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Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

Last Published: 2019-11-04

Product(s): Appliances (3.2)

Platform: NetBackup Virtual Appliance

Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
2. NetBackup Virtual Appliance supported features
3. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance documentation
4. NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
5. Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 release
6. Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 release
Preparing to deploy the appliance
1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance product files (OVF templates)
2. NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment methods
3. NetBackup Virtual Appliance deployment guidelines
  1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment checklist
Deploying and configuring the appliance
1. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
2. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
3. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
4. How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst
Post initial configuration procedures
1. About modifying the NetBackup Virtual Appliance settings
2. Adding a permanent license key if an evaluation license key expires
3. Managing license keys on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Appliance common tasks
1. Common tasks in NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Storage management
1. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
2. About OpenStorage plugin installation
  1. Installing the OpenStorage plugin
  2. Uninstalling the OpenStorage plugin
Deduplication pool catalog backup and recovery
1. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
2. Automatic configuration of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
3. Manually configuring the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
4. Manually updating the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
5. Recovering the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog
Network connection management
1. About IPv4-IPv6-based network support
2. Network settings for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
3. Configuring DNS and host name mapping for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
4. Setting the date and time on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
5. Configuring static routes on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
6. Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Managing users
1. About managing NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
2. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types
3. Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
4. Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
5. Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
6. Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
7. Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
8. Revoking roles from NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
9. About user name and password specifications
  1. About STIG-compliant password policy rules
10. Changing NetBackup Virtual Appliance user passwords
11. About password management and recovery
12. About authenticating LDAP users
13. About authenticating Active Directory users
  1. Adding an Active Directory server configuration
  2. Unconfiguring Active Directory user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
14. About authentication using smart cards and digital certificates
15. About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
  1. Adding a Kerberos-NIS authentication configuration on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
  2. Unconfiguring Kerberos-NIS user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
16. Generic user authentication guidelines
17. About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
18. Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
19. Deleting NetBackup administrator user accounts
Using the appliance
1. About configuring Host parameters for your appliance on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. About Copilot functionality and Share management
3. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
  1. NetBackup Virtual Appliance as backup host: component overview
  2. Notes on NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
4. About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
5. About mounting a remote NFS
  1. Mounting a remote NFS drive
  2. Unmounting an NFS drive
6. About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
7. Generating certificates
Monitoring the appliance
1. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance alerts
2. Setting up email notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
3. Setting up SNMP notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
4. Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
5. Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
6. About SNMP
  1. About the Management Information Base (MIB)
7. About Call Home
  1. Understanding the Call Home workflow
  2. About the Product Improvement Program
8. About AutoSupport
9. About storage email alerts
Appliance security
1. About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. About data security
3. About data integrity
4. About data classification
5. About data encryption
6. About SSL usage
7. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion detection system
8. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion prevention system
9. Major components of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance OS
10. OS STIG hardening for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
11. Unenforced STIG hardening rules
12. FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
13. Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
14. About the appliance login banner
15. Setting the appliance login banner
  1. Creating the appliance login banner
  2. Removing the appliance login banner
16. Log Forwarding feature overview
Upgrading the appliance
1. About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.2
2. Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
  1. Upgrade time estimation
3. Pre-upgrade tasks for appliance upgrades
4. Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
  1. Downloading software updates directly to a NetBackup appliance
  2. Downloading software updates to a NetBackup appliance using a client share
5. Installing a NetBackup Virtual Appliance software update using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
6. Troubleshooting upgrade issues
NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
1. About VxUpdate
2. VxUpdate repository management
3. Deployment policy management
4. Manually initiating upgrades from the master server using VxUpdate
5. Manually initiating upgrades from the client using VxUpdate
6. Deployment job status
Appliance restore
1. About appliance restore
2. Creating an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
3. Rollback to an appliance checkpoint from the appliance shell menu
4. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance factory reset
5. Factory reset best practices
6. How to factory reset the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
1. About decommissioning a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. Decommissioning a NetBackup Virtual Appliance with the media server role
Troubleshooting
1. About troubleshooting the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
2. About contacting Technical Support
3. Determining the NetBackup Virtual Appliance serial number
4. About disaster recovery
  1. Recovering a NetBackup appliance master server using NetBackup catalog restore
5. About NetBackup support utilities
  1. NetBackup Domain Network Analyzer (NBDNA)
  2. NetBackup Support Utility (NBSU)
6. Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues
7. Error messages displayed on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
8. NetBackup status codes applicable for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
9. Installing an EEB
10. Rolling back an EEB using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
Appliance logging
1. About NetBackup Virtual Appliance log files
2. Viewing log files using the Support command
3. Where to find NetBackup Virtual Appliance log files using the Browse command
4. Enabling and disabling VxMS logging
5. Gathering device logs on a NetBackup virtual appliance
6. About forwarding logs to an external server
Commands overview
1. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
2. Logging on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
3. Using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
4. About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu command views
Appendix A. Appliance commands
1. Appliance > Master
2. Appliance > Media
3. Appliance > ShowDedupPassword
4. Appliance > Status
5. Appliance > Configure
Appendix B. Manage commands
1. Manage > Software > Delete
2. Manage > Software > Download
3. Manage > Software > List
4. Manage > Software > Install
5. Manage > Software > Share
6. Manage > Software > Readme
7. Manage > Software > Rollback
8. Manage > Software > Cancel
9. Manage > Software > DownloadProgress
10. Manage > Software > UpgradeStatus
11. Manage > Software > VxUpdate
12. Manage > Storage > Show
13. Manage > Storage > Add
14. Manage > Storage > Create
15. Manage > Storage > Delete
16. Manage > Storage > Edit
17. Manage > Storage > Monitor
18. Manage > Storage > Move
19. Manage > Storage > Remove
20. Manage > Storage > Resize
21. Manage > Storage > Scan
22. Manage > OpenStorage > Install
23. Manage > OpenStorage > List
24. Manage > OpenStorage > Readme
25. Manage > OpenStorage > Share
26. Manage > OpenStorage > Uninstall
27. Manage > MountPoints > List
28. Manage > MountPoints > Mount
29. Manage > MountPoints > Unmount
30. Manage > License > Add
31. Manage > License > List
32. Manage > License > ListInfo
33. Manage > License > Remove
34. Manage > Certificates > Generate
35. Manage > Certificates > Delete
36. Manage > NetBackupCLI > Create
37. Manage > NetBackupCLI > Delete
38. Manage > NetBackupCLI > List
39. Manage > NetBackupCLI > PasswordExpiry
Appendix C. Monitor commands
1. Monitor > Uptime
2. Monitor > Who
3. Monitor > NetworkStatus
4. Monitor > Top
5. Monitor > MemoryStatus
6. Monitor > SDCS
7. Monitor > NetBackup
8. Monitor > Hardware
Appendix D. Network commands
1. Network > Configure
2. Network > Date
3. Network > DNS
4. Network > Gateway
5. Network > Hostname
6. Network > Hosts
7. Network > IPv4
8. Network > IPv6
9. Network > LinkAggregation
10. Network > NetStat
11. Network > NTPServer
12. Network > Ping
13. Network > SetProperty
14. Network > Show
15. Network > TimeZone
16. Network > TraceRoute
17. Network > Unconfigure
18. Network > WANOptimization
Appendix E. Reports commands
1. Reports > Deduplication
2. Reports > Process
Appendix F. Settings commands
1. Settings > Deduplication
2. Settings > LifeCycle
3. Settings > LogForwarding
4. Settings > NetBackup
5. Settings > Password
6. Settings > SystemLocale
7. Settings > Share
8. Settings > Sysctl
9. Settings > NetBackup DNAT
10. Settings > Notifications > LoginBanner
11. Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP
12. Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory
13. Settings > Security > Authentication > Kerberos
14. Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser
15. Settings > Security > Authorization
16. Main > Settings > Security > Certificate
17. Main > Settings > Security > STIG
18. Main > Settings > Security > FIPS
19. Settings > Alerts > CallHome
20. Settings > Alerts > SNMP
21. Settings > Alerts > Email
22. Settings > Alerts > Hardware
Appendix G. Support commands
1. Support > Checkpoint
2. Support > DataCollect
3. Support > Disk
4. Support > Errors
5. Support > FactoryReset
6. Support > InfraServices
7. Support > iostat
8. Support > Logs
9. Support > Maintenance
10. Support > Messages
11. Support > NBDNA
12. Support > nbperfchk
13. Support > NBSU
14. Support > Processes
15. Support > Reboot
16. Support > Service
17. Support > Shutdown
18. Support > Storage SanityCheck
19. Support > Storage Reset
20. Support > Test

Name

Main > Settings > Deduplication — Change the deduplication parameters.

SYNOPSIS

Defaults

Show

Tune BACKUPRESTORERANGE Addresses

Tune BANDWIDTH_LIMITLimit

Tune COMPRESSION Comp

Tune DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES Append FileTypes

Tune DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES Change FileTypes

Tune ENCRYPTION Value

Tune LOCAL_SETTINGSOverride

Tune LOGLEVEL Value

Tune MAX_IMG_MBSIZE Value

Tune MAX_LOG_MBSIZE Value

Tune OPTDUP_BANDWIDTH Value

Tune OPTDUP_COMPRESSION Value

Tune OPTDUP_ENCRYPTION Value

Tune OPTDUP_TIMEOUT Time

Tune WS_RETRYCOUNT Count

Tune WS_TIMEOUT Time

DESCRIPTION

You can use the Deduplication command with the Default and Show options to display the default values for each of the Deduplication parameters and the current parameter values, respectively. You can use the Deduplication Tune command to adjust the following parameters:

Table: Deduplication parameters and default values

Setting	Default value	Possible values	Action
BACKUPRESTORERANGE	N/A	Classless Inter-Domain Routing format or comma-separated list of IP addresses	Specifies the IP address or range of addresses of the local network interface card (NIC) for backups and restores.
BANDWIDTH_LIMIT	0	0 (no limit) to the practical system limit, in KBs/sec	Determines the maximum bandwidth that is allowed when backing up or restoring data between the media server and the deduplication pool. The value is specified in KBytes/second. The default is no limit.
COMPRESSION	1	0 (off) or 1 (on)	Specifies whether you want compression. Default is set to compress files. If you do not want compression, change the value to 0.
DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES	N/A	Any file extension	You can specify a list of comma-separated file name extensions. Files in the backup stream that have the specified extensions are given a single segment if smaller than 16 MB. Larger files are deduplicated using the maximum 16-MB segment size. Example: DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES = mp3,avi This setting prevents NetBackup from analyzing and managing segments within the file types that do not deduplicate globally.
ENCRYPTION	0	0 (off) or 1 (on)	Specifies whether to encrypt the data. Default is set to not encrypt files. If you want encryption, change the value to 1. If you set this parameter to 1 on all hosts, the data is encrypted during transfer and in the storage.
LOCAL_SETTINGS	0	0 (allow override) or 1 (always use local settings)	Specifies whether to allow the pd.conf settings of the deduplication storage server to override the settings in the local pd.conf file.
LOGLEVEL	0	An integer, 0 to 10 inclusive	Specifies the amount of information that is written to the log file. The range is from 0 to 10, with 10 being the most logging. Note: Only change this value if a Veritas representative directes you to do so.
MAX_IMG_MBSIZE	50,000	0 to 50,000, in MBs	The maximum backup image fragment size in megabytes. Note: Only change this value if a Veritas representative directes you to do so.
MAX_LOG_MBSIZE	500	0 to 50,000, in MBs	The maximum size of the log file in megabytes.
OPTDUP_BANDWIDTH	0	0 (no limit) to the practical system limit, in KBs/sec	Determines the maximum bandwidth that is allowed for optimized duplication. The value is specified in KBytes/second.
OPTDUP_COMPRESSION	1	0 (off) or 1 (on)	Specifies whether to compress optimized duplication data. Default is set to not compress files. If you want compression, change the value to 1.
OPTDUP_ENCRYPTION	0	0 (off) or 1 (on)	Specifies whether to encrypt the optimized duplication data. Default is set to not encrypt files. If you want encryption, change the value to 1. If you set this parameter to 1 on all hosts, the data is encrypted during transfer and on the storage.
OPTDUP_TIMEOUT	N/A	expressed in minutes	Specifies the number of minutes before the optimized duplication times out. Indicated in minutes.
WS_RETRYCOUNT	3	Integer	This parameter applies to the PureDisk Deduplication Option only. It does not affect NetBackup deduplication. The WSRetryCount parameter lets you configure the amount of retries that are attempted in case the Web service fails or times out.
WS_TIMEOUT	120	Integer	This parameter applies to the PureDisk Deduplication Option only. It does not affect NetBackup deduplication. The WSTimeout parameter lets you increase or decrease the timeout value for Web service calls made from NetBackup media servers to PureDisk storage units.

OPTIONS

Deduplication Defaults: Display the default values for the Deduplication parameters.

Deduplication Show: Display the current values for the Deduplication parameters.

Deduplication Tune BACKUPRESTORERANGE Addresses: Specify the IP addresses or range of addresses of the local network interface card for backup and restore. The Addresses variable contains an IP addresses list or a range of addresses.

Deduplication Tune BANDWIDTH_LIMIT Limit: The maximum bandwidth that is allowed when backing up or restoring data between the media server and the deduplication pool. The limit variable contains the maximum bandwidth limit. The value for this variable is in KBytes/second.

Deduplication Tune COMPRESSION Comp: Whether you want compression. The Compression variable lets you enable or disable compression. You enter either Enable or Disable.

Deduplication Tune DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES Append FileTypes: Append new file types to the list of file types that NetBackup does not analyze or manage segments. The FileTypes variable lists the file types.

Deduplication Tune DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES Change FileTypes: Change the whole list of file types. The FileTypes variable lists the file types.

Deduplication Tune ENCRYPTION Value: Specify whether you want to encrypt the data. Use the Value variable to enable or disable encryption. The values that you can enter are Enable or Disable.

Deduplication Tune LOCAL_SETTINGS Override: Whether to allow settings of the deduplication server to override the local settings. The Override variable determines whether to allow an override to occur. The values that you can enter in this field are AllowOverride or UseLocalSetting.

Deduplication Tune LOGLEVEL Value: The amount of information that is written to the log file. The Value variable sets the range from 0 to 10. A value of 10 provides the most logging.

Deduplication Tune MAX_IMG_MBSIZE Value: Set the maximum backup image fragment size. The Value variable contains the maximum size of the backup image fragment in megabytes. You can enter a value between zero and 50000.

Deduplication Tune MAX_LOG_MBSIZE Value: Set the maximum size of the log file. The Value variable contains the maximum size of the log file in megabytes. You can enter a value between zero and 50000.

Deduplication Tune OPTDUP_BANDWIDTH Value: The maximum bandwidth that is allowed for optimized duplication. The Value variable contains the maximum bandwidth in KBs/sec.

Deduplication Tune OPTDUP_COMPRESSION Value: Whether to compress the optimized duplication data. The Value variable lets you enable or disable compression. The values for this field are: Enable or Disable.

Deduplication Tune OPTDUP_ENCRYPTION Value: Whether to encrypt the optimized duplication data. The Value variable lets you enable or disable encryption. The values for this field are: Enable or Disable.

Deduplication Tune OPTDUP_TIMEOUT Time: The number of minutes before the optimized duplication times out. The Time variable is the number of minutes before the optimized duplication times out.

Deduplication Tune WS_RETRYCOUNT Count: The amount of retries that are attempted in case the Web service fails or times out. The Count variable is the amount of retries that are attempted in case the Web service fails or times out.

Deduplication Tune WS_TIMEOUT Time: The timeout value for Web service calls made from NetBackup media servers to PureDisk storage units. The Time variable is the timeout value for Web service calls made from NetBackup media servers to PureDisk storage units.

EXAMPLES

The Defaults command shows the values of each of the Deduplication parameters:

Deduplication> Defaults
BACKUPRESTORERANGE                                : N/A
BANDWIDTH_LIMIT                                   : 0
COMPRESSION                                       : 1
DONT_SEGMENT_TYPES                                : N/A
ENCRYPTION                                        : 0
LOCAL_SETTINGS                                    : 0
LOGLEVEL                                          : 0
MAX_IMG_MBSIZE                                    : 50000
MAX_LOG_MBSIZE                                    : 500
OPTDUP_BANDWIDTH                                  : 0
OPTDUP_COMPRESSION                                : 1
OPTDUP_ENCRYPTION                                 : 0
OPTDUP_TIMEOUT                                    : N/A
SEGKSIZE                                          : 128
WS_RETRYCOUNT                                     : 3
WS_TIMEOUT                                        : 120