Veritas CloudPoint Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): CloudPoint (2.2.2)
Platform: Linux
  1. Getting started with CloudPoint
    1.  
      About CloudPoint
    2.  
      What kinds of assets can you protect?
    3.  
      Understanding your CloudPoint license
  2. Section I. Installing and configuring CloudPoint
    1. Preparing for installation
      1.  
        About the deployment approach
      2.  
        Deciding where to run CloudPoint
      3.  
        Meeting system requirements
      4.  
        CloudPoint host sizing recommendations
      5.  
        Creating an instance or preparing the physical host to install CloudPoint
      6.  
        Installing Docker
      7.  
        Creating and mounting a volume to store CloudPoint data
      8.  
        Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
    2. Deploying CloudPoint
      1.  
        About deploying CloudPoint in a non-interactive mode
      2.  
        Installing CloudPoint
      3.  
        Configuring CloudPoint from your browser and signing in
      4.  
        Verifying that CloudPoint installed successfully
      5.  
        Configuring AWS KMS in CloudPoint
    3. Deploying CloudPoint in the AWS cloud
      1.  
        About CloudPoint deployment in the AWS cloud
      2.  
        About CloudPoint integration with AWS KMS
      3. About CloudPoint support for AWS IAM roles
        1.  
          About source account and cross-account configurations
        2.  
          How to configure CloudPoint to use IAM roles
        3.  
          CloudPoint IAM role configuration limitations
      4. About the CloudPoint AWS CloudFormation template
        1.  
          Resources created by the CloudPoint template
        2.  
          CloudPoint EC2 instance configuration details
        3.  
          Instance failures and Auto Scaling Group behavior
      5.  
        Prerequisites for using the CloudPoint template
      6.  
        Launching a CloudPoint CloudFormation stack
    4. Using plug-ins to discover assets
      1.  
        About plug-ins
      2.  
        Determining the types of plug-ins and agents to install
    5. Configuring off-host plug-ins
      1. AWS plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Prerequisites for configuring the AWS plug-in
        2.  
          Configuring AWS permissions for CloudPoint
        3.  
          AWS permissions required by CloudPoint
        4.  
          Before you create a cross account configuration
      2. Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Google Cloud Platform permissions required by CloudPoint
        2.  
          Configuring a GCP service account for CloudPoint
        3.  
          Preparing the GCP service account for plug-in configuration
      3. Microsoft Azure plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Configuring permissions on Microsoft Azure
      4.  
        Dell EMC Unity array plug-in configuration notes
      5.  
        Pure Storage FlashArray plug-in configuration notes
      6. HPE RMC plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          RMC plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported HPE storage systems
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on HPE storage arrays
      7. NetApp plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          NetApp plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported NetApp arrays
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on NetApp storage
      8. Hitachi plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Hitachi plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported Hitachi storage arrays
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Hitachi arrays
      9. InfiniBox plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          InifiniBox plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on InfiniBox arrays
      10.  
        Configuring an off-host plug-in
      11. About CloudPoint plug-ins and assets discovery
        1.  
          Plug-in discovery interval requirements and limitations
        2.  
          Viewing the assets discovery interval setting
    6. Configuring the on-host agents and plug-ins
      1.  
        About agents
      2. Oracle plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Optimizing your Oracle database data and metadata files
      3.  
        MongoDB plug-in configuration notes
      4.  
        Microsoft SQL plug-in configuration notes
      5.  
        About the installation and configuration process
      6.  
        Preparing to install the Linux-based on-host agent
      7.  
        Preparing to install the Windows-based on-host agent
      8.  
        Downloading and installing the on-host agent
      9.  
        Configuring the Linux-based on-host agent
      10.  
        Configuring the Windows-based on-host agent
      11.  
        Configuring the on-host plug-in
      12.  
        Configuring VSS to store shadow copies on the originating drive
    7. Protecting assets with CloudPoint's agentless feature
      1.  
        About the agentless feature
      2. Prerequisites for the agentless configuration
        1.  
          Granting password-less sudo access to host user account
      3.  
        Configuring the agentless feature
  3. Section II. Configuring users
    1. Setting up email and adding users
      1.  
        Configuring the CloudPoint sender email address
      2.  
        About adding users to CloudPoint
      3.  
        Adding AD users to CloudPoint using LDAP
      4.  
        Adding users to CloudPoint manually
      5.  
        Deleting a user from CloudPoint
    2. Assigning roles to users for greater efficiency
      1.  
        About role-based access control
      2.  
        Displaying role information
      3.  
        Creating a role
      4.  
        Editing a role
      5.  
        Deleting a role
  4. Section III. Protecting and managing data
    1. User interface basics
      1.  
        Signing in to CloudPoint
      2.  
        Focusing on an asset type
      3.  
        Navigating to your assets
      4.  
        Using the action icons
    2. Indexing and classifying your assets
      1.  
        About indexing and classifying snapshots
      2.  
        Configuring classification settings using VIC
      3.  
        Indexing and classifying snapshots
      4.  
        Indexing and classification statuses
    3. Protecting your assets with policies
      1.  
        About policies
      2.  
        How a CloudPoint protection policy works
      3.  
        Creating a policy
      4.  
        Assigning a policy to an asset
      5.  
        Listing policies and displaying policy details
      6.  
        Editing a policy
      7.  
        Deleting a policy
    4. Tag-based asset protection
      1.  
        About tag-based asset protection
      2.  
        How to use tag-based asset protection feature
      3.  
        Tag-based asset protection support
      4.  
        Tag-based asset protection considerations and limitations
    5. Replicating snapshots for added protection
      1.  
        About snapshot replication
      2.  
        About cross-account snapshot replication in the AWS cloud
      3.  
        Requirements for replicating snapshots
      4.  
        Cross-account snapshot replication support matrix
      5.  
        Cross-account snapshot replication limitations
      6.  
        Configuring replication rules
      7.  
        Editing a replication rule
      8.  
        Deleting a replication rule
    6. Managing your assets
      1.  
        Creating a snapshot manually
      2.  
        Displaying asset snapshots
      3.  
        Replicating a snapshot manually
      4. About snapshot restore
        1.  
          Restore requirements and limitations for Microsoft SQL Server
        2.  
          Restore requirements and limitations for Oracle
        3.  
          Restore requirements and limitations for MongoDB
      5.  
        About single file restore (granular restore)
      6. Single file restore requirements and limitations
        1.  
          Single file restore support on Linux
        2.  
          Single file restore limitations on Linux
        3.  
          Single file restore support on Windows
        4.  
          Single file restore limitations on Windows
      7.  
        Restoring a snapshot
      8.  
        Additional steps required after restoring disk-level snapshots
      9. Additional steps required after a SQL Server snapshot restore
        1.  
          Steps required after a SQL Server host-level restore
        2.  
          Steps required after a SQL Server disk-level snapshot restore to new location
      10.  
        Additional steps required after an Oracle snapshot restore
      11.  
        Additional steps required after a MongoDB snapshot restore
      12.  
        Additional steps required after restoring an AWS RDS database instance
      13.  
        Restoring individual files within a snapshot
      14.  
        Deleting a snapshot
    7. Monitoring activities with notifications and the job log
      1.  
        About CloudPoint notifications
      2.  
        Viewing notifications in the CloudPoint UI
      3.  
        CloudPoint notification methods
      4.  
        CloudPoint notification limitations
      5.  
        Configuring email-based CloudPoint notifications
      6.  
        Configuring AWS SNS-based CloudPoint notifications
      7.  
        Using the Job Log
    8. Protection and disaster recovery
      1.  
        About protection and disaster recovery
      2.  
        Backing up CloudPoint
      3.  
        Restoring CloudPoint
  5. Section IV. Maintaining CloudPoint
    1. CloudPoint logging
      1.  
        About CloudPoint logging mechanism
      2. How fluentd-based CloudPoint logging works
        1.  
          About the CloudPoint fluentd configuration file
        2.  
          Modifying the fluentd configuration file
        3.  
          Fluentd-based logging requirements and considerations
      3.  
        Viewing CloudPoint logs
    2. Troubleshooting CloudPoint
      1.  
        Restarting CloudPoint
      2.  
        Docker may fail to start due to a lack of space
      3.  
        CloudPoint installation fails if rootfs is not mounted in a shared mode
      4.  
        Some CloudPoint features do not appear in the user interface
      5.  
        Off-host plug-in deletion does not automatically remove file system and application assets
      6.  
        Disk-level snapshot restore fails if the original disk is detached from the instance
      7.  
        Snapshot restore for encrypted AWS assets may fail
      8.  
        Error while adding users to CloudPoint
      9.  
        CloudPoint fails to revert restored snapshots if indexing, classification, or restore operations fail
      10.  
        SQL snapshot or restore and SFR operations fail if the Windows instance loses connectivity with the CloudPoint host
      11.  
        Troubleshooting CloudPoint logging
      12.  
        Swagger UI-based authorization for CloudPoint REST API calls may fail
      13.  
        Policy retention count is not honored for file system and application assets if there is an issue with the CloudPoint plug-in
    3. Working with your CloudPoint license
      1.  
        Displaying CloudPoint license and protection information
      2.  
        Upgrading your CloudPoint license
    4. Managing CloudPoint agents and plug-ins
      1.  
        Unconfiguring CloudPoint plug-ins
      2.  
        Unconfiguring the CloudPoint agent
      3.  
        Uninstalling CloudPoint on-host agents
    5. Upgrading CloudPoint
      1. About CloudPoint upgrades
        1.  
          Supported upgrade path
      2. Preparing to upgrade CloudPoint
        1.  
          Removing CloudPoint plug-in configuration
      3.  
        Upgrading CloudPoint
      4.  
        Upgrading a CloudPoint CloudFormation stack
    6. Uninstalling CloudPoint
      1.  
        Preparing to uninstall CloudPoint
      2.  
        Removing the CloudPoint on-host agents
      3.  
        Removing CloudPoint from a standalone Docker host environment
  6. Section V. Reference
    1. Storage array support
      1. Dell EMC Unity arrays
        1.  
          Dell EMC Unity array plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported Dell EMC Unity arrays
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC Unity arrays
      2. Pure Storage FlashArray
        1.  
          Pure Storage FlashArray plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported Pure Storage FlashArray models
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Pure Storage FlashArray models
    2. Working with CloudPoint using APIs
      1.  
        Accessing the Swagger-based API documentation

Verifying that CloudPoint installed successfully

Verify that CloudPoint installed successfully by doing one of the following on the physical machine or instance command line:

  • Verify that the success message is displayed.

    Configuration complete at time Mon Jan 22 at 29:11:02 UTC 2018!

  • Verify that the CloudPoint services are running and have UP status.

    # sudo docker ps -a

    The command output resembles the following:

    CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                              CREATED       STATUS
f4c70b6accff   veritas/flexsnap-cloudpointconsole:2.1.2.7542      6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
1cfe9f79f260   veritas/flexsnap-api:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
331c81a09ba2   veritas/flexsnap-api:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
4a2337b0af95   veritas/flexsnap-api:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
b4096679da38   veritas/flexsnap-api:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
27cd6a38d120   veritas/flexsnap-api:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
524dde7a1060   veritas/flexsnap-api:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
8bf5d31d948f   veritas/flexsnap-authorization-service:2.1.2.7542  6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
a1566d261f70   veritas/flexsnap-email-service:2.1.2.7542          6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
e8a4bd103b1f   veritas/flexsnap-identity-manager-service:2.1.2.7542 6 hours ago Up 6 hours
52f26268ed26   veritas/flexsnap-licensing:2.1.2.7542              6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
da76eadf3c25   veritas/flexsnap-vic:2.1.2.7542                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
4206a48a4d6b   veritas/flexsnap-telemetry:2.1.2.7542              6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
b54d1a6201e4   veritas/flexsnap-indexingsupervisor:2.1.2.7542     6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
9b0983c6418d   veritas/flexsnap-policy:2.1.2.7542                 6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
6b3c14169321   veritas/flexsnap-scheduler:2.1.2.7542              6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
ba810e1f52f6   veritas/flexsnap-onhostagent:2.1.2.7542            6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
bbd1b1286e1a   veritas/flexsnap-agent:2.1.2.7542                  6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
74b4742b589f   veritas/flexsnap-coordinator:2.1.2.7542            6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
8b9e22f8479d   veritas/flexsnap-mongodb:2.1.2.7542           6 hours ago   Up 6 hours (healthy)
8beead9166df   veritas/flexsnap-rabbitmq:2.1.2.7542          6 hours ago   Up 6 hours (healthy)
df3ebf833cfc   veritas/flexsnap-api-gateway:2.1.2.7542            6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
3710246dbd61   veritas/flexsnap-auth:2.1.2.7542                   6 hours ago   Up 6 hours

    Note:

    The number displayed in the image name (2.1.2.7542) represents the CloudPoint version. The version may vary depending on the actual product version being installed.

    The command output displayed here is truncated to fit the view. The actual output may include additional details such as container names and ports used.