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
Adding a permanent license key if an evaluation license key expires
If your evaluation license key expires, you may encounter problems with your appliance. You can avoid future issues if you add a permanent license key before the evaluation key expires.
Note:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance requires a specific license key. When you add the permanent license key, make sure that it is correct for NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
The following list identifies some symptoms that you may encounter if the evaluation key has expired and if you have not added a permanent key:
A fully configured NetBackup Virtual Appliance stops working.
You may even observe the following issues with an appliance that does not have permanent keys installed:
System self-test fails.
Backup and restore jobs fail.
The user interface does not load.
You can locate your permanent license key from the Veritas Entitlement Management System (VEMS). To access VEMS, click Veritas Support website.
on theTo install a permanent license key on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance with an expired evaluation key
- Log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu as an administrator.
Note:
If the appliance has not already been configured or if you have not changed the default password, use admin as the user name and P@ssw0rd as the password.
- Enter Main_Menu > Manage > License > Add.
- Enter a valid evaluation or production license key when prompted for a NetBackup license key.
Caution:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance requires a specific license key, and the appliance services do not function if the correct key is not installed. Make sure that the license key that you add is correct for NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
- Enter n when prompted to add an additional license key.
- Stop the NetBackup processes.
Main_Menu > Support > Processes > NetBackup Stop
- Start NetBackup processes.
Main_Menu > Support > Processes > NetBackup Start