Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0)
Platform: Linux
  1. Section I. CloudPoint installation and configuration
    1. Preparing for CloudPoint installation
      1.  
        About the deployment approach
      2.  
        Deciding where to run CloudPoint
      3.  
        About deploying CloudPoint in the cloud
      4.  
        Meeting system requirements
      5. CloudPoint host sizing recommendations
        1.  
          CloudPoint sizing recommendations for cloud platforms
      6.  
        Creating an instance or preparing the physical host to install CloudPoint
      7.  
        Installing Docker
      8.  
        Creating and mounting a volume to store CloudPoint data
      9.  
        Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
    2. Deploying CloudPoint using the Docker image
      1.  
        Installing CloudPoint
      2.  
        Verifying that CloudPoint installed successfully
    3. CloudPoint cloud plug-ins
      1.  
        How to configure the CloudPoint cloud plug-ins?
      2. 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
      3. 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
      4. Microsoft Azure plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Configuring permissions on Microsoft Azure
        2.  
          About Azure snapshots
    4. CloudPoint storage array plug-ins
      1.  
        How to configure the CloudPoint storage array plug-ins?
      2. NetApp plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          NetApp plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Configuring a dedicated LIF for NetBackup access
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on NetApp storage
      3. Nutanix Files plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Nutanix Files plug-in configuration prerequisites
        2.  
          Nutanix Files plug-in considerations and limitations
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Nutanix Files File Server
        4. Troubleshooting NetBackup issues for Nutanix Files
          1.  
            Backup jobs for Nutanix Files fail due to snapshot import and export operations failures
          2.  
            Plug-in configuration may fail if the Nutanix Files version is unsupported
      4. Dell EMC Unity array plug-in configuration parameters
        1.  
          Supported Dell EMC Unity arrays
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC Unity arrays
      5. Pure Storage FlashArray plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Supported Pure Storage FlashArray models
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Pure Storage FlashArray models
      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. Hitachi plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Hitachi plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported Hitachi storage arrays
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Hitachi arrays
      8. InfiniBox plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          InifiniBox plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on InfiniBox arrays
      9. Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in configuration prerequisites
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in
      10. Qumulo plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Qumulo plug-in configuration prerequisites
        2.  
          Qumulo plug-in considerations and limitations
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Qumulo plug-in
    5. CloudPoint application agents and plug-ins
      1.  
        Microsoft SQL plug-in configuration notes
      2. Oracle plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Optimizing your Oracle database data and metadata files
      3.  
        MongoDB plug-in configuration notes
      4.  
        About the installation and configuration process
      5.  
        Preparing to install the Linux-based agent
      6.  
        Preparing to install the Windows-based agent
      7.  
        Downloading and installing the CloudPoint agent
      8.  
        Registering the Linux-based agent
      9.  
        Registering the Windows-based agent
      10.  
        Configuring the CloudPoint application plug-in
      11.  
        Configuring VSS to store shadow copies on the originating drive
      12.  
        Creating a NetBackup protection plan for cloud assets
      13.  
        Subscribing cloud assets to a NetBackup protection plan
      14. About snapshot restore
        1.  
          Process for restoring SQL AG databases
      15.  
        Restore requirements and limitations for Microsoft SQL Server
      16.  
        Restore requirements and limitations for Oracle
      17.  
        Restore requirements and limitations for MongoDB
      18.  
        Steps required before restoring SQL AG databases
      19.  
        Recovering a SQL database to the same location
      20.  
        Recovering a SQL database to an alternate location
      21. Additional steps required after a SQL Server snapshot restore
        1.  
          Steps required after a SQL Server disk-level snapshot restore to new location
      22.  
        Additional steps required after restoring SQL AG databases
      23.  
        SQL snapshot or restore and granular restore operations fail if the Windows instance loses connectivity with the CloudPoint host
      24.  
        Disk-level snapshot restore fails if the original disk is detached from the instance
      25.  
        Additional steps required after a MongoDB snapshot restore
      26.  
        Additional steps required after an Oracle snapshot restore
      27.  
        Additional steps required after restoring an AWS RDS database instance
    6. Protecting assets with CloudPoint's agentless feature
      1.  
        About the agentless feature
      2.  
        Prerequisites for the agentless configuration
      3.  
        Granting password-less sudo access to host user account
      4.  
        Configuring the agentless feature
    7. Volume Encryption in NetBackup
      1.  
        About volume encryption support in NetBackup
      2.  
        Volume encryption for Azure
      3.  
        Volume encryption for GCP
      4.  
        Volume encryption for AWS
  2. Section II. CloudPoint maintenance
    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.  
        CloudPoint logs
    2. Troubleshooting CloudPoint
      1.  
        Restarting CloudPoint
      2.  
        Troubleshooting CloudPoint logging
      3.  
        CloudPoint agent fails to connect to the CloudPoint server if the agent host is restarted abruptly
      4.  
        CloudPoint agent registration on Windows hosts may time out or fail
      5.  
        Disaster recovery when DR package is lost or passphrase is lost
      6.  
        Agentless log file name changed
    3. Upgrading CloudPoint
      1.  
        About CloudPoint upgrades
      2.  
        Supported upgrade path
      3.  
        Upgrade scenarios
      4.  
        Preparing to upgrade CloudPoint
      5.  
        Upgrading CloudPoint
    4. Uninstalling CloudPoint
      1.  
        Preparing to uninstall CloudPoint
      2.  
        Backing up CloudPoint
      3.  
        Unconfiguring CloudPoint plug-ins
      4.  
        Unconfiguring CloudPoint agents
      5.  
        Removing the CloudPoint agents
      6.  
        Removing CloudPoint from a standalone Docker host environment
      7.  
        Restoring CloudPoint

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 at the command prompt.

    Configuration complete at time Fri Mar 13 06:15:43 UTC 2020!

  • Run the following command and verify that the CloudPoint services are running and the status is displayed as UP:

    # sudo docker ps -a

    The command output resembles the following:

    CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                              CREATED       STATUS
f4c70b6accff   veritas/flexsnap-agent:8.3.0.8549                  6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
1cfe9f79f260   veritas/flexsnap-nginx:8.3.0.8549                  6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
331c81a09ba2   veritas/flexsnap-idm:8.3.0.8549                    6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
4a2337b0af95   veritas/veritas/flexsnap-notification:8.3.0.8549   6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
b4096679da38   veritas/flexsnap-policy:8.3.0.8549                 6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
27cd6a38d120   veritas/flexsnap-scheduler:8.3.0.8549              6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
524dde7a1060   veritas/flexsnap-onhostagent:8.3.0.8549            6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
8bf5d31d948f   veritas/flexsnap-agent:8.3.0.8549                  6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
a1566d261f70   veritas/flexsnap-coordinator:8.3.0.8549            6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
e8a4bd103b1f   veritas/flexsnap-api-gateway:8.3.0.8549            6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
52f26268ed26    veritas/flexsnap-certauth:8.3.0.8549              6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
da76eadf3c25   veritas/flexsnap-rabbitmq:8.3.0.8549               6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
4206a48a4d6b   veritas/flexsnap-mongodb:8.3.0.8549                6 hours ago   Up 6 hours
b54d1a6201e4    veritas/flexsnap-fluentd:8.3.0.8549               6 hours ago   Up 6 hours

    Note:

    The number (8.3.0.8549) displayed in the image name column 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.