NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Cloud Install and Upgrade Guide

To install the extension

1. Download the extension script nbu_flexsnap_extension.tar.

   See Downloading the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension.

   Note:

   Do not create the authentication token yet, as it is valid only for 180 seconds.

2. If the host from which you want to install the extension is not the same host where your NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed, load the NetBackup Snapshot Manager container images on the extension host (flexsnap-deploy, flexsnap-core, flexsnap-fluentd, flexsnap-datamover)

   The image names are in the following format:

   Example: veritas/flexsnap-deploy

3. Tag the images to map the source image with the target image, so that you can push the images to the GCP container registry.

   Gather the following parameters beforehand:

   Parameter	Description
   container_registry_path	To obtain the container registry path, go to your container registry in GCP and from the Overview pane, copy the 'Login server'. Example: gcr.io/<project-name>/<dir>
   tag	NetBackup Snapshot Manager image version. Example: 11.0.x.x-xxxx

   • To tag the images, run the following command for each image, depending on the container platform running on your host:

     For Docker: # docker tag source_image:tag target_image:tag

     For Podman: # podman tag source_image:tag target_image:tag

     Where,

     • the source image tag is: veritas/flexsnap-deploy:tag>

     • the target image tag is:

       <container_registry_path>/<source_image_name>:<SnapshotManager_version_tag>

       Example:

       # docker tag veritas/flexsnap-deploy:11.0.x.x-xxxx gcr.io/<project-name>/
       veritas/flexsnap-deploy:11.0.x.x-xxxx
       # docker tag veritas/flexsnap-core:11.0.x.x-xxxx gcr.io/<project-name>/
       veritas/flexsnap-listener:11.0.x.x-xxxx
       # docker tag veritas/flexsnap-fluentd:11.0.x.x-xxxx gcr.io/<project-name>/
       veritas/flexsnap-fluentd:11.0.x.x-xxxx
       # docker tag veritas/flexsnap-datamover:11.0.x.x-xxxx gcr.io/<project-name>/
       veritas/flexsnap-datamover:11.0.x.x-xxxx

4. To push the images to the container registry, run the following command for each image, depending on the container platform running on your host:

   For Docker: # docker push target_image:tag

   For Podman: # podman push target_image:tag

   Example:

   # docker push gcr.io/<project-name>/veritas/flexsnap-deploy:11.0.x.x-xxxx
   # docker push gcr.io/<project-name>/veritas/flexsnap-core:11.0.x.x-xxxx
   # docker push gcr.io/<project-name>/veritas/flexsnap-fluentd:11.0.x.x-xxxx
   # docker push gcr.io/<project-name>/veritas/flexsnap-datamover:11.0.x.x-xxxx

5. Finally, run the script cp_extension.sh that was downloaded earlier.

   See Downloading the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension.

   The script can be executed either by providing all the required input parameters in one command, or in an interactive way where you will be prompted for input.

   Gather the following parameters before running the script:

   Parameter	Description
   cloudpoint_ip	Provide IP address or FQDN of the main NetBackup Snapshot Manager host.
   target_image:tag	Target image tag created for the flexsnap-deploy image in step 3. Example: gcr.io/<project-name>/veritas/flexsnap-deploy:11.0.x.x-xxxx
   namespace	NetBackup Snapshot Manager namespace that was created earlier in the preparation steps.
   tag_key=tag_val	tag_key and tag_val can be retrieved by using the following command: # gcloud container node-pools list --cluster=<cluster-name> --zone=<zone-name>
   persistent_volume	Kubernetes persistent volume that was created earlier in the preparation steps.
   Size in GiB	Volume size to be provisioned as per your scaling requirements.
   workflow_token	Authentication token created from the NetBackup Web UI - Add extension dialog. See Downloading the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension.

   Note:

   While deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager Kubernetes extension, create a persistent volume and provide it as an input to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension installation script.

   Run the script as an executable file:

   • Permit the script to run as an executable:

     # chmod +x cp_extension.sh

   • Run the installation command with all the input parameters described in the above table:

     ./cp_extension.sh install -c <snapshotmanager-ip> -i <target-image:tag> -n <namespace> -p cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool=<nodepool-name> -v <persistent-volume-name> -k <size-in-GiB> -t <token>

     Example:

     # ./cp_extension.sh install
     Snapshot Manager image repository path. Format=<Login-server/image:tag>:  
     gcr.io/cloudpoint-development/test/veritas/flexsnap-deploy:11.0.x.x-xxxx
     Snapshot Manager extension namespace: test-ns
     Snapshot Manager IP or fully-qualified domain name: <ip Address>
     Node group/pool label with format key=value: cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool=
     test-pool-dnd
     Persistent volume name: test-fileserver-pv
     Size in GiB (minimum 30 GiB, 
     Please refer NetBackup Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide for PV size): 30
     Snapshot Manager extension token:
     This is a fresh NetBackup Snapshot Manager Extension Installation
     
     
     
     Starting Snapshot Manager service deployment
     customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/cloudpoint-servers.veritas.com unchanged
     serviceaccount/cloudpoint-acc unchanged
     clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cloudpoint-shashwat-ns configured
     clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cloudpoint-rolebinding-shashwat-ns 
     unchanged
     deployment.apps/flexsnap-operator created
     Snapshot Manager service deployment ...done
     
     
     
     customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/cloudpoint-servers.veritas.com condition met
     Generating Snapshot Manager Custom Resource Definition object
     Waiting for deployment "flexsnap-operator" rollout to finish: 0 of 1 updated 
     replicas are available...
     deployment "flexsnap-operator" successfully rolled out
     cloudpointrule.veritas.com/cloudpoint-config-rule created
     Snapshot Manager extension installation ...
     Operator operations passed
     Waiting for all components to come up ...Done
     [root@xxxx]# kubectl get pods
     NAME                                          READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
     flexsnap-fluentd-collector-79f4dd8447-5lgrf   1/1     Running   0          34s
     flexsnap-fluentd-xl7px                        1/1     Running   0          33s
     flexsnap-listener-598f48d59b-crfjq            1/1     Running   0          33s
     flexsnap-operator-574dccc58f-fnkdf            1/1     Running   0          104s

   Run the script as an interactive file:

   • Run the following command:

     # ./cp_extension.sh install

   • When the script runs, provide the input parameters as described in the above table:

   ./cp_extension.sh install
   Snapshot Manager image repository path. Format=<Login-server/image:tag>: cpautomation.gcr.io/
   <project-name>/veritas/flexsnap-deploy:11.0.x.x-xxxx
   Snapshot Manager extension namespace: snapshot-manager
   Snapshot Manager IP or fully-qualified domain name: xx.xxx.xx.xx
   Node group/pool label with format key=value: agentpool=extpool
   Persistent volume name:
   Size in GiB (minimum 30 GiB,
   Please refer NetBackup Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide for PV size): 50
   Snapshot Manager extension token:
   This is a fresh NetBackup Snapshot Manager Extension Installation
   
   Starting Snapshot Manager service deployment
   customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/cloudpoint-servers.veritas.com unchanged
   serviceaccount/cloudpoint-acc created
   clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cloudpoint-cloudpoint-yj created
   clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cloudpoint-rolebinding-cloudpoint-yj created
   deployment.apps/flexsnap-operator created
   Snapshot Manager service deployment ...done
   
   Generating Snapshot Manager Custom Resource Definition object
   Waiting for deployment "flexsnap-operator" rollout to finish:0 of 1 updated replicas are available..
   deployment "flexsnap-operator" successfully rolled out
   cloudpointrule.veritas.com/cloudpoint-config-rule created
   Snapshot Manager extension installation ...
   Operator operations passed
   Waiting for all components to come up ...Done
   Waiting for all components to come up ...Done

   Note:

   The output examples have been formatted to fit the screen.