Veritas Appliance Management Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1)
Platform: Appliance Management Server
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Changes introduced in Appliance Management Server 2.1
    3.  
      Operational notes
    4.  
      About the Appliance Management Console
    5.  
      About the Appliance Management Server
    6.  
      About the Appliance Management Agent
    7.  
      About the AMS and the agent topology
  2. Managing an AMS
    1.  
      About configuring an AMS
    2.  
      Configuring NetBackup appliances as AMS
    3.  
      Configuring AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    4.  
      Configuring AMS as a container
    5.  
      Unconfiguring AMS on NetBackup appliances
    6.  
      Unconfiguring AMS as a container
    7.  
      About the AMS user role on NetBackup appliances
    8.  
      Granting the AMS role to a user or a user group on NetBackup appliances
    9.  
      Adding a user or user group to an AMS container
    10.  
      About collecting AMS logs
  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.  
      Limiting the bandwidth used for downloads
    5.  
      Logging out of the Appliance Management Console
  4. Managing appliances
    1.  
      Viewing the appliance details
    2.  
      Rebooting an appliance
    3.  
      Viewing performance charts for appliance
    4.  
      Exporting the appliance performance data
    5.  
      Viewing the capacity utilization of an appliance
    6.  
      Viewing the capacity utilization of multiple appliances
    7.  
      Adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console
    8.  
      Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console
    9. About managing appliance software upgrades
      1.  
        Upgrading NetBackup appliance software
    10.  
      Updating firmware on NetBackup appliances
    11.  
      Running hardware tests on NetBackup appliances
    12. Managing EEBs and other add-ons
      1.  
        Installing add-ons
      2.  
        Uninstalling add-ons
    13. About staging packages
      1.  
        Considerations for staging packages
      2.  
        Staging packages for installation or upgrade
    14. About managing services on NetBackup appliances
      1.  
        Starting, stopping, or restarting services
    15.  
      Installing maintenance release and security patch packages on NetBackup appliances
  5. Monitoring activities and events
    1.  
      Accessing the Activity Monitor
    2.  
      Monitoring events
    3.  
      Accessing the NetInsights Console
  6. Managing the repository
    1.  
      About managing the repository
    2.  
      Guidelines for adding packages or files to the repository
    3.  
      Accessing the repository
    4.  
      Adding packages or files to the repository
    5.  
      Removing packages or files from the repository
  7. Applying management updates
    1.  
      Upgrading the AMS and the agents on NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Managing AMS updates on NetBackup appliances
    3.  
      Performing automatic or manual agent updates on NetBackup appliances
    4.  
      Updating an AMS container
  8.  
    Index

About the Appliance Management Server

The following components are key to appliance management:

  • Appliance Management Server (AMS)

  • Appliance Management Agents (Agents)

Any configured NetBackup appliance can be set as an AMS. To manage Flex appliances, the AMS must be configured as a container.

A single management server manages multiple agents in an environment. Any configured NetBackup or Flex appliance can be set as agent. All the agents connect and communicate with the AMS on port 443 (https) via REST API calls. The agents can be located in a single enterprise datacenter or in multiple enterprise datacenters. If agents are in multiple datacenters, all agents are assumed to belong to the same enterprise network infrastructure, that is, they can all connect to each other's IP addresses directly by some form of enterprise-wide network. Communication between all components in the same system is secure, based on trusted identity certificates and security tokens. This secure communication infrastructure is deployed during AMS installation and when agents are added to the Appliance Management Console. The security is maintained as certificates and tokens expire or are revoked when agents are removed from the Appliance Management Console.

Only authenticated and authorized AMS administrators can issue AMS commands and control agent nodes. All agents periodically send some state information to the AMS. The flow of information from agents to the AMS is secure and continuous, supporting collection of key time-series data, such as storage consumption, and significant events.