Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      Deployment options
  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 NetBackup primary and media server deployment
      2.  
        YML configuration file for media server only deployment
  3. NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and patch management
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      About rolling upgrade
    3.  
      About parallel upgrade and supported upgrade paths
    4. About the pre-upgrade check
      1.  
        Error messages displayed during the pre-upgrade check
    5. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale
      1. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
        1.  
          Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
      2.  
        Performing an upgrade using GUI
      3.  
        Post upgrade tasks
      4.  
        Performing an upgrade using REST APIs
    6.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    7.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
    8.  
      Updating the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale clusters
  4. 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
  5. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using a downloaded ISO file
    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 hardware vendor packages
    9.  
      Installing Emergency Engineering Binaries (EEBs)

About the pre-upgrade check

The pre-upgrade check determines if the system is ready for an upgrade. The pre-upgrade check runs automatically when you start the upgrade. The pre-upgrade check runs at the beginning of an upgrade and checks for any potential problems that might result in an upgrade failure. If the pre-upgrade check fails, the upgrade cannot proceed. You must resolve the issues before you upgrade the cluster.

The following tests are performed during the pre-upgrade check:

  • System self test to verify the health of system and software services, such as network, MSDP, and NetBackup.

  • Version check to ensure that the upgrade path is supported and the current system can be upgraded to the target version.

  • The Docker daemon is configured correctly.

  • Ensure the factory default passwords are not used.

  • Ensure the GRUB configuration file is correct

  • Hardware vendor package that is compliant with the appliance is present on the cluster.

    Note:

    Vendor package is also required for VMware-based deployments. Note that VMware-based deployments are not supported in production environment and can only be used for proof of concept or in demo environment.

  • Sufficient free space is available for the upgrade.

  • No other bootable devices are present that may interfere when restarting the nodes during the upgrade.

  • For scale-out media server deployments, the NetBackup primary server version is compatible with the media server version.

  • The administrator password does not expire within seven days.

  • All the cluster nodes are up and healthy with the same software version installed on all the nodes.

  • No add node, replace node, or restore jobs are running on the cluster nodes.

Running a pre-upgrade check for an upgrade package

Starting with version 3.0, you can run a pre-upgrade check independently after you download an upgrade package from the Veritas website or when you upload an upgrade package from a local system.

To run a pre-upgrade check independently on an upgrade package:

  1. Use any one of the following options to log in using the user account that you created when you configured the cluster:

    • Use a user account with both Appliance Administrator and NetBackup Administrator role, or a user account with only an Appliance administrator role to log in to the NetBackup Flex Scale web UI https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN/webui where ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address or the FQDN that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server during the cluster configuration, and then in the left pane click Cluster Management > Cluster settings > Software management.

    • Use a user account with an Appliance Administrator role to log in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161 where ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address or the FQDN that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server during the cluster configuration, and then in the left pane click Settings > Software management.

    Note:

    If you access the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI by using the short host name from a node, set the DNS settings (name server, domain name, and search domain) or ensure that the entry for mapping the short host name to an IP address exists in the hosts file of the node.

  2. If not already done so, download the upgrade package from the Veritas website, or upload the upgrade package from a local system:

    To download the upgrade package:

    • On the software management page click Software updates.

    • To check if any upgrade packages are available on the Veritas website, click Check online for upgrade. If any upgrade packages are available on the website, the list of available upgrade packages is displayed under Available upgrades.

    • Download the upgrade package. Under Available upgrades, next to the upgrade package that you want to download from the Actions menu (vertical ellipsis) click Download package. After the download is complete, the package is displayed under Downloaded package files and the status is displayed as Available.

    To upload an upgrade package:

    • Click Upload file.

    • Select the file and then click Upload. After uploading the package, it is displayed under Downloaded package files.

  3. To start the pre-upgrade check, under Downloaded package files for the upgrade package, from the Actions menu (vertical ellipsis) click Start pre-check. When prompted for confirmation click Start pre-check. A success or failure notification is displayed on the top of the page. To view detailed status, click View details.