Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

To manually configure the appliance network from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu

1. Open an SSH session to the appliance to log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu.

   The logon is admin, and the default password is P@ssw0rd.

   If you cannot open an SSH session to the appliance, you can attempt to log on from the vSphere (Web) Client. Navigate to the deployed appliance and select the Console tab to access the shell menu.

   If you still cannot log on, return to the OVF deployment wizard and redeploy the appliance.

2. Navigate to the Main > Network view and enter the following command to configure the IP address of a single network that you want your appliance to connect to:

   Configure IPAddress Netmask GatewayIPAddress eth1

   Where IPAddress is the new IP address, Netmask is the netmask that corresponds to the IP address, and GatewayIPAddress is the IP address of the default gateway for the interface.

   The IPAddress and the GatewayIPAddress can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Only global-scope and unique-local IPv6 addresses are allowed.

   Remember that you should not use both IPv4 and IPv6 address in the same command. For example, you cannot use Configure 9ffe::9 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1.. You should use Configure 9ffe::46 64 9ffe::49 eth1

3. From the Main > Network view, use the following command to set the appliance DNS domain name:

   DNS Domain Name

   Where Name is the new domain name for the appliance.

4. From the Main > Network view, use the following command to add the DNS name server to your appliance configuration:

   DNS Add NameServer IPAddress

   Where IPAddress is the IP address of the DNS server.

   The address can be either IPv4 or IPv6. Only global-scope and unique-local IPv6 addresses are allowed.

5. From the Main > Network view, use the following command to set the host name for your appliance:

   Hostname Set Name

   Where Name is a short host name or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the appliance. As a best practice, Veritas recommends that you use FQDN.

   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.

6. Use one of the following commands to set the role of the appliance:

   Main > Appliance > Primary

   Main > Appliance > Media

   You are prompted to change the default passwords.

   Change each user account password as prompted.

   Review the following password policy before setting a new password:

   • Passwords must contain at least eight characters.

   • Passwords must contain at least one lowercase letter (a-z) and one number (0-9).

   • Dictionary words are considered weak passwords and are not accepted.

   • The last seven passwords cannot be reused and the new password cannot be similar to previous passwords.

   Note:

   If you enter five consecutive invalid passwords for any user account, the appliance aborts the role configuration process automatically. You must run the command again.

   Note:

   If you enable the STIG feature after completing the initial configuration, you may be prompted to change the new passwords you entered here to meet the requirements of the STIG password policy.

7. Use the following command to verify that the networking and the role configuration were successful:

   Main > Appliance > Status

   The command output should contain a message similar to the following:

   Appliance Version is 5.1.1.
   
   Appliance is configured as primary appliance.
   

8. If this appliance is a NetBackup Virtual Appliance primary server, run the following command to resize the NetBackup catalog to 900 GB:

   Main > Manage > Storage > Resize NetBackupCatalog 900 GB

9. If everything completed successfully, return to the initial deployment procedure and complete the remaining steps for the appliance configuration.