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Veritas NetBackup™ 8.0 Plug-in for VMware vCenter Guide

Last Published: 2017-07-13

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (8.0)

Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vCenter

The NetBackup plug-in for vCenter is provided as a virtual appliance in a preconfigured virtual machine. The virtual appliance is available in a .zip file on the MyVeritas website, as described in this installation procedure.

Note:

After the virtual appliance is installed, it should be dedicated to hosting the NetBackup plug-in: it should not be used for other purposes.

To install the plug-in, you need the following information about the vCenter server:

Host name or IP address
User name and password
Port number for the vCenter server (default is 443).

To install the virtual appliance and plug-in for vCenter

If you are a new Licensing Portal user, contact your company's administrator or Veritas Customer Care for assistance with obtaining a MyVeritas account.
https://my.veritas.com/
You can email us at:
CustomerCare@veritas.com
On the MyVeritas website, log on with your MyVeritas account.
Under Licensing, use your entitlement ID to locate the NetBackup plug-in and download the NetBackup_8.0_Plugins.zip file.
See the following MyVeritas guide for assistance with the Veritas Licensing Portal:
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000001129
Unzip the file and copy the plug-in .ova package to a location that is accessible to the vSphere Client host.
From the vSphere Client host, log on to the vCenter server.
On the vCenter server, select File > Deploy OVF template.
Install the virtual appliance in vCenter, not directly in the ESXi server.
Browse to the location of the plug-in .ova package.
Click Next to work through the screens.
On the Properties screen, enter static network addresses only. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is not supported.
If your entries do not display properly on the Properties screen, use the Windows Display Control Panel to reduce the size of the text.
See The Network Properties screen in the Deploy OVF Template wizard does not display properly.
Follow the remaining screens to finish installing the virtual appliance.
Click the NBvcplugin virtual machine and click the Console tab.
The boot process continues and asks for a new root password. Set the root password for the virtual appliance. The boot process continues until the following appears:
Veritas NetBackup Plugin for vCenter 8.0 Installation Program
Follow the installation prompts.
Enter the host name or IP address for the vCenter server, and a user name and password. For the vCenter server port number and web server port number, accept the defaults.
Note:
You are allowed to re-enter the vCenter logon credentials five times. Without a valid logon for the vCenter, the installation stops. Delete the NBvcplugin virtual machine, obtain the correct logon information, and begin the installation procedure again.
Note:
You may need to modify your firewall rules to allow vSphere Client to access the plug-in host. The vSphere Client host must have access to port 9445 of the plug-in host.
The plug-in installation begins.
When installation completes, restart the following:
- vSphere Client
- The vCenter service (restart required only for vCenter 4.0)
The virtual appliance boot process continues.
Verify that the plug-in has the correct time.
If the time is not correct, go to the console of the virtual appliance and use the date command to change the time, as follows.
- Set the date and time by means of the -s option.
  For example:
  date -s "Wed Feb 3 09:41:54 UTC 2016"
  Note:
  Veritas recommends keeping the plug-in in UTC.
- Then restart the virtual appliance.