Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      Deployment options
    3.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration requirements
    4.  
      Firewall and network ports requirements
    5.  
      Considerations for using IPv6 addresses
  2. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 of a node
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using a configuration file
      1.  
        YML configuration file for deploying NetBackup primary and media servers
      2.  
        YML configuration file for deploying media servers
    5.  
      Changing the maintenance user account password
  3. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale logs
    2.  
      Connection timeout errors during patch installs, upgrades, and rollback operations
    3.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a driver node not selected error
    4.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a license error after successfully configuring the cluster
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and patch management
    1. About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEB
      1.  
        Pre-upgrade steps
      2.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    2.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    4.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using REST APIs
    5.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
    6.  
      About rolling upgrade
  5. Removing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. About disk erasure
      1.  
        Configuring data erasure
      2.  
        Viewing the data erasure status
      3.  
        Aborting data erasure
    2.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale node factory reset
    3.  
      Performing a factory reset on a node
  6. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale software installation
    2.  
      Enabling remote IPMI connections
    3.  
      Setting up the RAID configuration on the nodes
    4.  
      Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes
    5.  
      Downloading the product installer ISO
    6.  
      Mounting the ISO file on the nodes
    7.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using the ISO
    8.  
      Installing Emergency Engineering Binaries (EEBs)

About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEB

NetBackup Flex Scale supports software version upgrades. The upgrade operation is supported using both the GUI and RESTful APIs.

Open a web browser and type the following URL in the address bar to sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console:

https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161

If you are using IPv6 addresses, use the following URL syntax:

https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161

Here, ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address or FQDN that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server and API gateway during the cluster configuration.

You can find the RESTful APIs at https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/

If you are using IPv6 addresses, use the following URL syntax:

https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/

The upgrade process attempts to download the latest plug-ins from SORT, which are used to determine if the appliance nodes are healthy and ready for upgrade. If the plug-ins are downloaded successfully, these are used to perform the pre-upgrade tests. If the download fails, the upgrade process checks if the latest plug-ins are already downloaded to the appliance node. If the plug-ins are already downloaded, these are used for the pre-upgrade tests; else the plug-ins that are included in the upgrade package are used to perform the pre-upgrade tests.

Note:

Before upgrading, ensure that the password for the maintenance account and for users with the Appliance administrator role does not expire in a week's time. If the password expires for any of these users, change the password before you start the upgrade.

The GUI supports the following operations:

  • Check SORT for the availability of major upgrades, and patches. The Check online for upgrade option shows the details of packages available on SORT.

  • You can download available major upgrades, and patches from SORT.

  • The GUI displays the download package progress.

  • You can upload major upgrades, patches, and EEBs from your local systems.

  • The GUI displays the details of downloaded and installed major upgrades, patches, and EEBs.

  • You can delete major upgrades, and patches which are downloaded in the system through the GUI.

  • You can delete downloaded EEBs which are not installed on the system.

  • You can install major upgrades, patches, and EEBs only when all nodes are healthy.

  • You can rollback EEBs from the system only when all the nodes are healthy.

  • Depending on the EEB, you might need to ensure that there are no jobs running before you install or roll back the EEB.

  • If a node goes down during an upgrade, rollback will be triggered automatically. But if the nodes remains down, the rollback will fail and you must contact Veritas Support to resolve the issue.

  • The GUI disables other operations when installation or rollback operations are in progress.

  • The GUI displays the progress for operations like installation of major upgrades, patches, EEBs, and rollback of EEBs.

Note:

If disaster recovery is configured, make sure that you install the EEBs and patches on the secondary site.

You cannot perform the following operations if an upgrade is in progress:

  • Add another node to the cluster.

  • Replace an existing node in the cluster.

  • Add or modify existing data networks.

  • Create, edit, or delete a network bond.

  • Create, edit, or delete a user.

  • Factory reset a node.