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Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Getting Started Guide
Last Published:
2020-03-24
Product(s):
Appliances (3.2)
Platform: NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Product overview
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- Preparing the initial deployment
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance Cloud Catalyst
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Introduction to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
Using the OVF Tool to deploy a Cloud Catalyst appliance
The section describes how to deploy a NetBackup Virtual Appliance Cloud Catalyst by using the VMware OVF Tool.
Note:
This procedure requires a vCenter Server. For how to deploy an OVF package directly on an ESXi host, see the following technical article.
To deploy a Cloud Catalyst appliance using the VMware OVF Tool
- Log on to the vCenter Server where you want to deploy your appliance.
Note:
Your vCenter Server user account must have at least the minimum privileges required to deploy an OVF template. Refer to the VMware documentation for more information.
- Use the VMware OVF Tool to run the following command, substituting the environment information that you gathered for the parameters that are marked with angular brackets (<>) and in italics:
ovftool --name=<nbva_name> --acceptAllEulas --net:"VM Network=<vm_network>" --allowAllExtraConfig --datastore=<vm_datastore> --powerOn <nbva_ova> vi://<vCenter_username>:<vCenter_password>/?ip=<hostIPaddress>
For more information such as how to deploy an OVF package directly on an ESXi host, refer to the VMware OVF Tool documentation.
- After the deployment is complete, proceed to perform the initial configuration steps in the following topic.
See Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server.