NetBackup™ Self Service Configuration Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.0)
  1. Configuring a Self Service solution
    1.  
      About configuring a Self Service solution
    2.  
      Self Service scheduled backup
    3.  
      Configuration checklist
  2. Configuring a NetBackup master server
    1.  
      About configuring the NetBackup master server
    2.  
      Enabling communication with a Windows NetBackup master server
    3.  
      Enabling communication with a UNIX NetBackup master server
    4.  
      Enabling communication with a NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Enabling communication with a NetBackup master server using the REST API
    6.  
      Creating NetBackup Template Policies
  3. Configuring Self Service
    1.  
      About Self Service configuration
    2.  
      Configuring backup servers
    3.  
      Configuring protection
    4.  
      Configuring the Backup Now form
    5.  
      Configuring tenants
    6.  
      Access rights
    7.  
      Registering computers
    8. Configuring the home page
      1.  
        Home page integration settings
  4. Customizing Self Service
    1.  
      Language settings
    2.  
      Creating or customizing a request form
    3.  
      Themes
    4.  
      Notices
  5. User authentication methods
    1.  
      About user authentication methods
    2.  
      Forms based authentication
    3.  
      Windows Authentication
    4.  
      Active Directory Import
    5.  
      Configuring Self Service to use Federated Single Sign-On
  6. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting
    2.  
      Where to find troubleshooting information
    3.  
      Impersonation of a tenant user
    4.  
      Issues with Remote PowerShell to Windows master servers
    5.  
      Issues with HTTPS configuration
  7. Appendix A. NetBackup policy types
    1.  
      List of NetBackup policy types
  8. Appendix B. Dashboard traffic light status and usage
    1.  
      About dashboard traffic light status and usage
    2.  
      Assets with a protection type
    3.  
      Assets without a Protection Type
    4.  
      Usage and Charging
  9. Appendix C. Synchronizing data from NetBackup
    1.  
      About synchronizing data from NetBackup
  10. Appendix D. NetBackup Self Service data caching process
    1.  
      About NetBackup Self Service data caching process
    2.  
      NetBackup Data Synchronization
    3.  
      Backup Now
    4.  
      Protect
    5.  
      Unprotect
  11. Appendix E. Integration settings
    1.  
      About integration settings
    2.  
      NetBackup Adapter
    3.  
      NetBackup Adapter Usage
    4.  
      NetBackup Adapter Access Rights
    5.  
      Action Request Types
    6.  
      vCloud Director import
  12. Appendix F. REST API
    1.  
      About the REST API
  13. Appendix G. Glossary
    1.  
      Glossary

vCloud Director import

This type of section contains details of the vCloud Director import process which allows computers to be imported from a specific vCloud Director instance and registered with NetBackup Self Service. The computers are imported on a tenant by tenant basis using individual credentials. There can be multiple vCloud Director Import sections.

Table:

Setting name

Tenant override

Details

vCloud Api

No

This value should be set to the URL of the vCloud Director API, in the format of https://hostname/api/.

Location

No

The name of the NetBackup backup server the computers are registered to

Online

No

Indicates if the vCloud Director instance is considered online. Self Service does not use the instances that are not online.

Ignore SSL Certificate Errors

No

This option allows the Self Service to connect to vCloud Director instances where the SSL certificate is not valid.

vCloud UserName

Yes

The user name that the tenant uses to connect to the vCloud Director API. Each tenant must have their own credentials. It must be in the format userid@vOrg. Must be set at the tenant level only.

vCloud Password

Yes

The tenant's corresponding vCloud Director password. Must be set at the tenant level only.

Protection Type Code

No

The protection type that is applied to imported computers.

Use vDC Filter

No

Set this option to enable vDC filtering.

vDC Filter

No

The filter to apply to vDCs during an import. This filter is a comma separated list and vDC names are case-sensitive. Set at the tenant level only.

Display Name

No

The name that is displayed in the default view on the home page for end-users.

Include Metadata

Yes

Determines if metadata is included in the import.

vCloud Admin UserName

No

The administrator user for vCloud in the format: Administrator@System.

vCloud Admin Password

No

The password of the account with administrator credentials in vCloud