NetBackup™ Web UI Security Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      First-time sign in to a NetBackup master server from the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    5.  
      Authorized users
    6.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
  2. Managing role-based access control
    1.  
      About role-based access control (RBAC) in NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup default RBAC roles
    3.  
      Configuring RBAC
    4.  
      Add a custom role
    5.  
      Edit or delete a custom role
    6.  
      About object groups
    7. Steps to create an object group
      1.  
        Selecting the assets for an object group
      2.  
        Selecting application servers for an object group
      3.  
        Selecting protection plans for an object group
      4.  
        Preview the objects in an object group
    8.  
      Edit or delete an object group
    9.  
      Add access for a user through access rules
    10.  
      Edit or remove user access rules
  3. Adding AD or LDAP domains
    1.  
      Add AD or LDAP domains
  4. Security events and audit logs
    1.  
      View security events and audit logs
    2. About NetBackup auditing
      1.  
        User identity in the audit report
      2.  
        Audit retention period and catalog backups of audit records
      3.  
        Viewing the detailed NetBackup audit report
  5. Managing hosts
    1.  
      View NetBackup host information
    2.  
      Approve or add mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    3.  
      Remove mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    4.  
      Reset a host's attributes
  6. Managing security certificates
    1.  
      About security management and certificates in NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup host IDs and host ID-based certificates
    3. Managing NetBackup security certificates
      1.  
        Reissue a NetBackup certificate
      2.  
        Managing NetBackup certificate authorization tokens
    4. Using external security certificates with NetBackup
      1.  
        View external certificate information for the NetBackup hosts in the domain
  7. Managing user sessions
    1.  
      Display a message to users when they sign in
    2.  
      Enable maximum sign-in attempts and idle time-out settings for user sessions
    3.  
      Sign out a NetBackup user session
    4.  
      Unlock a NetBackup user
  8. Managing master server security settings
    1.  
      Certificate authority for secure communication
    2.  
      Disable communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts
    3.  
      Disable automatic mapping of NetBackup host names
    4.  
      About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
    5.  
      Select a security level for NetBackup certificate deployment
    6.  
      Set a passphrase for disaster recovery
  9. Creating and using API keys
    1.  
      About API keys
    2.  
      Manage API keys
    3.  
      Use an API key with NetBackup REST APIs
    4.  
      View API keys
  10. Configuring smart card authentication
    1.  
      Configure user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
    2.  
      Edit the configuration for smart card authentication
    3.  
      Add or delete a CA certificate that is used for smart card authentication
    4.  
      Disable or temporarily disable smart card authentication
  11. Troubleshooting access to the web UI
    1.  
      Tips for accessing the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      If a user doesn't have the correct permissions or access in the NetBackup web UI
    3. Unable to add AD or LDAP domains with the vssat command
      1.  
        Connection cannot be established with the AD or the LDAP server
      2.  
        User credentials are not valid
      3.  
        An incorrect user base DN or group base DN was provided
      4.  
        Multiple users or groups exist with the same name under user base DN or group base DN
      5.  
        User or group does not exist

Selecting the assets for an object group

You can define the assets for this object group in the following ways:

  • All workloads

  • All Cloud assets that meet one or more conditions

  • A specific VMware server or RHV manager and all its VMs

  • A specific VMware server or RHV manager and VMs that meet one or more conditions

You can also preview the assets that are included in an object group. See Preview the objects in an object group.

 

All workloads

To include all assets for all workloads

  • Select Grant access to all to include all available assets for all workloads.

 

Cloud assets

To include the cloud assets that meet one or more conditions

  1. Under Assets, click Add workload and select Cloud.
  2. Click Add condition to define one or more conditions. Conditions are case-sensitive.
RHV assets

To include a specific RHV server and all its VMs

  1. Under Assets, click Add workload and select RHV.
  2. Click Add RHV manager.
  3. Select the name of the RHV manager that you want to include. Or, click on the RHV manager name to browse for a server, cluster, or datacenter.
  4. By default, Include all VMs is enabled, so all VMs for that VMware server are included.

 

VMware assets

To include a specific VMware server and all its VMs

  1. Under Assets, click Add workload and select VMware.
  2. Click Add VMware server.
  3. Select the name of the vCenter that you want to include. Or, click on the vCenter name to browse for a server, cluster, or datacenter.
  4. By default, Include all VMs is enabled, so all VMs for that VMware server are included.

 

To include a specific VMware server and selected VMs for that server

  1. Under Assets, click Add workload and select VMware.
  2. Click Add VMware server.
  3. Select the name of the vCenter that you want to include. Or, click on the vCenter name to browse for a server, cluster, or datacenter.
  4. Turn off Include all VMs.
  5. Click Add condition to define one or more conditions. Conditions are case-sensitive.

    For multiple conditions, select the operator (AND or OR).

    In the following example, the object group includes assets in the VMware workload, from the cluster servercl02 on the VMware server abc.domain.com and with a display name that starts with accounting.