NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Cloud Install and Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the deployment approach
    2.  
      Deciding where to run NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
    3.  
      About deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager in the cloud
  2. Section I. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud installation and configuration
    1. Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud installation
      1.  
        Meeting system requirements
      2.  
        NetBackup Snapshot Manager host sizing recommendations
      3.  
        NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension sizing recommendations
      4.  
        Creating an instance or preparing the host to install NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      5.  
        Installing container platform (Docker, Podman)
      6.  
        Creating and mounting a volume to store NetBackup Snapshot Manager data
      7.  
        Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
      8.  
        Preparing NetBackup Snapshot Manager for backup from snapshot jobs
      9.  
        OCI - iptables rules for backup from snapshot jobs
    2. Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud using container images
      1.  
        Before you begin installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      2.  
        Installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager in the Docker/Podman environment
      3.  
        Installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager on CIS Level 2 v2 configured host
      4.  
        Securing the connection to NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      5.  
        Verifying that NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed successfully
      6.  
        Restarting NetBackup Snapshot Manager
    3. Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud extensions
      1.  
        Before you begin installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager extensions
      2.  
        Downloading the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension
      3. Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a VM
        1.  
          Prerequisites to install the extension on VM
        2.  
          Installing the extension on a VM
      4. Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (AKS) in Azure
        1.  
          Prerequisites to install the extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure
        2.  
          Installing the extension on Azure (AKS)
      5. Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (EKS) in AWS
        1.  
          Prerequisites to install the extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS
        2. Installing the extension on AWS (EKS)
          1.  
            Install extension using the extension script
      6. Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (GKE) in GCP
        1.  
          Prerequisites to install the extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster in GCP
        2.  
          Installing the extension on GCP (GKE)
      7.  
        Install extension using the Kustomize and CR YAMLs
      8.  
        Managing the extensions
    4. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for cloud providers
      1.  
        Why to configure the NetBackup Snapshot Manager cloud providers?
      2. AWS plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Prerequisites for configuring the AWS plug-in
        2.  
          Before you create a cross account configuration
        3.  
          Prerequisites for application consistent snapshots using AWS Systems Service Manager
        4.  
          Prerequisites for configuring AWS plug-in using VPC endpoint
        5.  
          AWS permissions required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager
        6.  
          Configuring AWS permissions for NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      3. Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes
        1. Prerequisites for configuring the GCP plug-in using Credential and Service Account option
          1.  
            Additional prerequisites for configuring the GCP plug-in using Service Account option
        2.  
          Google Cloud Platform permissions required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager
        3.  
          Preparing the GCP service account for plug-in configuration
        4.  
          Configuring a GCP service account for NetBackup Snapshot Manager
        5.  
          GCP cross-project configuration
        6.  
          GCP shared VPC configuration
      4. Microsoft Azure plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Configuring permissions on Microsoft Azure
        2.  
          About Azure snapshots
      5. Microsoft Azure Stack Hub plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Configuring permissions on Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
        2.  
          Configuring staging location for Azure Stack Hub VMs to restore from backup
        3.  
          About Azure Stack Hub snapshots
      6. OCI plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Limitation of NetBackup OCI support
        2.  
          Prerequisite for configuring the OCI plug-in
        3.  
          OCI configuration parameters
        4.  
          Configuring host support for OCI
        5.  
          OCI permissions required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      7.  
        Cloud Service Provider endpoints for DBPaaS
    5. Configuration for protecting assets on cloud hosts/VM
      1.  
        Deciding which feature (on-host agent or agentless) of NetBackup Snapshot Manager is to be used for protecting the assets
      2. Protecting assets with NetBackup Snapshot Manager's on-host agent feature
        1. Installing and configuring NetBackup Snapshot Manager agent
          1.  
            Downloading and installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager agent
          2. Linux-based agent
            1.  
              Preparing to install the Linux-based agent
            2.  
              Registering the Linux-based agent
          3. Windows-based agent
            1.  
              Preparing to install the Windows-based agent
            2.  
              Registering the Windows-based agent
        2. Configuring the NetBackup Snapshot Manager application plug-in
          1.  
            Configuring an application plug-in
          2. Microsoft SQL plug-in
            1.  
              Microsoft SQL plug-in configuration requirements
            2.  
              Restore requirements and limitations for Microsoft SQL Server
            3.  
              Steps required before restoring SQL AG databases
            4.  
              Additional steps required after restoring SQL AG databases
            5. Additional steps required after a SQL Server instance snapshot restore
              1.  
                Steps required after a SQL Server host-level restore
              2.  
                Steps required after a SQL Server instance disk-level snapshot restore to new location
          3. Oracle plug-in
            1. Oracle plug-in configuration requirements
              1.  
                Optimizing your Oracle database data and metadata files
            2.  
              Restore requirements and limitations for Oracle
            3.  
              Additional steps required after an Oracle snapshot restore
      3. Protecting assets with NetBackup Snapshot Manager's agentless feature
        1.  
          Prerequisites for the agentless configuration
        2.  
          Configuring the agentless feature
        3.  
          Configuring the agentless feature after upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
    6. Snapshot Manager for cloud catalog backup and recovery
      1.  
        About using script
      2.  
        NetBackup Snapshot Manager data backup
      3.  
        NetBackup Snapshot Manager data recovery
    7. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for cloud assets protection
      1. NetBackup protection plan
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup protection plan for cloud assets
        2.  
          Subscribing cloud assets to a NetBackup protection plan
      2.  
        Assigning tags on snapshots and Restore Point Collection
      3.  
        Configuring VSS to store shadow copies on the originating drive
    8. Volume encryption in NetBackup Snapshot Manager for cloud
      1.  
        About volume encryption support in NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      2.  
        Volume encryption for Azure
      3.  
        Volume encryption for GCP
      4.  
        Volume encryption for AWS
      5.  
        Volume encryption for OCI
    9. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud security
      1.  
        Configuring security for Azure Stack
      2.  
        Configuring the cloud connector for Azure Stack
      3.  
        CA configuration for Azure Stack
  3. Section II. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud maintenance
    1. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud logging
      1.  
        About NetBackup Snapshot Manager logging mechanism
      2. How Fluentd-based NetBackup Snapshot Manager logging works
        1.  
          About the NetBackup Snapshot Manager fluentd configuration file
        2.  
          Modifying the fluentd configuration file
      3.  
        NetBackup Snapshot Manager logs
      4.  
        Agentless logs
      5.  
        Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager logging
    2. Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
      1.  
        About NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud upgrades
      2.  
        Supported upgrade path
      3.  
        Upgrade scenarios
      4.  
        Preparing to upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      5.  
        Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      6.  
        Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager using patch or hotfix
      7.  
        Applying operating system patches on NetBackup Snapshot Manager host
      8. Migrating and upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
        1.  
          Before you begin migrating NetBackup Snapshot Manager
        2.  
          Migrate and upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager on RHEL 8.x and 9.x
      9.  
        GCP configuration for migration from zone to region
      10. Post-upgrade tasks
        1.  
          Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager extensions
        2.  
          Post upgrade limitations
      11.  
        Post-migration tasks
    3. Uninstalling NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
      1.  
        Preparing to uninstall NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      2.  
        Backing up NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      3.  
        Unconfiguring NetBackup Snapshot Manager plug-ins
      4.  
        Unconfiguring NetBackup Snapshot Manager agents
      5.  
        Removing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager agents
      6.  
        Removing NetBackup Snapshot Manager from a standalone Docker host environment
      7.  
        Removing NetBackup Snapshot Manager extensions - VM-based or managed Kubernetes cluster-based
      8.  
        Restoring NetBackup Snapshot Manager
    4. Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
      1.  
        Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager
      2.  
        SQL snapshot or restore and granular restore operations fail if the Windows instance loses connectivity with the NetBackup Snapshot Manager host
      3.  
        Disk-level snapshot restore fails if the original disk is detached from the instance
      4.  
        Discovery is not working even after assigning system managed identity to the control node pool
      5.  
        Performance issue with GCP backup from snapshot
      6.  
        Post migration on host agents fail with an error message
      7.  
        File restore job fails with an error message
      8.  
        Acknowledgment not received for datamover
      9.  
        Google Cloud Platform does display the Snapshot ID of the disk
      10.  
        Application state of the connected/configured cloud VM(s) displays an error after upgrading to NetBackup Snapshot Manager version 11.x
      11.  
        Backup and restore jobs fail with timeout error
      12.  
        GCP restore with encryption key failed with an error message
      13.  
        Amazon Redshift clusters and databases not available after discovery
      14.  
        Shared VPC subnet not visible
      15.  
        Container manager may not spawn the ephemeral registration container timely
      16.  
        GCP restore from VM fails to obtain firewall rules
      17.  
        Parameterised VM restore fails to retrieve encryption keys
      18.  
        Restore from snapshot of a VM with security type Trusted Launch fails
      19.  
        Snapshot Manager failed to retrieve the specified cloud domain(s), against the specified plugin instance
      20.  
        Issues with SELinux configuration
      21.  
        Performance issues with OCI backup from snapshot and restore from backup copy
      22.  
        Connection to Amazon Linux 2023 or Alma Linux machines fail
      23.  
        Single file restore from snapshot copy fails with an error
      24.  
        MS SQL application backup, restore, or SFR job on Windows cloud VM fails with an error
      25.  
        Status 49 error appears
      26.  
        Restore from backup fails with an error
      27.  
        (For AWS) If the specified AMI is not subscribed in the given region an error message appears
      28.  
        Restore of Azure Disk Encrypted VM fails with an error

Google Cloud Platform permissions required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager

Assign the following permissions to the service account that NetBackup Snapshot Manager uses to access assets in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP):

Note:

In the following table the permissions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

Table: NetBackup Snapshot Manager feature Vs permissions for GCP cloud provider

Feature

Task/Operation

Required permission

VM based

VM protection

Backup, Restore, Indexing + GRT *

To fetch the specified disk type

compute.diskTypes.get

To delete the specified persistent disk

compute.disks.delete

Used when attaching a disk to an instance

compute.disks.use

To attach an existing disk resource to an instance

compute.instances.attachDisk

Detach a disk from an instance

compute.instances.detachDisk

Cross-Project restore

To create a persistent disk in the specified project

compute.disks.create

Snapshot/ (Cross-Project/Region) Restore *

To create a snapshot in the specified project

compute.snapshots.create

To delete the specified snapshot resource

compute.snapshots.delete

Restore/Backup/Snapshot/Indexing + GRT *

To set the labels on a disk

compute.disks.setLabels

To return the specified snapshot resource

compute.snapshots.get

To retrieve the specified zone-specific operations resource

compute.zoneOperations.get

Snapshot, (Cross-Project/Cross-Region) Restore *

To create a snapshot of a specified persistent disk

compute.disks.createSnapshot

Snapshot/Backup/Restore *

To retrieve the specified operations resource

compute.globalOperations.get

Cross-Project restore, BFS *

To create disk from a snapshot in same or different project

compute.snapshots.useReadOnly

Configuration of shared VPC*

To fetch the effective firewall on a given network

compute.networks.getEffectiveFirewalls

To retrieve the list of networks available to the specified project

compute.networks.list

To return the specified project resource

compute.projects.get

Return the specified subnetwork

compute.subnetworks.get

To retrieve a list of subnetworks available to the specified project

compute.subnetworks.list

To create a resource using a subnet

compute.subnetworks.use

To create a resource using an external IP

compute.subnetworks.useExternalIp

To retrieve the project identified by the specified name

resourcemanager.projects.get

To return the specified firewall

compute.firewalls.get

Snapshot *

To set the labels on a snapshot

compute.snapshots.setLabels

Plugin configuration *

To return the specified region resource

compute.regions.get

Calculate CP capability,  Restore *

To return the specified machine type

compute.machineTypes.get

To retrieve a list of machine types available to the specified project

compute.machineTypes.list

Discovery *

To fetch the specified persistent disk 

compute.disks.get

To retrieve a list of persistent disks contained within the specified zone 

compute.disks.list

To fetch the specified instance resource

compute.instances.get

To retrieve the list of instances contained within the specified zone

compute.instances.list

To list Google Compute Engine snapshots

compute.snapshots.list

Restore *

To create an instance resource in the specified project

compute.instances.create

To delete the specified instance resource

compute.instances.delete

To set metadata for the specified instance

compute.instances.setMetadata

To set the service account on the instance

compute.instances.setServiceAccount

To set labels on an instance

compute.instances.setLabels

To set network tags for the specified instance

compute.instances.setTags

To start an compute engine instance

compute.instances.start

To stop a running instance,  shutting it down cleanly

compute.instances.stop

To return the specified network

compute.networks.get

To attach service accounts to resources

iam.serviceAccounts.actAs

Restore of CMK encrypted disks

Restore

To get metadata for a given CryptoKey and its primary CryptoKeyVersion

cloudkms.cryptoKeys.get

To get metadata for a given CryptoKeyVersion

cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.get

To list CryptoKeys

cloudkms.cryptoKeys.list

To list KeyRings

cloudkms.keyRings.list

To decrypt data while reading encrypted disks

cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.useToDecrypt

To encrypt data on restored disks

cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.useToEncrypt

To get information about a location

cloudkms.locations.get

To list information about the supported locations for this service

cloudkms.locations.list

Cross-Project restore

To encrypt/decrypt data in other project

Cloud KMS CryptoKey Encrypter/Decrypter

SQL database protection

List cloud SQL instances in a given project

cloudsql.instances.list

To get the list of databases

cloudsql.databases.list

To get the database details

cloudsql.databases.get

To export data from database for backup

cloudsql.instances.export

To get the details of instance

cloudsql.instances.get

To import the backed up files into database

cloudsql.instances.import

To get the list of instances

cloudsql.instances.list

To create bucket

storage.buckets.create

To get bucket 

storage.buckets.get

To get permissions on buckets for required service account

storage.buckets.getIamPolicy

To set permissions on buckets for required service account

storage.buckets.setIamPolicy

To save backup files to bucket

storage.objects.create

To cleanup backup files from bucket

storage.objects.delete

To get backup file details from bucket

storage.objects.get

To get list of files from bucket

storage.objects.list

PaaS workloads protection (GCP BigQuery)

To get details about a configuration

bigquery.config.get

To create new empty datasets

bigquery.datasets.create

To delete a dataset

bigquery.datasets.delete

To get metadata and permissions about a dataset

bigquery.datasets.get

Metadata viewing permissions in GCP console

bigquery.datasets.getIamPolicy

To run jobs (including queries) within the project

bigquery.jobs.create

To get data and metadata for any job

bigquery.jobs.get

To list all jobs and retrieve metadata on any job submitted by any user. For jobs submitted by other users, details and metadata are redacted.

bigquery.jobs.list

To list all jobs and retrieve metadata on any job submitted by any user

bigquery.jobs.listAll

To cancel any job

bigquery.jobs.update

To get routine definitions and metadata

bigquery.routines.get

To list routines and metadata on routines

bigquery.routines.list

To create new tables

bigquery.tables.create

To create new table snapshots

bigquery.tables.createSnapshot

To delete tables

bigquery.tables.delete

To delete table snapshots

bigquery.tables.deleteSnapshot

To export table data out of BigQuery

bigquery.tables.export

To get table metadata

bigquery.tables.get

To get table data

bigquery.tables.getData

To list tables and metadata of the tables

bigquery.tables.list

To update table metadata

bigquery.tables.update

To update table data

bigquery.tables.updateData

To create new buckets in a project

storage.buckets.create

To read bucket metadata, excluding IAM policies, and list or read the Pub/Sub notification configurations on a bucket.

storage.buckets.get

To read bucket IAM policies

storage.buckets.getIamPolicy

To update bucket IAM policies

storage.buckets.setIamPolicy

To add new objects to a bucket

storage.objects.create

To delete objects

storage.objects.delete

To read object data and metadata, excluding ACLs.

storage.objects.get

To list objects in a bucket. Also, to read object metadata, excluding ACLs, when listing.

storage.objects.list

Kuberenetes cluster based

Kubernetes extension /Auto-scaling

To get information of the cluster

container.clusters.get

To get details Get details about the managed instance group

compute.instanceGroupManagers.get

Kubernetes extension /Auto-scaling

To update managed instance group

compute.instanceGroupManagers.update

Kubernetes extension /Auto-scaling

To update node pool of the cluster

container.clusters.update

To manage the operations done on GKE cluster

container.operations.get