Veritas Access Solutions Guide for Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Management Platform

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2)
Platform: Linux
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
    2.  
      About the SDS Management Platform
  2. Deploying the SDS Management Platform with Veritas Access
    1.  
      Deploying the SDS Management Platform
  3. Using the SDS Management Platform interface
    1.  
      Using the SDS Management Platform launchpad
    2.  
      Using the Infrastructure application
    3.  
      Using the Long Term Retention Storage (LTR) application
    4.  
      Operation icons on the SDS Management Platform interface
  4. Setting up SSL in the SDS Management Platform
    1.  
      About setting up SSL in the SDS Management Platform
    2.  
      Generating and installing a new certificate
    3.  
      Creating and upgrading a trust store
  5. Performing authentication
    1.  
      Authentication modules
    2.  
      Certificate-based client authentication
  6. System backup and restore
    1.  
      About system backup and restore
    2.  
      Automatic backups
    3.  
      Manual backups
  7. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Log locations
    2.  
      Diagnostic reports
    3.  
      Java Virtual Machine (JVM) parameters
    4. SDS Management Platform known issues
      1.  
        If multiple bucket creation requests with different inputs for attributes such as size and layout are in progress in parallel, then a bucket can get created with incorrect attributes
      2.  
        When editing a storage resource or backup server, an Advanced button is available that shows options that you should not change
      3.  
        If you add a Veritas Access cluster where the host includes the protocol (such as, https://10.20.30.40), the provider gets added and collects data but running the LTR workflow fails
      4.  
        When you create a bucket, the status of the task appears as DONE, even though the creation is still in progress
      5.  
        Clicking on a non-mapped Veritas Access cluster directs you to an empty wiki page which shows a table and some data
      6.  
        If you restart the operating system, the SDS Management Platform does not start automatically
      7.  
        When you add a storage resource or backup server, the added resource is not automatically visible
      8.  
        After the SDS log is rotated, the log messages from either Veritas Access or the SDS plugin go to the rotated file instead of the new file
      9.  
        Some of the storage resources may appear as faulted and a warning sign appears next to the cluster IP address in the Infrastructure> Storage Resources page
      10.  
        Creation of STU fails if the S3 user is changed
    5.  
      Software limitations

Deploying the SDS Management Platform

Supported operating system: RHEL 7.4

Supported NetBackup server versions: 8.1 and later

Note:

If you are using NetBackup 8.1, you have to add a Veritas Access cloud instance. For more information, see https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000125094 .

Prerequisite

  • Ensure that you have installed Java version 1.8.0u152.

    You can find out the existing version of Java present in your system. If you have not installed Java, then, you can install it using the yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk command. If any other versions of Java are installed, you have to set the 1.8.0 version as the default.

    You can set the default using the alternatives --config java option and selecting the required version.

  • Add Veritas Access cluster details to the /etc/hosts file of the NetBackup master server.

The SDS Management Platform RPMs are available at /dvd1-redhatlinux/rhel7_x86_64/fluidops/rpms. You are required to install the following packages:

  • RPM containing the core platform: VRTSFOPS-platform-9.0.0.XXXX.noarch.rpm

  • RPM containing the modules for the SDS Management Platform (VDL branding, Infrastructure Application, Providers and the User Interface): VRTSFOPS-bundled-sds-mgmt-platform-1.0.XXXX.rpm

  • RPM containing the Long Term Retention Storage application: VRTSFOPS-bundled-sds-ltr-1.0.183.rpm

  • RPM containing the SDS module: VRTSsds-fops-1.0.xxxxx.rpm

To deploy the SDS Management Platform

  1. Install the core platform rpm.
    rpm -Uv VRTSFOPS-platform*.rpm
  2. Install the bundled application.
    rpm -Uv VRTSFOPS-bundled-sds*.rpm
  3. Install the SDS module.
    rpm -Uv VRTSsds_fops*.rpm
  4. Check whether all the SDS services are running using the following command:
    /etc/init.d/sds_fops status
    /etc/init.d/sds-access_fops status
  5. Start the platform using the following command:
    /etc/init.d/fops start

    Note:

    The applications can be updated without updating the core platform.

  6. Check whether all the services are running using the following command:
    /etc/init.d/fops status
  7. After you install the SDS Management Platform RPMs on any Veritas Access cluster node, you have to open the 50443 port. You can open the port using the following command:
    iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 50443 -j ACCEPT

    The SDS Management Platform server takes some time to start. Wait for a few minutes.

    After installing the SDS Management Platform RPMs, you can verify if the 50443 port is open using the following command: 

    netstat -plunt | grep 50443

    If the command does not return any output, then you have to reload the systemctl daemon and restart the SDS Management Platform server. 

    systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart fops
  8. After a few minutes, you can access the platform in a browser using the https://<host>:50443 URL.
  9. The default credentials are:

    User: admin

    Password: 5D5C+r1!

    You can change the password on the User Management page. Go to Settings > User Management.