Veritas Flex Appliance Getting Started and Administration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (1.3)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to Veritas Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
    3.  
      Flex Appliance 1.3 new features, enhancements, and changes
    4.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    5.  
      Operational notes
    6.  
      Flex Appliance 1.3 release content
  2. Getting started
    1.  
      Initial configuration guidelines and checklist
    2.  
      Performing the initial configuration
    3.  
      Adding a node
    4.  
      Accessing and using the Flex Appliance Shell
    5.  
      Accessing and using the Flex Appliance Console
    6.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console and client packages
    7.  
      Common tasks in Flex Appliance
  3. Modifying settings
    1.  
      Creating a network bond
    2.  
      Deleting a network bond
    3.  
      Configuring a network interface
    4.  
      Setting the date and time for appliance nodes
    5.  
      Changing DNS or Hosts file settings
  4. Managing users
    1.  
      Overview of the Flex Appliance default users
    2. Managing Flex Appliance Console users and tenants
      1.  
        Adding a tenant
      2.  
        Editing a tenant
      3.  
        Removing a tenant
      4.  
        Adding a local user to the Flex Appliance Console
      5.  
        Connecting an Active Directory domain to the Flex Appliance Console
      6.  
        Importing an Active Directory user or user group to the Flex Appliance Console
      7.  
        Editing an Active Directory domain in the Flex Appliance Console
      8.  
        Changing a user password in the Flex Appliance Console
      9.  
        Removing a user from the Flex Appliance Console
    3.  
      Changing the hostadmin user password in the Flex Appliance Shell
    4. Managing NetBackup application instance users
      1.  
        Adding and removing local NetBackup instance users
      2.  
        Connecting a remote user domain to a NetBackup instance
      3.  
        Changing a user password on a NetBackup instance
  5. Using Flex Appliance
    1. Managing the repository
      1.  
        Adding files to the repository
      2.  
        Removing the current appliance upgrade or update package from the repository
    2. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup master server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
    3. Managing application instances
      1.  
        Resizing instance storage
      2.  
        Editing instance network settings
      3. Managing application add-ons on instances
        1.  
          Installing application add-ons
        2.  
          Uninstalling application add-ons
        3.  
          Changing the application add-on installation order
      4.  
        Viewing instance performance metrics
      5. Running NetBackup commands on an application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on an application instance
      6.  
        Setting environment variables on NetBackup instances
      7.  
        Storing custom data on a NetBackup instance
      8.  
        Establishing trust with a NetBackup 7.7.3 master server instance
    4. Upgrading application instances
      1.  
        Warnings and considerations for instance rollbacks
    5. About Flex Appliance upgrades and updates
      1.  
        Upgrading Flex Appliance
      2.  
        Updating Flex Appliance
  6. Monitoring the appliance
    1. About AutoSupport and Call Home
      1.  
        Registering an appliance
      2.  
        Viewing Call Home information
      3.  
        Configuring Call Home settings
      4.  
        Deleting and disabling Call Home settings
    2. Monitoring the hardware from the Flex Appliance Shell
      1.  
        Viewing node information
      2.  
        Viewing Primary Storage Shelf information on a Veritas 5340 Appliance
      3.  
        Viewing Expansion Storage Shelf information on a Veritas 5340 Appliance
    3.  
      Viewing hardware faults
    4.  
      Viewing system data
  7. Reconfiguring the appliance
    1.  
      Performing a factory reset
    2.  
      Recovering storage data after a factory reset
    3.  
      Performing a storage reset
    4.  
      Removing a node
  8. Troubleshooting guidelines
    1.  
      General troubleshooting steps
    2.  
      Gathering device logs on a Flex appliance

Introduction to Veritas Flex Appliance

Veritas Flex Appliance is a customizable data management solution that lets you consolidate multiple applications on a single hardware platform. With Flex Appliance, you can run concurrent instances of the following applications:

  • NetBackup master server

  • NetBackup media server with the following storage options:

    • Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP)

    • AdvancedDisk

    • Cloud Catalyst

    Note:

    You cannot use both MSDP and Cloud Catalyst storage in the same application instance.

For a full list of supported applications and versions, see the following article on the Veritas Support website:

Flex Appliance supported applications and usage information

This release of Flex Appliance software is compatible with the following hardware:

  • The Veritas 5340 Appliance, using PCIe-based I/O configuration A.

    See Table: Veritas 5340 Appliance I/O configuration details for additional details about I/O configuration A.

  • An additional 5340 compute node for high availability (HA).

  • The Veritas 5150 Appliance, supporting all PCIe-based I/O configurations.

    See the Veritas 5150 Appliance Product Description for additional details about the available I/O configurations.

Table: Veritas 5340 Appliance I/O configuration details

I/O configuration option

Slot 1 *

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4 *

Slot 5

Slot 6

Slot 7

Slot 8

A

QLogic QLE2692

16Gb FC HBA 2

QLogic QLE8442

10GbE NIC 1, 2

QLogic QLE8442

10GbE NIC 1, 2

QLogic QLE2692

16Gb FC HBA 2

QLogic QLE8442

10GbE NIC 1, 2

QLogic QLE8442

10GbE NIC 1, 2

Reserved

QLogic QLE8442

10GbE NIC 1, 2

* The 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA ports in slots 1 and 4 are used to connect the Veritas 5340 Appliance compute node to the Veritas 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf. As a result, slots 1 and 4 do not support standard network I/O operations.

PCIe card cable connection types:

  • 1 Direct-Attach copper cable (also called a Twinaxial cable or Twinax)

  • 2 Fiber optic cable

For more information, see the Veritas 5340 Appliance Product Description.