Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
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.  
      Accessing NetBackup Flex Scale and NetBackup
    2.  
      Accessing the NetBackup web user interface on the appliance
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Flex Scale web UI
    4.  
      About the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI
    5. About the Dashboard view
      1.  
        Viewing all the activities
    6.  
      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.  
        Changing user password
      4.  
        Removing users
      5.  
        Modifying user roles
      6.  
        Considerations for configuring AD/LDAP
      7.  
        Configuring AD server for Universal shares and Instant Access
      8.  
        Configuring AD/LDAP servers for NetBackup services
      9.  
        Configuring additional AD/LDAP servers for managing NetBackup services/Universal Shares/Instant Access
      10.  
        Configuring AD/LDAP servers on clusters deployed with only media servers
      11.  
        Directory services and certificate management
    2.  
      Region settings management
    3.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale storage
    4. About Universal Shares
      1.  
        Creating a Protection Point for a Universal Share
    5.  
      Cloud bucket support for NetBackup Flex Scale
    6.  
      Backing up data to Data Domain storage
    7. 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.  
        Rebooting a node
      7.  
        Adding an excluded node to the cluster
      8.  
        Replacing a disk
      9.  
        Adding an excluded disk to the cluster
      10.  
        Viewing the disk sync status
      11.  
        Viewing disk details
      12.  
        Viewing node details
      13.  
        Switching management console to another cluster node
    8. License management
      1.  
        Adding and removing storage licenses
    9.  
      Stopping NetBackup service containers
    10.  
      Starting NetBackup service containers
    11. Managing the Fibre Channel ports
      1. Requirements
        1.  
          Connectivity requirements for Fibre Channel
        2.  
          Storage unit (STU) requirements
      2.  
        Enabling BOM (Bill of Materials) configuration for Fibre Channel
      3.  
        Assigning Fibre Channel ports
      4.  
        Discovering attached devices
      5.  
        Rescanning Fibre Channel cards
      6.  
        Cleaning Fibre Channel ports
      7.  
        Unassigning Fibre Channel ports
      8.  
        Viewing details about the Fibre Channel ports
      9.  
        Disabling BOM (Bill of Materials) configuration for Fibre Channel
    12. Managing hardware vendor packages
      1.  
        Upgrading vendor packages
      2.  
        Uninstalling vendor packages
    13.  
      Updating credentials for HPE iLO administrator users
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale network management
    1.  
      About network management
    2.  
      Modifying DNS settings
    3.  
      Configuring MTU on public interfaces
    4.  
      Configuring the console FQDN
    5.  
      About bonding Ethernet interfaces
    6. Bonding operations
      1. Bonding operations on data network
        1.  
          Creating a bond
        2.  
          Modifying a bond
        3.  
          Removing a bond
      2. Bonding operations on management network
        1.  
          Creating a bond
        2.  
          Modifying a bond
        3.  
          Removing a bond
    7.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale in a non-DNS environment
    8. Data network configurations
      1.  
        Choosing the correct input method for data network configuration
      2. Network configuration on plain device (eth5)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
        2.  
          Modifying a data network
        3.  
          Deleting a data network
      3.  
        Network configuration on VLAN (eth5)
      4. Network configuration on bonded interfaces (bond0 on eth5 and eth7)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
      5.  
        VLAN on bond of eth5 and eth7 (bond0)
      6.  
        Network configuration on management interface (eth1)
      7.  
        Network configurations for adding a partial data network
      8.  
        Support for multiple VLAN when disaster recovery is configured
    9.  
      Configuring static routes on a NetBackup Flex Scale cluster
  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
      1.  
        Monitoring deviations in firmware, driver, and utilities
    5.  
      Performing health check for the cluster
    6.  
      Locating the disks
    7.  
      Monitoring usage and licensed capacity using Veritas NetInsights Console
  6. Resiliency in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Erasure coding in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      Handling split-brain scenario in NetBackup Flex Scale
    3.  
      High availability of the NetBackup primary service
    4.  
      High availability of NetBackup services
    5.  
      NetBackup catalog protection
    6. NetBackup primary service catalog protection using checkpoints
      1.  
        Performing a recovery of the catalog file system using GUI
      2.  
        Performing a recovery of the catalog file system using REST APIs
  7. EMS server configuration
    1.  
      Configuring an external BYOS media server
    2.  
      Configuring an external NBA media server
  8. Site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      Configuring disaster recovery using GUI
    3.  
      Clearing the host cache
    4.  
      Automated NetBackup SLP management
    5.  
      DNS key management
    6.  
      Managing disaster recovery using GUI
    7. Performing disaster recovery using RESTful APIs
      1.  
        Establishing trust and setting up authentication
      2.  
        Configuring disaster recovery
      3.  
        Managing disaster recovery
    8.  
      Active-Active disaster recovery configuration
    9.  
      NetBackup optimized duplication using Storage Lifecycle Policies
  9. NetBackup Flex Scale security
    1.  
      About the security meter
    2. STIG overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        STIG-compliant password policy rules
      2.  
        Enabling STIG for NetBackup Flex Scale
      3.  
        Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale STIG status
    3. FIPS overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale FIPS status
    4.  
      Managing the login banner
    5.  
      Changing the password policy
    6. Support for immutability in NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        About lockdown modes
      2.  
        Selecting or changing the lockdown mode
      3.  
        Restricted access to Remote Management Platform (HPe iLO)
      4.  
        Configuring immutability using GUI
    7.  
      Authenticating users using digital certificates or smart cards
    8.  
      About system certificates on NetBackup Flex Scale
    9. Deploying external certificates on NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        Deploying ECA using the GUI
      2.  
        Log locations
      3.  
        Considerations for performing other operations when ECA is deployed
    10.  
      Configuring isolated recovery environment (IRE)
  10. Configuring multifactor authentication
    1.  
      About multifactor authentication
    2.  
      Considerations before configuring multifactor authentication
    3.  
      Configuring multifactor authentication for your user account
    4.  
      Disabling multifactor authentication for your user account
    5.  
      Enforcing multifactor authentication for all users
    6.  
      Configuring multifactor authentication for your user account when it is enforced in the cluster
    7.  
      Resetting multifactor authentication for a user
  11. Single Sign-On (SSO)
    1.  
      About single sign-on (SSO) configuration
    2.  
      Configuring SSO on a NetBackup Flex Scale cluster on which both primary and media servers are deployed
    3.  
      Configuring SSO on a NetBackup Flex Scale cluster on which only media servers are deployed
  12. Appendix A. Maintenance procedures for HPE servers
    1.  
      Replacement procedure for a chassis fan
    2.  
      Replacement procedure for power supply
    3.  
      Replacement procedure for a single OS disk
    4.  
      Replacement procedure for both OS disks on a non- management console node
    5.  
      Replacement procedure for NVMe disks (SSDs)
    6.  
      Replacement procedure for RAID controller
    7.  
      Replacement procedure for an Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) port
    8.  
      Replacement procedure for quad-port NIC
    9.  
      Procedure for memory expansion (DIMMs)
    10.  
      Replacement procedure for memory (DIMMs)
    11.  
      Replacement procedure for Mellanox port
    12.  
      Replacement procedure for SFP port
    13.  
      Replacement procedure for chassis
    14.  
      Replacement procedure for a hard disk drive
    15.  
      Replacement procedure for a Fibre Channel card for a cluster node
    16.  
      Replacement procedure for a Fibre Channel card for a node that is not in a cluster
  13. Appendix B. 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
  14. Appendix C. Disaster recovery terminologies
    1.  
      VVR technology in disaster recovery
    2.  
      About response fields in the GET disaster recovery API
  15. Appendix D. Configuring Auto Image Replication
    1.  
      Auto Image Replication configuration

High availability of the NetBackup primary service

The NetBackup primary service manages backups, archives, and restores. The primary service is responsible for media and device selection for NetBackup. Typically, the primary service contains the NetBackup catalog. The catalog contains the internal databases that contain information about NetBackup backups and configuration.

Note:

This section is not applicable if you deploy a cluster with only media servers.

NetBackup Flex Scale is a clustered solution and hence, it ensures availability of the NetBackup primary service. The primary service is guarded against failures that include but are not limited to the following scenarios:

  • Failure of the NIC where the NetBackup primary service IP address is hosted

  • Failure of the node where the NetBackup primary service is running

  • Failure of the NetBackup primary service process

  • Failure of the docker container

  • Failure of the docker service

The file system that is used as the NetBackup catalog file system is a three-way mirrored file system.

The Events icon in the top navigation bar shows the status of the current events. The status of the health of the primary service is displayed.

The bell icon in the top navigation bar shows the status of current alerts and alerts that were recently completed. An AutoSupport alert is raised if the primary service is offline.

If the primary service goes offline, it is failed over and comes online on another cluster node. For details on the behavior of the NetBackup primary service in clustered environments and handling the jobs, see the General notes on clustered primary service administration chapter in the Veritas NetBackup™ Clustered primary service Administrator's Guide on SORT.

For more details on the file system layout and disk selection, See About NetBackup Flex Scale storage.