Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
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 public IP address to a management network interface
      1.  
        Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 or to a VLAN on eth1 of a node
      2.  
        Configuring a bond device and assigning an IP address to the bonded device or to a VLAN on the bonded device
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4.  
      YML configuration file
  3. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale to 3.2
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale upgrade overview
    3.  
      About parallel upgrade and supported upgrade paths
    4.  
      Downloading the upgrade file
    5.  
      Uploading the upgrade file and performing an upgrade precheck
    6. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    7.  
      Performing an upgrade using GUI
    8. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Downloading and installing the required EEBs
      2.  
        Verifying appliance firmware compatibility
      3.  
        Adding NetBackup license file
      4.  
        Saving the default password of the HPE iLO Administrator user
      5.  
        Collecting logs post upgrade
    9.  
      Collecting logs for an upgrade precheck failure
  4. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale to 3.2.100
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale upgrade overview
    3.  
      Supported upgrade paths
    4.  
      Downloading the upgrade file
    5.  
      Uploading the upgrade file and performing an upgrade precheck
    6. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    7.  
      Performing an upgrade using GUI
    8. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Downloading and installing the required EEBs
      2.  
        Rolling back NetBackup EEBs
      3.  
        Verifying appliance firmware compatibility
      4.  
        Adding NetBackup license file
      5.  
        Saving the default password of the HPE iLO Administrator user
      6.  
        Collecting logs post upgrade
    9.  
      Collecting logs for an upgrade precheck failure
  5. Upgrading the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale cluster
    1.  
      About firmware upgrades
    2.  
      Determining if a firmware upgrade is required
    3.  
      Downloading the firmware package
    4.  
      About the firmware upgrade options
    5. Upgrading the firmware
      1. Updating the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale clusters using HPE iLO
        1.  
          Upgrading the firmware using the rolling method
        2.  
          Upgrading the firmware using the parallel method
        3.  
          Updating the ACL file on the cluster nodes
  6. Managing EEBs
    1.  
      Downloading EEBs
    2.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
  7. 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
  8. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale 3.2 from a USB drive
    1.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers using a USB drive
    2.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 servers using a USB drive
  9. Appendix B. 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
  10. Appendix C. Upgrading a NetBackup Flex Scale node
    1.  
      Upgrading a node that is not in a cluster

Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes

Change the default boot order by modifying the BIOS settings of the node. The following procedure provides a high level overview of the process. For detailed information, refer to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server documentation.

To modify the BIOS settings on the node

  1. Launch the HPE iLO Remote Console interface and from the menu on the left, click Administration.
  2. Click the Boot Order tab on the right, and from the Boot Mode options, select Legacy BIOS, and then click Apply.
  3. Reboot the node for the changes to take effect.
  4. After the node restarts successfully, reboot it again and press the F9 key on the boot screen to open the System Utilities.
  5. Navigate through System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) and change the Workload Profile field value to I/O Throughput.
  6. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Boot Options > Legacy BIOS Boot Order > Boot Controller Order and move Embedded RAID 1 : HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR Gen10 to the top of the list.
  7. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options and do the following:

    • Change Embedded FlexibleLOM 1 Port 1 setting to Disabled.

    • Change the Embedded FlexibleLOM 1 Port 3 setting to Network Boot.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  8. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > PCIe Device Configuration > Slot 3 : HPE Eth 10/25Gb 2p 640SFP28 Adprt-NIC and do the following:

    • Change PCIe Option ROM setting to Disabled.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  9. Navigate through BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > PCIe Device Configuration > Slot 5 : HPE Eth 10/25Gb 2p 640SFP28 Adprt-NIC and do the following:

    • Change PCIe Option ROM setting to Disabled.

    • Leave the other settings to their default values.

  10. Press the F12 key to save the changes and exit.
  11. Power OFF the node.
  12. Repeat these steps on each node in the appliance.