Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
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 public IP address to a management network interface
      1.  
        Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 or to a VLAN on eth1 of a node
      2.  
        Configuring a bond device and assigning an IP address to the bonded device or to a VLAN on the bonded device
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4.  
      YML configuration file
  3. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale to 3.2
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale upgrade overview
    3.  
      About parallel upgrade and supported upgrade paths
    4.  
      Downloading the upgrade file
    5.  
      Uploading the upgrade file and performing an upgrade precheck
    6. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    7.  
      Performing an upgrade using GUI
    8. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Downloading and installing the required EEBs
      2.  
        Verifying appliance firmware compatibility
      3.  
        Adding NetBackup license file
      4.  
        Saving the default password of the HPE iLO Administrator user
      5.  
        Collecting logs post upgrade
    9.  
      Collecting logs for an upgrade precheck failure
  4. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale to 3.2.100
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale upgrade overview
    3.  
      Supported upgrade paths
    4.  
      Downloading the upgrade file
    5.  
      Uploading the upgrade file and performing an upgrade precheck
    6. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    7.  
      Performing an upgrade using GUI
    8. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Downloading and installing the required EEBs
      2.  
        Rolling back NetBackup EEBs
      3.  
        Verifying appliance firmware compatibility
      4.  
        Adding NetBackup license file
      5.  
        Saving the default password of the HPE iLO Administrator user
      6.  
        Collecting logs post upgrade
    9.  
      Collecting logs for an upgrade precheck failure
  5. Upgrading the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale cluster
    1.  
      About firmware upgrades
    2.  
      Determining if a firmware upgrade is required
    3.  
      Downloading the firmware package
    4.  
      About the firmware upgrade options
    5. Upgrading the firmware
      1. Updating the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale clusters using HPE iLO
        1.  
          Upgrading the firmware using the rolling method
        2.  
          Upgrading the firmware using the parallel method
        3.  
          Updating the ACL file on the cluster nodes
  6. Managing EEBs
    1.  
      Downloading EEBs
    2.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
  7. 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
  8. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale 3.2 from a USB drive
    1.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers using a USB drive
    2.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 servers using a USB drive
  9. Appendix B. 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
  10. Appendix C. Upgrading a NetBackup Flex Scale node
    1.  
      Upgrading a node that is not in a cluster

About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs

NetBackup Flex Scale supports software version upgrades. The upgrade operation is supported using both the GUI and RESTful APIs.

Open a web browser and type the following URL in the address bar to sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI:

https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161

If you are using IPv6 addresses, use the following URL syntax:

https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161

Here, ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address, the FQDN, or the short host name that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server and API gateway during the cluster configuration.

Note:

If you access the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI by using the short host name from a node, set the DNS settings (name server, domain name, and search domain) or ensure that the entry for mapping the short host name to an IP address exists in the hosts file of the node.

You can find the RESTful APIs at https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/

If you are using IPv6 addresses, use the following URL syntax:

https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/

The GUI supports the following operations:

  • Check SORT for the availability of major upgrades, and patches. The Check online for upgrade option shows the details of packages available on SORT.

  • You can download available major upgrades, and patches from SORT.

  • The GUI displays the download package progress.

  • You can upload major upgrades, patches, and EEBs from your local systems.

  • The GUI displays the details of downloaded and installed major upgrades, patches, and EEBs.

  • You can delete major upgrades, and patches which are downloaded in the system through the GUI.

  • You can delete downloaded EEBs which are not installed on the system.

  • You can install major upgrades and patches when all nodes are healthy.

  • You can install and roll back EEBs from the system if all the nodes are reachable.

  • Depending on the EEB, you might need to ensure that there are no jobs running before you install or roll back the EEB.

  • If a node goes down during an upgrade, rollback will be triggered automatically. But if the nodes remains down, the rollback will fail and you must contact Veritas Support to resolve the issue.

  • The GUI disables other operations when upgrade or rollback operations are in progress.

Note:

If disaster recovery is configured, make sure that you install the EEBs and patches on the secondary site.

Any operation that changes the configuration is not allowed during an upgrade.

You cannot perform the following operations if an upgrade is in progress:

  • Add another node to the cluster.

  • Replace an existing node in the cluster.

  • Add or modify existing data networks.

  • Create, edit, or delete a network bond.

  • Create, edit, or delete a user.

  • Factory reset a node.

  • Start or stop containers

  • Deploy external certificate