Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
- Overview of NetBackup OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter components
- About using the OpsCenter console
- About starting the OpsCenter console
- About OpsCenter console components
- About using the links on the title bar
- About using tabs and subtabs
- About refreshing the OpsCenter console
- Changing the Task pane
- About the View pane
- Using the quick links in the Task pane
- Viewing alerts from the Alert Summary pane
- Sizing the Content pane
- About the OpsCenter status bar
- Status icons and colors in the console
- About using tables
- Common tasks in OpsCenter
- About using Web browser bookmarks
- About OpsCenter documentation
- Installing OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- Software components that OpsCenter uses
- About the Java Runtime Environment
- About the OpsCenter licensing model
- OpsCenter DVDs
- Managed NetBackup master server considerations
- About designing your OpsCenter Server
- Supported upgrade paths in OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter Agent deployment
- Preparation for installation or upgrade
- Installing OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter upgrade on Windows and UNIX
- About files and folders that are protected during OpsCenter upgrade
- About OpsCenter upgrade failure scenarios
- About post-installation tasks
- About uninstalling OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About clustering OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- Getting started with OpsCenter
- Administering OpsCenter
- About the services and processes used by OpsCenter
- OpsCenter server scripts on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter database administration
- About backup and restore of OpsCenter and OpsCenter Analytics
- About communication ports and firewall considerations in OpsCenter
- Communication ports used by key OpsCenter components
- Ports required to communicate with backup products
- Web browser to launch OpsCenter user interface
- About OpsCenter user interface and OpsCenter server software communication
- About OpsCenter server to NetBackup master server (NBSL) communication
- About SNMP traps
- About communication between OpsCenter and Sybase database
- About email communication in OpsCenter
- Gathering troubleshooting data with the support script
- About OpsCenter log files
- Understanding OpsCenter settings
- OpsCenter settings
- Setting user preferences
- About managing licenses
- Configuring the data purge period on the OpsCenter Server
- About storing the SMTP Server configurations in OpsCenter
- Configuring SMTP server settings for OpsCenter
- Adding host aliases in OpsCenter
- Merging objects (hosts) in OpsCenter
- Modifying tape library information in OpsCenter
- Copying a user profile in OpsCenter
- Setting report export location in OpsCenter
- About managing Object Types in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter users
- About managing user password
- About adding AD / LDAP user groups in OpsCenter
- Settings > Users > Users options
- User access rights and functions in OpsCenter user interface
- Viewing OpsCenter user account information
- Adding new users to OpsCenter
- Editing OpsCenter user information
- Resetting an OpsCenter user password
- Resetting password of the OpsCenter Security Admin
- Deleting OpsCenter users
- Viewing OpsCenter user groups
- Settings > Users > User Groups options
- Adding OpsCenter user groups
- Editing OpsCenter user groups
- Deleting OpsCenter user groups
- About managing recipients in OpsCenter
- Viewing email recipients in OpsCenter
- Settings > Recipients > Email options
- Viewing SNMP trap recipients in OpsCenter
- Settings > Recipients > SNMP trap recipient options
- Creating OpsCenter email recipients
- Settings > Recipients > Email > Add Email Recipient options
- Creating OpsCenter SNMP trap recipients
- Settings > Recipients > SNMP > Add SNMP trap recipient options
- Modifying OpsCenter Email or SNMP recipient information
- Deleting OpsCenter Email or SNMP trap recipient
- About managing cost analysis and chargeback for OpsCenter Analytics
- Setting the default currency for OpsCenter cost reports
- Settings > Chargeback > Currency Settings options
- Editing the OpsCenter global currency list
- Settings > Chargeback > Currency Settings > Edit Currency List options
- Settings > Chargeback > Cost Variable options
- Creating cost variables in OpsCenter
- Modifying cost variables in OpsCenter
- Deleting cost variables in OpsCenter
- Settings > Chargeback > Cost Formulae options
- Creating cost formulae in OpsCenter
- Modifying cost formulae in OpsCenter
- Deleting a cost formulae in OpsCenter
- Estimating chargeback costs using the OpsCenter Formula Modeling Tool
- Settings > Chargeback > Cost Estimation options
- Understanding data collection
- About data collection in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter Agents
- About managing OpsCenter Data Collectors
- About configuring data collection for NetBackup
- Settings > Configuration > NetBackup options
- NetBackup data collection view
- How OpsCenter collects data from NetBackup
- About the Breakup Jobs option
- Viewing master server details and data collection status
- Adding a master server or appliance in OpsCenter
- Adding a NetBackup master server
- Configuring a master server or appliance master server for server access and data collection by OpsCenter
- Settings > Configuration > NetBackup > Add Master Server options
- Adding a master server or an appliance master server in the OpsCenter console
- Editing a master server or an appliance master server in OpsCenter
- Deleting a master server or an appliance master server in OpsCenter
- Controlling data collection for a master server in OpsCenter
- Configuring Backup Exec data collector
- Collecting data from PureDisk
- Managing OpsCenter views
- About OpsCenter views
- About managing OpsCenter views
- About managing nodes and objects in OpsCenter
- Adding nodes to a view in OpsCenter
- Modifying node details in OpsCenter
- Deleting nodes in OpsCenter
- Adding objects to a view node in OpsCenter
- Deleting objects from a view node in OpsCenter
- View filters in OpsCenter
- Setting up logging for OpsCenter View Builder
- Monitoring NetBackup using OpsCenter
- About the Monitor views
- Controlling the scope of Monitor views
- About monitoring NetBackup using the Overview tab
- Viewing the Job Summary by State
- Viewing the Media Summary by Status
- About Top 7 Job Error Log Summary
- Viewing the Services Summary
- Viewing the Master Server Summary
- Viewing the Job Summary by Job Status
- Viewing the Drive Summary by Status
- Top 7 Policies by Failed Jobs
- Viewing the Alert Summary by Severity
- About monitoring NetBackup jobs
- Monitor > Jobs List View options
- About monitoring jobs using the List View
- Viewing the details for a single NetBackup job
- Viewing the details for a master server associated with a job
- Viewing policy information for a job
- Filtering on NetBackup job type and state
- Controlling NetBackup jobs
- Reconciling NetBackup jobs
- Changing the job priority
- Change Job Priority dialog box options
- Exporting NetBackup job logs
- About using the Summary View for monitoring jobs
- Viewing the Job Summary by Job Status
- Viewing the Job Summary by State
- Viewing the Job Summary by Type
- About the Group Component Summary table
- About using the Hierarchical View for monitoring jobs
- Viewing the details for a single NetBackup job
- Viewing the details for a master server associated with a job
- Viewing policy information for a job
- Filtering on NetBackup job state
- Monitor > Services view
- Filtering on NetBackup service type
- Controlling NetBackup services
- About monitoring NetBackup policies
- Monitor > Policies List View
- About using the List View to monitor NetBackup policies
- Filtering on NetBackup policy type
- Monitor > Policies page
- Viewing details for a single NetBackup policy
- Viewing the details for a master server associated with a policy
- Viewing the details for a volume pool associated with a policy
- Activating or deactivating a job policy
- Starting a manual backup
- Viewing the history for a single job policy
- Monitor > Policies Summary View
- About Top 5 Policies by Data Backed up
- About Top 7 Policies by Failed Jobs
- About Top 7 Policies by No. of Jobs
- About monitoring NetBackup media
- Monitor > Media List View options
- About using the List View to monitor NetBackup media
- Viewing the details for NetBackup media
- Viewing the details for a master server associated with the media
- Filtering on NetBackup media type
- Controlling media
- Monitor > Media Summary View options
- Hierarchical View by Volume Pool for monitoring media
- Viewing the details for volume pool
- Viewing the details for media
- Controlling media
- Hierarchical View by Volume Group for monitoring media
- Viewing the details for a volume group
- Viewing the details for media
- Controlling media in OpsCenter
- Monitoring NetBackup devices
- Monitor > Devices > Drives List View options
- About using the List View for monitoring drives
- Viewing the details for a single drive
- Viewing the details for a master server associated with a drive
- Filtering on NetBackup drive category
- Controlling drives
- Monitor > Devices > Drives Summary View
- Viewing the Drive Summary by Status
- Monitor > Devices > Disk Pools options
- Viewing the details for a single disk pool
- About monitoring NetBackup hosts
- Monitor > Hosts > Master Servers view
- Filtering by NetBackup master server type and status
- Monitor > Hosts > Media Servers view
- Viewing the details of a master server that is associated with a media server
- Monitor > Hosts > Clients view
- Viewing the details for a single master server
- About monitoring NetBackup alerts
- Monitor > Alerts List View
- About using the List View to monitor NetBackup alerts
- Viewing the details for a single alert
- Viewing the details of a single alert for Appliance hardware failure
- Viewing the details of the alert policy associated with an alert
- Filtering by alert type
- Responding to alerts
- Summary View for monitoring NetBackup alerts
- Viewing alerts by severity
- Viewing alerts by NetBackup Master Server
- About monitoring Audit Trails
- Monitor > Appliance Hardware > Master Server
- Monitor > Appliance Hardware > Media Server
- Monitor > Appliance Hardware > NetBackup
- Monitor > Appliance Hardware > Deduplication
- Appliance hardware details
- Monitor > Cloud options
- Managing NetBackup using OpsCenter
- About the Manage views
- Controlling the scope of Manage views
- About managing alert policies
- About OpsCenter alert policies
- Manage > Alert Policies view
- Viewing the details for a single alert policy
- Filtering on type of alert policy
- About creating (or changing) an alert policy
- Managing an alert policy
- Viewing the alerts associated with an alert policy
- About managing NetBackup storage
- About managing NetBackup devices
- About Operational Restore and Guided Recovery operations
- About Operational Restores from OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter Guided Recovery
- Setting up for Guided Recovery cloning
- Guided Recovery cloning pre-operation checks
- Performing a Guided Recovery cloning operation
- Select a Master Server dialog
- Select Source Database panel
- Select Control File Backup panel
- Destination host and login panel
- Destination Parameters panel
- Selection summary panel
- Pre-clone check panel
- Job Details panel
- Guided Recovery post-clone operations
- Troubleshooting Guided Recovery
- About managing NetBackup Hosts
- About managing NetBackup Deployment Analysis
- About the traditional license report
- Prerequisites and data collection for a traditional licensing report
- Traditional Licensing page
- Create Traditional Licensing Report Wizard
- Generating a Traditional Licensing report
- Traditional Licensing report and log file locations
- Possible Traditional License report issues
- Capacity License report
- Data compilation for the Capacity License report
- Generating a Capacity Licensing report
- Possible Capacity License report issues
- Supporting Replication Director in OpsCenter
- About monitoring Replication Director from OpsCenter
- About the Open Storage alert condition
- How the events are generated
- Adding an alert policy
- About monitoring replication jobs
- Disk pool monitoring
- Storage lifecycle policy reporting
- Reporting on storage units, storage unit groups, and storage lifecycle policies
- Understanding and configuring OpsCenter alerts
- About using SNMP
- About SNMP
- About SNMP versions
- SNMP versions supported in OpsCenter
- About the Management Information Base (MIB) and OpsCenter support
- SNMP traps
- Alert descriptions in OpsCenter
- Configuring the SNMP trap community name for OpsCenter
- Configuring the SNMP version for sending SNMP traps
- About customizing Alert Manager settings
- Frequently asked SNMP and OpsCenter questions
- About managing OpsCenter alerts using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
- About managing OpsCenter alerts using HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.50/7.51 on Windows
- About using SNMP
- Reporting in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter reports
- Report Templates in OpsCenter
- About managing reports in OpsCenter
- Save report and email report dialog boxes
- Saving an OpsCenter report
- Exporting an OpsCenter report
- File formats available in OpsCenter
- Emailing a report in OpsCenter
- Configuring number of rows in a tabular report for email or export
- Adding email recipients to an OpsCenter report mailing
- Add email recipients dialog box options
- Creating a custom report in OpsCenter
- Creating an OpsCenter report using SQL query
- About managing My Reports
- About managing My Dashboard
- About managing reports folders in OpsCenter
- Using report schedules in OpsCenter
- Reports > Schedules options
- About managing report schedules in OpsCenter
- About managing time schedules in OpsCenter
- Appendix A. Additional information on PureDisk data collection
- Appendix B. Attributes of NetBackup data
- Appendix C. Man pages for CLIs
- Appendix D. Creating views using CSV, TSV, and XML files
- About using CSV, TSV, and XML files to create views
- About creating CSV files
- About creating TSV files
- About creating XML files
- XML DTD structure
- DTD elements
- DTD <application> element
- DTD <objects> and <object> elements
- DTD <attribute> elements
- DTD <view> element
- DTD <node> elements
- DTD <aliaslevel> elements
- Examples of XML files
- Example 1: Adding an object
- Example 2: Adding a view
- Example 3: Updating an object
- Example 4: Merging objects
- Appendix E. Error messages in OpsCenter
- OpsCenter Glossary
Using the quick links in the Task pane
In many views in the console, a Task pane is available. At the bottom of the Task pane, there are quick links to the most common tasks in OpsCenter.
Table: Quick links and their destinations shows the quick links available in OpsCenter and where they take you when you click them.
Table: Quick links and their destinations
Quick Link | Destination |
|---|---|
Restore Files and Directories or Oracle Cloning | Manage > Restore |
Alert Policies | Manage > Alert Policies |
NetBackup Data Collection | Settings > Configuration > NetBackup |
Views | Settings > Views |
Users | Settings > Users > Users |
Cloud | Monitor > Cloud |
Appliance Hardware | Monitor > Appliance Hardware |
To use the quick links in the Task pane
- Click the minimize icon (the down arrow) located on top of the quick links. Only the icons for quick link tasks are visible when the quick links are minimized.
- Click the maximize icon (the up arrow) again to view the quick links.
Note:
The quick links are shown by default in a maximized state. The minimize or maximize settings are applicable only for the current session.