NetBackup™ for Microsoft Azure Stack Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Protecting Microsoft Azure Stack VMs using NetBackup
    2.  
      Backing up Microsoft Azure Stack VMs
    3.  
      Restoring Microsoft Azure Stack VMs
    4.  
      Managed disk VM
    5.  
      NetBackup for Microsoft Azure Stack terminologies
  2. Pre-requisites for configuring the Microsoft Azure Stack plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      Operating system and platform compatibility
    2.  
      License for Microsoft Azure Stack plug-in for NetBackup
    3.  
      Settings for Backup host in IPV6 setup
    4.  
      Time Sync with Azure Stack
    5.  
      About deployment of NetBackup to protect Microsoft Azure Stack
  3. Configuring NetBackup and Microsoft Azure Stack
    1.  
      Overview of configuring NetBackup and Microsoft Azure Stack
    2. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Including a backup host on NetBackup master server allowed list
    3.  
      Adding a Microsoft Azure Stack custom role to provide access permissions to NetBackup administrator
    4. Configuring the Microsoft Azure plug-in using the azurestack.conf configuration file
      1.  
        Including the configuration file path on NetBackup master server allowed list
    5. Creating a file that contains Microsoft Azure Stack credentials
      1.  
        Configuring proxy settings for communication with Microsoft Azure Stack AAD authentication
    6.  
      Adding Microsoft Azure Stack credentials in NetBackup
    7.  
      Creating a BigData policy for Microsoft Azure Stack using the NetBackup web UI
    8.  
      Stale Snapshot cleanup
  4. Performing backups and restores of Microsoft Azure Stack
    1.  
      About backing up Microsoft Azure virtual machines
    2.  
      About restoring Microsoft Azure Stack virtual machines
    3. About the restore scenarios for Microsoft Azure Stack VMs from the BAR interface
      1.  
        Considerations for Microsoft Azure Stack VM restore and recovery
    4.  
      Using the BAR interface to restore an Microsoft Azure Stack VM at the same location
    5.  
      Using the bprestore command to restore Microsoft Azure Stack VM at the same location
    6.  
      Using the BAR interface to restore an Microsoft Azure Stack VM to different location
    7. Using the BAR interface to restore an Microsoft Azure Stack VM with modified metadata at a different location
      1.  
        Conversion of Unmanaged disk VM to Managed disk VM
      2.  
        Conversion of Unmanaged disk VM backed up using old plugin to Managed disk VM
    8.  
      Using the bprestore command to restore Microsoft Azure VM with modified metadata to an alternate location
    9.  
      Using the bprestore command to restore Microsoft Azure Stack VM with modified metadata to an alternate region
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About NetBackup for Microsoft Azure debug logging
    2.  
      Known limitations for Microsoft Azure protection using NetBackup
    3.  
      Backup fails with error 6662
    4.  
      Backup fails with error 6661
    5.  
      Backup fails with error 6646
    6.  
      Backup fails with error 6629
    7.  
      Backup fails with error 6626
    8.  
      Backup fails with error 6630
    9.  
      Restore fails with error 2850
    10.  
      Backup fails with error 1
    11.  
      Adding Azure Stack credentials to NetBackup fails with error 9101
    12.  
      Adding Azure Stack credentials to NetBackup fails with error 7610

Backup fails with error 6629

Backup fails with the following error:

(6629) Unable to complete the operation. Failed to authorize
the user or the server.

Workaround:

  • Validate the configuration options and the values in the credential file.

  • Verify the values when you run the ./tpconfig -dappservers command.

  • Verify the values for the Azure Stack user name and password.

See Adding Microsoft Azure Stack credentials in NetBackup.