Kanatek recently installed a back up infrastructure for a Canadian financial institution running on IBM Windows.

The client had approximately 1 TeraByte of data in their environment. Of this volume of data, about 400 GB resided on the IMG_SERVER2 and IBM Fast T500 fibre channel attached disk array.

The proposed backup LAN was a 100 Base-T switched environment. However, all servers in the environment hd gigabit Ethernet capabilities as well.

It was desired that the final end backup configuration had all backups going through a firewall to the backup server and port usage was to be minimized through the firewall. As a result, Symantec NetBackup 4.5 DataCenter software was utilized for its no-call back method that minimizes the required number of open ports in the firewall.

The client also had a NetBackup 3.4 installation in another Canadian location which consisted of a Sun V880 NetBackup master server and two Seagate LTO-1 SCSI tape drives in an STK L180 tape library. Interoperability between the two locations from a backup and recovery perspective was required.

Phase 1 – Data Gathering - Kanatek worked with the client to determine and document the following information about the existing backup/recovery environment hosted by IBM (and utilizing IBM TSM):

• Backup Windows
• Retention of backups
• Full/Incremental Backup Schedule
• Off-siting or vaulting of Tapes
• Recovery SLA 's and requirements
  

Phase 2 – Onsite Implementation

• Installed Windows 2000 and Service Packs onto NetBackup Master Server
• Connected and configured LTO-2 tape drives on the Windows NetBackup Master server
• Installed Symantec NetBackup 4.5 Feature Pack 5 onto NetBackup Master
• Installed licensing
• Installed and configured : NetBackup Clients for Windows NT, NetBackup Clients for Novell, NetBackup 3.4 Client for OS/2, and NetBackup Agents for Oracle on NT
• Tested file level backups and restores
• Set up backup policies with respect to windows, retention, fulls/incrementals, vaulting
• Assisted in developing the operational procedures required to support the system
• Provided “as-built” documentation
• Provided on-site support for cut-over period

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