Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide
Deployment overview
At a high level, deploying Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale involves the following stages:
Stage 1 - Verify the deployment requirements
Carefully evaluate all the software and hardware requirements for NetBackup Flex Scale. The requirements cover high level areas such as power and cooling needs, networking infrastructure, and rack sizing, to more specific needs such as system requirements, IP addresses, storage, and security.
It is critical that your IT environment meets all the required infrastructure needs so as to ensure a smoother deployment and operational experience.
Refer to the NetBackup Flex Scale Hardware Cabling poster that is included in the Open Me First kit that is shipped with your appliance.
Stage 2 - Assemble the nodes and install the software
Assemble the supported hardware and mount the nodes on to a rack in your datacenter. Connect all the power and network cables as per the instructions provided.
Refer to the NetBackup Flex Scale Hardware Cabling poster that is included in the Open Me First kit that is shipped with your appliance.
After setting up the target systems, procure the installation media and install the Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale software on all the nodes.
Note:
Your appliance by default comes pre-installed with the NetBackup Flex Scale software. You do not need to install anything on the appliance out of the box. The installation instructions are provided only as a reference, in case you wish to wipe the appliance clean and start a fresh deployment.
If you plan to leverage your own hardware instead of the out of the box appliance, ensure that you contact Veritas Support to generate and install device certificates on your nodes.
Stage 3 - Configure the cluster
From a web browser, connect to one of the nodes using a public IP address and run the cluster configuration workflow to configure all the nodes into a cluster.
During the cluster configuration, you will configure the infrastructure components as well as the core NetBackup services.
See Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard.
Stage 4 - Sign in and start protecting workloads
Once the configuration is successful, you simply sign in to the NetBackup UI and create protection plans and start protecting desired workloads.
You can also sign in to the Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale UI to monitor the infrastructure components and the general health of all the configured services.
Refer to the NetBackup Flex Scale Administrator's Guide for more information.