Veritas NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (4.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Adding the partner node to the NetBackup 53xx high availability configuration

Once the partner node is configured, use this procedure to complete the HA setup as follows:

  • Add the partner node to the HA setup

    You can add the partner node by using the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  • Approve the host name mappings

    Starting with release 3.1.2, to complete the HA setup you must approve all host name mappings in the NetBackup Administration Console on the associated primary server. If the mappings are not approved, the MSDP service will not be online after a switchover. The last step in each procedure describes how to approve the mappings.

  • Deploy the appropriate CA certificates to the partner node

    NetBackup Appliance release 3.2 introduces support for external certificate authority certificates. This feature provides an alternative to using the NetBackup Certificate Authority for host verification and security. This procedure includes the necessary information to deploy these certificates. For more information about security certificates, see the chapter "External CA support in NetBackup" in the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide

    Note:

    External CA deployment on a partner node is only supported through the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  • Starting with release 4.0, you are required to change the default passwords for the admin, maintenance, and sysadmin (IPMI) user accounts. If the passwords for these user accounts have not been changed on the partner node before performing this procedure, prompts appear to guide you through the process.

Once the partner node is added, the network information of the partner node is automatically added to the additional server list on the primary server. The firmware on each node and the shared Primary Storage Shelf in the HA setup are attached with the same asset tag automatically.

Warning:

Do not change the time and date settings on the two nodes once the HA setup is complete.

Verify NetBackup processes are running

Before adding the partner node to complete an appliance HA setup, you must first verify that all NetBackup processes are running on the primary server and on both HA nodes.

  • Primary server

    If the primary server is an appliance, log in to the appliance shell menu and enter the following command:

    Support > Processes > NetBackup Show

    If the primary server is not an appliance, log in to the NetBackup command line and enter the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup show

  • Media server nodes

    On the compute node and the partner that node you want to add, log in to the appliance shell menu and enter the following command:

    Support > Processes > NetBackup Show

If any processes are not running on the primary server or on the nodes, adding the partner node fails. To prevent this failure, you must first stop all NetBackup processes and then restart them as follows:

  • Stopping NetBackup processes

    For a primary server appliance and both appliance nodes, enter the following command:

    Support > Processes > NetBackup Stop

    If the primary server is not an appliance, enter the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup stop

    To verify that all processes have stopped, enter the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpps -x

    If any processes are still running, with the exception of nbftsrvr/nbfdrv64, re-enter the stop command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup stop

    To stop the nbftsrvr/nbfdrv64 process, enter the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/nbftserver stop

    Note:

    This process may not stop immediately. Make sure to wait until the command result shows that it has stopped.

  • Restarting NetBackup processes

    For a primary server appliance and both appliance nodes, enter the following command:

    Support > Processes > NetBackup Start

    If the primary server is not an appliance, enter the following commands in the order as they appear:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup start

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/nbftserver start

Adding the partner node

Use one of the following procedures to add the partner node to the HA setup.

To add the partner node from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console

Note:

If you need to deploy an External CA certificate, you must add the partner node from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu as described in the procedure that follows this one.

  1. On the node that you used to set up the HA configuration, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console as admin.
  2. On the Welcome to Veritas NetBackup Appliance Web Console page, click Manage > High Availability.
  3. On the High Availability page, the current status of the HA configuration is identified as incomplete. Click Add Partner.
  4. On the Add Partner Node dialog box, enter the configured hostname of the partner node and click Add.
  5. If the fingerprint values match, click Next.
  6. Enter the admin user password for the partner node and click Next. When the message Do you want to continue? appears, click Continue.