NetBackup™ 10.4 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (5.0)
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 10.4 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 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 a media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a primary or a 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 a media server instance
        5.  
          Using SSH keys for authentication on a primary or a media server instance
      2.  
        Configuring the multi-factor authentication on NetBackup primary and media server instance
      3. Running NetBackup commands on a primary or a media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a primary or a media server application instance
        2.  
          Installing NetBackup notify scripts on a primary or a media server application instance
      4.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a NetBackup primary server instance
      5.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup primary server instance
      6.  
        Setting environment variables on primary and media server instances
      7.  
        Storing custom data on a primary or a media server instance
      8.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a primary server instance
      9.  
        Disabling SMB server signing on a media server instance
      10.  
        Enabling extra OS STIG hardening on a primary or a media server instance
      11.  
        Using a login banner on a primary or a media server instance
      12.  
        Using a primary server instance for disaster recovery
      13.  
        Authorizing a primary or a media server instance for deletion
    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.  
        Configuring the multi-factor authentication on NetBackup WORM storage server instance
      3.  
        Managing VLAN interfaces from the deduplication shell
      4.  
        Viewing the lockdown mode on a WORM storage server
      5.  
        Managing the retention policy on a WORM storage server
      6.  
        Managing images with a retention lock on a WORM storage server
      7.  
        Auditing WORM retention changes
      8.  
        Protecting the NetBackup catalog on a WORM storage server
      9. 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
      10.  
        Managing FIPS mode from the deduplication shell
      11.  
        Encrypting backups from the deduplication shell
      12. Configuring an isolated recovery environment using the web UI
        1.  
          Configuring the allowed subnets
        2.  
          Configuring the reverse connections
        3.  
          Configuring the reverse replication schedule
        4.  
          Adding a replication operation to SLP at the production primary server
      13.  
        Tuning the MSDP configuration from the deduplication shell
      14.  
        Setting the MSDP log level from the deduplication shell
      15. 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) configuration parameters
        8.  
          Managing the Veritas provisioning file system (VPFS) mounts
        9.  
          Managing the NGINX service
        10.  
          Managing the SMB service
      16. Monitoring and troubleshooting NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Managing the health monitor
        2.  
          Viewing information about the system
        3.  
          Viewing the deduplication (MSDP) history or configuration files
        4.  
          Viewing process information in the pseudo-file system
        5.  
          Viewing the deduplication rate of a Veritas provisioning file service (VPFS) share
        6.  
          Viewing the log files
        7.  
          Collecting and transferring troubleshooting files
      17. Managing S3 service from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Configuring the S3 service
        2.  
          Creating or resetting root credentials
        3.  
          Changing the S3 service certificates
        4.  
          Managing the S3 service
      18.  
        Authorizing a WORM storage server for deletion

Encrypting backups from the deduplication shell

To encrypt backups on a WORM storage server, you can configure MSDP encryption with or without the Key Management Service (KMS).

Use the following procedures to configure encryption for your backups from the deduplication shell.

To configure MSDP encryption with KMS

  1. Open an SSH session to the server as the msdpadm user.
  2. Run the following command:

    setting encryption enable-kms kms_server=<server> key_group=<key group>

    Where <server> is the host name of the external KMS server and <key group> is the KMS server key group name.

  3. To verify the KMS encryption status, run the setting encryption kms-status command.

To configure MSDP encryption without KMS

  1. Open an SSH session to the server as the msdpadm user.
  2. Run the following command:

    setting encryption enable

  3. To verify the MSDP encryption status, run the setting encryption status command.
Converting legacy KMS to Key Encryption Key (KEK)

The convert-legacy-kms command migrates the legacy index-based KMS to KEK-based KMS. This migration unencrypts the SO records using the legacy KMS key and then re-encrypts the SO record using the active KEK.

To rotate keys for KEK encryption:

  • Use the rotate-kektag command to create a new KEK and rotate SO records to the new KEK using the new three-tiered KMS system. In this system, KMS keys now encrypt KEKs which in turn encrypt SOs.

  • The rotate-kms-keys command rotates the KMS keys under the new KMS system. KEKs, which are stored in the KMS proxy database, are unencrypted using the corresponding KMS key and then re-encrypted using the active KMS key.