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Veritas Velocity™ User's Guide

Last Published: 2018-10-23

Product(s): Velocity (2.9)

Getting to know Velocity
1. Introducing Velocity
2. About the Velocity Appliance
3. About the Velocity Storage Server administration interfaces
4. Using the Velocity shell menu
5. How Velocity and NetBackup work together
Setting up Velocity
1. Velocity administrator's checklist for setting up Veritas Velocity
2. Database administrator's checklist for setting up Veritas Velocity
3. Sandbox user's checklist for setting up Veritas Velocity
4. How to set up the Velocity Storage Server
5. How to set up the Velocity Client
6. Deleting a Velocity Client
7. Configuring a proxy server for Velocity
8. Required and optional ports for Velocity
9. Installing the NetBackup Client on the Velocity Storage Server
Setting up the Velocity on-premises management server
1. How to set up the Velocity on-premises management server
2. Deploying the Velocity on-premises management server image on a virtual machine
3. Configuring the network settings for the Velocity on-premises management server
4. Configuring Active Directory/LDAP settings on the Velocity on-premises management server
5. Adding users to the Velocity on-premises management server
6. Upgrading the Velocity on-premises management server
Upgrading Velocity
1. How to upgrade to Velocity version 2.9
2. Finding the Velocity component version numbers
3. Downloading and transferring software updates to the Velocity Storage Server
4. Removing previous upgrade files
5. Upgrading the Velocity Storage Server
6. Upgrading the Velocity Client for Linux
7. Upgrading the Velocity Client for Windows
8. Upgrading the Velocity Client for Solaris
Velocity Storage Server
1. About the Velocity Storage Server
2. Viewing physical storage usage on the Velocity Storage Server
3. About reclaiming storage space on the Veritas Velocity Storage Server
4. Increasing meta and data storage capacity on the Velocity Storage Server
5. Deregistering a Velocity Storage Server
6. How to reset the Velocity Storage Server
Users and roles
1. How to configure users and roles in Velocity
2. Adding users
3. Role-based access control
4. Adding roles
5. Deleting roles
6. Viewing details about all users and roles
7. Assigning users to an existing role
8. Removing users from a role
9. Changing the database sources that are assigned to a role
Oracle database ingestion using Velocity
1. How to provide copies of Oracle databases for sandboxes in Velocity
2. Adding an Oracle database to ingest into Velocity
3. Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity for the first time
4. Ingesting an Oracle database again after the first ingest
5. Canceling an Oracle database ingestion
6. How to use copy preparation to mask or sanitize sensitive data
7. Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity from the command line
8. About setting custom initialization parameters for a sandbox for an Oracle database copy
9. Editing default options for the ingest method for Oracle databases
Oracle database ingestion using NetBackup CoPilot
1. How to set up NetBackup CoPilot to ingest Oracle databases into Velocity
2. Ingesting an Oracle database with NetBackup CoPilot
Microsoft SQL Server database ingestion using Velocity
1. How to provide copies of SQL Server databases for sandboxes in Velocity
2. Adding a SQL Server database to ingest into Velocity
3. Ingesting a SQL Server database into Velocity
4. Editing default options for SQL Server database ingestion
5. Canceling a SQL Server database ingestion
Automatic ingestion of NetBackup deduplicated backups
1. About using NetBackup deduplicated backups to create Velocity sandboxes
2. How to set up automatic ingestion of NetBackup deduplicated backups
3. Supported Oracle policy options for automatic ingestions of NetBackup deduplicated backups
4. Supported SQL Server policy options for automatic ingestions of NetBackup deduplicated backups
5. Adding an Oracle database source to automatically ingest NetBackup deduplicated backups
6. Adding a SQL Server database source to automatically ingest NetBackup deduplicated backups
Database sources and copies
1. About database sources and copies
2. Viewing details of an Oracle database source
3. Viewing details of a SQL Server database source
4. Changing the nickname or description of a database source
5. Deleting a database source from Velocity
6. About scheduling ingestions for a database source
7. Retention periods for database sources and copies
8. Viewing database copies
9. Viewing the number of sandboxes that were created from a database copy
10. Viewing the status of database copies
11. Deleting database copies
Sandboxes
1. About sandboxes
2. Creating a sandbox from an Oracle database copy
3. Starting an Oracle database instance manually
4. Creating a sandbox from a SQL Server database copy
5. Starting a SQL database manually
6. Finding your sandbox
7. Viewing details about your sandboxes
8. Deleting a sandbox
9. Managing sandboxes when you restart the host Oracle Database server
10. Unmounting a sandbox from an Oracle host server
Database recovery
1. Recovering an Oracle database
Alerts and logs
1. Viewing alerts
2. Creating audit log reports
3. Redirecting the syslog messages
4. Viewing the syslog messages on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux computer
5. Viewing the syslog messages on a Windows computer
Managing the Velocity physical appliance
1. Configuring network address settings on the Velocity physical appliance
2. About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical appliance
3. About Velocity physical appliance storage
  1. Configuring the storage on the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Viewing the storage on the Velocity physical appliance
4. About users on the Velocity physical appliance
5. About Velocity physical appliance checkpoints
  1. Creating a custom checkpoint on the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Restoring the Velocity physical appliance from a checkpoint
6. About factory reset on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. Restoring the Velocity physical appliance to a factory state
Monitoring the Velocity physical appliance
1. About Veritas AutoSupport on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. Setting up AutoSupport on the Velocity physical appliance
2. Setting up email notifications on the Velocity physical appliance
3. Setting up SNMP notifications on the Velocity physical appliance
4. Auditing the SDCS logs on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. About SDCS event type codes and severity codes on the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Changing the SDCS log retention settings on the Velocity physical appliance
5. Testing the Velocity physical appliance hardware
Velocity physical appliance security
1. About Velocity physical appliance user account privileges
  1. Velocity physical appliance user name and password specifications
    1. Password encryption and handling on the Velocity physical appliance
2. About the Velocity physical appliance intrusion detection system
  1. Reviewing SDCS events on the Velocity physical appliance
3. About Velocity physical appliance operating system security
  1. Vulnerability scanning of the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Disabled service accounts on the Velocity physical appliance
4. About data security on the Velocity physical appliance
5. About data integrity on the Velocity physical appliance
6. About the Velocity physical appliance ports
7. Recommended IPMI settings on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate on the physical appliance
Velocity REST APIs
1. Getting started with Velocity REST APIs
2. Authenticate a user for the Velocity REST APIs
3. Get Velocity Storage Servers
4. Create a share
5. Find the share ID
6. Find the share location
7. Create a snapshot
8. Find the snapshot ID
9. Create a sandbox
10. Find the sandbox ID
11. Get a sandbox
12. Delete a share
13. Delete a snapshot
14. Delete a sandbox
15. Get templates (shares)
16. Get snapshots
17. List all sandboxes
Best practices
1. Improving the performance of Veritas Velocity for Oracle Database
2. Stopping and starting all mounts
3. Protecting the Velocity on-premises management server
Troubleshooting
1. NFS export paths where ingested Oracle Database sources are stored are inaccessible
2. NFS export path is not created during a database ingestion
3. Database ingestion fails with the Oracle error 'diskgroup {xx} space exhausted'
4. After restart of the vpfsd service, links to the applications are broken
5. Sandbox creation fails on an Oracle Database server
6. Sandbox creation fails for a SQL Server database copy
7. Sandbox creation fails after you use the --adGroups argument when you configure the Velocity Client for Windows
8. Sandbox creation may take longer than usual on Oracle Database 12c
9. A sandbox cannot be deleted from an Oracle Database server because the mount point is busy
10. Error occurs when registering the Velocity Client; provide the Oracle DBA with access to the Velocity registration files
11. Error occurs when a new sandbox name has the same name as a deleted sandbox
12. Ingestions and sandboxes are stuck 'In Progress' after the Velocity Storage Server is restarted
Glossary
1. Glossary terms for Velocity
Section I. Velocity shell menu commands
1. Introduction
  1. About Velocity commands
2. Appendix A. Main > Manage > Storage
  1. Manage > Storage > Configure
  2. Manage > Storage > Show
3. Appendix B. Main > Manage > Cloud
  1. Main > Manage > Cloud
4. Appendix C. Main > Manage > Software
5. Appendix D. Main > Monitor
6. Appendix E. Main > Network
7. Appendix F. Main > Settings
8. Appendix G. Main > Support

Velocity Appliance initial configuration requirements

Review the information in this section before you perform the initial configuration on the Veritas Velocity Appliance.

Required addresses and credentials

Before configuring the appliance, gather the following information:

A new password to give to the appliance admin account
New appliances ship with the following default login credentials:
- User name: admin
- Password: P@ssw0rd
A list of new user names and passwords that you want to grant access to the appliance
Network configuration information:
- A permanent host name for the appliance
- (Optional) VLAN and network port bonding information
- Network IP addresses, netmasks, and gateway IP addresses for the appliance
- DNS and host mapping information
- Static route and other advanced routing information
(Optional) NTP server address
(Optional) Proxy server addresses and credentials
(Optional) SMTP and/or SNMP information for receiving appliance notifications and alerts

Access to the Velocity shell menu

Ensure that you can access the Velocity shell menu. All initial configuration tasks are done using this interface.

Table: Methods to access the Velocity shell menu

Method	Description
Veritas Remote Management Console (recommended)	You can use the Veritas Remote Management Console to launch a virtual KVM of the Velocity shell menu as if you were using a keyboard and mouse connected directly to the appliance. Note: You can only access the Veritas Remote Management Console if you have provisioned network access to the IPMI port on the appliance (which is normally done as part of the hardware installation process). See Configuring the IPMI port on the Velocity physical appliance.
SSH	You can use SSH for initial configuration if you have provisioned network access to the eth0 port on the appliance. See About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the Velocity physical appliance.
Physical keyboard and monitor connected to the appliance	You can physically connect a standard VGA monitor and USB keyboard to the appliance. If the appliance is powered on, the monitor displays the login prompt for Velocity shell menu.

Method

Description

Veritas Remote Management Console (recommended)

You can use the Veritas Remote Management Console to launch a virtual KVM of the Velocity shell menu as if you were using a keyboard and mouse connected directly to the appliance.

Note:

You can only access the Veritas Remote Management Console if you have provisioned network access to the IPMI port on the appliance (which is normally done as part of the hardware installation process).

See Configuring the IPMI port on the Velocity physical appliance.

SSH

You can use SSH for initial configuration if you have provisioned network access to the eth0 port on the appliance.

See About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the Velocity physical appliance.

Physical keyboard and monitor connected to the appliance

You can physically connect a standard VGA monitor and USB keyboard to the appliance. If the appliance is powered on, the monitor displays the login prompt for Velocity shell menu.

Connectivity during initial configuration

If you configure the appliance from a remote computer, you must take precautions to avoid loss of connectivity. Any loss of connectivity during initial configuration results in failure.

Before you log onto the Velocity shell menu, ensure that your computer is set up to avoid the following:

Conditions that cause the computer to go to sleep
Conditions that cause the computer to shut down or to lose power
Conditions that cause the computer to lose its network connection

Firewall port usage

If a firewall exists between the appliance and the remote devices that interact with the appliance (like a laptop computer), open the network ports that are listed in Table: Appliance service ports as necessary.

Table: Appliance service ports

Port	Service
22	SSH
80	HTTP
162	SNMP
443	HTTPS
623	KVM
5120	RMM ISO/CD
5123	RMM floppy
5124	CD
5127	SSL
5900	KVM CLI
7578	RMM CLI
7582	SSL

Note:

If you have a private internal network, remember to configure the settings accordingly in your network address translation (NAT).