NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

The NetBackup web user interface provides the following features:

• Ability to access the master server from a web browser, including Chrome and Firefox.

  For details on supported browsers for the web UI, see the NetBackup Software Compatibility List.

• A dashboard that displays a quick overview of the information that is important to you.

• Role-based access control (RBAC) that lets the administrator configure user access to NetBackup and to delegate the tasks such as security, backup management, or workload protection.

• Management of NetBackup security settings, certificates, API keys, and user sessions.

• Protection of assets is achieved through protection plans, job management, and visibility of the protection status of assets. Alternatively, policy management is also available for a limited number of policy types.

• Workload administrators can subscribe assets to the protection plans that meet the SLO, monitor protection status, and perform self-service recovery of virtual machines. The web UI supports the following workloads:

  • Cloud

  • Microsoft SQL Server

  • Oracle

  • Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)

  • VMware

• Usage reporting tracks the size of backup data on your master servers. You can also easily connect to Veritas Smart Meter to view and manage NetBackup licensing.

• A role defines the operations that a user can perform and the access that the user has to any workload assets, protection plans, or credentials. A user can have multiple roles, allowing for full and flexible customization of user access.

• RBAC is only available for the web UI and the APIs.

  Other access control methods for NetBackup are not supported for the web UI and APIs, with the exception of Enhanced Auditing (EA). You cannot use the web UI if you have NetBackup Access Control (NBAC) enabled.

The NetBackup web UI lets administrators more easily monitor NetBackup operations and events and identify any issues that need attention.

• The dashboard displays an overview of NetBackup jobs, certificates, tokens, security events, and usage reporting.

  The dashboard widgets that display depend on a user's RBAC role and permissions.

• Email notifications can be configured so administrators receive notifications when job failures occur. NetBackup supports any ticketing system that can receive inbound email.

Protection plans offer the following benefits:

• In addition to schedules for backups, a protection plan can also include a schedule for replication and long-term retention.

• When you select from your available storage, you can see any additional features available for that storage.

• With the necessary RBAC permissions, a workload administrator can create and manage protection plans, including the backup window and retention.

  See Role permissions.

• A workload administrator can select the protection plans to use to protect assets or intelligent groups.