Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      Deployment options
    3.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration requirements
    4.  
      Firewall and network ports requirements
    5.  
      Considerations for using IPv6 addresses
  2. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 of a node
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using a configuration file
      1.  
        YML configuration file for deploying NetBackup primary and media servers
      2.  
        YML configuration file for deploying media servers
    5.  
      Changing the maintenance user account password
  3. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale logs
    2.  
      Connection timeout errors during patch installs, upgrades, and rollback operations
    3.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a driver node not selected error
    4.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a license error after successfully configuring the cluster
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and patch management
    1. About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEB
      1.  
        Pre-upgrade steps
      2.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    2.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    4.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using REST APIs
    5.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
    6.  
      About rolling upgrade
  5. Removing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. About disk erasure
      1.  
        Configuring data erasure
      2.  
        Viewing the data erasure status
      3.  
        Aborting data erasure
    2.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale node factory reset
    3.  
      Performing a factory reset on a node
  6. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale software installation
    2.  
      Enabling remote IPMI connections
    3.  
      Setting up the RAID configuration on the nodes
    4.  
      Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes
    5.  
      Downloading the product installer ISO
    6.  
      Mounting the ISO file on the nodes
    7.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using the ISO
    8.  
      Installing Emergency Engineering Binaries (EEBs)

Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using the ISO

The following procedure describes how to install Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale on a single node.

To install Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale, you must first mount the product installation ISO image on the server node, boot the server from the ISO, choose the Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale install option, and then complete the installation. The overall installation process takes approximately 40 minutes for each node.

Note:

After installing the NetBackup Flex Scale ISO, the GRUB menu is protected using the maintenance account password. To access the GRUB menu at system boot time, you must enter this password.

Before you proceed with the installation, ensure that:

  • All the hardware is assembled and the server nodes are mounted on a designated rack

  • All the power and networking connections are made as per the instructions

  • The hardware vendor's default RAID management software on all the server nodes is disabled

  • All the servers are enabled to boot from a configured device and you are able to modify the server boot options

To install Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale using the installer ISO

  1. Connect the NetBackup Flex Scale installer ISO file to one of the server nodes.

    See Downloading the product installer ISO.

    See Mounting the ISO file on the nodes.

  2. Power ON the server node and when you see the boot screen, press the F11 key to load the boot menu.

    The actual function key can vary depending on your server hardware vendor. For example, the boot menu function key could be F9 or F11 or even the ESC key.

  3. From the boot menu, use the arrow buttons to select the device that contains the NetBackup Flex Scale installer ISO.

    For example, you can select a virtual CD ROM or a USB storage drive as the option.

  4. Press the Enter key. The node restarts and automatically boots using the ISO file.
  5. On the install options screen, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select the Install Veritas Optimized Operating System option.
  6. Press the Enter key to begin the software installation.

    The installer loads the installer image and begins to install all the required packages. You will see several messages on the screen as the installer runs through the installation process.

    The installer performs the following tasks as part of the installation:

    • runs the pre-install scripts and checks the system and storage

    • installs the customized operating system

    • creates partitions and configures the file systems

    • installs the software packages and creates default users

    • runs the post-install scripts and starts all the services

    The installer then displays a welcome message on the screen that confirms that the installation has completed successfully

  7. This completes the installation on one node. Now, repeat these steps and install NetBackup Flex Scale on all the remaining nodes.
  8. After installing NetBackup Flex Scale on all the server nodes, proceed to the cluster configuration workflow.

    See Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard.