Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation
- Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- Preparing to deploy the appliance
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Appliance common tasks
- Storage management
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- About viewing storage space information using the Show command
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- Network connection management
- Managing users
- About authenticating LDAP users
- About authenticating Active Directory users
- About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
- About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
- Using the appliance
- About configuring Host parameters for your appliance on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About Copilot functionality and Share management
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
- About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
- About mounting a remote NFS
- About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Monitoring the appliance
- About SNMP
- About Call Home
- Appliance security
- About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the appliance login banner
- Upgrading the appliance
- About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.1.2
- Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
- Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
- Appliance restore
- Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
- Troubleshooting
- About disaster recovery
- About NetBackup support utilities
- Appliance logging
- Commands overview
- Appendix A. Appliance commands
- Appendix B. Manage commands
- Appendix C. Monitor commands
- Appendix D. Network commands
- Appendix E. Reports commands
- Appendix F. Settings commands
- Appendix G. Support commands
Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
This section describes how to perform the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance with the combined master and media server role.
You do not need this procedure if the product file supports automatic initial configuration after the deployment.
To perform the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance with the combined master and media server role
- After you have deployed a new virtual appliance, log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu.
The logon is admin, and the default password is P@ssw0rd.
- Use the following command to start the initial configuration:
Main > Appliance > Configure
A message about the Virtual Appliance Initial Configuration Wizard appears. This wizard will walk you through the process to configure this appliance.
The wizard takes you to the first step for network configuration.
Specify the following:
Hostname
Enter a short host name or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for this appliance. As a best practice, Veritas recommends that you use an FQDN.
Caution:
After the initial deployment has completed successfully, the only way to change the host name is to redeploy the appliance.
Note:
If you plan to configure Active Directory (AD) authentication on this appliance, the host name must be 15 characters or less. Otherwise, AD configuration can fail.
DNS domain name
Enter a DNS domain name for this appliance.
IPv4 address
Enter the IPv4 address to be used for this appliance.
Netmask
Enter the netmask that corresponds to the IP address.
Gateway IP address
Enter the IPv4 address of the gateway (network point) that acts as an entrance to another network.
DNS server 1 IP address
Enter the IPv4 address of the primary DNS server for this appliance.
DNS server 2 IP address(Optional)
Enter the IPv4 address of the secondary DNS server for this appliance.
When you are prompted with the following message, choose whether you want to add the host name and IP address to the HOSTS file.
The host name must be resolvable with a DNS or a HOSTS file for the initial configuration to be successful. Do you want to write the host name resolution information to the HOSTS file? [yes, no](no)
Note:
The host name must be resolvable with a DNS server or a HOSTS file for the initial configuration to be successful. If DNS is not available, you can add the host name and IP address to the HOSTS file.
- After the network configuration is completed, the wizard takes you to the second step for the Smart Meter customer registration key.
Veritas Smart Meter helps you manage your NetBackup deployment more efficiently, spot trends, and plan for the future. To obtain a key, follow the onscreen prompts as described below:
Log in to the Veritas Smart Meter site with your VEMS credentials and go to the Registration Keys page to download the key.
The following shares have been opened on this appliance:
CIFS share \<hostname or ip>\incoming_patches\customer_registration/
NFS share <hostname or ip>:/inst/patch/incoming/customer_registration/
Mount one of these share paths.
Upload the
veritas_customer_registration_key.json
file to the mounted share path.
- Once the file is uploaded, the wizard takes you to the third step for storage configuration.
Specify the following:
AdvancedDisk disk pool name
Enter a name for the AdvancedDisk disk pool on the appliance.
AdvancedDisk storage unit name
Enter a name for the AdvancedDisk storage unit on the appliance.
MSDP storage unit name
Enter a name for the MSDP storage unit on the appliance.
MSDP disk pool name
Enter a name for the MSDP disk pool on the appliance.
The storage configuration may take several minutes.
- Use the following command to verify that the automatic configuration completed successfully:
Main > Appliance > Status
The command output should contain a message similar to the following:
Appliance Version is 3.1.2. Appliance is configured as master appliance.
If the output does not show that the appliance is configured as a master appliance, you need to redeploy the appliance or perform other troubleshooting steps to fix the issue before you proceed to the next step. See Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues.
- Use the following commands to change the admin, the maintenance, and the nbasecadmin account passwords from the known default password (P@ssw0rd):
Main > Settings > Password admin
Main > Settings > Password maintenance
Main > Settings > Password nbasecadmin
Note:
You cannot access the NetBackup web UI until you have changed the nbasecadmin user password.
- Use the following command to set the time zone:
Main > Network > TimeZone Set
Select the appropriate time zone from the displayed list.
- Use the following command to add a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server:
Main > Network > NTPServer Add <Server>
Where <Server> is the name of the NTPServer.
- Add a permanent license key before the evaluation key expires with the following command:
Main > Manage > License > Add
You can locate your permanent license key from the Veritas Entitlement Management System (VEMS). To access VEMS, click Licensing on the Veritas Support website.
Warning:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance has a specific license key, and if the correct key is not installed, the appliance services stop functioning after the evaluation key expires. Make sure that the permanent license key that you add is correct for NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
See Managing license keys on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
- (Optional)
If you want to configure an IPv6 address for the appliance, run the following command:
Main > Network > IPv6 <IPAddress> <Prefix> InterfaceName
Where <IPAddress> is the IPv6 address and <Prefix> is the prefix length.
- (Optional)
If you want to configure an IPv6 DNS server on the appliance, run the following command:
Main > Network > DNS Add NameServer <IPAddress>
Where <IPAddress> is the IPv6 address of the additional DNS server. Only global-scope and unique-local IPv6 addresses are allowed.
See Configuring DNS and host name mapping for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
- Log on to the appliance from the NetBackup Administration Console and activate the NetBackup catalog backup policy.
By default, the appliance creates an inactive backup policy that uses a Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) to protect the NetBackup catalog. The SLP backs up the data to AdvancedDisk and then duplicates it to MSDP. You are then able to use Auto Image Replication to save your catalog backup off site. Veritas recommends that you use this replication-based strategy for disaster recovery (DR) due to the combined master and media server role of the appliance.
To activate the policy, navigate to the NetBackup Management > Policies tab in the Administration Console, right-click on the
nbu-catalog
policy, and select Activate.Note:
You must set a encryption passphrase for the disaster recovery package for the catalog to be successful. Catalog backups continue to fail until the passphrase is set.
For more information about the security requirements for disaster recovery , see the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.
If you plan to use AdvancdDisk to back up your clients, note that the AdvancedDisk does not support Auto Image Replication. If you want to save the data off site, create an SLP to duplicate the backup data on AdvancedDisk to MSDP. You are then able to use Auto Image Replication to transfer the data off site.
After the appliance is configured and operational, you are ready to install NetBackup client software on the computers that you want to back up.
See the NetBackup Installation Guide for how to install NetBackup clients.