Veritas Access Solutions Guide for Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Management Platform

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2)
Platform: Linux
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
    2.  
      About the SDS Management Platform
  2. Deploying the SDS Management Platform with Veritas Access
    1.  
      Deploying the SDS Management Platform
  3. Using the SDS Management Platform interface
    1.  
      Using the SDS Management Platform launchpad
    2.  
      Using the Infrastructure application
    3.  
      Using the Long Term Retention Storage (LTR) application
    4.  
      Operation icons on the SDS Management Platform interface
  4. Setting up SSL in the SDS Management Platform
    1.  
      About setting up SSL in the SDS Management Platform
    2.  
      Generating and installing a new certificate
    3.  
      Creating and upgrading a trust store
  5. Performing authentication
    1.  
      Authentication modules
    2.  
      Certificate-based client authentication
  6. System backup and restore
    1.  
      About system backup and restore
    2.  
      Automatic backups
    3.  
      Manual backups
  7. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Log locations
    2.  
      Diagnostic reports
    3.  
      Java Virtual Machine (JVM) parameters
    4. SDS Management Platform known issues
      1.  
        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
      2.  
        When editing a storage resource or backup server, an Advanced button is available that shows options that you should not change
      3.  
        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
      4.  
        When you create a bucket, the status of the task appears as DONE, even though the creation is still in progress
      5.  
        Clicking on a non-mapped Veritas Access cluster directs you to an empty wiki page which shows a table and some data
      6.  
        If you restart the operating system, the SDS Management Platform does not start automatically
      7.  
        When you add a storage resource or backup server, the added resource is not automatically visible
      8.  
        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
      9.  
        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
      10.  
        Creation of STU fails if the S3 user is changed
    5.  
      Software limitations

Operation icons on the SDS Management Platform interface

Table: Operation icons on the SDS Management Platform interface describes the operation icons visible on the SDS Management Platform interface.

Table: Operation icons on the SDS Management Platform interface

Icon

Name

Description

Job

Displays a log of various actions on the system. The details include the description of the job, run time, start time, progress status, and messages (informational about actions that are performed or errors that have occurred), and the user who has performed an action.

The progress status can be:

  • The percentage of the progress if the job is still running.

  • Done, if the job is successful.

  • Error, if there was an error during execution.

Event

Displays the events collected from the Veritas Access installations.

Help

Displays the available documentation.

Settings

Links to the following pages:

  • User Management: You can add and delete users and change passwords. Veritas recommends that you change the default admin password after you log in for the first time.

  • Backup: You can create or restore backups for the database of the platform.

  • Authentication set up: You can configure authentication options for the platform. For example, you can configure whether authentication against LDAP should be used.

  • SSL configuration: You can configure the SSL configuration for the web server and API.

  • Diagnostic Information: You can collect the information required to diagnose problems and get product support.

Account

Links to the account page and the logout option.

User Management

You can also add ACLs for different users.

  • If the user belongs to the SDS LTR User group, then the user has access only to the LTR application.

  • If the user belongs to the Access Infrastructure User group, then the user has access only to the Infrastructure application.

  • If the user is an admin, then the user has access to all applications and can perform any operation.

Figure: User Management page

User Management page