Veritas Access Solutions Guide for Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Management Platform
- Introduction
- Deploying the SDS Management Platform with Veritas Access
- Using the SDS Management Platform interface
- Setting up SSL in the SDS Management Platform
- Performing authentication
- System backup and restore
- Troubleshooting
- Log locations
- Diagnostic reports
- Java Virtual Machine (JVM) parameters
- SDS Management Platform known issues
- If multiple bucket creation requests with different inputs for attributes such as size and layout are in progress in parallel, then a bucket can get created with incorrect attributes
- When editing a storage resource or backup server, an Advanced button is available that shows options that you should not change
- If you add a Veritas Access cluster where the host includes the protocol (such as, https://10.20.30.40), the provider gets added and collects data but running the LTR workflow fails
- When you create a bucket, the status of the task appears as DONE, even though the creation is still in progress
- Clicking on a non-mapped Veritas Access cluster directs you to an empty wiki page which shows a table and some data
- If you restart the operating system, the SDS Management Platform does not start automatically
- When you add a storage resource or backup server, the added resource is not automatically visible
- After the SDS log is rotated, the log messages from either Veritas Access or the SDS plugin go to the rotated file instead of the new file
- Some of the storage resources may appear as faulted and a warning sign appears next to the cluster IP address in the Infrastructure> Storage Resources page
- Creation of STU fails if the S3 user is changed
- Software limitations
Using the Infrastructure application
This section describes the application.
The Infrastructure application has the following menu entries:
Use this option to go back to the launchpad and switch to another application.
This page displays the following information:
Displays the health and storage overview for the storage resources and the backup servers.
The storage summary shows the storage utilization of all the Veritas Access clusters and the NetBackup servers.
You can interpret the storage summary as follows:
Total
The total number of Veritas Access clusters (storage resources) and NetBackup servers (backup servers) known to the platform.
Healthy
If data is collected successfully from the system, the system is healthy.
At risk
If no connection is established with the system, the system is at risk.
Health overview for provisioned storage.
Displays the details for all the buckets, the buckets that are used as LTR storage, file systems, and shares. A resource is denoted as healthy if the resource is online or in running state. Otherwise, the resource is said to be at risk.
Alert overview
Lists the alerts coming from the Veritas Access installation. Only a limited number of alerts are shown on the page. The alerts are sorted by severity and date. You can view all the alerts by selecting .
This has two sub-menu items:
This page shows an overview of the Veritas Access clusters known to the platform.
You can see the following information:
An icon shows whether the cluster is at risk or healthy. For each cluster, details such as the total number of nodes, number of nodes at risk, storage utilization, and the connected backup servers are shown.
You can perform the following actions on a cluster:
Edit the provider that collects data from the Veritas Access installation.
For example, you can change the password that is required to log on to Veritas Access.
Delete all the data for the Veritas Access cluster and the provider that collects the data.
Run the provider.
The information icon shows when the data was last collected, the duration of the data collection, and if there were any errors during the last provider run and how much data was collected.
You can add a new Veritas Access cluster using the option.
To add a new storage resource
- Click on Add Storage Resource.
- In the pop-up window, enter the host name or IP address of the Veritas Access cluster (or the management console), the credentials (master user name and password needed to log on to Veritas Access), and the port number of the Veritas Access installation (the default port number is already pre-set, but can be changed if needed).
If you have enabled S3 on the Veritas Access cluster and the S3 bucket user is different from the user name provided in the credentials, you have to provide the S3 bucket user credentials. Else, you can ignore these fields.
If you want to immediately validate your configuration details (before the provider is added) , check the Validate provider checkbox.
- After you submit the form, a provider is created that tries to collect data from the Veritas Access installation. If this is successful, the Veritas Access cluster is listed in the table that lists the storage resources. Go to Infrastructure > Storage Resources to verify if the new storage resource appears in the table.
Note:
You have to reload the page after a short waiting period to see this information. If a connection to the Veritas Access cluster cannot be established, a notification is shown above the table. You have the option to edit the provider to fix the issue. For example, you can re-enter the password or to delete the provider.
You can get more details on a specific Veritas Access cluster by clicking on it. The detail page of a specific Veritas Access cluster shows an overview of the cluster at the top. There are tables for the nodes, disks, storage pools, buckets, shares, and file systems of the cluster showing detailed information. Even if one of these resources is at risk, a red exclamation mark appears in the tab of the respective resource.
This page shows an overview of the NetBackup servers known to the platform.
You can see the following information:
A table shows the details for each NetBackup server, such as the health status of the server (whether the platform can collect data from the server), the total number of NetBackup policies and the number of policies in use, the connected storage resources, and the storage utilization.
You can perform the following actions on a server:
Edit the server that collects data from the NetBackup server.
For example, you can change the password that is required to log on to Veritas Access.
Delete all the data for the Veritas Access cluster and the provider that collects the data.
Run the provider.
You can add a new NetBackup server using the option.
To add a new backup server
- Click on Add Backup Server.
- In the pop-up window, enter the host name or IP address of the NetBackup server, the credentials (user name is root and password needed to log on to NetBackup server), and the port number (the default port number is already pre-set, but can be changed if needed).
- After you submit the form, a provider is created that tries to collect data from the NetBackup server. If this is successful, the backup server is listed in the table that lists the backup servers. Go to Infrastructure > Backup Servers to verify if the new backup server appears in the table.
Note:
You have to reload the page after a short waiting period to see this information. If a connection to the Veritas Access cluster cannot be established, a notification is shown above the table. You have the option to edit the provider to fix the issue. For example, you can re-enter the password or to delete the provider.
You can get more details on a specific NetBackup servers by clicking on it. The detail page of a NetBackup server shows an overview at the top and shows the connected storage resources, total number of NetBackup policies, and how many are used for LTR.
The table has three tabs that gives the following details:
Backup Policies: Lists the policy name, policy type, bucket (if the bucket has been used with the respective policy in LTR) .
Storage Lifecycle Policies: Lists the policy name and policy type. When selecting the information icon, a popup shows the information on the operations of the policy, the operation type, source, and storage unit (STU).
Buckets and their storage utilization.
This page lists all the buckets, shares, and the file systems of all the known Veritas Access clusters.
You can get more details on a specific bucket by clicking on it
The bucket page shows an overview of the bucket and provides an option to grow the bucket storage.
