NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
- Read this first for secure communications in NetBackup
- Communication failure scenarios
- Increasing NetBackup security
- Security deployment models
- Auditing NetBackup operations
- About audit events
- Section I. Identity and access management
- About identity and access management
- AD and LDAP domains
- Access keys
- API keys
- Auth.conf file
- Role-based access control
- Smart card or digital certificate
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Enhanced Auditing
- NetBackup Access Control Security (NBAC)
- Configuring NetBackup Access Control (NBAC)
- Configuring Access Control host properties for the master and media server
- Access Control host properties dialog for the client
- Troubleshooting Access Management
- Windows verification points
- UNIX verification points
- Verification points in a mixed environment with a UNIX master server
- Verification points in a mixed environment with a Windows master server
- About determining who can access NetBackup
- Viewing specific user permissions for NetBackup user groups
- Section II. Encryption of data-in-transit
- NetBackup CA and NetBackup certificates
- About the Security Management utilities
- About host management
- Adding shared or cluster mappings
- Allowing or disallowing automatic certificate reissue
- About global security settings
- About host name-based certificates
- About host ID-based certificates
- Using the Certificate Management utility to issue and deploy host ID-based certificates
- About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
- Setting up trust with the master server (Certificate Authority)
- About reissuing host ID-based certificates
- About Token Management for host ID-based certificates
- About the host ID-based certificate revocation list
- About revoking host ID-based certificates
- Host ID-based certificate deployment in a clustered setup
- About deployment of a host ID-based certificate on a clustered NetBackup host
- Migrating NetBackup CA
- Configuring data-in-transit encryption (DTE)
- Configure the DTE mode on a client
- Modify the DTE mode on a backup image
- How DTE configuration settings work in various NetBackup operations
- External CA and external certificates
- About external CA support in NetBackup
- Configuration options for external CA-signed certificates
- ECA_CERT_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
- About certificate revocation lists for external CA
- About certificate enrollment
- Configuring an external certificate for the NetBackup web server
- About external certificate configuration for a clustered master server
- Regenerating keys and certificates
- NetBackup CA and NetBackup certificates
- Section III. Encryption of data at rest
- Data at rest encryption security
- About NetBackup client encryption
- Configuring standard encryption on clients
- About configuring standard encryption from the server
- Configuring legacy encryption on clients
- About configuring legacy encryption from the client
- About configuring legacy encryption from the server
- Additional legacy key file security for UNIX clients
- NetBackup key management service
- About FIPS enabled KMS
- Installing KMS
- Configuring KMS
- About key groups and key records
- Overview of key record states
- Configuring NetBackup to work with KMS
- About using KMS for encryption
- KMS database constituents
- Command line interface (CLI) commands
- About exporting and importing keys from the KMS database
- Troubleshooting KMS
- External key management service
- Configuring KMS credentials
- Configuring KMS
- Creating keys in an external KMS
- Working with multiple KMS servers
- Data at rest encryption security
- FIPS compliance in NetBackup
- NetBackup web services account
- Running NetBackup services with non-privileged user (service user) account
- Immutability and indelibility of data in NetBackup
- Backup anomaly detection
- Malware detection
- NetBackup Web UI Malware scanning workflow configuration
Viewing host ID-based certificate details
Details for each host ID-based certificate can be viewed in the NetBackup Administration Console or by using the nbcertcmd command.
To view certificate details in the NetBackup Administration Console
- In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand Security Management > Certificate Management.
The certificate details are displayed in the right pane.
- By default, the host IDs are not displayed. (See Table: Hidden and displayed certificate details.)
To display or hide columns, right-click on the pane and select Columns > Layout. Select the columns to show or hide in the Column Layout dialog box.
Table: Hidden and displayed certificate details
Column head | Description | Displayed by default |
---|---|---|
Certificate State | The certificate state (Active, Revoked, or Expired). | Yes |
Host | The name of the host to which the certificate is issued. | Yes |
Host Type | The type of host (server or client). | Yes |
Issued On | The date and time on which the certificate was issued. | Yes |
Valid From | The date upon which the certificate becomes valid. | Yes |
Valid Until | The date until after which the certificate is invalid. | Yes |
Days Remaining Until Expiry | The number of days until the certificate expires. | Yes |
Certificate Version | Version of the host ID-based certificate that is deployed on the host. | No |
NetBackup Host ID | The unique ID assigned to the host. | No |
Serial Number | The serial number of the certificate. | No |
Reason For Revocation | The reason for a certification revocation, if the administrator entered a reason at the time of revocation. | No |
Last Updated On | The date when the certificate details were last updated. | No |
To view certificate details using the nbcertcmd command
- To view all of the host IDs that are assigned to a host from different master servers, run the following command on a NetBackup host:
nbcertcmd -listCertDetails