NetBackup 9.0 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to NetBackup applications for Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
    3.  
      NetBackup 9.0 application new features, enhancements, and changes
    4.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    5.  
      Operational notes
  2. Geting started
    1.  
      Prerequisites before you can create NetBackup application instances
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console and client packages
  3. Creating NetBackup application instances
    1. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup master server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
      3.  
        Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance
  4. Managing NetBackup application instances
    1.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    2. Accessing NetBackup master and media server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users on a master or media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a master or media server instance
        2.  
          Connecting a remote user domain to a master or media server instance
        3.  
          Changing a user password on a master or media server instance
      2. Running NetBackup commands on a master or media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a master or media server application instance
      3.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a NetBackup master server instance
      4.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup master server instance
      5.  
        Setting environment variables on master and media server instances
      6.  
        Storing custom data on a master or media server instance
      7.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a master server instance
      8.  
        Establishing trust with a NetBackup 7.7.3 master server instance
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. About the NetBackup WORM storage server shell
        1.  
          About the dedupe command
        2.  
          About the retention command
        3.  
          About the setting command
        4.  
          About the support command

Connecting a remote user domain to a master or media server instance

NetBackup master and media server application instances support Active Directory (AD) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) users. Use the following procedure to connect a remote user domain to a master or media server instance.

To connect a remote user domain

  1. From the Flex Appliance Console, verify that the instance is on the same network as the AD or the LDAP domain. If it is not, edit the settings so that the instance can reach the domain.
  2. Open the following ports if they are not already open:

    • 139

    • 145

  3. Open an SSH session to the instance as the appadmin user and run the following command:

    sudo realm join <domain name> -v

    Where <domain name> is the AD or the LDAP domain that you want to connect.

    Enter the appadmin user password when prompted.

  4. When the following prompts appear, enter the password for the AD or the LDAP domain:

    Password for Administrator:

    Enter Administrator's password:

  5. Wait for the process to complete. The following message should appear:

    Successfully enrolled machine in realm

  6. When the connection is complete, sign in to the instance as the appadmin user from the NetBackup web UI. Add and configure the remote users that you want to have access to the instance. See the NetBackup Web UI Security Administrator's Guide for details.

    Note:

    The username maintenance is not supported on application instances.