Veritas™ Usage Insights for NetBackup Getting Started Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.3, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0, 9.1, 9.0, 8.3)

nbcallhomeproxyconfig command and CALLHOME_PROXY_NAME option for primary servers

Starting with 9.1, you can configure authenticated proxy servers (http or https) and unauthenticated proxy server (https or https) that uses to relay Usage Insights data to Veritas.

Use the nbcallhomeproxyconfig command and CALLHOME_PROXY_NAME option to configure the proxy servers.

Table: nbcallhomeproxyconfig and CALLHOME_PROXY_NAME information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On primary servers.

How to use

The nbcallhomeproxyconfig command lets you add, edit, and delete proxy configurations

The command also allows you to verify the proxy configuration.

Note:

You can only do proxy verification from the command line.

All configurations require a unique credential name. This name is assigned to the CALLHOME_PROXY_NAME key in the configuration.

CALLHOME_PROXY_NAME is set automatically if you use the nbcallhomeproxyconfig command to manage proxy configuration.

More information about the nbcallhomeproxyconfig is available in the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

Web UI configuration

You can use the Web UI to manually add, edit and delete authenticated and unauthenticated proxy servers from Credential management tab.

You must set CALLHOME_PROXY_NAME = [CMS credential name] manually using the bpsetconfig command.

More information about the configuration from the Web UI is available in the Web UI Administrator's Guide