NetBackup™ 10.0 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 2.1)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to NetBackup applications for Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
  2. Release notes
    1.  
      NetBackup 10.0 application new features, enhancements, and changes
    2.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    3.  
      Operational notes
  3. Geting started
    1.  
      Prerequisites before you can create NetBackup application instances
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console and client packages
  4. Creating NetBackup application instances
    1. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup primary server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
      3.  
        Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance
  5. Managing NetBackup application instances
    1.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    2. Accessing NetBackup primary and media server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users on a primary or media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a primary or media server instance
        2.  
          Connecting an Active Directory user domain to a primary or a media server instance
        3.  
          Connecting an LDAP user domain to a primary or a media server instance
        4.  
          Changing a user password on a primary or media server instance
      2. Running NetBackup commands on a primary or media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a primary or media server application instance
        2.  
          Installing NetBackup notify scripts on a primary or media server application instance
      3.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a NetBackup primary server instance
      4.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup primary server instance
      5.  
        Setting environment variables on primary and media server instances
      6.  
        Storing custom data on a primary or media server instance
      7.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a primary server instance
      8.  
        Disabling SMB server signing on a media server instance
      9.  
        Establishing trust with a NetBackup 7.7.3 primary server instance
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. About the NetBackup WORM storage server shell
        1.  
          About the dedupe command
        2.  
          About the retention command
        3.  
          About the setting command
        4.  
          About the support command
      2.  
        Configuring an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance
      3.  
        Managing an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance

NetBackup 10.0 application new features, enhancements, and changes

The following list describes the new features, enhancements, and changes that are specific to the NetBackup 10.0 application. The application also includes the new features from NetBackup unless they are called out as exceptions in this guide. See the NetBackup Release Notes for more information.

  • To modernize our terminology, Veritas has begun to replace certain outdated terms with more current terms. Starting with this release, the NetBackup application uses "primary server" instead of "master server" in the Flex Appliance Console. The commands for the WORM storage server continue to use the term "master server."

    Note:

    As Veritas continues to update its terminology, the deprecated terms and the new terms may be used interchangeably.

  • NetBackup WORM storage server instances now include an air gap solution. You can configure an isolated recovery environment to restrict network access to the protected data except during the timeframe when data replication occurs. This air gap helps to protect against ransomware and malware.

    See Configuring an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance.

  • Instant Access is now supported on WORM storage server instances.

    Various workloads on NetBackup support Instant Access. For example, see the NetBackup Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide or the NetBackup Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide.

  • WORM storage server instances now support Active Directory (AD) users. Use the setting ActiveDirectory configure command to configure AD user authentication and connect to an AD domain.

    See About the setting command.

  • Enhanced Auditing is no longer supported on application instances and has been disabled.

  • To improve security, media server instances now enforce Server Message Block (SMB) server signing by default.

  • The following commands have been added to the WORM storage server instance:

    • dedupe spws

      Manage the Storage Platform Web Service (SPWS).

    • dedupe vpfs

      Manage the Veritas provisioning file system (VPFS) mounts.

    • setting ActiveDirectory

      Connect or disconnect from an Active Directory (AD) user domain.

    • setting nginx

      Manage the NGINX service.

    • setting samba

      Manage the Samba service.

    See About the dedupe command.

    See About the setting command.