Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Getting Started Guide
- Product overview
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance supported features
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance documentation
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance 4.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 4.1 release
- Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 4.1 release
- Preparing the initial deployment
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined primary and media server
- Using the vSphere Client to deploy a combined primary and media server appliance
- Using the OVF Tool to deploy a combined primary and media server appliance
- Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined primary and media server
- Completing the initial configuration of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined primary and media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance primary server
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined primary and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Introduction to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment checklist
This checklist is intended to help you plan for the initial configuration of your appliance. Use the checklist together with the initial deployment procedure.
For a new appliance, use the following tables to record the initial deployment settings for the appliance. When using a printed version of this checklist, make sure to place the completed checklist in a secure location.
Table: Data center details
Parameter | Setting |
|---|---|
Appliance name | |
Data center name | |
ESX/ESXi host name | |
Destination datastore |
Table: Network configuration
Parameter | Setting |
|---|---|
Appliance host name (Veritas recommends FQDN) | |
DNS domain name | |
Appliance IPv4 address | |
(Optional) Appliance IPv6 address | |
(Optional) Appliance IPv6 prefix length | |
Netmask | |
Gateway IPv4 address | |
(Optional) Gateway IPv6 address | |
Primary DNS server IPv4 address | |
(Optional) Additional DNS server IPv4 | |
(Optional) Additional DNS server IPv6 |
Table: Primary server and NTP
Parameter | Setting |
|---|---|
Primary server name (required if it is a media server) | |
(Optional) NTP |
You do not need to provide the storage details for a primary server appliance.
Table: Storage configuration
Parameter | Setting |
|---|---|
AdvancedDisk disk pool name | |
AdvancedDisk storage unit name | |
AdvancedDisk storage size (media server only) | |
MSDP disk pool name | |
MSDP storage unit name | |
MSDP storage size (media server only) |
Table: Password change
Parameter | Setting |
|---|---|
New admin password | |
New maintenance password | |
New nbasecadmin password (primary server and combined primary and media server only) |
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