NetBackup Flex Appliance Getting Started and Administration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (6.3, 6.2, 6.1, 6.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to Flex Appliance
    2.  
      Flex Appliance terminology
    3.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
  2. Release notes
    1.  
      Flex Appliance 6.0 new features, enhancements, and changes
    2.  
      Flex Appliance 6.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
    3.  
      Flex Appliance 6.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
    4.  
      Flex Appliance 6.3 new features, enhancements, and changes
    5.  
      Supported update paths to this release
    6.  
      Operational notes
    7.  
      Flex Appliance 6.0 release content
    8.  
      Flex Appliance 6.1 release content
    9.  
      Flex Appliance 6.2 release content
    10.  
      Flex Appliance 6.3 release content
  3. Getting started
    1.  
      Initial configuration guidelines and checklist
    2.  
      Performing the initial configuration
    3.  
      Adding a node
    4.  
      Accessing and using the Flex Appliance Shell
    5.  
      Accessing and using the Flex Appliance Console
    6.  
      Setting the date and time for appliance nodes
    7.  
      Common tasks in Flex Appliance
  4. Managing network settings for instances
    1.  
      Creating a network bond
    2.  
      Editing a network bond
    3.  
      Deleting a network bond
    4.  
      Configuring or editing a network interface
    5. Managing the appliance Fibre Channel ports
      1.  
        Viewing the devices that are connected to the Fibre Channel ports
  5. Managing users
    1.  
      Overview of the Flex Appliance default users
    2. Managing Flex Appliance Console users and tenants
      1.  
        Adding a tenant
      2.  
        Editing a tenant
      3.  
        Removing a tenant
      4.  
        Adding a local user to the Flex Appliance Console
      5.  
        Connecting a remote user domain to the Flex Appliance Console
      6.  
        Editing a remote user domain in the Flex Appliance Console
      7.  
        Importing a remote user or user group to the Flex Appliance Console
      8.  
        Managing single sign-on (SSO)
      9.  
        Managing identity providers (IDPs)
      10.  
        Importing a single sign-on user or user group to the Flex Appliance Console
      11.  
        Managing user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
      12.  
        Changing a local user password in the Flex Appliance Console
      13.  
        Expiring local user passwords in the Flex Appliance Console
      14.  
        Unlocking a user account in the Flex Appliance Console
      15.  
        Managing open sessions
      16.  
        Removing user or service accounts from the Flex Appliance Console
    3.  
      Changing the password policy
    4.  
      Changing the hostadmin user password in the Flex Appliance Shell
    5.  
      Changing the sysadmin user password in the Veritas Remote Management Interface
    6. Managing multifactor authentication
      1.  
        Configuring or reconfiguring multifactor authentication
      2.  
        Enforcing multifactor authentication
      3.  
        Resetting multifactor authentication
      4.  
        Disabling multifactor authentication
    7. Using Flex Appliance Console accounts for API automation
      1.  
        Managing personal API tokens
      2.  
        Managing service accounts
  6. Using Flex Appliance
    1. Managing the repository
      1.  
        Adding files to the repository
      2.  
        Removing files from the repository
    2.  
      Creating application instances
    3.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    4. Managing application instances from Flex Appliance
      1.  
        Resizing instance storage
      2.  
        Editing instance network settings
      3.  
        Assigning Fibre Channel ports to an instance
      4.  
        Unassigning Fibre Channel ports from an instance
      5. Managing application add-ons on instances
        1.  
          Installing application add-ons
        2.  
          Uninstalling application add-ons
        3.  
          Changing the application add-on installation order
        4.  
          Updating an application add-on to a newer revision
      6.  
        Clearing a configuration error status on an application instance
      7.  
        Deleting an application instance
    5. Upgrading application instances
      1.  
        Warnings and considerations for instance rollbacks
    6.  
      Updating an application instance to a newer revision
    7. About Flex Appliance updates
      1.  
        Updating Flex Appliance
      2.  
        Updating the firmware
    8.  
      Changing the BIOS password
    9.  
      Locating the node serial number
  7. Remote replication
    1.  
      About remote replication
    2.  
      Pairing appliances for remote replication
    3.  
      Creating a replica
    4. Managing remote replication
      1.  
        Remote replication best practices
      2.  
        Monitoring remote replication
      3.  
        Editing the replication network
      4.  
        Repairing a lost connection between paired appliances
      5.  
        Pausing and resuming replication
      6.  
        Resolving discrepancies between an active and a replica instance
      7.  
        Changing the replication role of an instance
      8.  
        Unlinking active and replica instances
      9.  
        Forgetting a paired appliance
  8. Appliance security
    1.  
      Security overview
    2. About lockdown mode
      1.  
        Changing the lockdown mode
    3.  
      Using a sign-in banner
    4.  
      Using an external certificate
    5. Using network access control
      1.  
        Changing the SSH port
    6.  
      Recommended settings for the remote management (IPMI) port
  9. Monitoring the appliance
    1.  
      Registering an appliance
    2. Configuring alerts
      1. About AutoSupport and Call Home
        1.  
          Configuring Call Home
      2.  
        Configuring email alerts
      3.  
        Configuring SNMP alerts
      4.  
        Setting the threshold values for disk usage alerts
    3.  
      Viewing performance metrics
    4.  
      Monitoring the appliance from the System Health Insights portal
    5. Viewing the hardware status
      1.  
        Viewing node information
      2.  
        Viewing storage shelf information on a 53xx appliance
      3.  
        Viewing storage shelf information on a 52xx appliance
    6.  
      Viewing hardware faults
    7.  
      Viewing system data
    8.  
      Clearing the hardware status
    9.  
      Forwarding logs
    10.  
      Providing access for external monitoring
    11.  
      Revoking access for external monitoring
  10. Reconfiguring the appliance
    1.  
      Reconfiguring the appliance network
    2.  
      Changing DNS or Hosts file settings
    3.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    4.  
      Performing a factory reset
    5.  
      Performing a reimage
    6.  
      Recovering storage data after a factory reset or a reimage
    7.  
      Performing a storage reset
    8.  
      Removing a node
    9.  
      Viewing or resetting the storage shelf order on a 52xx appliance
  11. Troubleshooting guidelines
    1.  
      General troubleshooting steps
    2.  
      Unlocking access in lockdown mode
    3. Gathering logs
      1.  
        Deleting logs

Flex Appliance 6.0 new features, enhancements, and changes

The following list describes the new features, enhancements, and changes in the Flex Appliance 6.0 release:

  • You can now view performance metrics of your application instances from the Home page on the Flex Appliance Console.

    See Viewing performance metrics.

  • You can now change the BIOS password on 5260 and 5360 appliances. If you don't change the password, the default password is the node's serial number. See Changing the BIOS password.

    As part of this change, a new BIOS administrator extended user role is available. See Managing Flex Appliance Console users and tenants.

  • When you perform a firmware update, you are now prompted for the BIOS password on 5260 and 5360 appliances if you have set a non-default password.

  • You can now see the revision number of uploaded applications on the Repository page for NetBackup 10.3 revision 67 and later. Earlier versions do not show the revision numbers.

  • All outbound connections from the appliance except for SNMP connections now support TLS anonymous authentication version 1.3. Version 1.3 is used by default, while version 1.2 is available for backwards compatibility.

  • The Fibre Channel interfaces page on the Flex Appliance Console has been enhanced to more accurately show the status of the Fibre Channel ports. The Used for column now indicates whether assigned ports are used as targets or initiators. For unassigned ports, the Used for column is blank.

    Additionally, the show hardware-health node component=FibreChannel command in the Flex Appliance Shell shows the Mode of all ports as Initiator, Target because it shows the hardware capability of the ports, not how they are currently used.

  • The following APIs are no longer available:

    • DELETE /v1/users/local/{username}

      Use DELETE /v2/users instead.

    • POST /v1/users/local/{username}

      Use POST /v2/users instead.

    • GET /v1/network/vlans

      Use GET /v1/networks instead.

    • POST /v1/network/vlans/{vlan-tag}

      Use PUT /v1/networks/{interface} instead.

    • DELETE /v1/network/vlans/{vlan-tag}

      Use DELETE /v1/networks/{interface} instead.

    • GET /v1/instances and GET /v2/instances

      Use GET /v3/instances instead.

    • GET /v1/instances/{instance-id}

      Use GET /v3/instances/{instance-id} instead.

    • PUT /v1/users/active-directory

      Use PUT /v1/user-domains instead.

    • GET /v1/users/active-directory

      Use GET /v1/user-domains instead.

    • POST /v1/users/active-directory

      Use POST /v1/user-domains instead.

    • DELETE /v1/network/bonds/{bond-name}

      Use DELETE /v1/networks/{interface} instead.

    • POST /v1/network/bonds/{bond-name}

      Use PUT /v1/networks/{interface} instead.

    • DELETE /v1/users/password

      Use DELETE /v2/users/password instead.

    • PUT /v1/network/{interface}/mtu

      Use PUT /v1/networks/{interface}/mtu instead.

    • GET /v1/network/interfaces

      Use Get /v1/networks instead.

    Check SORT for more information on the APIs.