Veritas Access Appliance Initial Configuration and Administration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (7.3.2)
Platform: 3340
  1. Getting to know the Access Appliance
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access Appliance
    2. About the Access Appliance administration interfaces
      1.  
        Using the Access Appliance shell menu
    3.  
      About licensing the Access Appliance
    4. Where to find the documentation
      1.  
        Changes in the Access Appliance document revision
  2. Preparing to configure the appliance
    1.  
      Initial configuration requirements
    2.  
      About obtaining IP addresses for Veritas Access
    3.  
      Network and firewall requirements
  3. Configuring the appliance for the first time
    1. How to configure the Access Appliance for the first time
      1.  
        Configuring the Access cluster on the appliance
  4. Getting started with the Veritas Access GUI
    1.  
      Where to find the Veritas Access GUI
    2. About the Veritas Access 3340 Appliance
      1.  
        Configuring the storage
      2.  
        Configuring an S3 server
      3.  
        Activating an LTR policy
      4.  
        Generating S3 keys
      5.  
        Provisioning the storage
  5. Storage management
    1.  
      About the appliance storage
    2.  
      Viewing the storage on the appliance
    3.  
      Scanning the storage on the appliance
  6. Network connection management
    1. Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes
      1.  
        About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the appliance nodes
    2.  
      About VLAN tagging on the appliance
    3.  
      Configuring static routes on the appliance
    4.  
      Configuring DNS and host name mapping on the appliance
    5.  
      About the maximum transmission unit size on the appliance
    6. About the Veritas Remote Management Console
      1.  
        Configuring the IPMI port on an appliance node
      2.  
        Managing IPMI users on an appliance node
      3.  
        Resetting the IPMI on an appliance node
    7.  
      Setting the date and time on the appliance
  7. Monitoring the appliance
    1.  
      About hardware monitoring in the Access GUI
    2. About Veritas AutoSupport on the Access Appliance
      1.  
        Setting up AutoSupport on the appliance
      2.  
        Using a proxy server with the appliance
    3.  
      Setting up email notifications on the appliance
    4.  
      Setting up SNMP notifications on the appliance
    5.  
      Testing the appliance hardware
  8. Resetting the appliance to factory settings
    1.  
      About appliance factory reset
    2.  
      Performing a single node factory reset
    3.  
      Performing a full appliance cluster factory reset
  9. Appliance security
    1.  
      About Access Appliance security
    2. About Access appliance user account privileges
      1. Access appliance admin password specifications
        1.  
          Password encryption and handling on the Access appliance
    3.  
      Changing the Maintenance user account password
    4. About the Access Appliance intrusion detection system
      1.  
        Reviewing SDCS events on the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Auditing the SDCS logs on an Access Appliance
      3.  
        About SDCS event type codes and severity codes on an Access appliance node
      4.  
        Changing the SDCS log retention settings on an Access appliance node
    5. About Access appliance operating system security
      1.  
        Vulnerability scanning of the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Disabled service accounts on the Access appliance
    6.  
      About data security on the Access appliance
    7.  
      About data integrity on the Access appliance
    8. Recommended IPMI settings on the Access appliance
      1.  
        Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate on the Access appliance
  10. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About appliance log files
    2.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    3.  
      Gathering device logs with the DataCollect command

Using the Access Appliance shell menu

The Access Appliance shell menu provides a menu-based interactive shell interface through which an administrator can manage the Veritas Access Appliance. The interface is made up of hierarchical views that contain the administrative commands and options. When you log onto the Access Appliance shell menu, the Main_Menu view is displayed.

access-cluster_01.Main_Menu>

Appliance  Access Appliance node configuration.
Exit       Logout and exit from the current shell.
Manage     Manage Access Appliance node.
Monitor    Monitor appliance activities.
Network    Network Administration.
Settings   Change appliance settings.
Shell      Shell operations.
Support    Appliance Support.

To navigate to sub-views or execute available commands, type the name of the option you want from the list of available options. For example, from the Main_Menu view, type Manage and press Enter to go to the Manage view.

Helpful tips

The following list contains some helpful tips for using the Access Appliance shell menu:

  • Press Tab or Enter to auto-complete a command.

  • Press the spacebar key to display the next parameter that needs to be entered.

  • Type a question mark (?) to show more information about the commands or sub-views that are available in the current view. If you type ? after you enter a command or option, more information about that command is shown, such as the format and usage of the command parameters.

  • When you press the Enter key, the next mandatory parameter that needs to be entered is displayed. A mandatory parameter is one that does not have predefined values.

    Command parameters that are in angular brackets (< >) are mandatory; whereas the command parameters that are in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.

    For example, from the Main_Menu > Settings > Alerts view, the following command has one mandatory parameter and two optional parameters:

    Email SMTP Add <Server> [Account] [Password]

    Where <Server> is the mandatory SMTP server address, and [Account] and [Password] are the optional account credentials if the SMTP server requires them.