NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.3)
  1. Section I. About NetBackup
    1. Introducing NetBackup
      1.  
        About NetBackup
      2.  
        NetBackup documentation
      3.  
        NetBackup web UI features
      4.  
        NetBackup administration interfaces
      5.  
        Terminology
      6.  
        First-time sign in to the NetBackup web UI
      7.  
        Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
      8.  
        Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
      9.  
        Documentation for catalog recovery, disk pools, disk array hosts, and host properties in the NetBackup web UI
    2. Administering NetBackup licenses
      1.  
        About NetBackup licenses
      2.  
        Add licenses
      3.  
        View licenses
      4.  
        Renew licenses
      5.  
        Remove licenses
    3. Registering with Veritas Alta View
      1.  
        Register with Veritas Alta View
  2. Section II. Monitoring and notifications
    1. Monitoring NetBackup activity
      1.  
        The NetBackup dashboard
      2. Activity monitor
        1.  
          Monitor NetBackup daemons
        2.  
          Monitor NetBackup processes
      3. Job monitoring
        1.  
          Workloads that require a custom RBAC role for specific job permissions
        2.  
          View a job
        3.  
          View the jobs in the List view
        4.  
          View the jobs in the Hierarchy view
        5.  
          Jobs: cancel, suspend, restart, resume, delete
        6.  
          Search for or filter jobs in the jobs list
        7.  
          Create a jobs filter
        8.  
          Edit, copy, or delete a jobs filter
        9.  
          Import or export job filters
        10.  
          View the status of a redirected restore
        11. Troubleshooting the viewing and managing of jobs
          1.  
            Job actions not available for workload administrators with limited RBAC permissions on assets
    2. Device monitor
      1.  
        About the Device Monitor
      2.  
        About media mount errors
      3. About pending requests and actions
        1.  
          About pending requests for storage units
        2.  
          Resolve a pending request
        3.  
          Resolve a pending action
        4.  
          Resubmit a pending request
        5.  
          Deny a pending request
    3. Notifications
      1. Job notifications
        1. Send email notifications for job failures
          1.  
            Status codes that generate alerts
        2.  
          Send notifications to the backup administrator about failed backups
        3.  
          Send notifications to a host administrator about backups
        4.  
          Configure the nbmail.cmd script on the Windows hosts
      2. NetBackup event notifications
        1.  
          View notifications
        2.  
          Modify or disable NetBackup event notifications in the web UI
        3.  
          NetBackup event types supported with notifications
        4.  
          About configuring automatic notification cleanup tasks
  3. Section III. Configuring hosts
    1. Managing host properties
      1.  
        Overview of host properties
      2.  
        View or edit the host properties of a server or client
      3.  
        Host information and settings in Host properties
      4.  
        Reset a host's attributes
    2. Managing credentials for workloads and systems that NetBackup accesses
      1.  
        Overview of credential management in NetBackup
      2.  
        Add a credential in NetBackup
      3.  
        Add a credential for an external KMS
      4.  
        Add a credential for NetBackup Callhome Proxy
      5.  
        Edit or delete a named credential
      6. Add a credential for CyberArk
        1.  
          Certificate revocation lists for CyberArk server
      7.  
        Configure external credentials
      8.  
        Add a configuration for an external CMS server
      9.  
        Edit or delete the configuration for an external CMS server
      10.  
        Add a credential for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
      11.  
        Edit or delete Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) credentials in NetBackup
      12.  
        Troubleshooting the external CMS server issue
    3. Managing deployment
      1.  
        Managing the NetBackup Package repository
      2.  
        Update host
      3.  
        Deployment policies
  4. Section IV. Configuring storage
    1. Overview of storage options
      1.  
        About storage configuration
    2. Configuring storage units
      1.  
        Overview of storage units
      2.  
        Create a storage unit
      3.  
        Edit storage unit settings
      4.  
        Copy a storage unit
      5.  
        Delete a storage unit
      6.  
        About universal shares
      7. Create a universal share
        1.  
          Using instant access for MS-Windows and Standard policies
      8.  
        View or edit a universal share
      9.  
        Delete a universal share
    3. Configuring disk storage
      1.  
        About configuring BasicDisk storage
      2.  
        About configuring disk pool storage
      3.  
        Create a disk pool
      4.  
        Editing a disk pool
      5.  
        Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP, MSDP Cloud) storage server
      6.  
        Editing a storage server
      7. Integrating MSDP Cloud and CMS
        1.  
          Migrating or upgrading MSDP Cloud and CMS
      8.  
        Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage server for image sharing
      9.  
        Create a AdvancedDisk, OpenStorage (OST), or Cloud Connector storage server
      10.  
        Using image sharing from the NetBackup web UI
    4. Managing media servers
      1.  
        Add a media server
      2.  
        Activate or deactivate a media server
      3.  
        Stop or restart the media manager device
      4.  
        About NetBackup server groups
      5.  
        Add a server group
      6.  
        Delete a server group
    5. Managing tape drives
      1.  
        Change a drive comment
      2.  
        About downed drives
      3.  
        Change a drive operating mode
      4.  
        Change a tape drive path
      5.  
        Change the operating mode for a drive path
      6.  
        Change tape drive properties
      7.  
        Change a tape drive to a shared drive
      8.  
        Clean a tape drive
      9.  
        Delete a drive
      10.  
        Reset a drive
      11.  
        Reset the mount time of a drive
      12.  
        Set the drive cleaning frequency
      13.  
        View drive details
    6. Staging backups
      1.  
        About staging backups
      2.  
        About basic disk staging
      3.  
        Create a BasicDisk storage unit with disk staging
      4.  
        Disk staging storage unit size and capacity
      5.  
        Finding potential free space on a BasicDisk disk staging storage unit
      6.  
        Schedule settings for disk staging
    7. Troubleshooting storage configuration
      1.  
        Registering a media server
      2.  
        Storage configuration issues
      3.  
        Troubleshooting universal share configuration issues
  5. Section V. Configuring backups
    1. Overview of backups in the NetBackup web UI
      1.  
        Backups methods supported in the NetBackup web UI
      2.  
        Protection plan vs. policy FAQs
      3.  
        Supported protection plan types
      4.  
        Support for NetBackup classic policies
    2. Managing protection plans
      1.  
        Create a protection plan
      2.  
        Customizing protection plans
      3.  
        Edit or delete a protection plan
      4.  
        Subscribe an asset or an asset group to a protection plan
      5.  
        Unsubscribe an asset from a protection plan
      6.  
        View protection plan overrides
      7.  
        About Backup Now
    3. Managing classic policies
      1.  
        Add a policy
      2.  
        Example policy - Exchange Server DAG backup
      3.  
        Example policy - Sharded MongoDB cluster
      4.  
        Edit, copy, or delete a policy
      5.  
        Deactivate or activate a policy
      6.  
        Edit or delete a client
      7.  
        Edit or delete a backup selection
      8.  
        Edit or delete a schedule
      9.  
        Perform manual backups
    4. Protecting the NetBackup catalog
      1.  
        About the NetBackup catalog
      2. Catalog backups
        1.  
          The catalog backup process
        2.  
          Prerequisites for backing up the NetBackup catalog
        3.  
          Configuring catalog backups
        4.  
          Backing up NetBackup catalogs manually
        5.  
          Concurrently running catalog backups with other backups
        6.  
          Catalog policy schedule considerations
        7.  
          How catalog incrementals and standard backups interact on UNIX
        8.  
          Determining whether or not a catalog backup succeeded
        9.  
          Strategies that ensure successful NetBackup catalog backups
      3.  
        Disaster recovery emails and the disaster recovery files
      4.  
        Disaster recovery packages
      5.  
        About disaster recovery settings
      6.  
        Setting the passphrase to encrypt disaster recovery packages
      7.  
        Recovering the catalog
    5. Managing backup images
      1.  
        About the Catalog utility
      2.  
        Catalog utility search criteria and backup image details
      3.  
        Verify backup images
      4.  
        Promote a copy to a primary copy
      5. Duplicate backup images
        1.  
          Multiplexed duplication considerations
        2.  
          Jobs that appear while making multiple copies
      6.  
        Expire backup images
      7. About importing backup images
        1.  
          About importing expired images
        2.  
          Import backup images, Phase I
        3.  
          Import backup images, Phase II
    6. Pausing data protection activity
      1.  
        Pause backups and other activity
      2.  
        Allow the automatic pause of data protection activity
      3.  
        Pause backups and other activity on a client
      4.  
        View paused backups and other paused activities
      5.  
        Resume data protection activity
  6. Section VI. Managing security
    1. Security events and audit logs
      1.  
        View security events and audit logs
      2. About NetBackup auditing
        1.  
          User identity in the audit report
        2.  
          Audit retention period and catalog backups of audit records
        3.  
          Viewing the detailed NetBackup audit report
      3.  
        Send audit events to system logs
      4.  
        Send audit events to log forwarding endpoints
    2. Managing security certificates
      1.  
        About security management and certificates in NetBackup
      2.  
        NetBackup host IDs and host ID-based certificates
      3. Managing NetBackup security certificates
        1.  
          Reissue a NetBackup certificate
        2.  
          Managing NetBackup certificate authorization tokens
      4. Using external security certificates with NetBackup
        1.  
          Configure an external certificate for the NetBackup web server
        2.  
          Remove the external certificate configured for the web server
        3.  
          Update or renew the external certificate for the web server
        4.  
          View external certificate information for the NetBackup hosts in the domain
    3. Managing host mappings
      1.  
        View host security and mapping information
      2.  
        Approve or add mappings for a host that has multiple host names
      3.  
        Example host mappings
      4.  
        Remove mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    4. Configuring multi-person authorization
      1.  
        About multi-person authorization
      2.  
        Workflow to configure multi-person authorization for NetBackup operations
      3.  
        RBAC roles and permissions for multi-person authorization
      4.  
        Multi-person authorization process with respect to roles
      5.  
        NetBackup operations that need multi-person authorization
      6.  
        Configure multi-person authorization
      7.  
        View multi-person authorization tickets
      8.  
        Manage multi-person authorization tickets
      9.  
        Add exempted users
      10.  
        Schedule expiration and purging of multi-person authorization tickets
      11.  
        Disable multi-person authorization
    5. Managing user sessions
      1.  
        Terminate a NetBackup user session
      2.  
        Unlock a NetBackup user
      3.  
        Configure when idle sessions should time out
      4.  
        Configure the maximum of concurrent user sessions
      5.  
        Configure the maximum of failed sign-in attempts
      6.  
        Display a banner to users when they sign in
    6. Configuring multi-factor authentication
      1.  
        About multi-factor authentication
      2.  
        Configure multi-factor authentication for your user account
      3.  
        Disable multi-factor authentication for your user account
      4.  
        Enforce multi-factor authentication for all users
      5.  
        Configure multi-factor authentication for your user account when it is enforced in the domain
      6.  
        Reset multi-factor authentication for a user
    7. Managing the global security settings for the primary server
      1.  
        Certificate authority for secure communication
      2.  
        Disable communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts
      3.  
        Disable automatic mapping of NetBackup host names
      4.  
        Configure the global data-in-transit encryption setting
      5.  
        About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
      6.  
        Select a security level for NetBackup certificate deployment
      7.  
        About TLS session resumption
      8.  
        Set a passphrase for disaster recovery
      9. About trusted primary servers
        1.  
          Add a trusted primary server
        2.  
          Remove a trusted primary server
    8. Using access keys, API keys, and access codes
      1.  
        Access keys
      2. API keys
        1.  
          Add an API key or view API key details (Administrators)
        2.  
          Edit, reissue, or delete an API key (Administrators)
        3.  
          Add an API key or view your API key details
        4.  
          Edit, reissue, or delete your API key
        5.  
          Use an API key with NetBackup REST APIs
      3. Access codes
        1.  
          Request CLI access through web UI authentication
        2.  
          Approve the CLI access request of another user
        3.  
          Edit the settings for command-line access
    9. Configuring authentication options
      1.  
        Sign-in options for the NetBackup web UI
      2. Configure user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
        1.  
          Configure smart card authentication with a domain
        2.  
          Configure smart card authentication without a domain
        3.  
          Edit the configuration for smart card authentication
        4.  
          Add or delete a CA certificate that is used for smart card authentication
        5.  
          Disable or temporarily disable smart card authentication
      3.  
        About single sign-on (SSO) configuration
      4. Configure NetBackup for single sign-on (SSO)
        1.  
          Configure the SAML KeyStore
        2.  
          Configure the SAML keystore and add and enable the IDP configuration
        3.  
          Enroll the NetBackup primary server with the IDP
        4.  
          Manage an IDP configuration
        5.  
          Video: Configure single sign-on in NetBackup
      5. Troubleshooting SSO
        1.  
          Redirection issues
        2.  
          Unable to sign in due to authorization-related issues
    10. Managing role-based access control
      1.  
        RBAC features
      2.  
        Authorized users
      3. Configuring RBAC
        1.  
          Notes for using NetBackup RBAC
        2.  
          Add AD or LDAP domains
        3.  
          View users in RBAC
        4.  
          Add a user to a role (non-SAML)
        5.  
          Add a smart card user to a role (non-SAML, without AD/LDAP)
        6.  
          Add a user to a role (SAML)
        7.  
          Remove a user from a role
      4.  
        Default RBAC roles
      5. Add a custom RBAC role
        1.  
          Edit or remove a role a custom role
        2.  
          Add a custom RBAC role to restore Azure-managed instances
        3.  
          Add a custom RBAC role for a PaaS administrator
        4.  
          Add a custom RBAC role for a Malware administrator
      6.  
        Role permissions
      7.  
        Manage access permission
      8.  
        View access definitions
    11. Disabling access to NetBackup interfaces for OS Administrators
      1.  
        Disable command-line (CLI) access for operating system (OS) administrators
      2.  
        Disable web UI access for operating system (OS) administrators
  7. Section VII. Detection and reporting
    1. Malware scanning
      1. About malware scanning
        1. Workflow for malware scanning
          1.  
            Malware scanning workflow for MSDP backup images
          2.  
            Malware scanning workflow for OST and AdvancedDisk
      2. Configurations
        1. Configuring scan host pool
          1.  
            Prerequisites for scan host pool
          2.  
            Configuring a new scan host pool
          3.  
            Add a new host in a scan host pool
        2. Managing scan host
          1.  
            Add an existing scan host
          2.  
            Remove the scan host
          3.  
            Deactivate the scan host
          4.  
            Managing credentials
        3.  
          Configure resource limits
      3. Perform a malware scan
        1.  
          Backup images
        2.  
          Assets by policy type
        3.  
          Assets by workload type
      4. Managing scan tasks
        1.  
          View the malware scan status
        2.  
          Actions for malware scanned images
        3.  
          Recover from malware-affected images (clients protected by policies)
        4.  
          Recover from malware-affected images (clients protected by protection plan)
    2. Detecting anomalies
      1. About backup anomaly detection
        1.  
          How a backup anomaly is detected
      2.  
        Configure backup anomaly detection settings
      3.  
        View backup anomalies
      4.  
        About system anomaly detection
      5.  
        Configure system anomaly detection settings
      6.  
        View system anomalies
    3. Usage reporting and capacity licensing
      1.  
        Track protected data size on your primary servers
      2.  
        Add a local primary server
      3.  
        Select license types to display in usage reporting
      4.  
        Scheduling reports for capacity licensing
      5.  
        Other configuration for incremental reporting
      6.  
        Troubleshooting failures for usage reporting and incremental reporting
  8. Section VIII. NetBackup workloads and NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. NetBackup SaaS Protection
      1.  
        Overview of NetBackup for SaaS
      2.  
        Adding NetBackup SaaS Protection Hubs
      3. Configuring the autodiscovery frequency
        1.  
          Proxy configuration for autodiscovery
      4.  
        Viewing asset details
      5.  
        Configuring permissions
      6.  
        Troubleshooting SaaS workload issues
    2. NetBackup Flex Scale
      1. Managing NetBackup Flex Scale
        1.  
          Access NetBackup from the Flex Scale infrastructure management console
        2.  
          Manage NetBackup and the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster management from the NetBackup Flex Scale web UI
        3.  
          Access NetBackup Flex Scale from the NetBackup web UI
    3. NetBackup workloads
      1.  
        Protection of other asset types and clients
  9. Section IX. Disaster recovery and troubleshooting
    1. Managing Resiliency Platforms
      1.  
        About Resiliency Platform in NetBackup
      2.  
        Understanding the terms
      3. Configuring a Resiliency Platform
        1.  
          Add a Resiliency Platform
        2.  
          Configure a third-party CA certificate
        3.  
          Edit or delete a Resiliency Platform
        4.  
          View the automated or not-automated VMs
      4.  
        Troubleshooting NetBackup and Resiliency Platform issues
    2. Managing Bare Metal Restore (BMR)
      1.  
        About Bare Metal Restore (BMR)
      2.  
        Add a custom role for a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) administrator
    3. Troubleshooting the NetBackup Web UI
      1.  
        Tips for accessing the NetBackup web UI
      2.  
        If a user doesn't have the correct permissions or access in the NetBackup web UI
      3.  
        Unable to validate the user or group when configuring LDAP server
  10. Section X. Other topics
    1. Additional NetBackup catalog information
      1. Parts of the NetBackup catalog
        1. NetBackup databases and configuration files
          1.  
            About the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM)
        2. About the NetBackup image database
          1.  
            About NetBackup image .f files
        3.  
          About the catalog backup of cloud configuration files
      2. Archiving the catalog and restoring from the catalog archive
        1.  
          Enabling intelligent catalog archiving (ICA) to reduce the number of .f files
        2.  
          Creating a catalog archiving policy
        3.  
          Catalog archiving commands
        4.  
          Catalog archiving considerations
        5.  
          Extracting images from the catalog archives
      3. Estimating catalog space requirements
        1.  
          NetBackup file size considerations on UNIX systems
        2.  
          Moving the image catalog
        3. About image catalog compression
          1.  
            Uncompressing the NetBackup catalog
    2. About the NetBackup database
      1. About the NetBackup database installation
        1. About NetBackup primary server installed directories and files
          1.  
            About the bin directory
          2.  
            About the contents of the NetBackupDB and db directories
          3.  
            About the data directory
          4.  
            vxdbms.conf
        2.  
          NetBackup configuration entry
        3.  
          NetBackup database server management
        4.  
          The NetBackup database and clustered environments
      2. Post-installation tasks
        1.  
          Changing the NetBackup database password
        2.  
          Moving a database after installation
        3.  
          Copying the NetBackup databases
        4. Creating the NBDB database manually
          1.  
            Additional create_nbdb options
      3. Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on Windows
          1.  
            About fragmentation
          1.  
            Changing the DBA password using the NetBackup Database Administration utility
          2.  
            Moving a NetBackup database
          3.  
            Exporting database schema and data
          4.  
            Copying or backing up a database
          5.  
            Restoring a database from a backup
      4. Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on UNIX
        1.  
          Select/Restart Database and Change Password menu options
        2.  
          Database Space Management menu options
        3.  
          Database Validation Check and Rebuild menu options
        4.  
          Move Database menu options
        5.  
          Unload Database menu options
        6.  
          Backup and Restore Database menu options

Default RBAC roles

The NetBackup web UI provides the following default RBAC roles with preconfigured permissions and settings.

Table: Default RBAC roles in the NetBackup web UI

Role name

Description

Administrator

The Administrator role has full permissions for NetBackup and can manage all aspects of NetBackup.

Default Apache Cassandra Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage and protect Apache Cassandra assets with protection plans.

Default AHV Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor and to back up those assets with protection plans.

Default Cloud Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage cloud assets and to back up those assets with protection plans.

Note that a PaaS administrator requires some additional permissions that you can add to a custom role.

See Add a custom RBAC role for a PaaS administrator.

Default Cloud Object Store Administrator

This role has all the permissions to manage the protection for cloud objects using classic policies.

Default IRE SLP Administrator

Manages IRE (Isolated Recovery Environment) SLP (Storage lifecycle policies) functionalities.

Default Kubernetes Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage Kubernetes and to back up those assets with protection plans. The permissions for this role give a user the ability to view and manage jobs for Kubernetes assets. To view all jobs for this asset type, a user must have the default role for that workload. Or, a similar custom role must have the following option applied when the role is created: Apply selected permissions to all existing and future workload assets.

Default Microsoft Sentinel Administrator

This role has all the permissions necessary to add Microsoft Sentinel credentials in NetBackup and to send NetBackup audit events to Microsoft Sentinel.

Default Microsoft SQL Server Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage SQL Server databases and to back up those assets with protection plans. In addition to this role, the NetBackup user must meet the following requirements:

  • Member of the Windows administrator group.

  • Have the SQL Server "sysadmin" role.

Default Multi-Person Authorization (MPA) Approver

This role has permissions to manage MPA tickets.

Default MySQL Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage MySQL instances and databases and to back up those assets with protection plans.

Default NAS Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to perform the backup and restore of NAS volumes using a NAS-Data-Protection policy. To view all jobs for the backups and restores of a NAS volume, a user must have this role. Or, the user must have a custom role with same permissions applied when the role was created.

Default NetBackup Command Line (CLI) Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage NetBackup using the NetBackup command line (CLI). With this role a user can run most of the NetBackup commands with a non-root account.

Note: A user that has only this role cannot sign into the web UI.

Default Oracle Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage Oracle databases and to back up those assets with protection plans.

Default PostgreSQL Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage PostgreSQL instances and databases and to back up those assets with protection plans.

Default Resiliency Administrator

This role has all the permissions to protect Veritas Resiliency Platform (VRP) for VMware assets.

Default RHV Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage Red Hat Virtualization machines and to back up those assets with protection plans. This role gives a user the ability to view and manage jobs for RHV assets.

To view all jobs for RHV assets, a user must have this role. Or, the user must have a similar custom role with following option applied when the role was created: Apply selected permissions to all existing and future RHV assets.

Default SaaS Administrator

This role has all the permissions to view and manage SaaS assets.

Default Security Administrator

This role has permissions to manage NetBackup security including role-based access control (RBAC), certificates, hosts, identity providers and domains, global security settings, and other permissions. This role can also view settings and assets in most areas of NetBackup: workloads, storage, licensing, and other areas.

Default Storage Administrator

This role has permissions to configure disk-based storage and storage lifecycle policies. SLP settings are managed with the Administrator role.

Default Universal Share Administrator

This role has the permissions to manage policies and storage servers. It also can manage the assets for Windows and Standard client types and for universal shares.

Default Veritas Alta View Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage Veritas Alta View functionalities.

Default VMware Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage VMware virtual machines and to back up those assets with protection plans. To view all jobs for VMware assets, a user must have this role. Or, the user must have a similar custom role with following option applied when the role was created: Apply selected permissions to all existing and future VMware assets.

NetBackup Read-Only Operator

Provides read-only permissions to the IT Analytics Operator, Multi-Person Authorization Approver, and other operators in NetBackup, with no permissions for security.

Note:

Veritas reserves the right to update the RBAC permissions for default roles in future releases. Any revised permissions are automatically applied to users of these roles when NetBackup is upgraded. If you have copies of default roles these roles are not updated automatically. (Or, if you have any custom roles that are based on default roles.) If you want these custom roles to include changes to default roles, you must manually apply the changes or recreate the custom roles.