Veritas Appliance Management Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      About the Appliance Management Console
    3.  
      About the Appliance Management Server
    4.  
      About the Appliance Management Agent
    5.  
      About the AMS and the agent topology
  2. Appliance as an AMS
    1.  
      Configuring an appliance as AMS
    2.  
      Setting or removing the management role of an appliance as AMS
    3.  
      About the AMS user role
    4.  
      Granting the AMS role to a user or a user group
  3. Using the Appliance Management Console
    1.  
      Logging on to the Appliance Management Console
    2.  
      Using the Home page
    3.  
      Changing passwords from the AMS
    4.  
      Managing the repository
    5.  
      Limiting the bandwidth used for downloads
    6.  
      Logging out of the Appliance Management Console
  4. Managing appliances from the Home page
    1.  
      Viewing the appliance details
    2.  
      Viewing performance charts for appliance
    3.  
      Exporting the appliance performance data
    4.  
      Adding an appliance to the Appliance Management Console
    5.  
      Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console
    6.  
      Managing appliance software upgrades
    7. Managing EEBs
      1.  
        Installing EEBs
      2.  
        Uninstalling EEBs
  5. Using Activity Monitor and Events
    1.  
      About the Activity Monitor
    2.  
      Accessing the Activity Monitor
    3.  
      Monitoring events
    4.  
      Accessing the MyAppliance portal
  6. Applying management updates on earlier appliance versions
    1.  
      Downloading the AMS and agent updates for earlier versions
    2.  
      Managing AMS updates
    3.  
      Performing automatic or manual agent updates
  7. Running AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    1.  
      AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    2.  
      Configuring standalone AMS on a virtual appliance without any NetBackup configuration
    3.  
      Configuring master server or media server and AMS on a virtual appliance
    4.  
      Appliance Management Console login and user password change

Changing passwords from the AMS

The Change password page allows a logged-in user to change their password. New passwords must meet the requirements of the password policy that is currently enforced.

Note:

This page lets you change passwords for NetBackup Appliances only. To change passwords for NetBackup Virtual Appliances, use the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu commands under Settings > Security.

By default, all NetBackup appliances enforce the following password rules:

  • Eight or more characters

  • At least one lowercase letter

  • At least one number (0-9)

    Note:

    Uppercase letters and special characters can be included, but they are not required.

  • Dictionary words are considered weak passwords and are not accepted.

  • The last seven passwords cannot be reused, and the new password cannot be similar to previous passwords.

Use the following procedure to change the password for the current user.

To change the current user password

  1. On the Home page, in the left column, click Settings.
  2. On the Settings page, click Change password.
  3. On the Change password page, enter the following information:

    • Old password: Enter the current password.

    • New password: Enter a new password.

    • Confirm new password: Enter the new password again for confirmation.

  4. Click Save.

    If the new password is accepted, the following message appears: Password changed successfully.

    If the new password is not accepted, the following message appears: Password change failed. Repeat the procedure and enter a valid password.