Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (1.3)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      About Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale
  2. Viewing information about the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster environment
    1.  
      About the NetBackup Flex Scale management console
    2.  
      About the Dashboard view
    3.  
      Accessing the NetBackup web user interface on the appliance
    4.  
      Working with NetBackup Flex Scale APIs
  3. NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management
    1. User management
      1.  
        Considerations for managing NetBackup Flex Scale users
      2.  
        Adding users
      3.  
        Removing users
    2.  
      Directory services and certificate management
    3.  
      Region settings management
    4.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale storage
    5. Node and disk management
      1.  
        NetBackup Flex Scale network cabling
      2. Adding a node to the cluster using the NetBackup Flex Scale web interface
        1.  
          Considerations for adding a node when disaster recovery is configured
      3.  
        Adding a node using the REST APIs
      4.  
        Replacing a node in a cluster
      5.  
        Starting and stopping nodes
      6.  
        Replacing a disk
      7.  
        Viewing disk details
      8.  
        Viewing node details
    6. License management
      1.  
        Adding or removing storage licenses
      2.  
        Adding NetBackup licenses
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale network management
    1.  
      About network management
    2.  
      Modifying DNS settings
    3.  
      About bonding Ethernet interfaces
    4. Bonding operations
      1.  
        Creating a bond
      2.  
        Modifying a bond
      3.  
        Removing a bond
    5. Data network configurations
      1. Network configuration on plain device (eth5)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
        2.  
          Modifying a data network
        3.  
          Deleting a data network
      2.  
        Network configuration on VLAN (eth5)
      3. Network configuration on bonded interfaces (bond0 on eth5 and eth7)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
      4.  
        VLAN on bond of eth5 and eth7 (bond0)
      5.  
        Support for multiple VLAN when disaster recovery is configured
  5. NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure monitoring
    1. About alert management
      1.  
        Viewing information about alerts
      2.  
        Managing alerts
    2. About event notification
      1.  
        Purging events
    3. About AutoSupport and Call Home
      1.  
        Setting up email alerts
      2.  
        Setting up SNMP alerts
      3.  
        Configuring Call Home settings
    4.  
      Monitoring hardware components
  6. Resiliency in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Erasure coding in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      High availability of the NetBackup master service
    3.  
      NetBackup catalog protection
    4.  
      NetBackup master service catalog protection using checkpoints
  7. Site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      Establishing trust and setting up authentication
    3.  
      Configuring disaster recovery
    4.  
      Managing disaster recovery
    5.  
      Clearing the host cache
    6.  
      NetBackup optimized duplication using Storage Lifecycle Policies
  8. NetBackup Flex Scale security
    1.  
      STIG overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      STIG-compliant password policy rules
    3.  
      Enabling STIG for NetBackup Flex Scale
    4.  
      Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale STIG status
    5.  
      FIPS overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
    6.  
      Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale FIPS status
  9. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Services management
    2. Collecting logs for cluster nodes
      1.  
        Uploading logs to Veritas Support
      2.  
        Downloading logs
    3. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale issues
      1.  
        If cluster configuration fails (for example because an IP address that was already in use is specified) and you try to reconfigure the cluster, the UI displays an error but the configuration process continues to run
    4.  
      Validation error while adding VMware credentials to NetBackup
    5.  
      NetBackup Web UI incorrectly displays some NetBackup Flex Scale processes as failed
  10. Appendix A. Configuring NetBackup optimized duplication
    1. Configuring a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication
      1.  
        Creating a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication
      2.  
        Configuring a policy to use an SLP
      3.  
        Updating the policy to reverse the replication direction
  11. Appendix B. Disaster recovery terminologies
    1.  
      VVR technology in disaster recovery
    2.  
      About response fields in the GET disaster recovery API

Directory services and certificate management

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is the protocol used to communicate with LDAP servers. LDAP can be used as a directory service for user management. The LDAP server, that is present outside the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster is responsible for authentication of users. For sites that use an LDAP server for access or authentication, NetBackup Flex Scale provides a simple LDAP client configuration interface. The NetBackup Flex Scale cluster acts as an LDAP client talking to the LDAP server.

  • You can configure LDAP using the Appliance GUI.

  • You can configure/add one LDAP server at a time.

  • You can delete an existing LDAP configuration.

  • You cannot modify an existing LDAP configuration. To modify any aspect of the LDAP configuration, you have to delete the existing configuration and add it back with the updated parameters.

When you configure LDAP/AD from the GUI, the domain ID is added as nbu_ldap_domain. So, if you add LDAP/AD user from the NetBackup GUI, you have to add the domain name as <user_name>@nbu_ldap_domain.

To configure LDAP

  1. Navigate to Settings > Directory Services and click Configure.
  2. Enter the inputs required.

    LDAP server address

    IP address or FQDN of the LDAP server

    Port

    Port number on which the LDAP server is listening.

    Directory type

    Specify the directory type. It can be Open LDAP or Active Directory (when using Microsoft Active Directory)

    User Base DN

    Base DN subtree that is used when searching for user entries on the LDAP server.

    Group Base DN

    Base DN subtree that is used when searching for group entries on the LDAP server.

    Bind DN/LDAP administrator

    Distinguished name of the LDAP user who can search the LDAP directory. Typically, it is the user name of the LDAP server administrator.

    Bind DN/LDAP password

    Password for the given LDAP administrator user

    Encryption type

    Specify the encryption type as secure or non-secure.

    In secure method, SSL/TLS is the encryption method.

    If you choose the Encryption type to be SSL/TLS, you have to upload the certificate that you want to use to encrypt and secure the connection with the LDAP server. Click Choose file and upload the certificate.

  3. You can test the connection before you configure it. Click Test LDAP connection.
  4. Click Configure.