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

Region settings management

You can use the Settings > Region settings to set the time zone for the cluster and change the Network Time Protocol (NTP) settings.

Cluster time management

You can manually set the time zone for the cluster to avoid problems caused due to cluster time inaccuracy.

To set up the time zone for the cluster

  1. Go to Settings > Region settings.
  2. Click Set time zone. The Set cluster time zone dialog box is displayed.
  3. Under Region Name, click a region.

    A list of city names is displayed under City Name. Choose a city name from the list or type the city name in the Search box.

    Click Next.

  4. The task to set the time zone is initiated. Click Finish.

    View the Recent activity icon in the top navigation bar for updates.

NTP server management

NTP is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems.

You can use the IP address that you specified during installation to help sync up the clock in the cluster, but you need to specify the correct time in the applicable time zone. You can change the NTP server, if needed.

You can perform the following operations:

  • Add one or more NTP servers to an existing list of NTP servers. NetBackup Flex Scale starts the synchronization process from the top of the list.

  • Synchronize the date with the NTP servers on all of the nodes in the cluster. You can only use the synchronization operation when the NTP server is disabled. Otherwise the cluster syncs with the target NTP servers automatically, so the cluster does not require manual synchronization.

    Note:

    The Sync now option is available only if the NTP service is disabled and you want to manually synchronize the time using the NTP server. It is not recommended to disable the NTP service.

To synchronize the NTP server

  1. Settings > Region settings. Under the NTP server management pane, click Sync now.
  2. Confirm that you want to synchronize the date with the NTP server on all of the nodes in the cluster.
  3. View the Recent Activity panel for the status of the task.

To add an NTP server

  1. Settings > Region settings. Under the NTP server management pane, click Add.
  2. Specify the name or the IP address for the NTP server. Click Next.
  3. The task to add the NTP server is initiated. Click Finish.

    View the Recent Activity panel for the status of the task.

To remove an NTP server

  1. Settings > Region settings. Under the NTP server management pane, click Remove.
  2. Specify the name or the IP address for the NTP server that you want to remove. Click Next.
  3. The task to remove the NTP server is initiated. Click Finish.

    View the Recent Activity panel for the status of the task.