NetBackup™ 10.1 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1)
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 10.1 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
      10.  
        Using a primary server instance for disaster recovery
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users from the deduplication shell
        2.  
          Adding MSDP users from the deduplication shell
        3.  
          Connecting an Active Directory domain to a WORM storage server for Universal Shares and Instant Access
        4.  
          Disconnecting an Active Directory domain from the deduplication shell
        5.  
          Changing a user password from the deduplication shell
      2.  
        Managing VLAN interfaces from the deduplication shell
      3.  
        Viewing the lockdown mode on a WORM storage server
      4.  
        Managing the retention policy on a WORM storage server
      5.  
        Managing images with a retention lock on a WORM storage server
      6.  
        Auditing WORM retention changes
      7. Managing certificates from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Viewing the certificate details from the deduplication shell
        2.  
          Importing certificates from the deduplication shell
        3.  
          Removing certificates from the deduplication shell
      8.  
        Managing FIPS mode from the deduplication shell
      9.  
        Encrypting backups from the deduplication shell
      10. Configuring an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance
        1.  
          Configuring data transmission between a production environment and a Flex Appliance IRE
      11.  
        Managing an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance
      12.  
        Tuning the MSDP configuration from the deduplication shell
      13.  
        Setting the MSDP log level from the deduplication shell
      14. Managing NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Managing the cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) service
        2.  
          Managing the content router queue processing (CRQP) service
        3.  
          Managing the online checking service
        4.  
          Managing the compaction service
        5.  
          Managing the deduplication (MSDP) services
        6.  
          Managing the Storage Platform Web Service (SPWS)
        7.  
          Managing the Veritas provisioning file system (VPFS) mounts
        8.  
          Managing the NGINX service
        9.  
          Managing the SMB service
      15. Monitoring and troubleshooting NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          About the support command

Connecting an Active Directory user domain to a primary or a media server instance

Use the following procedure to connect an Active Directory (AD) user domain to a primary or a media server instance.

To connect an AD user domain

  1. From the Flex Appliance Console, verify that the instance is on the same network as the AD domain. If it is not, edit the settings so that the instance can reach the domain.
  2. Open the following ports between the instance and the remote host if they are not already open:

    • 139

    • 145

  3. Open an SSH session to the instance as the appadmin user and run the following command:

    sudo realm join <domain name> -v -U <domain administrator>

    Where <domain name> is the domain that you want to connect, and <domain administrator> is the username of an administrator user on that domain.

    Enter the appadmin user password when prompted.

  4. When the following prompts appear, enter the password for the domain administrator user:

    Password for Administrator:

    Enter Administrator's password:

  5. Wait for the process to complete. The following message should appear:

    Successfully enrolled machine in realm

    Run the following command to confirm:

    sudo realm list

  6. If you need to add user groups from this domain in the NetBackup web UI, you must modify the sssd.conf file before you can add the groups. If you do not need to add user groups and plan to add each user individually, do not perform this step.

    To modify the sssd.conf file:

    • Navigate to /etc/sssd/sssd.conf on the instance and locate the following section:

      [domain/<domain name>]

    • Add the following directive to this section:

      enumerate = True

    Note:

    If you have a large AD environment, you may need to perform additional tuning of the sssd.conf file. Refer to the Red Hat documentation or contact Veritas Technical Support.

  7. When the connection is complete, sign in to the instance as the appadmin user from the NetBackup web UI. Add and configure the remote users that you want to have access to the instance. See the NetBackup Web UI Security Administrator's Guide for details.

    Note:

    The username maintenance is not supported on application instances.