Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (1.3.1)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration requirements
    3.  
      Firewall and network ports requirements
    4.  
      Considerations for using IPv6 addresses
  2. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 of a node
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using a configuration file
      1.  
        YML configuration file
  3. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale logs
    2.  
      Connection timeout errors during patch installs, upgrades, and rollback operations
    3.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a driver node not selected error
    4.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a license error after successfully configuring the cluster
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and patch management
    1. About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEB
      1.  
        Pre-upgrade steps
    2.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    4.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using REST APIs
    5.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
  5. Removing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. About disk erasure
      1.  
        Configuring data erasure
      2.  
        Viewing the data erasure status
      3.  
        Aborting data erasure
    2.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale node factory reset
    3.  
      Performing a factory reset on a node
  6. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale software installation
    2.  
      Enabling remote IPMI connections
    3.  
      Setting up the RAID configuration on the nodes
    4.  
      Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes
    5.  
      Downloading the product installer ISO
    6.  
      Mounting the ISO file on the nodes
    7.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using the ISO

Initial configuration wizard displays a driver node not selected error

You select the cluster nodes on the Select Nodes panel of the cluster configuration wizard. While choosing the nodes if the driver node is not part of the selected nodes, the wizard does not allow you to proceed.

You may see the following error: 

Driver node must be selected for configuring the cluster.
Cause

The node from where you launch the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster configuration wizard workflow is referred to as the driver node. During cluster configuration, the driver node must be included in the list of the nodes that are selected to be a part of the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster. This node is critical because the cluster configuration processes are triggered from the node.

Solution

Ensure that the driver node is included in the selected nodes. In case the number of cluster nodes is higher, for example, 8 nodes or more, you can perform the following steps to easily identify the driver node:

  1. On the Select Nodes panel, click Export inventory CSV to download the nodes inventory file.

  2. Open the .csv file in a text editor and observe the contents.

    The csv file contains a comma separated list of all the available nodes along with other parameters such as the node name, the management IP addresses assigned, the data and management network adapter MAC addresses and so on.

    You may see the following types of entries in the file:

    Model,Product version,Management IP,eth1 mac address,Host name,Serial number,eth5 mac address
5551,1.3,10.xx.xxx.15,00:50:56:b5:c0:8f,lam-01.mydomain.com,virtual-42357921c,00:50:56:b5:96:3a
5551,1.3,,00:50:56:b5:db:81,lam-02.mydomain.com,virtual-423555166e0a8f2e-b217,00:50:56:b5:cf:87

  3. Identify the node that has the management IP assigned. This is the driver node from where you launched the cluster configuration wizard. Make a note of the node name or the MAC address of the data network adapter or the management network adapter.

    Note:

    The management IP is the IP address that you used to connect to the node and launch the cluster configuration wizard.

  4. Go back to the cluster configuration wizard and from the nodes list displayed in the Select Nodes panel find the node that matches the details you noted earlier and then select that node.

  5. Click Save to update the inventory and continue with the cluster configuration process.