Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation
- Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- Preparing to deploy the appliance
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Appliance common tasks
- Storage management
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- About viewing storage space information using the Show command
- About OpenStorage plugin installation
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- Deduplication pool catalog backup and recovery
- Network connection management
- Managing users
- About user name and password specifications
- About authenticating LDAP users
- About authenticating Active Directory users
- About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
- About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
- Using the appliance
- About configuring Host parameters for your appliance on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About Copilot functionality and Share management
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
- About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
- About mounting a remote NFS
- About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Monitoring the appliance
- About SNMP
- About Call Home
- Appliance security
- About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the appliance login banner
- Upgrading the appliance
- About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.2
- Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
- Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
- NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
- Appliance restore
- Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
- Troubleshooting
- About disaster recovery
- About NetBackup support utilities
- Appliance logging
- Commands overview
- Appendix A. Appliance commands
- Appendix B. Manage commands
- Appendix C. Monitor commands
- Appendix D. Network commands
- Appendix E. Reports commands
- Appendix F. Settings commands
- Appendix G. Support commands
NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment guidelines
Use the following configuration guidelines when you deploy a new NetBackup Virtual Appliance:
Table: Appliance deployment guidelines
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Deployment requirements | To deploy a NetBackup Virtual Appliance, you need a VMware vCenter Server user account and access to the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client. The appliance supports vSphere versions 6.0, 6.5, and 6.7. Your vCenter Server account must have at least the minimum privileges required to deploy an OVF template. Note: Version 6.0 of the vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client does not support the SHA256 hashing algorithm, which NetBackup Virtual Appliance uses. If you have vSphere version 6.0, use the OVF Tool to deploy the appliance or refer to the following article for a workaround: For how to deploy an OVF package directly on an ESXi host, see the following technical article. https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100038949 Refer to the VMware documentation for more information. |
Connectivity during deployment | When you perform the appliance deployment, Veritas recommends that you take precautions to avoid loss of connectivity. Any loss of connectivity during deployment results in failure. The computer that you use to deploy the appliance should be set up to avoid the following events:
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Environment requirements | Depending on the product file (OVF template) you use, the appliance can use one of the following CPU and memory combination.
See NetBackup Virtual Appliance product files (OVF templates). Make sure that both the CPU and memory requirements are met before you deploy the appliance. |
Performance | Veritas recommends that you adhere to the following best practices:
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Required names and addresses | Before the initial deployment, gather the following information:
See NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment checklist. |
Licenses and registration | Before the initial deployment, gather the following information:
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Review the initial deployment checklist and make sure that you have all of the necessary information to complete the deployment procedure.
See NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment checklist.