NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
- Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
- Monitoring and notifications
- Section I. Configuring hosts
- Section II. Configuring storage and backups
- Configuring storage
- About storage configuration
- Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage server
- Create a Cloud storage, OpenStorage, or AdvancedDisk storage server
- Create a disk pool
- Create a storage unit
- Create a universal share
- Using image sharing from the NetBackup web UI
- Troubleshooting storage configuration
- Troubleshooting universal share configuration issues
- Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage server for image sharing
- Managing protection plans
- Managing classic policies
- Managing backup images
- Configuring storage
- Section III. Managing credentials
- Managing credentials for workloads and systems that NetBackup accesses
- About credential management in NetBackup
- Add a credential in NetBackup
- Add a credential for an external KMS
- Add a credential for NetBackup Callhome Proxy
- Edit or delete a named credential
- Add a credential for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
- Edit or delete Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) credentials in NetBackup
- Managing credentials for workloads and systems that NetBackup accesses
- Section IV. Managing security
- Security events and audit logs
- Managing security certificates
- Managing host mappings
- Managing user sessions
- Managing the security settings for the primary server
- Certificate authority for secure communication
- Disable communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts
- Disable automatic mapping of NetBackup host names
- Configure the global data-in-transit encryption setting
- About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
- Select a security level for NetBackup certificate deployment
- Set a passphrase for disaster recovery
- About trusted primary servers
- Access keys
- Configuring authentication options
- Section V. Managing role-based access control
- About role-based access control in NetBackup
- Configuring RBAC roles
- Configuring RBAC
- Notes for using NetBackup RBAC
- Add AD or LDAP domains
- Add a custom RBAC role
- Edit or remove a role a custom role
- View users in RBAC
- Add a user to a role (non-SAML)
- Add a user to a role (non-SAML, smart card user without AD or LDAP domain association or mapping)
- Add a user to a role (SAML)
- Remove a user from a role
- Default RBAC roles
- Administrator
- Default AHV Administrator
- Default Cloud Administrator
- Default NetBackup Command Line (CLI) Administrator
- Default Kubernetes Administrator
- Default NetBackup Kubernetes Operator Service
- Default Microsoft SQL Server Administrator
- Default Oracle Administrator
- Default RHV Administrator
- Default SaaS Administrator
- Default Resiliency Administrator
- Default Security Administrator
- Default Storage Administrator
- Default Universal Share Administrator
- Default VMware Administrator
- Configuring RBAC
- RBAC permissions
- About role permissions
- Global > BMR
- Global > NetBackup Web Management Console Administration
- Global > NetBackup management
- Access hosts
- Agentless hosts
- Anomalies
- CLI sessions
- Data classifications
- Email notifications
- Event logs
- NetBackup hosts
- Image sharing
- NetBackup backup images
- Jobs
- Licensing
- Media server
- Remote primary server certificate authority
- Resiliency
- Resource limits
- Retention levels
- Servers > Trusted primary servers
- Cloud providers
- CloudPoint servers
- WebSocket servers
- Global > Protection
- Global > Security
- Access control
- Security events
- Certificate management
- Disaster recovery passphrase
- Identity provider and SAML certificate configuration
- Key Management Services (KMS)
- Passphrase constraints
- Service principal configuration
- Global security settings
- Trust versions
- API keys
- User certificates
- User sessions and authentication
- Global > Storage
- Assets
- Protection plans
- Credentials
- Manage access
- Section VI. Managing detection and reporting
- Managing deployment
- Managing Resiliency Platforms
- NetBackup SaaS Protection
- NetBackup Flex Scale
- Managing Bare Metal Restore (BMR)
- Troubleshooting the NetBackup Web UI
Create a universal share
A universal share offers the ability to ingest data directly into a space efficient SMB (CIFS) or NFS share. Space efficiency is achieved by storing the ingested data directly to an existing NetBackup deduplication pool (MSDP). No NetBackup software needs to be installed on the client that is mounting the share. Any operating system that is running a POSIX-compliant file system and can mount an SMB (CIFS) or NFS network share can write data to a universal share.
For more information about universal shares, see the NetBackup Deduplication Guide
With the NetBackup web UI, you can:
Create, modify, view, and delete universal shares and manage them across appliances and build-your-own (BYO) servers.
Change the quota settings, Active Directory (AD) user and group names, and any target hosts that pertain to the universal share.
Note:
See the NetBackup Deduplication Guide for more information about universal share policies, prerequisites, and configuration.
To create a universal share in the NetBackup web UI
- On the left, click Storage > Storage Configuration > Universal Share and then click Add.
If there are no storage servers, then configure an MSDP storage server:
See Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage server.
After you create the MSDP storage server, return to Universal Shares tab and click Add to add a universal share.
Provide the following required information:
Enter a Display name. This name will be used in the universal share path.
Select the Storage server.
Select the Protocol: NSF or SMB (CIFS)
Specify a Host that is allowed to mount the share and then click Add to list. You can use the host name, IP address, short name, or the FQDN to specify the Host. You can enter multiple hosts for each share.
At this point, continue to enter values in the remaining fields or click Save to save the universal share. You can update the remaining fields later from the universal share's details page:
Select a Quota type: Unlimited or Custom. If you select Custom, also specify the quota in MB, GB, or TB units.
The Custom quota value limits the amount of data that is ingested into the share. Quotas are enforced using the front-end terabyte (FETB) calculation method. They are Implemented per share and can be modified at any time. You do not need to remount the share for the change to a take effect.
To update the quote type or value from the universal share's details page, click Edit in the Quota section.
Specify Active Directory usernames and Active Directory group names. Only the specified users or groups can access the share. You can add and update the Active Directory usernames and Active Directory group names later from the details page of an existing universal share.
Note:
Currently Active Directory usernames and Active Directory group names are supported only for the SMB (CIFS) protocol.
- To view details about a universal share, click its name in the Universal Shares table.
- To delete a universal share, select one or more and click Delete or select Delete from the action menu.
Deleting a universal share also deletes all data in the share. This action is irreversible and may take some time if the amount of data is large. Any active data transfers are immediately terminated, and any mounted shares are immediately removed.