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

Setting up the RAID configuration on the nodes

You must initialize and set up the RAID configuration on each node before you install the NetBackup Flex Scale software on the node. Set up a RAID 1 configuration and configure the two 1.92 TB SATA storage devices as the RAID volumes.

The following procedure provides a high level overview of the process. For detailed information, refer to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server documentation.

To initialize RAID on the node

  1. Power ON the node and press the F10 key on the boot screen to launch the Intelligent Provisioning module.
  2. Click Smart Storage Administrator to begin the RAID configuration.
  3. On the welcome page, from under the Available Devices displayed on the left, click HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR Gen10.
  4. On the Actions dialog, click Create Array.
  5. On the Create Array page, select the SSD storage devices to configure in the array.

    Perform the following steps:

    • From the Drive Type drop down menu, select SATA SSD.

    • Then click Select All to select the two SSD storage devices that are displayed.

    • Click Create Array and then click Yes to proceed to the RAID settings page.

  6. On the Create Logical Drive page, modify the RAID settings for the array.

    Perform the following steps:

    • Under Strip Size / Full Stripe Size, select 64 KiB / 64 KiB.

    • Under SSD Over Provisioning Optimization, select Do not perform SSD over Provisioning Optimization on the Array.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

    • Click Create Logical Drive to start the configuration.

  7. On the confirmation page, make a note of the name listed under Logical Drives, and then click Finish.

    For example, here the name of the logical drive created appears as Logical Drive 1. You will use the name to identify the drive in the subsequent steps.

  8. On the Actions dialog, click Set Bootable Logical Drive/Volume.
  9. Under Boot Logical Drive/Volume Precedence, identify the logical drive based on the name that you noted in the earlier step and then select it as the Primary Boot Logical Drive/Volume.
  10. Click OK and then click Finish to complete the process and exit.