NetBackup™ Installation Guide
- Preparing for installation
- General installation information
- Available NetBackup installation methods
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- About NetBackup software availability
- Required libraries missing from some Linux distributions
- How to install NetBackup
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About storage device configuration
- About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
- Environment variable for certificate key size
- Restrictions on the NetBackup installation directory
- NetBackup database is not supported on the btrfs file system
- Installation operational notes and limitations
- Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 10.4 and later installation
- Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
- Enable 8dot3 name file setting for the NetBackup primary servers
- NetBackup servers must use a host name that is compliant with RFC 1123 and RFC 952
- Host ID-based certificate is not deployed during installation on 8.1 media server or client host with dual stack configuration
- External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
- SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
- Known SUSE Linux primary server install issue
- Performance and tuning considerations
- SORT information
- Veritas NetInsights Console information
- General installation information
- NetBackup licenses
- Installing server software on UNIX systems
- Installation requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Do not mix non-English versions of Windows and UNIX platforms unless primary and media servers are NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup installations on environments that run different versions of UNIX-based operating systems
- Special installation guidelines for Solaris systems
- Special installation guidelines for Linux clustered environments
- How the installation script works
- Installing NetBackup primary server software on Linux
- Installing NetBackup media server software on Linux
- About pushing client software from a primary server to clients
- Installation requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installing server software on Windows systems
- Installation requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server installation on Windows systems
- Post-installation tasks for NetBackup cluster environments
- Verifying Windows cluster installations or upgrades
- Installing NetBackup servers silently on Windows systems
- About the administrative interfaces
- About the NetBackup web user interface
- About the NetBackup Administration Console
- Installing the NetBackup Administration Console
- Installing multiple versions of the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows
- Removing earlier versions of the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows
- About the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
- Installing the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
- Installing NetBackup client software
- About NetBackup client installation
- About NetBackup client installation on Windows
- About NetBackup client installation on UNIX and Linux
- Configuring NetBackup
- Removing NetBackup server and client software
- About NetBackup server software removal on Linux systems
- About NetBackup client software removal on UNIX and Linux systems
- Removing NetBackup from UNIX and Linux servers and clients
- About NetBackup server software removal on Windows systems
- Removing NetBackup server and client software from Windows servers, clusters, and clients
- About removal of the Java Console state data from Windows servers and Windows clients
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Reference
- Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered primary server
- NetBackup database user
- About the NetBackup answer file
- About the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
- Manually install or uninstall NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector binaries
- Manually configure the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
- Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
- About RBAC bootstrapping
- NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation
- About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
- Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after install
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- Security updates to the NetBackup database
- Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain
Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
Replication Director can replicate snapshots on a NetApp disk array in two different situations:
In non-cluster mode: 7-mode is used to replicate snapshots on NAS and SAN. The plug-in must be installed on the OnCommand Unified Manager (OCUM) server (Figure: Communication between NetBackup and the NBUPlugin for 7-mode).
In cluster-mode: Clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT) is used to replicate snapshots between storage virtual machines (SVMs or vServers). Support is for NAS only.
The plug-in must be installed on either a Windows or a Linux computer other than the OCUM server, the primary server, or any media servers (Figure: Communication between NetBackup and the NBUPlugin for Clustered Data ONTAP).
Both modes support the same topologies.
Table: Version compatibility describes the association between NetBackup versions and the NetApp plug-ins.
Table: Version compatibility
NetBackup version | NetApp plug-in version | Description | Ratio of primary server to OCUM server | Supported policy types |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7.7 and later | 1.1 | Provides 7-mode support for all NetBackup Replication Director features. | One primary server supports many OCUM servers. The plug-in must be installed on the OnCommand Unified Manager (OCUM) server. | MS-Windows, Standard, NDMP, VMware, Oracle |
1.1 P1 | Provides 7-mode support for all NetBackup Replication Director features. | One primary server supports many OCUM servers. | MS-Windows, Standard, NDMP, VMware, Oracle | |
2.0 | Provides cDOT support. | One primary server supports many OCUM servers. The plug-in must be installed on either a Windows or a Linux computer other than the OCUM server, the primary server, or any media servers. | MS-Windows, Standard, NDMP, VMware, Oracle |
Note:
You must upgrade the entire NetBackup environment before upgrading the plug-in. Upgrade all primary servers, media servers, clients, and any hosts which communicate with the plug-in.
To determine the NBUPlugin version, look for the following version file on the system where the NBUPlugin is installed:
On Windows: Install_path\Program Files\Netapp\NBUPlugin\version.txt
On UNIX: /usr/NetApp/NBUPlugin/version.txt
The contents of the file lists the product name, the build date, and the NBUPlugin version. If more than one plug-in is installed, both are listed.
If upgrading the NetApp Plug-in for Veritas NetBackup, make sure that all storage lifecycle policy jobs that use the old plug-in are complete before upgrading.
To determine whether all of the jobs that are associated with a storage lifecycle policy are complete, in process, or not started, use the following command:
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>nbstlutil.exe stlilist -U
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbstlutil stlilist -U