Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  1. Overview
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      About the Master Server role
    3.  
      About the Media Server role
    4. About accessing the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
      1.  
        Web browsers supported by the appliance
      2.  
        Disabling the Untrusted Connection page in Mozilla Firefox
    5. About the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      1.  
        Logging on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Limitations of the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      3.  
        Command limitations on appliances that are not configured
    6. About appliance console components
      1.  
        About using the links on the title bar
      2.  
        Accessing and using help
      3.  
        About using Web browser bookmarks
      4.  
        Avoiding CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery)
    7.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance Web Console login page
    8.  
      NetBackup appliance home page
    9.  
      Common tasks in NetBackup appliance
    10.  
      About the NetBackup appliance documentation
  2. Monitoring the NetBackup appliance
    1.  
      About monitoring the NetBackup appliance
    2. About hardware monitoring and alerts
      1. Monitor > Hardware options
        1.  
          Hardware components that are monitored
      2.  
        About Email notification from a NetBackup appliance
    3. About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance
      1.  
        Monitor > SDCS Events
      2.  
        Viewing SDCS audit log details
      3.  
        Filtering SDCS audit logs
      4.  
        Setting the SDCS audit log retention specification
      5. About Symantec Data Center Security Downloads
        1.  
          Downloading the IPS and IDS policies from the NetBackup appliance
      6.  
        Connecting to the SDCS server
      7.  
        Revert SDCS to unmanaged mode on a NetBackup appliance
  3. Managing a NetBackup appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    1.  
      About the Manage views
    2. About storage configuration
      1.  
        Manage > Storage
      2.  
        Manage > Storage > Shares
      3.  
        About Universal Shares
      4. Manage > Storage > Universal Shares
        1.  
          Creating a Protection Point for a NetBackup Appliance Universal Share
      5.  
        Checking partition details
      6.  
        Resizing a partition
      7.  
        Resize dialog
      8.  
        Troubleshooting resize-related issues
      9.  
        Moving a partition
      10.  
        Move dialog
      11.  
        Moving the MSDP partition from a base disk to an expansion disk for optimum performance
      12.  
        Scanning storage devices from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
      13.  
        Adding the storage space from a newly available disk
      14.  
        Removing an existing storage disk
      15.  
        Monitoring the progress of storage manipulation tasks
      16.  
        Scanning storage devices using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      17. About Copilot functionality and Share management
        1.  
          About Optimized Shares and the Optimized Share Reserve
        2. Creating a Share
          1.  
            Creating a Protection Point for a NetBackup Appliance Universal Share
        3.  
          Editing a Share
        4.  
          Deleting a Share
        5.  
          Moving a Share
        6.  
          Creating the Optimized Share Reserve
        7.  
          Deleting the Optimized Share Reserve
        8.  
          Viewing Share information from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
        9.  
          NFS export options
        10.  
          Mounting a Universal Share
      18. About viewing storage space information using the Show command
        1.  
          Viewing all storage information
        2.  
          Viewing disk information
        3.  
          Viewing partition information
        4.  
          Viewing the partition distribution on disks
      19.  
        About storage email alerts
    3. About appliance supported tape devices
      1.  
        Adding external robots to the NetBackup appliance
    4. About configuring Host parameters for your appliance
      1.  
        Manage > Host > Data Buffer options
      2.  
        Configuring data buffer parameters
      3.  
        Manage > Host > Lifecycle options
      4.  
        Configuring lifecycle parameters
      5. About configuring deduplication solutions
        1.  
          Adding the deduplication solution to a 5230 media appliance
        2.  
          Manage > Host > Deduplication
        3.  
          Configuring deduplication parameters
      6. About BMR integration
        1.  
          Manage > Host > Advanced options
        2.  
          Enabling BMR from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
      7. Manage > Host > IPMI options
        1.  
          Resetting the IPMI
    5. Manage > Appliance Restore
      1. About creating an appliance checkpoint
        1.  
          Creating an appliance checkpoint
        2.  
          Checkpoint creation status
        3.  
          Creating an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
      2. About rollback to a checkpoint
        1.  
          About appliance rollback
        2.  
          About appliance rollback validation
        3.  
          Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
        4.  
          About checkpoint rollback status
        5.  
          Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
      3. About NetBackup appliance factory reset
        1.  
          Factory reset best practices
        2.  
          Starting a factory reset from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
        3.  
          About factory reset status
        4.  
          Starting a factory reset from the appliance shell menu
    6. Manage > License
      1.  
        Managing license keys on the NetBackup appliance
      2.  
        Adding a permanent license key if an evaluation license key expires
    7. About the Migration Utility
      1.  
        Manage > Migration Utility > Configure Migration
      2.  
        Manage > Migration Utility > Migration Status
      3.  
        Configuring a new migration task
      4.  
        Viewing the migration task status
      5.  
        Best practices for migration utility
    8. Software release updates for NetBackup Appliances
      1.  
        Manage > Software Updates
      2.  
        Installing a NetBackup appliance software update using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      3.  
        Appliance servers to upgrade
      4.  
        Software Updates Installation Status
      5.  
        Installing NetBackup PSF add-ons using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    9. About installing an EEB
      1.  
        Installing an EEB
    10. About installing NetBackup Administration Console and client software
      1.  
        Installing NetBackup client software through an NFS share
      2.  
        Downloading NetBackup client packages to a client from a NetBackup appliance
    11. Manage > Additional Servers
      1.  
        Managing additional servers to the appliance
    12.  
      Manage > Certificates
    13. Manage > High Availability
      1.  
        Monitoring a high availability configuration from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
  4. Managing NetBackup appliance using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    1.  
      Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup appliance
    2.  
      About configuring the maximum transmission unit size
    3. About OpenStorage plugin installation
      1.  
        Installing the OpenStorage plugin
      2.  
        Uninstalling the OpenStorage plugin
    4. About mounting a remote NFS
      1.  
        Mounting a remote NFS drive
      2.  
        Unmounting an NFS drive
    5. About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
      1. About NetBackup administrator capabilities
        1.  
          Running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup appliance
        2. Creating a NetBackup touch file from the NetBackup appliance
          1.  
            Loading the NetBackup notify scripts
        3.  
          About NetBackup operating system commands
        4.  
          Best practices for running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup appliance
        5.  
          Known limitations of running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup appliance
      2. Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
        1.  
          Logging on as a NetBackup administrator
        2.  
          Managing NetBackup administrator user account passwords
        3.  
          Auditing NetBackup administrator accounts
      3.  
        Deleting NetBackup administrator user accounts
      4.  
        Viewing NetBackup administrator user accounts
    6. About Auto Image Replication between appliances
      1. About Auto Image Replication between NetBackup appliances
        1.  
          Adding a trusted master server using a NetBackup CA-signed (host ID-based) certificate
        2.  
          Prerequisites for Auto Image Replication
        3. Configuring a replication target
          1.  
            Determining the appliance deduplication password
      2.  
        About Auto Image Replication between NetBackup appliances and deduplication appliances
    7. About forwarding logs to an external server
      1.  
        Uploading certificates for TLS
      2.  
        Enabling log forwarding
      3.  
        Changing the log forwarding interval
      4.  
        Viewing the log forwarding configuration
      5.  
        Disabling log forwarding
    8. About high availability configuration
      1.  
        Checking the status
      2.  
        Getting the asset tag
      3.  
        Switching the services over
      4.  
        Removing a node
    9. About data erasure
      1.  
        Configuring the data erasure
      2.  
        Viewing the data erasure status
      3.  
        Aborting the data erasure
  5. Understanding the NetBackup appliance settings
    1.  
      About modifying the appliance settings
    2. Settings > Notifications
      1. Settings > Notifications > Alert Configuration
        1.  
          Configuring alert settings
        2. About SNMP
          1.  
            About the Management Information Base (MIB)
        3. About Call Home
          1.  
            Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
          2.  
            Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
          3.  
            Understanding the Call Home workflow
          4.  
            About the Product Improvement Program
      2. Settings > Notifications > Login Banner
        1.  
          Creating the appliance login banner
        2.  
          Removing the appliance login banner
      3. Settings > Notification > Registration
        1.  
          About AutoSupport
    3. Settings > Network
      1.  
        VLAN configuration for NetBackup Appliances
      2. Settings > Network > Network Settings
        1.  
          NetBackup 5330 compute node Ethernet port configurations
        2. About WAN Optimization
          1.  
            How to enable WAN optimization for a network interface port or a network interface port bond
          2.  
            How to disable WAN optimization for a network interface port or a network bond
          3.  
            Viewing the WAN optimization status
        3.  
          Network and VLAN configuration guidelines
        4.  
          Creating a bond
        5.  
          Tagging VLAN
        6.  
          Adding static route
      3. Settings > Network > Fibre Transport
        1.  
          About the HBA port mode configuration table
        2.  
          Configuring Fibre Transport media server settings
        3.  
          Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
        4.  
          Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
      4. Settings > Network > Host
        1.  
          Changing DNS and Host Name Resolution (non-DNS) configuration settings
      5.  
        About IPv4-IPv6-based network support
    4.  
      Settings > Date and Time
    5. Settings > Authentication
      1. About configuring user authentication
        1.  
          Generic user authentication guidelines
      2. About authorizing NetBackup appliance users
        1.  
          NetBackup appliance user role privileges
      3.  
        Settings > Authentication
      4. Settings > Authentication > LDAP
        1.  
          Adding an LDAP server configuration
        2.  
          Importing an LDAP server configuration
        3.  
          Setting the SSL certification
        4.  
          Exporting an LDAP configuration
        5.  
          Unconfiguring LDAP user authentication
        6.  
          Enabling the LDAP server configuration
        7.  
          Disabling the LDAP server configuration
        8.  
          Deleting LDAP configuration parameters
        9.  
          Adding LDAP configuration parameters
        10.  
          Adding an LDAP attribute mapping
        11.  
          Deleting an LDAP attribute mapping
      5. Settings > Authentication > Active Directory
        1.  
          Adding an Active Directory server configuration
        2.  
          Unconfiguring the Active Directory user authentication
      6. Settings > Authentication > Kerberos-NIS
        1.  
          Adding a Kerberos-NIS authentication configuration
        2.  
          Unconfiguring the Kerberos-NIS user authentication
      7. Settings > Authentication > User Management
        1.  
          Adding appliance users
        2.  
          Deleting appliance users
        3.  
          Adding appliance user groups
        4.  
          Deleting appliance user groups
        5.  
          Granting roles to users and user groups
        6.  
          Revoking roles from users and user groups
        7.  
          Synchronizing the user groups
    6.  
      Settings > Password Management
  6. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    2.  
      Where to find NetBackup appliance log files using the Browse command
    3. About disaster recovery
      1.  
        Recovering a NetBackup appliance master server using NetBackup catalog restore
    4.  
      Gathering device logs on a NetBackup appliance
  7. Deduplication pool catalog backup and recovery
    1.  
      Deduplication pool catalog backup policy
    2.  
      Automatic configuration of the deduplication pool catalog backup policy
    3.  
      Manually configuring the deduplication pool catalog backup policy
    4.  
      Manually updating the deduplication pool catalog backup policy
    5.  
      Recovering the deduplication pool catalog
  8.  
    Index

A

about
appliance restore, Manage > Appliance Restore
checkpoint creation status, Checkpoint creation status
creating appliance checkpoint, About creating an appliance checkpoint, Creating an appliance checkpoint
Email notification from NetBackup appliance, About Email notification from a NetBackup appliance
factory reset, About NetBackup appliance factory reset
license key management, Manage > License
log forwarding, About forwarding logs to an external server
master server role, About the Master Server role
media server role, About the Media Server role
NetBackup appliances, About NetBackup appliances
NetBackup documentation, About the NetBackup appliance documentation
rollback to checkpoint, About rollback to a checkpoint
supported tape devices and tapes, About appliance supported tape devices
About BMR, About BMR integration
Active Directory
authentication, Settings > Authentication , Settings > Authentication > Active Directory
user management, Settings > Authentication > User Management
Active Directory user
configure authentication, About configuring user authentication
add external robots, Adding external robots to the NetBackup appliance
add user
Active Directory, Adding appliance users
LDAP, Adding appliance users
local, Adding appliance users
NIS, Adding appliance users
add user group
Active Directory, Adding appliance user groups
LDAP, Adding appliance user groups
NIS, Adding appliance user groups
alert notification
call home, Settings > Notifications > Alert Configuration
SMTP, Settings > Notifications > Alert Configuration
SNMP, Settings > Notifications > Alert Configuration
Appliance console
description, About appliance console components
appliance disaster recovery
about, About disaster recovery
appliance log files
Browse command, Where to find NetBackup appliance log files using the Browse command
appliance password
change after intial configuration, Settings > Password Management
appliance registration
initial configuration for, Settings > Notification > Registration
Appliance Restore
management on the NetBackup appliance, Manage > Appliance Restore
Appliance Web Console
enable BMR, Enabling BMR from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
Auto Image Replication, About Auto Image Replication between appliances, About Auto Image Replication between NetBackup appliances
between appliances and deduplication appliances, About Auto Image Replication between NetBackup appliances and deduplication appliances
target, Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
AutoSupport
customer registration, About AutoSupport

C

Call Home
alerts, About Call Home
workflow, Understanding the Call Home workflow
Call Home proxy server
configuring, Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
change
Date and Time Configuration, Settings > Date and Time
change appliance password, Settings > Password Management
change settings
for DNS Configuration, Changing DNS and Host Name Resolution (non-DNS) configuration settings
changing host configuration, Settings > Network > Host
collect logs
commands, Viewing log files using the Support command
datacollect, Gathering device logs on a NetBackup appliance
log file location, Viewing log files using the Support command
types of logs, Viewing log files using the Support command
command limitations
appliances not configured, Command limitations on appliances that are not configured
common tasks
Appliance, Common tasks in NetBackup appliance
configuration
of maximum transmission unit size, About configuring the maximum transmission unit size
configure Active Directory
add Active Directory server, Adding an Active Directory server configuration
Configure migration
selections description, Manage > Migration Utility > Configure Migration

E

Email notification
from NetBackup appliance, About Email notification from a NetBackup appliance
Ethernet ports
NetBackup 5330 configurations, NetBackup 5330 compute node Ethernet port configurations
expand bandwidth
on NetBackup appliance, Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup appliance
external robots
adding to the NetBackup 5200, Adding external robots to the NetBackup appliance

F

Fibre Transport
option descriptions, Settings > Network > Fibre Transport
Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and replication
configuring, Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
configuring, Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances

I

initial configuration
for appliance registration, Settings > Notification > Registration
install
openstorage plugin, Installing the OpenStorage plugin
install software updates
Manage > Software Updates tab, Manage > Software Updates
install update from NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
version 3.2, Installing a NetBackup appliance software update using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
IPv4 and IPv6 support, About IPv4-IPv6-based network support

L

LDAP
authentication, Settings > Authentication , Settings > Authentication > LDAP
user management, Settings > Authentication > User Management
LDAP user
configure authentication, About configuring user authentication
license key
management on the NetBackup appliance, Manage > License
lifecycle
parameters, Manage > Host > Lifecycle options, Configuring lifecycle parameters
local user
configure authentication, About configuring user authentication
user management, Settings > Authentication > User Management
Log forwarding
changing the log forwarding interval, Changing the log forwarding interval
disabling log forwarding, Disabling log forwarding
enabling log forwarding, Enabling log forwarding
uploading certificates for TLS, Uploading certificates for TLS
viewing the log forwarding configuration, Viewing the log forwarding configuration
login banner
creating login banner, Creating the appliance login banner
introduction, Settings > Notifications > Login Banner
removing login banner, Removing the appliance login banner
login page
NetBackup Appliance Web Console, About the NetBackup Appliance Web Console login page

M

manage
appliance restore, About creating an appliance checkpoint, Creating an appliance checkpoint, Checkpoint creation status, Creating an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu, About rollback to a checkpoint, About appliance rollback , About appliance rollback validation, Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console, About checkpoint rollback status, Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu, About NetBackup appliance factory reset, Starting a factory reset from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console, About factory reset status, Starting a factory reset from the appliance shell menu
license keys, Managing license keys on the NetBackup appliance
Manage
license keys, Adding a permanent license key if an evaluation license key expires
Management Information Base (MIB), About the Management Information Base (MIB)
master server
about role, About the Master Server role
maximum transmission unit size
about configuration for, About configuring the maximum transmission unit size
media server role, About the Media Server role
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browsers supported by the appliance
migration status
description, Manage > Migration Utility > Migration Status
migration task
configuring prcedure, Configuring a new migration task
viewing procedure, Viewing the migration task status
migration utility, About the Migration Utility
monitor
hardware summary, Monitor > Hardware options
High Availability configuration, Monitoring a high availability configuration from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
NetBackup 52XX configuration, About monitoring the NetBackup appliance
montior storage tasks, Monitoring the progress of storage manipulation tasks
move dialog
storage, Move dialog
Mozilla Firefox, Web browsers supported by the appliance

N

NetBackup
about documentation for, About the NetBackup appliance documentation
NetBackup 5200
adding external robots, Adding external robots to the NetBackup appliance
NetBackup appliance
about appliance restore, Manage > Appliance Restore
about Email notification, About Email notification from a NetBackup appliance
about license key management, Manage > License
appliance factory reset, Starting a factory reset from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console, Starting a factory reset from the appliance shell menu
appliance rollback validation, About appliance rollback validation
checkpoint rollback status, About checkpoint rollback status
expanding bandwidth on, Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup appliance
factory reset status, About factory reset status
managing appliance restore, About creating an appliance checkpoint
managing license keys, Managing license keys on the NetBackup appliance
monitoring and alerts, About hardware monitoring and alerts
rollback appliance, About appliance rollback , Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console, Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
NetBackup Appliance Web Console
HBA port mode configuration table, About the HBA port mode configuration table
login page, About the NetBackup Appliance Web Console login page
NetBackup Appliance Web Console login page, About the NetBackup Appliance Web Console login page
NetBackup catalog
disaster recovery, Recovering a NetBackup appliance master server using NetBackup catalog restore
NetBackup client packages
download from NetBackup appliance, Downloading NetBackup client packages to a client from a NetBackup appliance
NetBackup client software
install using a share, Installing NetBackup client software through an NFS share
NetBackup commands
Auditing accounts, Auditing NetBackup administrator accounts
Best practices, Best practices for running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup appliance
Creating touch files, Creating a NetBackup touch file from the NetBackup appliance
creating users, Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
deleting users, Deleting NetBackup administrator user accounts
Known limitations, Known limitations of running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup appliance
Logging in as administrator, Logging on as a NetBackup administrator
manage users, About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
Managing passwords, Managing NetBackup administrator user account passwords
OS commands, About NetBackup operating system commands
Running commands, Running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup appliance
viewing current users, Viewing NetBackup administrator user accounts
NetBackup parameters, About configuring Host parameters for your appliance
network
VLAN, Settings > Network > Network Settings
NFS export options
Share
Optimized Share, NFS export options
NFS mount
mount a remote NFS drive, Mounting a remote NFS drive
mount list, About mounting a remote NFS
unmount, About mounting a remote NFS
Unmount a remote NFS drive, Unmounting an NFS drive
NIS
authentication, Settings > Authentication , Settings > Authentication > Kerberos-NIS
user management, Settings > Authentication > User Management
NIS user
configure authentication, About configuring user authentication
data erasure
about, About data erasure
data erasure
aborting, Aborting the data erasure
viewing, Viewing the data erasure status
notifications, About Call Home

R

remove
storage disk, Removing an existing storage disk
resize dialog
storage, Resize dialog
revoke permissions, Revoking roles from users and user groups
role
about master server, About the Master Server role
about media server, About the Media Server role

S

scan
storage device, Scanning storage devices using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
settings
network, Settings > Network > Network Settings
Share
editing
shell menu, Editing a Share
web console, Editing a Share
moving
shell menu, Moving a Share
web console, Moving a Share
resizing
shell menu, Editing a Share
viewing, Viewing Share information from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
shares
install NetBackup client software, Installing NetBackup client software through an NFS share
shell menu, About the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
show
disks, About viewing storage space information using the Show command
distribution, About viewing storage space information using the Show command
partitions, About viewing storage space information using the Show command
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), About SNMP
SNMP server options, Configuring alert settings
options, Configuring alert settings
software updates
Manage > Software Updates tab, Manage > Software Updates
Standard Share
creating, Creating a Share
web console, Creating a Share
status
High Availability configuration, Monitoring a high availability configuration from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
storage, Monitor > Hardware options
viewing, Viewing all storage information
storage configuration
about, About storage configuration
storage device
scan, Scanning storage devices using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
storage disk
removing, Removing an existing storage disk
storage partition
moving, Moving a partition
resizing, Resizing a partition
Storage partition
Adding, Adding the storage space from a newly available disk
Resizing, Troubleshooting resize-related issues
storage partitions
viewing, Viewing partition information
Symantec Data Center Security
about, About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance
administration, Monitor > SDCS Events
connecting to server, Connecting to the SDCS server
filtering audit logs, Filtering SDCS audit logs
log retention, Setting the SDCS audit log retention specification
managed mode, About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance, About Symantec Data Center Security Downloads, Downloading the IPS and IDS policies from the NetBackup appliance, Connecting to the SDCS server, Revert SDCS to unmanaged mode on a NetBackup appliance
policy downloads, About Symantec Data Center Security Downloads, Downloading the IPS and IDS policies from the NetBackup appliance
server and console downloads, About Symantec Data Center Security Downloads
unmanaged mode, About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance, Revert SDCS to unmanaged mode on a NetBackup appliance
view log details, Viewing SDCS audit log details
Sync member groups, Synchronizing the user groups