Veritas Appliance Management Guide
- Introduction
- Managing an AMS
- About configuring an AMS
- Configuring NetBackup appliances as AMS
- Configuring AMS as a container
- Unconfiguring AMS on NetBackup appliances
- Unconfiguring AMS as a container
- About the AMS user role on NetBackup appliances
- Granting the AMS role to a user or a user group on NetBackup appliances
- Adding a user or user group to an AMS container
- About collecting AMS logs
- Using the Appliance Management Console
- Managing appliances
- Viewing the appliance details
- Rebooting an appliance
- Viewing performance charts for appliance
- Exporting the appliance performance data
- Viewing the capacity utilization of an appliance
- Viewing the capacity utilization of multiple appliances
- Adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console
- Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console
- About managing appliance software upgrades
- Updating firmware on NetBackup appliances
- Running hardware tests on NetBackup appliances
- Managing EEBs and other add-ons
- About staging packages
- About managing services on NetBackup appliances
- Installing maintenance release packages on NetBackup appliances
- Monitoring activities and events
- Managing the repository
- Applying management updates on NetBackup appliances
- Running AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Index
Using the Home page
When you sign in as an AMS user, you can access the home page on the Appliance Management Console. This page is displayed after you have configured the appliance role like a primary server.
From the Home page, you can add the appliances that you want to manage (agents). Only NetBackup 3.1 or Flex 2.1 or later appliances that are configured as primary or media servers can be added.
Table: Home page describes each column that appears on the Home page depending on the selected appliance
Table: Home page
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Hostname | Displays the hostname (FQDN) of the agents that are managed from the Appliance Management Console. Click the hostname to view the appliance details and performance metrics. |
Product | Displays the Veritas product category to which the appliance belongs. |
Model | Displays the hardware model of the agent |
Role | Role of the agent like primary or media |
Primary | Associated primary server of the agent. This field is blank if the agent itself is a primary server. |
Appliance version | Version of the appliance software. |
AMS/Agent version | Version of the AMS or Agent software on the appliance depending on whether the appliance is configured as an AMS or an agent. Note: After the AMS/Agent versions is updated, it can take up to an hour for some of the updated information to be displayed on the Home page. |
Total capacity used | Used capacity on the agent, which includes all partitions like MSDP, AdvancedDisk, Shares, Configuration, and so on. The used capacity is shown graphically in percentage. |
Last contact time | Displays the time when either of the following occur:
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Label | Displays name or description given to an appliance. Labels allow you to group and easily search for appliances. |
You can add the appliances that you want to manage by clicking .
You can also search for specific hostnames, versions, or models on this page.
Any relevant warning and information messages are displayed as notifications at the top of the Home page. These notifications remain visible throughout your signed-in session, that is, even after you switch to a different page and return to the Home page. For example, a notification is displayed when one or more of the agents that are registered with the AMS must be upgraded to match the AMS version. To prevent a notification from reappearing during your current signed-in session, either click in the right corner, or address the task that the notification mentions.
Note:
For NetBackup appliances, you cannot upgrade the AMS appliance from AMS. You must perform the upgrade operation from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
See Adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console.
See Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console.