Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.0)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      About Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale
  2. Viewing information about the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster environment
    1.  
      Accessing NetBackup Flex Scale and NetBackup
    2.  
      Accessing the NetBackup web user interface on the appliance
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Flex Scale management console
    4. About the Dashboard view
      1.  
        Viewing all the activities
    5.  
      Working with NetBackup Flex Scale APIs
  3. NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management
    1. User management
      1.  
        Considerations for managing NetBackup Flex Scale users
      2.  
        Adding users
      3.  
        Changing user password
      4.  
        Removing users
      5.  
        Considerations for configuring AD/LDAP
      6.  
        Configuring AD server for Universal shares and Instant Access
      7.  
        Configuring AD/LDAP servers for NetBackup services
      8.  
        Configuring additional AD/LDAP servers for managing NetBackup services/Universal Shares/Instant Access
      9.  
        Configuring AD/LDAP servers on clusters deployed with only media servers
      10.  
        Directory services and certificate management
    2.  
      Region settings management
    3.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale storage
    4. About Universal Shares
      1.  
        Creating a Protection Point for a Universal Share
    5. Node and disk management
      1.  
        NetBackup Flex Scale network cabling
      2. Adding a node to the cluster using the NetBackup Flex Scale web interface
        1.  
          Considerations for adding a node when disaster recovery is configured
      3.  
        Adding a node using the REST APIs
      4.  
        Replacing a node in a cluster
      5.  
        Starting and stopping nodes
      6.  
        Replacing a disk
      7.  
        Viewing disk details
      8.  
        Viewing node details
    6. License management
      1.  
        Adding or removing storage licenses
      2.  
        Adding NetBackup licenses
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale network management
    1.  
      About network management
    2.  
      Modifying DNS settings
    3.  
      About bonding Ethernet interfaces
    4. Bonding operations
      1.  
        Creating a bond
      2.  
        Modifying a bond
      3.  
        Removing a bond
    5.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale in a non-DNS environment
    6. Data network configurations
      1. Network configuration on plain device (eth5)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
        2.  
          Modifying a data network
        3.  
          Deleting a data network
      2.  
        Network configuration on VLAN (eth5)
      3. Network configuration on bonded interfaces (bond0 on eth5 and eth7)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
      4.  
        VLAN on bond of eth5 and eth7 (bond0)
      5.  
        Support for multiple VLAN when disaster recovery is configured
  5. NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure monitoring
    1. About alert management
      1.  
        Viewing information about alerts
      2.  
        Managing alerts
    2. About event notification
      1.  
        Purging events
    3. About AutoSupport and Call Home
      1.  
        Setting up email alerts
      2.  
        Setting up SNMP alerts
      3.  
        Configuring Call Home settings
    4.  
      Monitoring hardware components
    5.  
      Monitoring usage and licensed capacity using Veritas NetInsights Console
  6. Resiliency in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Erasure coding in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      Handling split-brain scenario in NetBackup Flex Scale
    3.  
      High availability of the NetBackup primary service
    4.  
      High availability of NetBackup services
    5.  
      NetBackup catalog protection
    6. NetBackup primary service catalog protection using checkpoints
      1.  
        Performing a recovery of the catalog file system using GUI
      2.  
        Performing a recovery of the catalog file system using REST APIs
  7. EMS server configuration
    1.  
      Configuring an external BYOS media server
    2.  
      Configuring an external NBA media server
  8. Site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      Configuring disaster recovery using GUI
    3.  
      Clearing the host cache
    4.  
      Managing disaster recovery using GUI
    5. Performing disaster recovery using RESTful APIs
      1.  
        Establishing trust and setting up authentication
      2.  
        Configuring disaster recovery
      3.  
        Managing disaster recovery
    6.  
      Active-Active disaster recovery configuration
    7.  
      NetBackup optimized duplication using Storage Lifecycle Policies
  9. NetBackup Flex Scale security
    1. STIG overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        STIG-compliant password policy rules
      2.  
        Enabling STIG for NetBackup Flex Scale
      3.  
        Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale STIG status
    2. FIPS overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale FIPS status
    3.  
      Managing the login banner
    4.  
      Changing the password policy
    5. Support for immutability in NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        About lockdown modes
      2.  
        Selecting or changing the lockdown mode
      3.  
        Configuring immutability using GUI
    6. Deploying external certificates on NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        Deploying ECA using the GUI
      2.  
        Log locations
      3.  
        Considerations for performing other operations when ECA is deployed
  10. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Services management
    2. Collecting logs for cluster nodes
      1.  
        Uploading logs to Veritas Support
      2.  
        Downloading logs
    3.  
      Checking and repairing storage
    4. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale issues
      1.  
        If cluster configuration fails (for example because an IP address that was already in use is specified) and you try to reconfigure the cluster, the UI displays an error but the configuration process continues to run
      2.  
        Validation error while adding VMware credentials to NetBackup
      3.  
        NetBackup Web UI incorrectly displays some NetBackup Flex Scale processes as failed
      4.  
        Unable to create BMR Shared Resource Tree (SRT) on NetBackup Flex Scale Appliance
      5.  
        NetBackup configuration files are not persistent across operations that require restarting the system
  11. Appendix A. Configuring NetBackup optimized duplication
    1. Configuring a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication
      1.  
        Creating a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication
      2.  
        Configuring a policy to use an SLP
      3.  
        Updating the policy to reverse the replication direction
  12. Appendix B. Disaster recovery terminologies
    1.  
      VVR technology in disaster recovery
    2.  
      About response fields in the GET disaster recovery API
  13. Appendix C. Configuring Auto Image Replication
    1.  
      Auto Image Replication configuration

Creating a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication

Locate and double-click the NetBackup Administration Console shortcut located on the desktop of the system, to launch the NetBackup Administration Console. Then, enter the host name, user name, and password in the Administration Console login screen to connect to your primary server.

To create a Storage Lifecycle Policy

  1. Select NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Lifecycle Policies in the left pane of the Administration Console. The list of currently configured Storage Lifecycle Policies is displayed in the right pane of the Administration Console.

    Note:

    By default, no Storage Lifecycle Policies are configured.

  2. Select Actions > New > Storage Lifecycle Policy. The New Storage Lifecycle Policy window is displayed.
  3. Enter the information provided in the table in the New Storage Lifecycle Policy window.

    Storage Lifecycle Policy Parameter

    Value

    Storage lifecycle policy name

    NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks

    Data classification

    <no data classification>

    Priority for secondary operations

    0 (default)

    State of secondary operation processing

    Active (default)

    Note:

    Enter a meaningful name for SLP in the format <source site/location>_<retention>_to_<destination site/location>_retention. For example, NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks.

  4. Click Add to add the first operation to the SLP. The New Operation window is displayed.
  5. Enter the information provided in the table to complete the configuration of the first storage operation for the SLP.

    New Operation properties

    Value

    Storage source

    --- (Default setting)

    Operation

    Backup (Default setting)

    Destination storage

    nyc_disk_stu

    You can change this setting to reflect your STU.

    Volume pool

    N/A

    Media owner

    N/A

    Retention type

    Fixed (Default setting)

    Retention period

    1 month (Retention level 3)

    You can change this setting.

  6. Click OK to save the New Operation window parameter settings.
  7. Click Add to add a second operation to the SLP. The New Operation window is displayed.
  8. Use the information provided in the table to complete the configuration of the second SLP operation.

    New Operation properties

    Value

    Source storage

    nyc_disk_stu (Backup) (Default)

    Operation

    Duplication (Default)

    Destination storage

    lon_disk_stu

    You can change this setting.

    Volume pool

    Not selected(default)

    Media owner

    Not selected(default)

    Retention type

    Fixed (default)

    Retention period

    2 weeks (level 1)

    You can change this setting.

    Alternate read server

    None (default)

    Preserve multiplexing

    Not selected(default)

    Postpone creation of this copy until the source is about to expire

    Not selected(default)

  9. Click OK to save the New Operation window parameter settings.

    Verify that the Duplication operation entry is added to the Operation list of the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks Storage Lifecycle Policy.

    The figure illustrates the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks SLP with two operations included.

    Note:

    The left margin of the Duplication operation is indented from the entry for the first backup operation which indicates that the Duplication operation is derived from the second backup operation.

  10. Click OK in the Change Storage Lifecycle Policy window to save the changes to the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeksSLP, and to close the Change Storage Lifecycle Policy window.
  11. Verify that entry for the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks storage lifecycle policy is visible in the list of SLPs that is displayed in the right pane of the Administration Console.
  12. Repeat steps 4 to 11 to create another SLP called LON_1month_to NYC_2weeks to backup at London and duplicate to NYC. This time replace step 5 with the following for the backup operation.

    New Operation properties

    Value

    Storage source

    --- (Default setting)

    Operation

    Backup (Default setting)

    Destination storage

    lon_disk_stu

    You can change this setting to reflect your STU.

    Volume pool

    N/A

    Media owner

    N/A

    Retention type

    Fixed (default)

    Retention period

    1 month (Retention level 3)

    You can change this setting.

    For the second operation (duplication) in the SLP, choose the following

    New Operation properties

    Value

    Source storage

    nyc_disk_stu (Backup)

    Operation

    Duplication (Default)

    Destination storage

    nyc_disk_stu

    You can change this setting.

    Volume pool

    Not selected(default)

    Media owner

    Not selected(default)

    Retention type

    Fixed (default)

    Retention period

    2 weeks (level 1)

    You can change this setting.

    Alternate read server

    None (default)

    Preserve multiplexing

    Not selected(default)

    Postpone creation of this copy until the source is about to expire

    Not selected(default)