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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

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Main > Settings > LifeCycle — Change the backup image life cycle parameter settings.

SYNOPSIS

Lifecycle Defaults

LifeCycle Show

LifeCycle Tune CLEANUP_SESSION_INTERVAL Interval Unit

LifeCycle Tune DUPLICATION_GROUP_CRITERIA Criteria

LifeCycle Tune IMAGE_EXTENDED_RETRY_PERIOD Interval Unit

LifeCycle Tune JOB_SUBMISSION_INTERVAL Interval Unit

LifeCycle Tune MAX_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB Size Unit

LifeCycle Tune MAX_TIME_TIL_FORCE_SMALL_DUPLICATION_JOB Time

LifeCycle Tune MIN_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB Size Unit

LifeCycle Tune REPLICA_METADATA_CLEANUP_TIMER Time

LifeCycle Tune TAPE_RESOURCE_MULTIPLIER Value

LifeCycle Tune VERSION_CLEANUP_DELAY Time Unit

DESCRIPTION

You can use the LifeCycle command with the Default and Show options to display the default values for each of the LifeCycle parameters and the current parameter values, respectively.

You can use the LifeCycle Tune command to adjust the following parameters:

CLEANUP_SESSION_INTERVAL - To define how often the deleted life cycle policies should be cleaned up.
DUPLICATION_GROUP_CRITERIA - To define how batches are created.
IMAGE_EXTENDED_RETRY_PERIOD - To define how long NetBackup waits before an image copy is added to the next duplication job.
JOB_SUBMISSION_INTERVAL - Set the frequency of job submission for all operations.
MAX_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB - To define how large the batch of images is allowed to grow.
MAX_TIME_TIL_FORCE_SMALL_DUPLICATION_JOB - To define how old any image in the group can become before the batch is submitted as a duplication job.
MIN_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB - To define the size that the batch of images should reach before one duplication job is run for the entire batch.
REPLICA_METADATA_CLEANUP_TIMER - To set the number of days after which the Import Manager stops trying to import the image.
TAPE_RESOURCE_MULTIPLIER - To set the multiplier for the number of concurrently active duplication jobs that can access a single storage unit.
VERSION_CLEANUP_DELAY - To define how much time must pass since an inactive version was the active version.

OPTIONS

LifeCycle Defaults: Show the default values of each of the parameters.

LifeCycle Show: Show the current values of each of the parameters.

LifeCycle Tune CLEANUP_SESSION_INTERVAL Interval Unit: How often the deleted life cycle policies should be cleaned up. The Interval variable denotes the time interval after which the policies are to be cleaned. The Unit variable is used to provide the unit for the time interval in Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, or Years. The default value is 24 hours. You must enter a value that is greater than 10 Seconds when the unit is set to Seconds.

DUPLICATION_GROUP_CRITERIA Criteria: Define how batches are created. Batches are created based on the life cycle policy name or the duplication job priority. You enter either PolicyName or JobPriority

LifeCycle Tune IMAGE_EXTENDED_RETRY_PERIOD Interval Unit: How long NetBackup waits before an image copy is added to the next duplication job. The Unit variable is used to provide the unit for the time interval in Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, or Years. The default value is 2 hours. You must enter a value that is greater than 10 Seconds when the unit is set to Seconds.

LifeCycle Tune JOB_SUBMISSION_INTERVAL Interval Unit: Use this command to set the frequency of job submission for all operations. The Interval variable is defined in minutes. The Unit variable is used to provide the unit for the time interval in Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, or Years. The default value is 5 minutes. You must enter a value that is greater than 10 Seconds when the unit is set to Seconds. The maximum interval for this variable is not identified.

LifeCycle Tune MAX_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB Size Unit: How large the batch of images is allowed to grow. The Size variable is the size of the duplication job. The Unit variable is used to provide the unit for the time interval in Bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, or PB. If you select the unit as Bytes, you cannot enter a size that is less than 1024 Bytes. The maximum value is 2147483647. The default value is 100 GB.

LifeCycle Tune MAX_TIME_TIL_FORCE_SMALL_DUPLICATION_JOB Time Unit

How old any image in the group can become before the batch is submitted as a duplication job. The Time variable is the time of the image. The Unit variable is used to provide the unit for the time interval in Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, or Years. The default value is 30 minutes. You must enter a value that is greater than 10 Seconds when the unit is set to Seconds. The maximum seconds number is 2147483647.

The logical maximum number for the other unit options is as follows:

Minutes: 35,791,394
Hours: 396,523
Days: 24,855
Weeks: 3,550
Months: 828
Years: 68

If a user enters a higher number than the maximum, it automatically uses the allowed maximum number.

LifeCycle Tune MIN_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB Size Unit: The size that the batch of images should reach before one duplication job is run for the entire batch. The Size variable denotes the size of the duplication job. The Unit variable denotes unit of size in Bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, or PB. The default value is 8 GB. You must enter a value that is greater than 1024 Bytes.

LifeCycle Tune REPLICA_METADATA_CLEANUP_TIMER Time: Set the number of days after which the Import Manager stops trying to import the image. The Time variable is defined in the number of days. You turn this parameter off if you enter a value of zero.

LifeCycle Tune TAPE_RESOURCE_MULTIPLIER Value: Set the multiplier for the number of concurrently active duplication jobs that can access a single storage unit. The Value variable contains the multiplier value that is between 1 to 2147483647. The default value is 2.

LifeCycle Tune VERSION_CLEANUP_DELAY Time Unit: How much time must pass since an inactive version was the active version. The Time variable denotes the time that must pass since an inactive version was the active version. The Unit variable is used to provide the unit for the time interval in Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, or Years. The default value is 14 hours. You must enter a value that is greater than 10 Seconds when the unit is set to Seconds.

EXAMPLES

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

LifeCycle > Defaults
CLEANUP_SESSION_INTERVAL                 : 24 hours
DUPLICATION_GROUP_CRITERIA               : 1
IMAGE_EXTENDED_RETRY_PERIOD              : 2 hours
JOB_SUBMISSION_INTERVAL                  : 5 minutes
MAX_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB             : 100 GB
MAX_TIME_TIL_FORCE_SMALL_DUPLICATION_JOB : 30 minutes
MIN_SIZE_PER_DUPLICATION_JOB             : 8 GB
REPLICA_METADATA_CLEANUP_TIMER           : 0 hours
TAPE_RESOURCE_MULTIPLIER                 : 2
VERSION_CLEANUP_DELAY                    : 14 days