Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      Deployment options
    3.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration requirements
    4.  
      Firewall and network ports requirements
    5.  
      Considerations for using IPv6 addresses
  2. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 of a node
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using a configuration file
      1.  
        YML configuration file for deploying NetBackup primary and media servers
      2.  
        YML configuration file for deploying media servers
    5.  
      Changing the maintenance user account password
  3. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale logs
    2.  
      Connection timeout errors during patch installs, upgrades, and rollback operations
    3.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a driver node not selected error
    4.  
      Initial configuration wizard displays a license error after successfully configuring the cluster
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and patch management
    1. About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEB
      1.  
        Pre-upgrade steps
      2.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    2.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    4.  
      Performing a patch upgrade using REST APIs
    5.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
    6.  
      About rolling upgrade
  5. Removing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. About disk erasure
      1.  
        Configuring data erasure
      2.  
        Viewing the data erasure status
      3.  
        Aborting data erasure
    2.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale node factory reset
    3.  
      Performing a factory reset on a node
  6. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale software installation
    2.  
      Enabling remote IPMI connections
    3.  
      Setting up the RAID configuration on the nodes
    4.  
      Configuring the BIOS settings on the nodes
    5.  
      Downloading the product installer ISO
    6.  
      Mounting the ISO file on the nodes
    7.  
      Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using the ISO
    8.  
      Installing Emergency Engineering Binaries (EEBs)

Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using a configuration file

You can use a YML-based configuration file to configure the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster. The YML file contains the configuration settings in form of name-value pairs. The name-value pairs correspond to all the parameters that are displayed in the setup wizard.

For details about the YML configuration file:

See YML configuration file for deploying NetBackup primary and media servers.

See YML configuration file for deploying media servers.

Before you proceed, ensure that you do the following:

To configure the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster using the YML configuration file:

  1. Open a web browser and connect to the NetBackup Flex Scale node to which you had assigned a public IP address earlier.

    Enter the following URL in the address bar:

    https://nodepublicIP:8443

    If you are using IPv6 addresses, use the following URL syntax:

    https://[nodepublicIP]:8443

    Here, nodepublicIP is the public IP address that you assigned to the node earlier.

    Note:

    You can use this URL to connect to the node and launch the cluster configuration wizard only until the time the node is not part of the cluster. After the cluster is configured, the node is no longer accessible using this URL.

  2. Sign in to the node using the root user account.

    Do the following on the sign in page:

    • Enter the following user credentials:

      User: root

      Password: P@ssw0rd

      Note:

      The root user account is used only during the cluster configuration. This account is blocked after the cluster is configured successfully.

    • Click Sign in.

  3. On the Welcome screen, select the deployment option. To configure both a NetBackup primary server and media servers in the cluster, select the Configure as a new domain with primary and media services option. To configure only media servers in the cluster, select the Configure as a scale-out media server for an existing NetBackup domain option. Review the information displayed on the Welcome screen, select I agree to the terms and conditions of End User License Agreement, and then click Get started.

    On the Cluster Setup panel, you are presented with a set of configuration options.

  4. In the Select nodes area, click Start.

    On the Select Nodes panel, the available nodes are discovered automatically. To rediscover the nodes click Rescan.

  5. On the Select Nodes panel, click Generate configuration template to download the config.yml file, which provides a template for specifying the configuration information.
  6. Open the config.yml file in a text editor of your choice, update the configuration information, and then click Import YML.

    The YML configuration file is validated for syntax and incorrect attribute values. For example, errors are displayed for a duplicate IP address or if a cluster name includes illegal characters. At this point, no validations are made to check the network connectivity. For example, no validations are performed to check if the specified IP addresses are reachable or are free. Click Save.

    The Cluster Setup panel is displayed and a green check mark is displayed in the Select nodes area. The green check mark indicates that all the required parameters are specified for the Select nodes configuration option.

    The configuration settings that you specified in the configuration file as name-value pairs are displayed in the corresponding parameters in the setup wizard.

  7. Click Start for each of the configuration options displayed on the Cluster Setup panel. The configuration settings that you specified in the configuration file as name-value pairs are displayed in the corresponding parameters in the setup wizard. Review the displayed details, and then click Save. To change any of the displayed details, click Edit, update the settings, and then click Save.
  8. If you edited any of the configuration settings in the UI, click Download Configuration to download the configuration file. The downloaded configuration file contains the updated settings. This file serves as a reference and can be used to import the settings if you want to reconfigure the cluster.
  9. Click Install Configuration to start the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster configuration process. The Configuration Status page displays the progress of the cluster configuration.

    The setup wizard performs the following tasks:

    • Prepares all the cluster nodes and configures the cluster services

    • Configures the data, management, and IPMI networks and sets up the infrastructure management console

    • Configures all the components and services including the NetBackup primary server, media server, and storage server services if both the NetBackup primary and media servers are deployed.

      Configures all the components and services including the media server and storage server services if only media servers are deployed.

    • Configures AutoSupport services and performs basic validation tests.

    • Starts all the cluster and NetBackup services

    Click View Details if you want to see the detailed list of tasks performed and their status.

  10. Wait for the Configuration Status page to confirm that the cluster is configured successfully. A confirmation message indicates that the cluster configuration process is complete.
  11. If both primary and media servers are configured in the cluster, you can now proceed to the NetBackup Web UI to configure protection plans and start protecting workloads. On the Configuration Status page, click Continue to login to launch the NetBackup Web UI in a new browser window.

    On the sign in page, specify the NetBackup administrator user account and password that you created during the cluster configuration (refer to step 7 earlier) and then click Sign in.

    Note that the IP address of the NetBackup Web UI is the public IP address that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management gateway and API server during the cluster configuration (refer to step 7 earlier).

    For more information on NetBackup and how to use the NetBackup Web UI to protect your workloads, refer to the Veritas NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.

    At this stage, you can also sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console to view all the details about the cluster, nodes, storage, and services.

    Open a web browser and type the following URL in the address bar:

    https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161

    If you are using IPv6 addresses, use the following URL syntax:

    https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161

    Here, ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address or FQDN that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server and API gateway during the cluster configuration.

    On the sign in page, specify the NetBackup Flex Scale administrator user account and password that you created during the cluster configuration and then click Sign in.

    For more information on the NetBackup Flex Scale UI and how to use it to manage your NetBackup Flex Scale cluster, refer to the Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale Administrator's Guide .

  12. If only media servers are configured in the cluster, you can sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console to view all the details about the cluster, nodes, storage, and services. On the Configuration Status page, click Continue to login to launch the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console, using https://consoleIP:14161where consoleIP is the public IP address that you specified for the cluster management console during the cluster configuration.

    On the sign in page, specify the NetBackup Flex Scale administrator user account with the Appliance administrator role and password that you created during the cluster configuration (refer to step 7 earlier) and then click Sign in.

    For more information on the NetBackup Flex Scale UI and how to use it to manage your NetBackup Flex Scale cluster, refer to the Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale Administrator's Guide .