Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation
- Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance supported features
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance documentation
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.3.0.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.3.0.1 release
- Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.3.0.1 release
- Preparing to deploy the appliance
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Using the vSphere Client to deploy a combined master and media server appliance
- Using the OVF Tool to deploy a combined master and media server appliance
- Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Completing the initial configuration of the 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 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
- Resizing a partition
- Troubleshooting resize-related issues
- Moving a partition
- Monitoring the progress of storage manipulation tasks
- Scanning storage devices using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Adding storage space for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Removing an existing storage disk
- About OpenStorage plugin installation
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- Deduplication pool catalog backup and recovery
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Automatic configuration of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Manually configuring the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Manually updating the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Recovering the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog
- Network connection management
- About IPv4-IPv6-based network support
- Network settings for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Configuring DNS and host name mapping for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the date and time on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Configuring static routes on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Managing users
- About managing NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types
- Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
- Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
- Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
- Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
- Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
- Revoking roles from NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
- About user name and password specifications
- Changing NetBackup Virtual Appliance user passwords
- About password management and recovery
- About authenticating LDAP users
- Adding or modifying an LDAP server configuration on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Importing an LDAP server configuration for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the SSL certification for LDAP on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Exporting an LDAP server configuration from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Unconfiguring LDAP user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Disabling LDAP user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Enabling LDAP user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Adding an LDAP attribute mapping on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Deleting an LDAP attribute mapping on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About authenticating Active Directory users
- About authentication using smart cards and digital certificates
- About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
- Generic user authentication guidelines
- About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
- Deleting 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
- Running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating a NetBackup touch file from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Best practices for running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About NetBackup operating system commands
- Known limitations of running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About mounting a remote NFS
- About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Generating certificates
- Monitoring the appliance
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance alerts
- Setting up email notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting up SNMP notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
- Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- About SNMP
- About Call Home
- About AutoSupport
- About storage email alerts
- Appliance security
- About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About data security
- About data integrity
- About data classification
- About data encryption
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion detection system
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion prevention system
- Major components of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance OS
- OS STIG hardening for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Unenforced STIG hardening rules
- FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About the appliance login banner
- Setting the appliance login banner
- Log Forwarding feature overview
- Upgrading the appliance
- About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.3.0.1
- Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
- Pre-upgrade tasks for appliance upgrades
- Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
- Installing a NetBackup Virtual Appliance software update using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Troubleshooting upgrade issues
- NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
- Appliance restore
- Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
- Troubleshooting
- About troubleshooting the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About contacting Technical Support
- Determining the NetBackup Virtual Appliance serial number
- About disaster recovery
- About NetBackup support utilities
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues
- Error messages displayed on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- NetBackup status codes applicable for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Installing an EEB
- Rolling back an EEB using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Appliance logging
- Commands overview
- Appendix A. Appliance commands
- Appendix B. Manage commands
- Manage > Software > Delete
- Manage > Software > Download
- Manage > Software > List
- Manage > Software > Install
- Manage > Software > Share
- Manage > Software > Readme
- Manage > Software > Rollback
- Manage > Software > Cancel
- Manage > Software > DownloadProgress
- Manage > Software > UpgradeStatus
- Manage > Software > VxUpdate
- Manage > Storage > Show
- Manage > Storage > Add
- Manage > Storage > Create
- Manage > Storage > Delete
- Manage > Storage > Edit
- Manage > Storage > Monitor
- Manage > Storage > Move
- Manage > Storage > Remove
- Manage > Storage > Resize
- Manage > Storage > Scan
- Manage > OpenStorage > Install
- Manage > OpenStorage > List
- Manage > OpenStorage > Readme
- Manage > OpenStorage > Share
- Manage > OpenStorage > Uninstall
- Manage > MountPoints > List
- Manage > MountPoints > Mount
- Manage > MountPoints > Unmount
- Manage > License > Add
- Manage > License > List
- Manage > License > ListInfo
- Manage > License > Remove
- Manage > Certificates > Generate
- Manage > Certificates > Delete
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > Create
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > Delete
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > List
- Appendix C. Monitor commands
- Appendix D. Network commands
- Network > Configure
- Network > Date
- Network > DNS
- Network > Gateway
- Network > Hostname
- Network > Hosts
- Network > IPv4
- Network > IPv6
- Network > LinkAggregation
- Network > NetStat
- Network > NTPServer
- Network > Ping
- Network > SetProperty
- Network > Show
- Network > TimeZone
- Network > TraceRoute
- Network > Unconfigure
- Network > WANOptimization
- Appendix E. Reports commands
- Appendix F. Settings commands
- Settings > Deduplication
- Settings > LifeCycle
- Settings > LogForwarding
- Settings > NetBackup
- Settings > Password
- Settings > SystemLocale
- Settings > Share
- Settings > Sysctl
- Settings > NetBackup DNAT
- Settings > NetBackup NATServers
- Settings > Notifications > LoginBanner
- Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP
- Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory
- Settings > Security > Authentication > Kerberos
- Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser
- Settings > Security > Authorization
- Main > Settings > Security > Certificate
- Main > Settings > Security > STIG
- Main > Settings > Security > FIPS
- Settings > Alerts > CallHome
- Settings > Alerts > SNMP
- Settings > Alerts > Email
- Settings > Alerts > Hardware
- Appendix G. Support commands
- Support > Checkpoint
- Support > DataCollect
- Support > Disk
- Support > Errors
- Support > FactoryReset
- Support > InfraServices
- Support > iostat
- Support > LogBrowser
- Support > Logs
- Support > Maintenance
- Support > Messages
- Support > NBDNA
- Support > nbperfchk
- Support > NBSU
- Support > Processes
- Support > Reboot
- Support > Service
- Support > Shutdown
- Support > Storage SanityCheck
- Support > Storage Reset
- Support > Test
Error messages displayed on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
Table: Common error messages in the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu lists some of the common error messages that you may come across while working from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu:
Table: Common error messages in the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
Error messages | Explanation / Recommended action |
|---|---|
Failed to get NetBackup version | Make sure that the NetBackup services are up and running on the appliance. If you encounter this issue, restart the NetBackup services. |
Failed to access disk storage | This problem can arise due to multiple issues. For example, if the disks are offline or the disk volume is disabled. In these scenarios:
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Failed license check for AdvancedDisk storage | Make sure that a valid license for the NetBackup is installed on the media server. |
Failed license check for Deduplication storage | Make sure that a valid license for NetBackup is installed on the media server |
Failed to create Deduplication storage unit | Check if the storage unit or the corresponding disk volume already exists on the media server. If they do exist, verify if the storage unit or the corresponding disk volume is currently used. If the storage is redundant only then use the NetBackup Administration Console or the nbdecommission utility to delete them. These tools are available on the NetBackup master server. Check the NetBackup Virtual Appliance VxUL (unified) logs with the Support > Logs > VxLogView Module ALL command for more precise error information. |
Table: Manage > Software view lists error messages that are specific to the Manage > Software view commands.
Table: Manage > Software view
Error message | Explanation | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
The installation failed because the patch does not exist or you did not run the List downloaded command to check for the downloaded patch. | The installation has failed as the patch you are trying to download does not exist or is not up-to-date. | Please identify and try to install the correct patch on the appliance. Run the List downloaded command to check for the downloaded patch and install the correct patch. |
The source of the error cannot be found. | Please contact Veritas Technical Support. | |
Invalid Appliance mode. | The appliance mode in | Please check the appliance mode in bp.conf and contact Veritas Support. |
Please provide a valid EEB name. | This error message is only for the rollback of EEB. The EEB name is not valid. | Please check that the EEB name you have used. |
Patch <rpm name> signature check failed. | Signature error found in the | Please check if the |
NetBackup jobs are currently in progress. Stop all NetBackup jobs and then try the upgrade again. | The upgrade requires stopping all NetBackup jobs. | Please stop the NetBackup jobs, before upgrading the appliance software. |
Unable to gather backup job summary information. This may indicate that some processes are not running and that you should restart your appliance. | The upgrade process checks to see if there are any active NetBackup jobs. The upgrade process only proceeds if it is determined no active jobs are detected. If the backup job summary cannot be complied it means that some of the process are not running. | Please check if the NetBackup services are running correctly. |
Self-Test failed, please resolve this issue first! | The self-test has failed due to an unexpected error. | Please run the Support > Test software command to see the detailed error message. |
Table: Main_Menu > Network view lists error messages that are specific to the Main_Menu > Network view commands.
Table: Main_Menu > Network view
Error message | Explanation | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
Failed to configure DNS settings or host name Resolution entries due to some unexpected error. | This error message is displayed when there is a problem in setting the DNS information. This error may occur because the script did not return valid input or some unexpected condition occurs. | Please gather the device logs using the DataCollect command and Contact support. |
Failed to load Host Configuration settings due to some unexpected error. | This message appears when there is a problem in getting the DNS information for the appliance. This error may occur because the script did not return a valid input or some unexpected condition occurs. | Please gather the device logs using the DataCollect command and Contact support. |
Cannot set the hostname "Name". An internal error occurred in Appliance. Check the logs to see the detailed reason. | This error can occur for the following reasons:
| Try the following actions to resolve this issue:
|
Table: Main_ Menu > Network > WANOptimization view lists error message that are specific to the Main_menu > Network > WANOptimization view commands.
Table: Main_ Menu > Network > WANOptimization view
Error code and error message | Explanation | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
<V-409-925-11> Invalid result returned. | Cannot get the WAN optimization status because of an unexpected error or because a service may be down. | Restart the web service by starting the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu. Then run the following command: Support > InfraServices > Start WebServer If the issue continues, contact technical support. |
< V-409-925-14> Cannot disable WAN Optimization for network port {{port}}. | The specified network interface does not exist. | Remove the name of the network port that you want to disable from the parameters that you are entering on the command line. |
< V-409-925-15> Cannot enable WAN Optimization for network port {{port}}. | The specified network interface does not exist. | Remove the name of the network port that you want to enable from the parameters that you are entering on the command line. |
Table: Main_menu > Settings view lists error messages that are specific to the Main_menu > Settings view commands.
Table: Main_menu > Settings view
Error code and error message | Explanation | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
V-409-810-0014: Failed to perform the operation because of an internal error. Contact Veritas Technical Support. | The appliance cannot perform the operation because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
V-409-810-0015: Failed to enable the Deduplication service because of an internal error. Contact Veritas Technical Support. | The appliance cannot load the target port configuration because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
V-409-810-0019: Failed to perform the operation because of an internal error. Contact Veritas Technical Support. | The appliance cannot perform the operation because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
Table: Main_menu > Support > FibreTransport view
Error code and error message | Explanation | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
V-409-810-0006: Failed to configure the chunk size for optimized duplication and replication because the appliance role is not set. Before you can configure the chunk size for optimized duplication, you must first set the appliance role. | The Fibre Transport (FT) chunk size cannot be configured and used before the appliance role is set. | Set the appliance role. |
V-409-810-0007: Failed to set the chunk size for optimized duplication and replication because of an internal error. Contact Veritas Technical Support. | The FT chunk size cannot be configured and used because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
V-409-810-0016: Failed to perform the operation because of an internal error. Contact Veritas Technical Support. | The appliance cannot perform the operation because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
Table: Main_menu > Manage > FibreChannel view
Error code and error message | Explanation | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
V-409-810-0002: Failed to restart the Deduplication service because of an internal error. Contact Technical Support. | The appliance cannot be configured as a target host for Optimized Duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
V-409-810-0011: Unable to configure the port Slot:Port as an FC Initiator port. The port is reserved for %s and cannot be changed. For more information about reserved HBA ports, refer to the NetBackup Appliance Fibre Channel Guide. | The port is reserved for use as target mode ports for SAN Client FTMS, and cannot be used as a initiator port for Optimized Duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC. | Use another port that can be used as a initiator port for Optimized Duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Fibre Channel Guide for the available ports. |
V-409-810-0012: Cannot find the port Slot:Port. Invalid HBA port identifier. Check the HBA ports on the appliance and make sure to enter a valid slot number (1-6) and a valid port number (1-2). | The appliance cannot find the port specified by the user. The user must have entered an invalid slot number, port number, or both. | Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Fibre Channel Guide for the available ports. |
V-409-810-0014: Failed to perform the operation because of an internal error. Contact Veritas Technical Support. | The appliance cannot perform the operation because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |
V-409-810-0020: Failed to perform the operation because of an internal error. Contact Technical Support. | The appliance cannot perform the operation because of an internal error. | Contact Veritas Technical Support. |