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NetBackup™ for Kubernetes Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2025-03-18

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)

Configure NetBackup Kubernetes data mover

You need to configure data mover for the NetBackup Kubernetes workload. Download the correct version of the data mover image:

You need to configure Netbackup Kubernetes Operator namespace to support Backup from Snapshot and Restore from Backup. (Backup copy). Download the correct version of the data mover image:veritasnetbackup-datamover-11.0.tarfor your release version, from the download center. See https://www.veritas.com/content/support

To configure data mover

To push the data mover image to image registry, run the command:
docker login -u <user name> <repo-name>
Enter the password upon prompt. Skip this step if you are already logged in
Run docker load -i <name of the datamover image file>
Run docker tag <datamover image name:tag of the loaded datamover image> <repo-name/image-name:tag-name>
docker push <repo-name/image-name:tag-name>
Note:
In the example, docker is used for reference. You can use any CLI tool which has equivalent capabilities.

Ensure that the configmap with primary server name, have image value set to <repo-name/image-name:tag-name> pushed in step no 4.

Example,

apiVersion: v1
data:
  datamover.properties: image=<image-repo>/datamover:<datamover tag>
  version: "1"
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: <Primary Server Name>
  namespace: <Netbackup Kubernetes Operator Namespace Name>

For more details on Configmap, refer to the Kubernetes operators supported configuration parameters section in the NetBackup for Kubernetes Administrator's Guide..