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 5.1.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 5.1.1 release
- Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 5.1.1 release
- Preparing to deploy the appliance
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- 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
- 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 SSL usage
- About implementing external certificates
- 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
- FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Disable user access to the NetBackup appliance operating system
- Manage support access to the maintenance shell
- 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 5.1.1
- 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 deployment or initial configuration 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
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance log files
- Viewing log files using the Support command
- Where to find NetBackup Virtual Appliance log files using the Browse command
- Enabling and disabling VxMS logging
- Gathering device logs on a NetBackup virtual appliance
- Moving the log data
- About forwarding logs to an external server
- 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 > DownloadAnalyzer
- 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
- 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 > NetBackup DNAT
- Settings > NetBackup NATServers
- Settings > Password
- Settings > SystemLocale
- Settings > Share
- Settings > Sysctl
- Settings > Notifications > LoginBanner
- Settings > Security > Authentication > AccountStatus
- Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP
- Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory
- Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser
- Main > Settings > Security > Authentication > CIFSShare
- Settings > Security > Authorization
- Main > Settings > Security > Certificate
- Main > Settings > Security > Certificate > CertificateSigningRequest
- Main > Settings > Security > STIG
- Main > Settings > Security > FIPS
- Main > Settings > Security > SecurityLevel
- Main > Settings > Security > Sessions
- Settings > Alerts > CallHome
- Settings > Alerts > SNMP
- Settings > Alerts > Email
- Settings > Alerts > Hardware
- Appendix G. Support commands
- Support > Checkpoint
- Support > Cleanup > CleanMonInvData
- Support > DataCollect
- Support > Disk
- Support > Errors
- Support > FactoryReset
- Support > InfraServices
- Support > InstantAccess
- 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 Create LogPartition
- Support > Storage Create NDMPLogPartition
- Support > Storage SanityCheck
- Support > Storage Reset
- Support > System
- Support > Test
- Appendix H. Available commands for a NetBackupCLI user
Name
Main > Network > WANOptimization — Manages wide area network data throughput optimization.
SYNOPSIS
Enable ALL
Enable interfaceList
Disable ALL
Disable interfaceList
Status
DESCRIPTION
Use this option to manage the WAN Optimization settings.
The WAN Optimization feature uses various techniques for increasing data-transfer efficiencies across wide-area networks. As a result, using WAN optimization can improve inbound and outbound data transfers to and from your appliance.
This feature includes the following benefits:
Improves NetBackup Auto Image Replication performance.
NetBackup Auto Image Replication is a disaster recovery solution. Its purpose is to create off-site copies of mission critical backups to protect against site loss.
For example, the backups that are generated in one NetBackup domain can be replicated to storage in other NetBackup domains. These other NetBackup domains may be located in diverse geographical locations. Because WAN optimization can improve wide area network data throughput to and from your appliance, more efficient backup data transfers and disaster recovery transfers can occur.
Benefits appliances for which data is sent across slower networks. For example, such as networks with a latency greater than 20 milliseconds and packet loss rates greater than 0.01% (1 in 10,0000).
Operates on individual TCP connections. Evaluates each inbound and outbound network connection to determine whether the performance can be improved.
Improves the network performance with minimal dependency on the outbound network traffic.
Improves the network performance of optimized duplications.
Improves the network performance of restores to remote clients.
Imposes no network overhead. WAN optimization is non-intrusive, as it does not impose any network overhead in situations where the overall network data transfers are high. In some scenarios, when the overall network data transfer is high, the connection speed may not be optimized despite this feature being enabled.
Note:
If you run a factory reset of the appliance, note the following:
A factory reset disables WAN optimization for all network interface bonds if you retain your network configuration. After the factory reset completes, you can then enable WAN optimization again for the network interface bonds.
If you do not retain your network configuration, all network interface bonds are lost during the factory reset. After the reset completes, the appliance automatically enables WAN optimization for all network interface ports, including those that comprised the bonds.
OPTIONS
- Enable ALL
Enable WAN optimization for all appliance network interface ports and NIC bonds at the same time.
You can also optimize NIC bonds with this command. Bonds consist of two or more NIC/eth ports that have been teamed together to form a logical network port. The logical network port is called a bond.
Note:
When configuring multiple network interfaces as a NIC bond, use the Network > LinkAggregation from the shell menu to comprise the bond. NIC bonds that are configured with tools other than the above mentioned appliance tools appear as Disabled when you run the WAN optimization Status command.
The following example shows how to use the Enable ALL command:
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Enable ALL (provided the ports are not part of a bond)
- Enable interfaceList
Enable WAN optimization for selected network interface (NIC/eth) ports on the appliance.
interfaceList specifies the selected NIC ports or NIC bonds.
Note:
Individual NIC ports cannot be optimized for WAN communications if they are teamed in a NIC bond. When you enable WAN optimization for a bond, WAN optimization is applied to each NIC port in the bond.
The following are examples of how to use the Enable command and its parameters:
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Enable eth2 (provided the port is not part of a bond)
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Enable bond0
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Enable eth0,eth1 (provided the ports are not part of a bond)
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Enable bond1,bond2
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Enable eth0,bond1 (provided the port is not part of a bond)
- Disable ALL
Disable WAN optimization for all appliance network interface ports and NIC bonds at the same time.
The following example shows how to use the Disable ALL command:
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Disable ALL
- Disable interfaceList
Disable WAN optimization for selected network interface (NIC/eth) ports on the appliance.
You can also disable WAN optimization for NIC bonds with this command. Bonds consist of two or more physical NIC/eth ports that have been teamed together to form a logical network port. The logical network port is called a bond.
interfaceList specifies the selected NIC ports or NIC bonds.
Note:
interfaceList lets you disable WAN optimization for selected NIC ports or NIC bonds, unless the selected port has been teamed together with another port to form a bond. To disable WAN optimization for the ports within the bond, you must specify the bond name when you run the Disable command.
The following are examples of how to use the Disable command and its parameters:
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Disable eth2 (provided the port is not part of a bond)
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Disable bond0
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Disable eth0,eth1 (provided the ports are not part of a bond)
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Disable bond1,bond2
myappliance1.WANOptimization> Disable eth0,bond1 (provided the port is not part of a bond)
Note:
When you disable WAN optimization for a bond, WAN optimization is disabled for each port within the bond.
- WANOptimization > Status
Shows the current WAN optimization status.
The appliance displays the optimization status in a table that resembles the following example:
Bond Interface State IPv4 Address IPv6 Address WAN Optimization
bond0 eth3 Plugged Enabled
eth4 Plugged
eth5 Plugged
eth6 Plugged
bond1 eth7 Plugged Enabled
eth8 Plugged
eth9 Plugged
eth0 Plugged Enabled
eth1 Plugged 10.200.71.130 Enabled
eth2 Plugged dc81::250:56ff:fe72:3a4e Enabled