NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- Section I. NetBackup Snapshot Manager installation and configuration
- Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager installation
- Meeting system requirements
- Snapshot Manager host sizing recommendations
- Snapshot Manager extension sizing recommendations
- Creating an instance or preparing the host to install Snapshot Manager
- Installing container platform (Docker, Podman)
- Creating and mounting a volume to store Snapshot Manager data
- Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
- Preparing Snapshot Manager for backup from snapshot jobs
- Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager using container images
- Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager extensions
- Before you begin installing Snapshot Manager extensions
- Downloading the Snapshot Manager extension
- Installing the Snapshot Manager extension on a VM
- Installing the Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (AKS) in Azure
- Installing the Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (EKS) in AWS
- Installing the Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (GKE) in GCP
- Install extension using the Kustomize and CR YAMLs
- Managing the extensions
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager cloud plug-ins
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager application agents and plug-ins
- About the installation and configuration process
- Installing and configuring Snapshot Manager agent
- Configuring the Snapshot Manager application plug-in
- Configuring an application plug-in
- Microsoft SQL plug-in
- Oracle plug-in
- NetBackup protection plan
- Configuring VSS to store shadow copies on the originating drive
- Additional steps required after restoring an AWS RDS database instance
- Protecting assets with NetBackup Snapshot Manager's agentless feature
- Volume Encryption in NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager security
- Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager installation
- Section II. NetBackup Snapshot Manager maintenance
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager logging
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Uninstalling NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Preparing to uninstall Snapshot Manager
- Backing up Snapshot Manager
- Unconfiguring Snapshot Manager plug-ins
- Unconfiguring Snapshot Manager agents
- Removing the Snapshot Manager agents
- Removing Snapshot Manager from a standalone Docker host environment
- Removing Snapshot Manager extensions - VM-based or managed Kubernetes cluster-based
- Restoring Snapshot Manager
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Troubleshooting Snapshot Manager
- SQL snapshot or restore and granular restore operations fail if the Windows instance loses connectivity with the Snapshot Manager host
- Disk-level snapshot restore fails if the original disk is detached from the instance
- Discovery is not working even after assigning system managed identity to the control node pool
- Performance issue with GCP backup from snapshot
- Post migration on host agents fail with an error message
- File restore job fails with an error message
Before you begin installing Snapshot Manager extensions
The Snapshot Manager extensions which can be installed on a VM or a managed Kubernetes cluster, can elastically scale out the compute infrastructure to service a large number of jobs, and then scale in as well when the jobs have completed.
Refer to the following appropriate preparatory steps for installing Snapshot Manager that also apply for installing Snapshot Manager extensions.
For a VM based extension
Decide where to install Snapshot Manager extension.
Ensure that your environment meets system requirements.
Create the instance or prepare the VM on which you want to install the Snapshot Manager extension.
See Creating an instance or preparing the host to install Snapshot Manager.
Install Docker on the VM or the instance on which you want to deploy the extension.
Create and mount a volume to store Snapshot Manager data. For a VM based extension, the volume size can be 30 GB.
See Creating and mounting a volume to store Snapshot Manager data.
Verify that specific ports are open on the instance or the main Snapshot Manager host and ensure that the hosts being protected are reachable from the extensions on required ports. Port 5671 and 443 needs to be opened for RabbitMQ communication on the Snapshot Manager host.
For a Kubernetes based extension
For Azure: The Snapshot Manager cloud-based extension can be deployed on a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure for scaling the capacity of the Snapshot Manager host to service a large number of requests concurrently. For more information on preparing the host and the managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure:
See Prerequisites to install the extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure.
For AWS: The Snapshot Manager cloud-based extension can be deployed on a managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS for scaling the capacity of the Snapshot Manager host to service a large number of requests concurrently. For more information on preparing the host and the managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS:
See Prerequisites to install the extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS.
For GCP: The Snapshot Manager cloud-based extension can be deployed on a managed Kubernetes cluster in GCP (GKE) for scaling the capacity of the Snapshot Manager host to service a large number of requests concurrently. For more information on preparing the host and the managed Kubernetes cluster in GCP:
See Prerequisites to install the extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster in GCP.
To install and configure the Snapshot Manager extension, perform tasks from the NetBackup user interface in your browser and on the command line interface of your local computer or the application host.
See Installing the extension on a VM.
See Installing the Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (AKS) in Azure.
See Installing the Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (EKS) in AWS.