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Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

Last Published: 2019-11-04

Product(s): Appliances (3.1.2)

Platform: NetBackup Virtual Appliance

Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
2. NetBackup Virtual Appliance supported features
3. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance documentation
4. NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.1.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
5. Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.1.2 release
6. Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.1.2 release
Preparing to deploy the appliance
1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance product files (OVF templates)
2. NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment methods
3. NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment guidelines
  1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment checklist
Deploying and configuring the appliance
1. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
2. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
3. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
4. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst
Post initial configuration procedures
1. About modifying the NetBackup Virtual Appliance settings
2. Adding a permanent license key if an evaluation license key expires
3. Managing license keys on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Appliance common tasks
1. Common tasks in NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Storage management
1. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
Network connection management
1. About IPv4-IPv6-based network support
2. Network settings for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
3. Configuring DNS and host name mapping for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
4. Setting the date and time on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
5. Configuring static routes on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
6. Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Managing users
1. About managing NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
2. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types
3. Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
4. Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
5. Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
6. Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
7. Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
8. Revoking roles from NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
9. About user name and password specifications
10. Changing NetBackup Virtual Appliance user passwords
11. About password management and recovery
12. About authenticating LDAP users
13. About authenticating Active Directory users
  1. Adding an Active Directory server configuration
  2. Unconfiguring Active Directory user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
14. About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
  1. Adding a Kerberos-NIS authentication configuration on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
  2. Unconfiguring Kerberos-NIS user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
15. Generic user authentication guidelines
16. About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
17. Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
18. Deleting NetBackup administrator user accounts
Using the appliance
1. About configuring Host parameters for your appliance on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. About Copilot functionality and Share management
3. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
  1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance as backup host: component overview
  2. Notes on NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
4. About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
5. About mounting a remote NFS
  1. Mounting a remote NFS drive
  2. Unmounting an NFS drive
6. About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
7. Generating certificates
Monitoring the appliance
1. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance alerts
2. Setting up email notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
3. Setting up SNMP notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
4. Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
5. Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
6. About SNMP
  1. About the Management Information Base (MIB)
7. About Call Home
  1. Understanding the Call Home workflow
  2. About the Product Improvement Program
8. About AutoSupport
9. About storage email alerts
Appliance security
1. About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. About data security
3. About data integrity
4. About data classification
5. About data encryption
6. About SSL usage
7. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion detection system
8. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion prevention system
9. Major components of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance OS
10. Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
11. About the appliance login banner
12. Setting the appliance login banner
  1. Creating the appliance login banner
  2. Removing the appliance login banner
13. Log Forwarding feature overview
Upgrading the appliance
1. About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.1.2
2. Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
  1. Upgrade time estimation
3. Pre-upgrade tasks for appliance upgrades
4. Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
  1. Downloading software updates directly to a NetBackup appliance
  2. Downloading software updates to a NetBackup appliance using a client share
5. Installing a NetBackup Virtual Appliance software update using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
6. Troubleshooting upgrade issues
Appliance restore
1. About appliance restore
2. Creating an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
3. Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
4. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance factory reset
5. Factory reset best practices
6. How to factory reset the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
1. About decommissioning a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. Decommissioning a NetBackup Virtual Appliance with the media server role
Troubleshooting
1. About troubleshooting the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. About contacting Technical Support
3. Determining the NetBackup Virtual Appliance serial number
4. About disaster recovery
  1. Recovering a NetBackup appliance master server using NetBackup catalog restore
5. About NetBackup support utilities
  1. NetBackup Domain Network Analyzer (NBDNA)
  2. NetBackup Support Utility (NBSU)
6. Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues
7. Error messages displayed on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
8. NetBackup status codes applicable for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
9. Installing an EEB
10. Rolling back an EEB using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
Appliance logging
1. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance log files
2. Viewing log files using the Support command
3. Where to find NetBackup Virtual Appliance log files using the Browse command
4. Enabling and disabling VxMS logging
5. Gathering device logs on a NetBackup virtual appliance
6. About forwarding logs to an external server
Commands overview
1. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
2. Logging on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
3. Using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
4. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu command views
Appendix A. Appliance commands
1. Appliance > Master
2. Appliance > Media
3. Appliance > ShowDedupPassword
4. Appliance > Status
5. Appliance > Configure
Appendix B. Manage commands
1. Manage > Software > Delete
2. Manage > Software > Download
3. Manage > Software > List
4. Manage > Software > Install
5. Manage > Software > Share
6. Manage > Software > Readme
7. Manage > Software > Rollback
8. Manage > Software > Cancel
9. Manage > Software > DownloadProgress
10. Manage > Software > UpgradeStatus
11. Manage > Storage > Show
12. Manage > Storage > Add
13. Manage > Storage > Create
14. Manage > Storage > Delete
15. Manage > Storage > Edit
16. Manage > Storage > Monitor
17. Manage > Storage > Move
18. Manage > Storage > Remove
19. Manage > Storage > Resize
20. Manage > Storage > Scan
21. Manage > MountPoints > List
22. Manage > MountPoints > Mount
23. Manage > MountPoints > Unmount
24. Manage > License > Add
25. Manage > License > List
26. Manage > License > ListInfo
27. Manage > License > Remove
28. Manage > Certificates > Generate
29. Manage > Certificates > Delete
30. Manage > NetBackupCLI > Create
31. Manage > NetBackupCLI > Delete
32. Manage > NetBackupCLI > List
33. Manage > NetBackupCLI > PasswordExpiry
Appendix C. Monitor commands
1. Monitor > Uptime
2. Monitor > Who
3. Monitor > NetworkStatus
4. Monitor > Top
5. Monitor > MemoryStatus
6. Monitor > SDCS
7. Monitor > NetBackup
8. Monitor > Hardware
Appendix D. Network commands
1. Network > Configure
2. Network > Date
3. Network > DNS
4. Network > Gateway
5. Network > Hostname
6. Network > Hosts
7. Network > IPv4
8. Network > IPv6
9. Network > LinkAggregation
10. Network > NetStat
11. Network > NTPServer
12. Network > Ping
13. Network > SetProperty
14. Network > Show
15. Network > TimeZone
16. Network > TraceRoute
17. Network > Unconfigure
18. Network > WANOptimization
Appendix E. Reports commands
1. Reports > Deduplication
2. Reports > Process
Appendix F. Settings commands
1. Settings > Deduplication
2. Settings > LifeCycle
3. Settings > LogForwarding
4. Settings > NetBackup
5. Settings > Password
6. Settings > SystemLocale
7. Settings > Share
8. Settings > Sysctl
9. Settings > Notifications > LoginBanner
10. Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP
11. Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory
12. Settings > Security > Authentication > Kerberos
13. Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser
14. Settings > Security > Authorization
15. Settings > Alerts > CallHome
16. Settings > Alerts > SNMP
17. Settings > Alerts > Email
18. Settings > Alerts > Hardware
Appendix G. Support commands
1. Support > Checkpoint
2. Support > DataCollect
3. Support > Disk
4. Support > Errors
5. Support > FactoryReset
6. Support > InfraServices
7. Support > iostat
8. Support > Logs
9. Support > Maintenance
10. Support > Messages
11. Support > NBDNA
12. Support > nbperfchk
13. Support > NBSU
14. Support > Processes
15. Support > Reboot
16. Support > Service
17. Support > Shutdown
18. Support > Storage SanityCheck
19. Support > Storage Reset
20. Support > Test

How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst

Use the following procedure to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst.

Table: Before you deploy a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst

Step	Task
Step 1	Review the available product files (OVF templates) for deployment. See NetBackup Virtual Appliance product files (OVF templates).
Step 2	Download the NetBackup Virtual Appliance product file from the Veritas Entitlement Management System (VEMS). To access VEMS, click Licensing on the Veritas Support website.
Step 3	Review the deployment guidelines and prepare the checklist. See NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment guidelines.

Step

Task

Step 1

Review the available product files (OVF templates) for deployment.

See NetBackup Virtual Appliance product files (OVF templates).

Step 2

Download the NetBackup Virtual Appliance product file from the Veritas Entitlement Management System (VEMS). To access VEMS, click Licensing on the Veritas Support website.

Step 3

Review the deployment guidelines and prepare the checklist.

See NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment guidelines.

Table: Deployment and initial configuration

Step	Task
Step 4	Deploy the NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst. See Using the vSphere Client to deploy a CloudCatalyst appliance. See Using the OVF Tool to deploy a CloudCatalyst appliance.
Step 5	Ensure that your cloud provider is supported and install any necessary provider compatibility updates on the appliance. Ensure that you have an account with a cloud service provider and that you know the user name and password. For more information such as how to configure the appliance as a CloudCatalyst storage server in your environment and the preferred use case, see the following documentation. NetBackup Cloud Administrator's Guide. NetBackup Deduplication Guide
Step 6	Add the appliance media server name to the master server. You must know the proposed host name of the appliance. The same name is used in the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu during the initial configuration wizard. See Configuring a master server to communicate with an appliance media server.
Step 7	Generate a set of credentials for the appliance on the master server. On the master server, run the following command /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpnbat -addmachine appliance_name admin_password Where appliance_name is the host name of the appliance, and password is an arbitrary password that you will use to verify the host name-based certificate later during the NetBackup CloudCatalyst wizard.
Step 8 (Optional)	Configure and start the NetBackup Key Management Service (KMS) on the master server. To encrypt backups, run the following command on the master server to configure KMS: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbkms -createemptydb As part of the setup, enter: A pass phrase and an ID for the host master key (HMK). A pass phrase and ID for the key protection key (KPK). To start KMS, run the following command to generate a set of credentials for the appliance: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbkms
Step 9	Configure the appliance from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu. See Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst.