NetBackup Flex Appliance Getting Started and Administration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (6.2, 6.1, 6.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to Flex Appliance
    2.  
      Flex Appliance terminology
    3.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
  2. Release notes
    1.  
      Flex Appliance 6.0 new features, enhancements, and changes
    2.  
      Flex Appliance 6.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
    3.  
      Flex Appliance 6.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
    4.  
      Supported update paths to this release
    5.  
      Operational notes
    6.  
      Flex Appliance 6.0 release content
    7.  
      Flex Appliance 6.1 release content
    8.  
      Flex Appliance 6.2 release content
  3. 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.  
      Setting the date and time for appliance nodes
    7.  
      Common tasks in Flex Appliance
  4. Managing network settings for instances
    1.  
      Creating a network bond
    2.  
      Editing a network bond
    3.  
      Deleting a network bond
    4.  
      Configuring or editing a network interface
    5. Managing the appliance Fibre Channel ports
      1.  
        Viewing the devices that are connected to the Fibre Channel ports
  5. 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 a remote user domain to the Flex Appliance Console
      6.  
        Editing a remote user domain in the Flex Appliance Console
      7.  
        Importing a remote user or user group to the Flex Appliance Console
      8.  
        Managing single sign-on (SSO)
      9.  
        Managing identity providers (IDPs)
      10.  
        Importing a single sign-on user or user group to the Flex Appliance Console
      11.  
        Managing user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
      12.  
        Changing a local user password in the Flex Appliance Console
      13.  
        Expiring local user passwords in the Flex Appliance Console
      14.  
        Unlocking a user account in the Flex Appliance Console
      15.  
        Managing open sessions
      16.  
        Removing user or service accounts from the Flex Appliance Console
    3.  
      Changing the password policy
    4.  
      Changing the hostadmin user password in the Flex Appliance Shell
    5.  
      Changing the sysadmin user password in the Veritas Remote Management Interface
    6. Managing multifactor authentication
      1.  
        Configuring or reconfiguring multifactor authentication
      2.  
        Enforcing multifactor authentication
      3.  
        Resetting multifactor authentication
      4.  
        Disabling multifactor authentication
    7. Using Flex Appliance Console accounts for API automation
      1.  
        Managing personal API tokens
      2.  
        Managing service accounts
  6. Using Flex Appliance
    1. Managing the repository
      1.  
        Adding files to the repository
      2.  
        Removing files from the repository
    2.  
      Creating application instances
    3.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    4. Managing application instances from Flex Appliance
      1.  
        Resizing instance storage
      2.  
        Editing instance network settings
      3.  
        Assigning Fibre Channel ports to an instance
      4.  
        Unassigning Fibre Channel ports from an instance
      5. 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.  
          Updating an application add-on to a newer revision
      6.  
        Clearing a configuration error status on an application instance
      7.  
        Deleting an application instance
    5. Upgrading application instances
      1.  
        Warnings and considerations for instance rollbacks
    6.  
      Updating an application instance to a newer revision
    7. About Flex Appliance updates
      1.  
        Updating Flex Appliance
      2.  
        Updating the firmware
    8.  
      Changing the BIOS password
    9.  
      Locating the node serial number
  7. Remote replication
    1.  
      About remote replication
    2.  
      Pairing appliances for remote replication
    3.  
      Creating a replica
    4. Managing remote replication
      1.  
        Remote replication best practices
      2.  
        Monitoring remote replication
      3.  
        Editing the replication network
      4.  
        Repairing a lost connection between paired appliances
      5.  
        Pausing and resuming replication
      6.  
        Resolving discrepancies between an active and a replica instance
      7.  
        Changing the replication role of an instance
      8.  
        Unlinking active and replica instances
      9.  
        Forgetting a paired appliance
  8. Appliance security
    1.  
      Security overview
    2. About lockdown mode
      1.  
        Changing the lockdown mode
    3.  
      Using a sign-in banner
    4.  
      Using an external certificate
    5. Using network access control
      1.  
        Changing the SSH port
    6.  
      Recommended settings for the remote management (IPMI) port
  9. Monitoring the appliance
    1.  
      Registering an appliance
    2. Configuring alerts
      1. About AutoSupport and Call Home
        1.  
          Configuring Call Home
      2.  
        Configuring email alerts
      3.  
        Configuring SNMP alerts
      4.  
        Setting the threshold values for disk usage alerts
    3.  
      Viewing performance metrics
    4.  
      Monitoring the appliance from the System Health Insights portal
    5. Viewing the hardware status
      1.  
        Viewing node information
      2.  
        Viewing storage shelf information on a 53xx appliance
      3.  
        Viewing storage shelf information on a 52xx appliance
    6.  
      Viewing hardware faults
    7.  
      Viewing system data
    8.  
      Clearing the hardware status
    9.  
      Forwarding logs
    10.  
      Providing access for external monitoring
    11.  
      Revoking access for external monitoring
  10. Reconfiguring the appliance
    1.  
      Reconfiguring the appliance network
    2.  
      Changing DNS or Hosts file settings
    3.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    4.  
      Performing a factory reset
    5.  
      Performing a reimage
    6.  
      Recovering storage data after a factory reset or a reimage
    7.  
      Performing a storage reset
    8.  
      Removing a node
    9.  
      Viewing or resetting the storage shelf order on a 52xx appliance
  11. Troubleshooting guidelines
    1.  
      General troubleshooting steps
    2.  
      Unlocking access in lockdown mode
    3. Gathering logs
      1.  
        Deleting logs

Flex Appliance 6.2 new features, enhancements, and changes

The following list describes the new features, enhancements, and changes in the Flex Appliance 6.2 release:

  • Flex Appliance 6.2 includes one-time support for the following older versions of NetBackup, for migration purposes:

    • NetBackup 8.1.2

    • NetBackup 9.1.0.1

    Note the following limitations for these versions:

    • Fibre Channel backups and SAN client backups are not supported.

    • MSDP cloud, Instant Access, and Universal Shares are not supported on NetBackup 8.1.2 instances.

    • If you use MSDP storage on NetBackup 9.1.0.1, the following EEB bundle is required on the MSDP server, the client, and all servers that are MSDP storage pools or can write to MSDP storage pools:

      https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/downloads/update.UPD649572

    After the migration, Cohesity recommends that you upgrade these instances to a later supported version as soon as possible. See the following article for the supported versions:

    How to identify supported applications and usage information for Flex Appliance

  • When you sign in to the Flex Appliance Console for the first time after initial configuration, you are now required to add a local user. This user replaces the default admin user, which is removed.

    You are not required to remove the admin user when you update to this release, but Cohesity recommends that you do so for security reasons. You must first have another user with the security administrator role.

  • You can now use an external certificate chain for remote user domains. See Editing a remote user domain in the Flex Appliance Console.

  • After you perform the instance operations start, stop, and relocate, you are no longer rerouted to the Activity Monitor. This change was made to make it easier to perform operations on multiple instances at a time.

  • The following APIs are no longer available:

    • GET /v1/users/{idp-type}/{username}

      Use GET /v1/users instead.

    • DELETE /v1/users/local/{username}/password

      Use DELETE /v2/users/{uid}/password instead.

    • POST /v1/users/active-directory/cert/adservercertinfo

      Use GET /v1/user-domain/{address}/cert instead.

    • GET /v1/users/active-directory/cert/savedcertinfo

      Use GET /v2/user-domains instead.

    • POST /v1/users/active-directory/{subject}

      Use POST /v2/users instead.

    • DELETE /v1/users/active-directory/{subject}

      Use DELETE /v2/users instead.

    Check SORT for more information on the APIs.