Veritas NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance High Availability Reference Guide

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New deployment for a NetBackup 53xx high availability configuration

The new deployment for a NetBackup 53xx high availability (HA) configuration is slightly different from a non-HA appliance:

  1. Install the components from the bottom of the rack in the following order:

    • NetBackup 53xx Expansion Storage Shelves

    • NetBackup 53xx Primary Storage Shelf

    • Two NetBackup 53xx compute nodes

  2. Connect the Expansion Storage Shelves to the Primary Storage Shelf.

  3. Connect one of the compute nodes to the Primary Storage Shelf.

  4. Connect the partner node to the Primary Storage Shelf.

  5. Connect the two nodes for communication.

  6. Turn on the power to each component in the same order as the installation.

  7. Configure the systems to work as the master server, such as the NetBackup 52xx appliance, with the master server role.

  8. Perform the initial configuration on one of the NetBackup 53xx compute nodes from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  9. Set up an HA configuration with the configured node from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

    In this procedure, the newly assigned network information of this node is automatically added to the additional server list on the master server.

  10. Perform the initial configuration on the partner node from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  11. Add the configured partner node to complete the HA configuration from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

    In this procedure, the network information of the partner node is automatically added to the additional server list on the master server.

For the detailed instructions, refer to the following documents:

  • For the hardware installation instructions, refer to NetBackup 5330 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide or NetBackup 5340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide.

  • For the initial configuration instructions, refer to NetBackup 52xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide or NetBackup 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide.