Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (1.3)
Platform: NetBackup Flex Scale OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      About Veritas NetBackup™ Flex Scale
  2. Viewing information about the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster environment
    1.  
      About the NetBackup Flex Scale management console
    2.  
      About the Dashboard view
    3.  
      Accessing the NetBackup web user interface on the appliance
    4.  
      Working with NetBackup Flex Scale APIs
  3. NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management
    1. User management
      1.  
        Considerations for managing NetBackup Flex Scale users
      2.  
        Adding users
      3.  
        Removing users
    2.  
      Directory services and certificate management
    3.  
      Region settings management
    4.  
      About NetBackup Flex Scale storage
    5. Node and disk management
      1.  
        NetBackup Flex Scale network cabling
      2. Adding a node to the cluster using the NetBackup Flex Scale web interface
        1.  
          Considerations for adding a node when disaster recovery is configured
      3.  
        Adding a node using the REST APIs
      4.  
        Replacing a node in a cluster
      5.  
        Starting and stopping nodes
      6.  
        Replacing a disk
      7.  
        Viewing disk details
      8.  
        Viewing node details
    6. License management
      1.  
        Adding or removing storage licenses
      2.  
        Adding NetBackup licenses
  4. NetBackup Flex Scale network management
    1.  
      About network management
    2.  
      Modifying DNS settings
    3.  
      About bonding Ethernet interfaces
    4. Bonding operations
      1.  
        Creating a bond
      2.  
        Modifying a bond
      3.  
        Removing a bond
    5. Data network configurations
      1. Network configuration on plain device (eth5)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
        2.  
          Modifying a data network
        3.  
          Deleting a data network
      2.  
        Network configuration on VLAN (eth5)
      3. Network configuration on bonded interfaces (bond0 on eth5 and eth7)
        1.  
          Adding a data network
      4.  
        VLAN on bond of eth5 and eth7 (bond0)
      5.  
        Support for multiple VLAN when disaster recovery is configured
  5. NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure monitoring
    1. About alert management
      1.  
        Viewing information about alerts
      2.  
        Managing alerts
    2. About event notification
      1.  
        Purging events
    3. About AutoSupport and Call Home
      1.  
        Setting up email alerts
      2.  
        Setting up SNMP alerts
      3.  
        Configuring Call Home settings
    4.  
      Monitoring hardware components
  6. Resiliency in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      Erasure coding in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      High availability of the NetBackup master service
    3.  
      NetBackup catalog protection
    4.  
      NetBackup master service catalog protection using checkpoints
  7. Site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    1.  
      About site-based disaster recovery in NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      Establishing trust and setting up authentication
    3.  
      Configuring disaster recovery
    4.  
      Managing disaster recovery
    5.  
      Clearing the host cache
    6.  
      NetBackup optimized duplication using Storage Lifecycle Policies
  8. NetBackup Flex Scale security
    1.  
      STIG overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
    2.  
      STIG-compliant password policy rules
    3.  
      Enabling STIG for NetBackup Flex Scale
    4.  
      Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale STIG status
    5.  
      FIPS overview for NetBackup Flex Scale
    6.  
      Viewing the NetBackup Flex Scale FIPS status
  9. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Services management
    2. Collecting logs for cluster nodes
      1.  
        Uploading logs to Veritas Support
      2.  
        Downloading logs
    3. Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale issues
      1.  
        If cluster configuration fails (for example because an IP address that was already in use is specified) and you try to reconfigure the cluster, the UI displays an error but the configuration process continues to run
    4.  
      Validation error while adding VMware credentials to NetBackup
    5.  
      NetBackup Web UI incorrectly displays some NetBackup Flex Scale processes as failed
  10. Appendix A. Configuring NetBackup optimized duplication
    1. Configuring a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication
      1.  
        Creating a Storage Lifecycle Policy for optimized duplication
      2.  
        Configuring a policy to use an SLP
      3.  
        Updating the policy to reverse the replication direction
  11. Appendix B. Disaster recovery terminologies
    1.  
      VVR technology in disaster recovery
    2.  
      About response fields in the GET disaster recovery API

About the NetBackup Flex Scale management console

You can administer your NetBackup Flex Scale appliance cluster configuration using the NetBackup Flex Scale user interface (UI), referred to as the infrastructure management console. This console provides a centralized consolidated graphical view of your entire appliance configuration. After installing and configuring the NetBackup Flex Scale cluster, you can use the management console to view all the cluster details such as the cluster nodes, the storage that is available on those nodes, and the services running on the appliance.

To access the infrastructure management console

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

    Note:

    Your browser may display a security certificate validation message. You may have to resolve the error by adding a security exception for the specified URL.

  2. On the sign in page, specify the administrative user name and password that you created during the cluster configuration and then click Sign In.
  3. The Dashboard tab displays the various elements of your cluster configuration.

    You can use the infrastructure UI for performing administrative tasks such as:

    • Monitoring and managing the appliance services and storage utilization

    • Monitoring and managing the infrastructure components such as nodes, storage disks, and network

    • Monitoring the appliance performance and data reduction levels