Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      Deployment options
  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 NetBackup primary and media server deployment
      2.  
        YML configuration file for media server only deployment
  3. NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and patch management
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      About rolling upgrade
    3.  
      About parallel upgrade and supported upgrade paths
    4. About the pre-upgrade check
      1.  
        Error messages displayed during the pre-upgrade check
    5. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale
      1. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
        1.  
          Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
      2.  
        Performing an upgrade using GUI
      3.  
        Post upgrade tasks
      4.  
        Performing an upgrade using REST APIs
    6.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    7.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
    8.  
      Updating the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale clusters
  4. 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
  5. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using a downloaded ISO file
    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 hardware vendor packages
    9.  
      Installing Emergency Engineering Binaries (EEBs)

Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes

Change the default boot order by modifying the BIOS settings of the node. The following procedure provides a high level overview of the process. For detailed information, refer to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server documentation.

To modify the BIOS settings on the node

  1. Launch the HPE iLO Remote Console interface and from the menu on the left, click Administration.
  2. Click the Boot Order tab on the right, and from the Boot Mode options, select Legacy BIOS, and then click Apply.
  3. Reboot the node for the changes to take effect.
  4. After the node restarts successfully, reboot it again and press the F9 key on the boot screen to open the System Utilities.
  5. Navigate through System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) and change the Workload Profile field value to I/O Throughput.
  6. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Boot Options > Legacy BIOS Boot Order > Boot Controller Order and move Embedded RAID 1 : HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR Gen10 to the top of the list.
  7. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options and do the following:

    • Change Embedded FlexibleLOM 1 Port 1 setting to Disabled.

    • Change the Embedded FlexibleLOM 1 Port 3 setting to Network Boot.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  8. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > PCIe Device Configuration > Slot 3 : HPE Eth 10/25Gb 2p 640SFP28 Adprt-NIC and do the following:

    • Change PCIe Option ROM setting to Disabled.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  9. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > PCIe Device Configuration > Slot 5 : HPE Eth 10/25Gb 2p 640SFP28 Adprt-NIC and do the following:

    • Change PCIe Option ROM setting to Disabled.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  10. Press the F12 key to save the changes and exit.
  11. Power OFF the node.
  12. Repeat these steps on each node in the appliance.