Veritas NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

To add the partner node from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console

1. On the node that you set up the HA configuration, 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, the current status of the HA configuration is identified as incomplete. Click Add Partner.
   
4. On the Add Partner Node dialog box, enter the configured hostname of the partner node and click Add.
   
5. If the fingerprint values match, click Yes.
   
6. Enter the password of the admin user for the partner node, and click Add Partner.
   
7. When the message Do you want to continue? appears, click Continue.
8. If the Certificate Verification dialog box appears, enter the authorization or the reissue token and click Deploy Certificate.
   
9. When the message shows that the HA configuration is complete, click Close.

To add the partner node from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

1. On the node where you set up the HA configuration, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu as admin.
2. Go to Main > Manage > HighAvailability.
3. Add the partner node to complete the HA configuration by entering the command:

   AddNode hostname

   Where hostname is the short host name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the partner node.

4. When the following message appears, make sure that you checked the SSH ECDSA fingerprint directly on the partner node:

   Do the fingerprint values match? [yes, no] (no)

   To guarantee that the network is safe, you need to confirm that the SSH ECDSA fingerprint of the partner node is correct. For the instructions on how to check the identity of the appliance, refer to NetBackup Appliance Command Reference Guide.

   If the values match, enter yes.

5. After the pre-check is passed, when either of the following messages appears, enter an authority token or a reissue token to trust the host ID-based certificate:

   Authorization token is mandatory. Enter an authorization token. For more information about the authorization token, refer to the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

   Enter token:

   or

   Reissue token is mandatory. Enter the reissue token for the required host to obtain a host-ID based certificate. For more information about the reissue token, refer to the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

   Enter token:

   For more information about security certificates, refer to the chapter Security certificates in NetBackup in the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

6. When the following message appears, enter yes to continue the node adding procedure:

   >> Do you want to continue? [yes, no] (no)

   When a message shows you that the procedure is successful, the HA configuration is complete.