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

Adding users

Perform the following steps to add users to the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster. Before you proceed, ensure that you have reviewed the considerations for user management in a NetBackup Flex Scale cluster.

See Considerations for managing NetBackup Flex Scale users.

To add a user to the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster

  1. Sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console UI.

    See About the NetBackup Flex Scale management console.

  2. From the navigation menu on the left, click Settings and then click User management.

    The User management pane displays all the users that currently exist in the cluster configuration.

  3. To add a new user, click Add.
  4. In the Add new user dialog box, specify the following parameters:

    Parameter

    Description

    User name

    Enter the username.

    The following criteria apply:

    • The username can contain a maximum of 31 characters.

    • The username must not start with a number.

    • The username can include only underscore (_) and dash (-) special characters.

    • The username must not be "admin", "root", or "master".

    Password

    Enter a password for the user account.

    The following criteria apply:

    • The password can contain a minimum of 8 characters.

    • The password can include an uppercase, a lowercase, and a number.

    • The password can include one of the following special characters !@#$%^&~.

    If the STIG option is enabled, NetBackup Flex Scale automatically enforces a higher security password policy. See STIG-compliant password policy rules.

    Confirm password

    Enter the password again to confirm.

    Appliance Administrator

    Select this option to assign the NetBackup Flex Scale Appliance Administrator user role to the user account. You must assign a role for the user to be able to sign in to the cluster using the UI.

    This user role has the permissions to manage all the infrastructure components in the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster.

    Note:

    You cannot assign the NetBackup Administrator role from this UI. You must use the NetBackup Web UI to manage NetBackup role assignments to user accounts.

  5. Click Add.

    The UI displays a message that confirms that the user addition operation is triggered. You can click View Details to see the progress of the operation.

    Alternatively, you can also click the Recent Activity icon from the top right of the UI to see the status of the most recent operations occurring in the cluster.

  6. Once the operation completes verify that the new user you added appears in the list of users displayed in the User management pane.