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

Working with NetBackup Flex Scale APIs

NetBackup Flex Scale employs a dedicated nginx-based web server that runs the API gateway and the management server. All UI access and API requests are sent to this web server. A single IP address and FQDN is used for accessing the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure UI as well as the NetBackup Web UI.

  • You can access the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console UI using the following URL:

    https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161

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

    https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161

  • You can access the NetBackup Web UI using the following URL:

    https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN

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

    https://[ManagementServerIP]

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.

NetBackup Flex Scale provides APIs that are built using the standard Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture. You can use the RESTful APIs to control all aspects of your NetBackup Flex Scale configuration. There are APIs for infrastructure monitoring and management, user management, and for performing several other operations in your cluster.

Accessing the Swagger-based REST APIs

You can access the NetBackup Flex Scale APIs using the Swagger interface.

To access the APIs from a web browser

  • Open your browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:

    https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0

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

    https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0

    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.

  • For a quick introduction on how to use the APIs, refer to the getting started readme available at the following URL:

    https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/readme

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

    https://[ManagementServerIP]:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/readme

For more information on APIs, refer to the Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale API documentation on SORT.