Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Getting Started Guide
- Product overview
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance supported features
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance documentation
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 release
- Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 release
- Preparing the initial deployment
- 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 Cloud Catalyst
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Introduction to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance product is a scalable data protection solution that is designed to integrate NetBackup solutions into your virtual environment. It provides an alternative to existing NetBackup physical appliance solutions to let you use your own hardware and leverage your existing NetBackup expertise.
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance product provides the following solutions:
NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance provides a dedicated NetBackup master server solution for deployment in a virtual environment. It provides the capabilities of a regular NetBackup master server, but requires minimal on-site infrastructure management expertise.
See About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server role.
NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server for remote offices and branch offices (ROBO)
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance provides a combined master and media server solution for a remote office or branch office. It provides a lower-cost alternative to existing NetBackup Appliance solutions for environments with smaller data protection requirements, and requires minimal on-site infrastructure management expertise. You can configure the NetBackup Virtual Appliance to link back to NetBackup in the data center for replication of remote office or branch office data.
Note:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance with the combined master and media server role does not support adding an additional media server.
See About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server role.
NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server for data centers (DC)
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance provides a media server solution for data centers. It can scale up in the number of instances and storage capacity to meet the growing requirement of data protection in data centers. You can use NetBackup to replicate data from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance to other sites for disaster recovery.
See About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server role.
NetBackup Virtual Appliance Cloud Catalyst
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance Cloud Catalyst is a customized media server configuration that specifically supports NetBackup Cloud Catalyst deduplication in a virtual environment. It provides a lower-cost alternative to the existing NetBackup 5240 Cloud Catalyst Appiance.
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance provides a simplified solution for NetBackup configuration and the daily management of your backup environment. The goal is to provide a solution that eliminates the need to provide dedicated individuals to manage their backup environment.
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