NetBackup 8.2 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS

Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup

After you have created your instances, the instance management is divided between Flex Appliance and NetBackup, depending on the type of operation. In general, use Flex Appliance for any tasks that are related to the appliance or the application files. Use NetBackup for any tasks that are related to your backups. Refer to the following information for more details.

Instance operations that you can perform from Flex Appliance

Use Flex Appliance to do the following:

  • Resize instance storage

  • Edit instance network settings

  • Assign or unassign Fibre Channel ports

  • View instance performance metrics

  • Upgrade application instances

  • Manage application add-ons, including NetBackup EEBs

Refer to the Flex Appliance Getting Started and Administration Guide for these procedures.

Instance operations that you can perform from NetBackup

All other management tasks happen from NetBackup. This guide covers the information that is specific to the NetBackup application. For all other tasks, refer to the regular NetBackup documentation as you would for any other environment.

Note that the following NetBackup features are not supported on application instances:

  • Bare Metal Restore boot servers

  • IPv6