Veritas NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Setting up a NetBackup 53xx high availability configuration

You can set up a NetBackup 53xx high availability (HA) configuration from either the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

During this procedure, the host name and the IP address of the first configured node are elevated. The elevated host name and IP address work as the virtual host name and the virtual IP address of the HA configuration. The virtual host name and the virtual IP address are the floating pointers in the HA configuration.

Because of the elevation, you need to assign a new host name and a new IP address to the first configured node.

Note:

Before you proceed, you need to add the new host name to the Host Name Mappings property in NetBackup Administration Console. To add the new host name to the property, refer to the section Host ID to Host Name Mappings in the document NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

If you use a NetBackup client to manage the NetBackup jobs, add the following information in the bp.conf file on the client:

  • The host name of the first configured node

  • The new host name

  • The host name of the partner node

If the network bonds exist on the eth2 and eth3 ports, remove the bonds.

Caution:

Once the setup procedure is complete, you cannot change the host name of the node until you perform a factory reset.

To set up a NetBackup 53xx HA configuration from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console

  1. On the configured node, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console as admin.
  2. On the Welcome to Veritas NetBackup Appliance Web Console page, click Manage > High Availability.
  3. On the High Availability page, click Setup.
  4. On the High Availability > Setup page, enter the new host name and the new IP address of the configured node. Select the check box if you need to add the new host name and new IP address to the file /etc/hosts.

    Click Setup to proceed the procedure.

  5. When the message shows that the pre-check is passed, click Continue.
  6. When the message shows that the current appliance is set up for the HA configuration, click Close.
  7. After the host name and the IP address have been changed, restart the NetBackup services on this node and on the master server to ensure that they both recognize the changes and the HA configuration.

To set up a NetBackup 53xx HA configuration from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

  1. On the configured node, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu as admin.
  2. Go to Main > Manage > HighAvailability.
  3. Use the following command to assign the new host name and the new IP address to the configured node and start the procedure:

    Setup NewHostname NewIPAddress

    Where NewHostname is the new host name of the node, and NewIPAddress is the new IP address of the node.

  4. After the host name and the IP address have been changed, restart the NetBackup services on this node and on the master server to ensure that they both recognize the changes and the HA configuration.

Once the node is set up, the new network information of the node is automatically added to the additional server list on the master server.

To complete the HA configuration, perform the following procedures in the order as shown: