Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance High Availability Reference Guide

Determine the master server type to use. Supported master server types are as follows:

• Appliance master server

• Traditional (non-appliance) master server

• Clustered master server (traditional non-appliance)

  Note:

  If you plan to use a clustered master server, contact Veritas Technical Support before you configure the HA setup (Item 6) ask the representative to refer to article 100042620.

The following describes the order of the main installation tasks that must be done before you perform any initial configuration on the nodes and before you configure the HA setup:

• Both nodes connected to the storage shelves.

• Both nodes connected to each other.

• Expansion storage shelves turned on first and booted up completely.

• Primary storage shelf turned on and booted up completely.

• Compute node turned on and booted up completely.

• Partner node turned on and booted up completely.

Determine the host names and the IP addresses for the virtual environment that encompasses the whole HA setup and the physical nodes:

• Virtual

  Host name: ___________________________________

  IP address: _________________________

• Compute node

  Host name: ___________________________________

  IP address: _________________________

• Partner node

  Host name: ___________________________________

  IP address: _________________________

On the master server, log in to the NetBackup Administration Console and do the following:

• Navigate to NetBackup Management > Host Management and click the Hosts tab in the right pane.

• Enter the host name for the compute node from Item 3. Make sure to enter both the FQDN and the short name.

  The virtual host name that you used for the initial configuration of the compute node should already appear on the hosts tab.

Before you start this task, check the following:

• If you are using a clustered master server, contact Veritas Technical Support and ask the representative to refer to article 100042620.

• On the configured compute node that you use to create the HA setup, run the following command to make sure that all NetBackup processes are running:

  Main > Support > Processes > NetBackup > Show

  If any NetBackup processes are not running, refer to the following article to resolve the issue:

  https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100039808

Note the following about partner node configuration:

• Do not create a bond on ports NIC3 (eth2) or NIC4 (eth3). These ports are required exclusively for HA connectivity and any existing bond prevents you from adding the partner node to the HA setup (Item 8). See the following article for more details:

  https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100039911

• To ensure that both nodes properly communicate and detect the storage array, perform the following tasks before you add the partner node to the HA setup:

  • Reboot the partner node after you have completed the initial configuration.

  • On the compute node, run the Manage > Storage > Scan command.

  • On the partner node, run the Manage > Storage > Scan command.

After you have completed the HA setup, check the following items and address them as described:

• If you plan to run optimized-deduplication between the local HA MSDP and a remote MSDP, see the following article for details:

  https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100043126

• Switchover issues

  After you perform a switchover, it is normal and expected behavior for the MSDP service to take from 5 to 10 minutes to come back online. The MSDP size also affects how long MSDP is back online after a switchover. Possible issues related to a switchover are as follows:

  • The MSDP size is larger than 38TB.

  • A switchover that fails because of a timeout (longer than 10 minutes).

    If you observe or experience either of these issues, see the following article for details and contact Veritas Technical Support for assistance to resolve the issue:

    https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100042933