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

Updating the ACL file on the cluster nodes

You are required to update the acl_info.json file if the firmware upgrade is done using the HPE iLO interface. This step is not required if you upgrade the firmware using the NetBackup Flex Scale UI.

Note:

After upgrading the firmware, if you plan to upgrade to version immediately, the acl_info.json file on the nodes is updated automatically to include the latest supported firmware versions and you don't need to perform any additional steps to update the file.

To update the ACL file:

  1. Log in to one of the nodes using the eth1 IP address to access the node-level command-line interface.
  2. Enter the system software share open command to open an NFS share.
  3. Mount the NFS share:

    mount -t nfs -o rw Node_management_IP:/system/inst/patch/incoming /mnt/nfs

    Node_management_IP is the IP address that is assigned to the eth1 network interface of the node.

  4. Copy the acl_info.json appliance compatibility file to the NFS mount path.
  5. Go to the SORT Appliance compatibility List (https://sort.veritas.com/acl) website. On the Appliance Compatibility Page, do the following:

    • In the Product list, select NetBackup Flex Scale.

    • In the Hardware list, select the appliance model.

    • In the Version list, select the latest version. The naming convention is Productversion (spp-yyyymm). Ignore the leading Productversion and select the latest version for the appliance model.

    • In the Category list, select All.

    The latest supported firmware version for each of the components is displayed.

  6. Compare the component version that is listed in the ACL file on SORT with the version listed in the acl_info.json file on your node. If the firmware version listed on SORT is not present in the ACL file on the node, open the acl_info.json file and add the firmware version. Repeat this step for all the components that are listed on the SORT site.
  7. Enter the support acl update command to update the appliance compatibility list file on the node.
  8. Enter the system software share close command to close the share.