerequisites

Pre1 Prepare some large files and small files as backup source.

Test Result

In Step1, right-click the backup policy and start full backup job.

2. In Step2, check that the state of backup job is done. The backup job finishes successfully.

3. In Step3, Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.

4. In Step4, check that the state of restore job is successful, and restored files are the same as the original files.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To verify that the MSDP function of the NBU is complete and available.

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.

2. The storage device is running properly.

3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.

4. The media server has been installed and connected to the master server

Test Procedure

1. Login VERITAS NetBackup Console from browser

2. Choose Storage > Disk storage > Add to add a storage server.

3. On the displayed page, choose Disk storage servers > Media Server Deduplication Pool to local or cloud storage (MSDP, MSDP Cloud).

4. Select media server. (You are not advised to select the primary server, as unexpected problems may occur.)

5. Enter the user-defined account and password. (This account is used only for MSDP.)

6. Enter the MSDP path in the storage path text box. (You can also click Browse to select the directory. Ensure that the selected directory has sufficient space.)

7. (Optional) Whether to enable encryption. KMS encryption options need to be configured additionally.

8. Click Save and wait until the creation is complete.

Expected Result

1. In step 1, login NBU web console success.

2. In step 3, the server is loaded and the media server is selected.

3. In step 8, the MSDP storage pool is successfully created.

Test Results

1. Login VERITAS NetBackup Console from browser.
2. Choose Storage > Disk storage > Add to add a storage server.

6. Enter the MSDP path in the storage path text box. (You can also click Browse to select the directory. Ensure that the selected directory has sufficient space.)

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To verify that the MSDP is available

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.

2. The storage device is running properly.

3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.

4. The media server has been installed and connected to the master server.

5. The MSDP has created success in section 4.1

Test Procedure

Expected Result

1. In step 10, the list of buckets that meet the requirements is successfully obtained.

2. In step 16, success to create storage pool and volumes.

Test Results

1. Choose Disk storage > Disk pool > Add to add a storage pool.
   
2.Click Change and select the storage server.

4. Select add volume under volume.

5. Enter the volume name.

6. Select Amazon Agreement

8. Choose Region > Add.

14. Select retrieve list (to obtain existing buckets) and add a new bucket.
15. (Optional) Configuring Replication

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To verify that storage pool and volumes is available

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.

2. The storage device is running properly.

3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.

4. The media server has been installed and connected to the master server.

5. The MSDP has created success in section 4.1

6. The storage pool and volumes has created success in section 4.2

Test Procedure

1. Choose Storage Units > Add to add a storage unit.

2. Select disk storage server > Media Server Deduplication Pool to local or cloud storage (MSDP, MSDP Cloud) in the pop-up window.

3. Enter the name and click Next.

4. Select disk pool, select Enable WORM, and click Next. (Enable WORM indicates that the WORM function is enabled.)

5. (Optional) Add additional media servers and click Next.

6. Confirm the configuration information and click Finish.

Expected Result

1. In step 4, succeed to select storage pool which was created in section 4.2

2. In step 6, succeed to create the unit.

Test Results

1. Choose Storage Units > Add to add a storage unit.

2. Select disk storage server > Media Server Deduplication Pool to local or cloud storage (MSDP, MSDP Cloud) in the pop-up window.

3. Enter the name and click Next.

4. Select disk pool, select Enable WORM, and click Next. (Enable WORM indicates that the WORM function is enabled.)

5. (Optional) Add additional media servers and click Next

6. Confirm the configuration information and click Save.

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To verify that the MSDP unit is available

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.

2. The storage device is running properly.

3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.

4. the storage unit has created success in selection 4.3

Test Procedure

1. Choose Policy > Add.

2. Enter the policy name, and set policy type, policy storage, and other configuration items as required.

3. Select Schedule and click Add.

4. Enter the name, set type of backup, and set the retention period. (Note that the lockout time must be within the time range set during MSDP configuration and cannot be modified once it is configured.)

5. Select the client and click Add.

6. Enter the client name, select the client operating system, and select Detect client operating system.

7. Select backup selections and click Add.

8. Selecting a backup file

9. Click Create.

Expected Result

1. In step 6, succeed to connect to the client and browser files of the client.

2. In step 9, create policy success

Test Results

1. Choose Policy > Add.
2. Enter the policy name, and set policy type, policy storage, and other configuration items as required.

4. Enter the name, set type of backup, and set the retention period. (Note that the lockout time must be within the time range set during MSDP configuration and cannot be modified once it is configured.)

5. Select the client and click Add

Test Conclusion

Passed

Test Purpose

To verify that the NetBackup can start the WORM through the MSDP and the full backup is working.

Test Networking

Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage Function Compatibility Test Networking

Prerequisites

1. Deployment of storage device, Master server, Media server and networking have been completed.

2. The storage device is running properly.

3. Namespace and object bucket have been created on the storage device.

4. Prepare some large files and small files.

5. The backup policy has been created in section 4.4.

Test Procedure

1. Select a backup policy and click Manual Backup.

2. Once the backup job is finished, check the status of full backup job.

3. Check whether the WORM takes effect.

4. Try to delete the backup file.

5. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place.

6. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistency.

Expected Result

1. In step 2, the full backup job finishes successfully.

2. In step 3, worm takes effect normally

3. In step 4, delete the backup file failed

4. In step 6, the recovery job finishes successfully, and restored files are the same as the original files.

Test Results

Prerequisites Pre1 Prepare some large files and small files as backup source.
Test Result

3. Check whether the WORM takes effect. 4. Try to delete the backup file
5. Enter the recover page and start the recovery job, restoring files to another place. 6. Once the recovery job finished, check the status of the job and data consistency..

Test Conclusion

Passed