Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Installation and Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.5)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Preparing for NetBackup Flex Scale deployment
    1.  
      Deployment overview
    2.  
      Deployment options
  2. Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. Assigning public IP address to a management network interface
      1.  
        Assigning a public IP address to network adapter eth1 or to a VLAN on eth1 of a node
      2.  
        Configuring a bond device and assigning an IP address to the bonded device or to a VLAN on the bonded device
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale configuration methods
    3.  
      Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using the setup wizard
    4.  
      YML configuration file
  3. Upgrading NetBackup Flex Scale to 3.5
    1.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades and EEBs
    2.  
      NetBackup Flex Scale upgrade overview
    3.  
      Supported upgrade paths
    4. Performing pre-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Considerations for upgrade when disaster recovery is configured
    5.  
      Downloading the upgrade file
    6.  
      Uploading the upgrade file and performing an upgrade precheck
    7.  
      Performing an upgrade using GUI
    8. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Downloading and installing the required EEBs
      2.  
        Verifying appliance firmware compatibility
      3.  
        Adding NetBackup license file
      4.  
        Saving the default password of the HPE iLO Administrator user
      5.  
        Collecting logs post upgrade
    9.  
      Collecting logs for an upgrade precheck failure
  4. Upgrading the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale cluster
    1.  
      About firmware upgrades
    2.  
      Determining if a firmware upgrade is required
    3.  
      Downloading the firmware package
    4.  
      About the firmware upgrade options
    5. Upgrading the firmware
      1. Updating the firmware in NetBackup Flex Scale clusters using HPE iLO
        1.  
          Upgrading the firmware using the rolling method
        2.  
          Upgrading the firmware using the parallel method
        3.  
          Updating the ACL file on the cluster nodes
  5. Managing EEBs
    1.  
      Downloading EEBs
    2.  
      Installing EEBs using GUI
    3.  
      Installing EEBs during upgrade
    4.  
      Removing EEBs using GUI
    5.  
      Uninstalling EEBs using GUI
    6.  
      Installing EEBs using REST APIs
  6. 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
  7. Appendix A. Installing NetBackup Flex Scale using a downloaded ISO file
    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. Appendix B. Upgrading a NetBackup Flex Scale node
    1.  
      Upgrading a node that is not in a cluster

Installing EEBs during upgrade

NetBackup Flex Scale upgrades to version 3.5 supports installation of Emergency Engineering Binaries (EEBs) during upgrade. It ensures that known vulnerabilities and bugs are addressed during upgrade.

You can upload the following EEBs before starting an upgrade:

  • VRTSnbfsapp_EEB_ET4189567-3.5.0.0-4.x86_64.rpm

  • VRTSnbfsapp_nb_EEB_ET4189143-10.5.0.1-7.x86_64.rpm

  • VRTSnbfsapp_nb_EEB_ET4194051-10.5.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm

  • VRTSnbfsapp_nb_EEB_ET4191929-10.5.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm

If External Certificate Authority (ECA) is configured on the setup, then it is recommended that the above EEBs should be installed during upgrade, otherwise upgrade to version 3.5 may not work.

The above mentioned EEBs should be uploaded on NetBackup Flex Scale web UI before upgrade to install the EEBs during upgrade.

To upload EEBs

  1. Go to Settings > Software management > Add-ons.
  2. If there are no EEBs on your system, click Choose add-ons, select the EEBs, and click Upload file.
  3. If the EEB that you want to install is not in the displayed EEB list, click Add. In the Upload EEBs screen, click Choose add-ons, select the EEBs, and click Add.

You can upload multiple EEBs simultaneously

Note:

After uploading the EEBs, if the management console fails over to some other node for any reason, then remove the EEBs from NetBackup Flex Scale web UI and re-upload them before upgrade.

To identify the management console node, go to the NetBackup Flex Scale web UI, navigate to Cluster Management > Infrastructure. On the Infrastructure page, the console node field shows the management console node. The remaining nodes are the non-management console nodes.