Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
- Overview of NetBackup OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter components
- About starting the OpsCenter console
- About OpsCenter console components
- About the View pane
- Sizing the Content pane
- About using tables
- Installing OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- About the OpsCenter licensing model
- Managed NetBackup master server considerations
- About designing your OpsCenter Server
- About planning an OpsCenter Agent deployment
- Installing OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter upgrade on Windows and UNIX
- About post-installation tasks
- About uninstalling OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About clustering OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- Getting started with OpsCenter
- Administering OpsCenter
- About the services and processes used by OpsCenter
- OpsCenter server scripts on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter database administration
- About backup and restore of OpsCenter and OpsCenter Analytics
- About communication ports and firewall considerations in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter log files
- Understanding OpsCenter settings
- Setting user preferences
- About managing licenses
- Configuring the data purge period on the OpsCenter Server
- Configuring SMTP server settings for OpsCenter
- Adding host aliases in OpsCenter
- Merging objects (hosts) in OpsCenter
- Modifying tape library information in OpsCenter
- Copying a user profile in OpsCenter
- Setting report export location in OpsCenter
- About managing Object Types in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter users
- About adding AD / LDAP user groups in OpsCenter
- About managing recipients in OpsCenter
- About managing cost analysis and chargeback for OpsCenter Analytics
- Understanding data collection
- About data collection in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter Agents
- About managing OpsCenter Data Collectors
- About configuring data collection for NetBackup
- About the Breakup Jobs option
- Viewing master server details and data collection status
- Collecting data from PureDisk
- Managing OpsCenter views
- About OpsCenter views
- About managing OpsCenter views
- View filters in OpsCenter
- Monitoring NetBackup using OpsCenter
- Controlling the scope of Monitor views
- About monitoring NetBackup using the Overview tab
- About monitoring NetBackup jobs
- Monitor > Services view
- About monitoring Audit Trails
- Managing NetBackup using OpsCenter
- About managing alert policies
- About creating (or changing) an alert policy
- About managing NetBackup storage
- About managing NetBackup devices
- About Operational Restore and Guided Recovery operations
- About Operational Restores from OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter Guided Recovery
- Troubleshooting Guided Recovery
- About managing NetBackup Hosts
- About managing NetBackup Deployment Analysis
- Data compilation for the Capacity License report
- Generating a Capacity Licensing report
- Supporting Replication Director in OpsCenter
- Understanding and configuring OpsCenter alerts
- About using SNMP
- About using SNMP
- Reporting in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter reports
- Report Templates in OpsCenter
- About managing reports in OpsCenter
- Creating a custom report in OpsCenter
- About managing My Reports
- About managing My Dashboard
- About managing reports folders in OpsCenter
- About managing report schedules in OpsCenter
- About managing time schedules in OpsCenter
- Appendix A. Additional information on PureDisk data collection
- Appendix B. Attributes of NetBackup data
- Appendix C. Man pages for CLIs
- Appendix D. Creating views using CSV, TSV, and XML files
- Appendix E. Error messages in OpsCenter
Upgrading OpsCenter silently
Use the following procedures to upgrade to OpsCenter components silently.
To upgrade OpsCenter
- If you are using OpsCenter to monitor NetBackup, ensure that you upgrade OpsCenter before upgrading NetBackup.
- Log on as administrator to the OpsCenter system that you want to upgrade.
- Insert the appropriate OpsCenter DVD in the DVD drive.
- Open the command prompt on your system.
Navigate to
<DVD Drive>\<Architecture>\Server
directory. - Enter the following command:
SETUP.EXE -NoInstall
Note that the -NoInstall switch is case-sensitive .
This command starts the Installation Wizard where you can specify your preferences. Note that the Installation Wizard creates the response file based on your inputs and does not install the product.
- The Installation Wizard detects an existing installation of OpsCenter on the system. For example, the following message may be displayed on the Welcome screen:
The installer has detected that Veritas OpsCenter Server is already installed on your system that will now be upgraded to version.
Click Next.
- Read the license agreement, check I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
You may opt to check or uncheck Participate in the NetBackup Product Improvement Program. This option is checked by default.
If you check this option, the installer uploads installation deployment and product usage information to Veritas automatically and in a secured manner. This data helps Veritas to guide future product development and also analyze issues.
- In the Installation Method section, click Typical to use the default settings, installation location, or port numbers. Typical is selected by default.
Also compare the space that is required for installing OpsCenter server and the actual space that is available.
Click Next.
Note:
The Custom option is disabled when you upgrade from to OpsCenter. You cannot customize the default settings, locations, or port numbers while upgrading to OpsCenter.
- Specify a location for saving the old OpsCenter database. The default location is
C:\Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter_SavedData
.Warning:
In case of sequential OpsCenter upgrades (for example, version 1 > version 2 > version 3), the old
OpsCenter_SavedData
folder may already exist. If theOpsCenter_SavedData
folder is overwritten during upgrade, the OpsCenter GUI may not start properly. To avoid this problem, you should rename the oldOpsCenter_SavedData
folder before upgrading to OpsCenter.Click Browse to specify a different location.
In case the directory
C:\Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter_SavedData
does not exist, you are prompted to create it. Click Yes to create the directory.Note:
Ensure that the database location has adequate space by going through the Disk space requirements section on this page. A green checkmark appears in the Required column if there is adequate disk space.
- On the License Keys panel, enter your demo or permanent key that you have received with the purchase of OpsCenter and click Add Key.
See OpsCenter Analytics license keys.
Click Next.
- The installer shows a summary of the installation settings.
Check Save Summary to option to save the installation summary. Click Browse to save the installation summary in your preferred location.
Click Install. Note that clicking Install does not install the product.
- The Installation Status panel is displayed. Click Finish.
- A response file named
Server-<DD-MM-YY-HH-MIN-SS>.XML
is created at the following location:C:\windows\temp\Symantec\OpsCenter
This XML file can be used to upgrade OpsCenter Server software on multiple computers.
- On the command prompt, ensure that you are in the directory where
SETUP.EXE
is located. - Enter the following command to run the silent installation:
SETUP -Silent -RespFile <path of the response file>
Example: Setup -Silent -RespFile C:\Server-07-12-10-06-11-31.xml
Note that the switches -Silent and -RespFile are case-sensitive .
- The installation logs are generated in the following location:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Symantec\OpsCenter\ INSTALLLOGS\OpsCenterServerInstallLog.htm
.If you run the installer in a maintenance mode later,
OpsCenterServerMaintenanceInstallLog.htm
is also generated in the same location.See the following section to track the progress of the installation.
See About tracking the progress of silent installation.
After successful installation, you can see the OpsCenter Server entry in Add/Remove Programs.
To upgrade OpsCenter agent silently
- If you are using OpsCenter to monitor NetBackup, ensure that you upgrade OpsCenter first before upgrading NetBackup.
- Log on as administrator to the OpsCenter Agent system that you want to upgrade.
- Insert the appropriate OpsCenter DVD in the DVD drive.
- Open the command prompt on your system.
Navigate to
<<DVD Drive>\Architecture>\Agent
directory.Example:
D:\x86\Agent
- Enter the following command:
SETUP.EXE -NoInstall
Note that the -NoInstall switch is case-sensitive.
This command starts the Installation Wizard where you can specify your preferences. Note that the Installation Wizard creates the response file based on your inputs and does not install the product.
- The OpsCenter Installation Wizard appears. The Installation Wizard detects an existing installation of OpsCenter Agent on the system. Based on your installed OpsCenter Agent version, the following message may be displayed on the Welcome screen:
The installer has detected that Veritas OpsCenter Agent old_version is already installed on your system that will now be upgraded to current_version.
Click Next to continue.
- Read the license agreement, check I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
You may opt to check or uncheck Participate in the NetBackup Product Improvement Program. This option is checked by default.
If you check this option, the installer uploads installation deployment and product usage information to Veritas automatically and in a secured manner. This data would help Veritas to guide future product development and also analyze issues.
- The installer shows a summary of the settings that you have selected for OpsCenter Agent installation. Check Save Summary to field to save the installation summary. Click Browse to save the installation summary in your preferred location.
Click Install. Note that clicking Install does not install the product.
- The Installation Status panel is displayed. Click Finish.
- A response file named
Agent-<DD-MM-YY-HH-MIN-SS>.XML
is created at the following location:C:\windows\temp\Symantec\OpsCenter
This XML file can be used to upgrade OpsCenter Agent software on multiple computers.
- On the command prompt, ensure that you are in the directory where
SETUP.EXE
is located. - Enter the following command to run the silent installation:
SETUP -Silent -RespFile <path of the response file>
Example: Setup -Silent -RespFile C:\Agent-07-12-09-06-11-31.xml
Note that the switches -Silent and -RespFile are case-sensitive .
- The installation logs are generated in the following location:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Symantec\OpsCenter\ INSTALLLOGS\OpsCenterAgentInstallLog.htm
.If you run the installer in a maintenance mode later,
OpsCenterAgentMaintenanceInstallLog.htm
is also generated in the same location.See the following section to track the progress of the installation.
See About tracking the progress of silent installation.
After successful installation, you can see the OpsCenterAgent entry in Add/Remove Programs.
To upgrade OpsCenter View Builder silently
- Log on as administrator to the OpsCenter View Builder system that you want to upgrade.
- Insert the appropriate OpsCenter DVD in the DVD drive.
- Open the command prompt on your system.
Navigate to
<DVD Drive>\<Architecture>\ViewBuilder
directory.Example:
D:\x86\ViewBuilder
- Enter the following command:
SETUP.EXE -NoInstall
Note that the -NoInstall switch is case-sensitive .
This command starts the Installation Wizard where you can specify your preferences. Note that the Installation Wizard creates the response file based on your inputs and does not install the product.
- The OpsCenter Installation Wizard appears. The Installation Wizard detects an existing OpsCenter View Builder and shows the following message on the Welcome panel:
The installer has detected that Veritas OpsCenter View Builder old_version is already installed on your system that will now be upgraded to current_version.
Click Next to continue.
- Read the license agreement, check I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
You may opt to check or uncheck Participate in the NetBackup Product Improvement Program. This option is checked by default.
If you check this option, the installer uploads installation deployment and product usage information to Veritas automatically and in a secured manner. This data helps Veritas to guide future product development and also analyze issues.
- The installer shows a summary of the settings that you have selected for OpsCenter View Builder installation. Check Save Summary to field to save the installation summary. Click Browse to save the installation summary in your preferred location.
Click Install.
- A response file named
ViewBuilder-<DD-MM-YY-HH-MIN-SS>.XML
is created at the following location:C:\windows\temp\Symantec\OpsCenter
This XML file can be used to upgrade OpsCenter View Builder software on multiple computers.
- On the command prompt, ensure that you are in the directory where
SETUP.EXE
is located. - Enter the following command to run silent installation:
Setup -Silent -RespFile <path of the response file>
Example: Setup -Silent -RespFile C:\ViewBuilder-07-12-10-06-11-31.xml
Note that the switches -Silent and -RespFile are case-sensitive .
- The installation logs are generated in the following location:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Symantec\OpsCenter\ INSTALLLOGS\OpsCenterViewBuilderInstallLog.htm
.If you run the installer in a maintenance mode later,
OpsCenterViewBuilderMaintenanceInstallLog.htm
is also generated in the same location.See the following section to track the progress of the installation.
See About tracking the progress of silent installation.
After successful installation, you can see OpsCenter View Builder in Add/Remove Programs.