Veritas Appliance Management Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.0)
Platform: Appliance Management Server
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Changes introduced in Appliance Management Server 2.0
    3.  
      Operational notes
    4.  
      About the Appliance Management Console
    5.  
      About the Appliance Management Server
    6.  
      About the Appliance Management Agent
    7.  
      About the AMS and the agent topology
  2. Managing an AMS
    1.  
      About configuring an AMS
    2.  
      Configuring NetBackup appliances as AMS
    3.  
      Configuring AMS as a container
    4.  
      Unconfiguring AMS on NetBackup appliances
    5.  
      Unconfiguring AMS as a container
    6.  
      About the AMS user role on NetBackup appliances
    7.  
      Granting the AMS role to a user or a user group on NetBackup appliances
    8.  
      Adding a user or user group to an AMS container
    9.  
      About collecting AMS logs
  3. Using the Appliance Management Console
    1.  
      Logging on to the Appliance Management Console
    2.  
      Using the Home page
    3.  
      Changing passwords from the AMS
    4.  
      Limiting the bandwidth used for downloads
    5.  
      Logging out of the Appliance Management Console
  4. Managing appliances
    1.  
      Viewing the appliance details
    2.  
      Rebooting an appliance
    3.  
      Viewing performance charts for appliance
    4.  
      Exporting the appliance performance data
    5.  
      Viewing the capacity utilization of an appliance
    6.  
      Viewing the capacity utilization of multiple appliances
    7.  
      Adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console
    8.  
      Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console
    9. About managing appliance software upgrades
      1.  
        Upgrading NetBackup appliance software
    10.  
      Updating firmware on NetBackup appliances
    11.  
      Running hardware tests on NetBackup appliances
    12. Managing EEBs and other add-ons
      1.  
        Installing add-ons
      2.  
        Uninstalling add-ons
    13. About staging packages
      1.  
        Considerations for staging packages
      2.  
        Staging packages for installation or upgrade
    14. About managing services on NetBackup appliances
      1.  
        Requirements for managing services
      2.  
        Starting, stopping, or restarting services
    15.  
      Installing maintenance release packages on NetBackup appliances
  5. Monitoring activities and events
    1.  
      About the Activity Monitor
    2.  
      Accessing the Activity Monitor
    3.  
      Monitoring events
    4.  
      Accessing the NetInsights Console
  6. Managing the repository
    1.  
      About managing the repository
    2.  
      Guidelines for adding packages or files to the repository
    3.  
      Accessing the repository
    4.  
      Adding packages or files to the repository
    5.  
      Removing packages or files from the repository
  7. Applying management updates on NetBackup appliances
    1.  
      Supported updates and downloads for earlier versions of AMS and the agents
    2.  
      Managing AMS updates
    3.  
      Performing automatic or manual agent updates
  8. Running AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    1.  
      AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    2.  
      Configuring standalone AMS on a virtual appliance without any NetBackup configuration
    3.  
      Configuring primary server or media server and AMS on a virtual appliance
    4.  
      Appliance Management Console login and user password change
  9.  
    Index

Adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console

You can add multiple appliances to be managed by an AMS. You can add these appliances from the Appliance Management Console. Only NetBackup 3.1 or Flex 2.1 or later appliances that are configured as primary or media servers can be added.

Adding an appliance requires that mutual authentication be performed between agent and management server. To add NetBackup appliances, you must copy an access key from the Appliance Management Console and paste it into the shell menu of each agent. For Flex appliances, you must copy parameters from the Appliance Management Console and paste them into the Flex Appliance Console. These processes lead to secure communication between AMS and the agent.

Review the following pointers about NetBackup access keys and Flex parameters:

  • You can use the same access key or parameters for multiple agents.

  • The access key does not expire unless you click Regenerate.

  • You can always regenerate the access key and command as needed. Once you regenerate the access key, the previous access key and command are not valid.

Review the following considerations before adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console:

  • You must add an appliance to only one AMS. Adding an appliance to two or more different management servers is not supported

  • If an appliance is already managed by the AMS and you add the same appliance to the same AMS again, it does not result in an error message. The AMS and agent will continue to work normally.

  • Consider a scenario where an agent is being managed by an AMS and then a factory reset is performed on the specific agent. In this case, the agent is still displayed on the Home page in the AMS but the operations performed on that agent will fail.

To add a NetBackup appliance as an agent

  1. Open the NetBackup Appliance Web Console login page on the AMS. Log on as a user with AMS role to access the Appliance Management Console.

    See Logging on to the Appliance Management Console.

  2. On the Home page, click Add.
  3. On the Add Appliance page, you have the option of either copying the full command or only the access key. Do one of the following:

    • Click Copy Command to copy the full command.

      or

    • Click Copy Access Key to copy only the access key. With this option, you need to type the command into the agent shell menu in step 4.

    You can click Regenerate if you want to generate a new access key. Once you regenerate the access key, the previous access key and command are not valid.

  4. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu on the agent appliance. Do one of the following based on if you copied the access key or the whole command:

    • If you clicked Copy Command, browse to the Appliance menu and then right-click to paste the command. Proceed to step 5.

    • If you clicked Copy Access Key, browse to the Appliance menu.

      Type the following command to configure the appliance as an agent:

      Management Agent Register <server> <access key>

      Here <server> is the hostname or IP address of the AMS. Paste the access key into the shell menu.

  5. The following information is displayed on the agent shell menu:
    [INFO] Preparing to set this appliance as an agent...
[INFO] Establishing a secure connection with the AMS...
[INFO] This appliance is now set as an agent and registered 
to the AMS <hostname>.
  6. Go to the Appliance Management Console and refresh the browser. The agent should be there in the list of appliances on the Home page.

To add a Flex appliance as an agent

  1. From the AMS Home page, select Add.
  2. Select Flex Appliance and copy the parameters displayed on the page.
  3. Sign in to the Flex Appliance Console and navigate to the System Topology page. From the Settings dropdown menu, click Management server.
  4. Click Register to register the appliance with the AMS.
  5. Click Paste Parameters to paste the parameters you copied from the AMS. Then click Register.
  6. You can return to the AMS Home page to check that the appliance has been added.