Veritas NetBackup™ Installation Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Preparing for installation
    1.  
      About Veritas Smart Meter
    2.  
      Best practices for Veritas Smart Meter
    3.  
      Restrictions on the NetBackup installation directory
    4.  
      Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
    5.  
      Available NetBackup installation methods
    6.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    7.  
      About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
    8.  
      Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
    9.  
      Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
    10.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    11. About storage device configuration
      1.  
        Locating supported robot types
    12. How to install NetBackup
      1.  
        About the NetBackup preinstall checker
      2.  
        About the NetBackup Product Improvement Program
    13.  
      About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
    14.  
      SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
    15.  
      Support is discontinued for push installation of a master server
    16.  
      Host ID-based certificate is not deployed during installation on 8.1 media server or client host with dual stack configuration
  2. NetBackup licenses
    1.  
      About NetBackup license requirements
    2.  
      About license key entry
    3.  
      Frequently asked questions about license keys
  3. Installing server software on UNIX systems
    1. Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
      1.  
        Do not mix non-English versions of Windows and UNIX platforms unless master and media servers are NetBackup appliances
      2.  
        NetBackup installations on environments that run different versions of UNIX-based operating systems
      3.  
        Special installation guidelines for Solaris systems
      4.  
        Special installation guidelines for UNIX clustered environments
    2.  
      How the installation script works
    3. Installing NetBackup master server software on UNIX
      1.  
        Continuing with NetBackup software installation
    4.  
      Installing NetBackup media server software on UNIX
    5. About pushing client software from a master server to clients
      1.  
        Installing client type software on a master server
  4. Installing server software on Windows systems
    1.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    2.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server installation on Windows systems
    4.  
      Post-installation tasks for NetBackup cluster environments
    5.  
      Verifying Windows cluster installations or upgrades
    6.  
      Installing NetBackup servers silently on Windows systems
  5. About the administrative interfaces
    1. About the NetBackup web user interface
      1.  
        First-time sign in to a NetBackup master server from the NetBackup web UI
      2.  
        Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      About the NetBackup Administration Console
    3.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console
    4.  
      Installing multiple versions of the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows
    5.  
      Removing earlier versions of the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows
    6.  
      About the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
    7.  
      Installing the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
  6. Installing NetBackup client software
    1.  
      About NetBackup client installation
    2. About NetBackup client installation on Windows
      1.  
        About Windows client installation methods and requirements
      2.  
        Installing NetBackup Windows clients locally or remotely
      3.  
        Installing NetBackup Windows clients silently
      4.  
        How to configure NetBackup clients
    3. About NetBackup client installation on UNIX/Linux
      1.  
        About UNIX/Linux client installation methods
      2.  
        Installing UNIX clients locally
      3.  
        Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
      4. About remote installation methods for UNIX/Linux clients
        1.  
          Installing client software with the ssh method
        2.  
          Installing client software with the sftp method
        3.  
          Installing client software on UNIX clients using password-less ssh method
      5.  
        Adding a UNIX/Linux client after initial server installation
      6.  
        Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
  7. Configuring NetBackup
    1.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    2. About NetBackup server configuration
      1.  
        Starting the NetBackup Administration Console
      2.  
        About the Device Configuration Wizard
      3.  
        About the Volume Configuration Wizard
      4.  
        About the Catalog Backup Wizard
      5.  
        About the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard
    3.  
      Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2
  8. Upgrading NetBackup software
    1.  
      About upgrading NetBackup
    2.  
      About the NetBackup 8.x Upgrade Portal
  9. Removing NetBackup server and client software
    1.  
      About NetBackup server software removal on UNIX systems
    2.  
      About NetBackup client software removal on UNIX and Linux systems
    3.  
      Removing NetBackup from UNIX and Linux servers and clients
    4.  
      About NetBackup server software removal on Windows systems
    5.  
      Removing NetBackup server and client software from Windows servers, clusters, and clients
    6.  
      Removing NetBackup LiveUpdate from Windows systems
    7.  
      About removal of the Java Console state data from Windows servers and Windows clients
    8.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
  10. Reference
    1.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server
    2.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    3.  
      NetBackup master server web server user and group creation
    4.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    5.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    6.  
      Security updates to the NetBackup database
    7.  
      Size guidance for Veritas NetBackup master server and domain

First-time sign in to a NetBackup master server from the NetBackup web UI

After the installation of NetBackup, a root user or an administrator must sign into the NetBackup web UI from a web browser and create RBAC access rules for users. An access rule gives a user permissions and access to the NetBackup environment through the web UI, based on the user's role in your organization.

See the NetBackup Web UI Security Administrator's Guide for details on creating access rules.

Note the following:

  • Enhanced Auditing users also have administrator access.

  • The default admin user for the NetBackup appliance does not have access to the web UI.

  • The appliance nbasecadmin user and the Flex Appliance appadmin user have the NetBackup security administrator role and can grant access to other appliance users.

To sign in to a NetBackup master server using the NetBackup web UI

  1. Open a web browser and go to the following URL.

    https://masterserver/webui/login

    The masterserver is the host name or IP address of the NetBackup master server that you want to sign in to.

    If you are not able to access the web UI, refer to Support and additional configuration.

  2. Enter the root or the administrator credentials and click Sign in.

    For this type of user

    Use this format

    Example

    Local user

    username

    root

    Domain user

    DOMAIN\username

    WINDOWS\Administrator

  3. On the left, select Security > RBAC.
  4. You can give users access to the NetBackup web UI in one of the following ways:

    • Create access rules for all users that require access to NetBackup.

    • Delegate the task of creating access rules to another user.

      Create an access rule for that user with the role of Security administrator. This user can then create rules for all users that require access to the NetBackup web UI.

    Root or administrator access is no longer needed for the web UI once you have delegated one or more users as a NetBackup security administrator.

Support and additional configuration