NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Cloud Install and Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- Section I. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud installation and configuration
- Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud installation
- Meeting system requirements
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager host sizing recommendations
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension sizing recommendations
- Creating an instance or preparing the host to install NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Installing container platform (Docker, Podman)
- Creating and mounting a volume to store NetBackup Snapshot Manager data
- Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
- Preparing NetBackup Snapshot Manager for backup from snapshot jobs
- OCI - iptables rules for backup from snapshot jobs
- Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud using container images
- Before you begin installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager in the Docker/Podman environment
- Installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager on CIS Level 2 v2 configured host
- Securing the connection to NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Verifying that NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed successfully
- Restarting NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud extensions
- Before you begin installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager extensions
- Downloading the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension
- Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a VM
- Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (AKS) in Azure
- Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (EKS) in AWS
- Installing the NetBackup 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 for cloud providers
- Why to configure the NetBackup Snapshot Manager cloud providers?
- AWS plug-in configuration notes
- Prerequisites for configuring the AWS plug-in
- Before you create a cross account configuration
- Prerequisites for application consistent snapshots using AWS Systems Service Manager
- Prerequisites for configuring AWS plug-in using VPC endpoint
- AWS permissions required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Configuring AWS permissions for NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes
- Prerequisites for configuring the GCP plug-in using Credential and Service Account option
- Google Cloud Platform permissions required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Preparing the GCP service account for plug-in configuration
- Configuring a GCP service account for NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- GCP cross-project configuration
- GCP shared VPC configuration
- Microsoft Azure plug-in configuration notes
- Microsoft Azure Stack Hub plug-in configuration notes
- OCI plug-in configuration notes
- Cloud Service Provider endpoints for DBPaaS
- Configuration for protecting assets on cloud hosts/VM
- Deciding which feature (on-host agent or agentless) of NetBackup Snapshot Manager is to be used for protecting the assets
- Protecting assets with NetBackup Snapshot Manager's on-host agent feature
- Installing and configuring NetBackup Snapshot Manager agent
- Configuring the NetBackup Snapshot Manager application plug-in
- Configuring an application plug-in
- Microsoft SQL plug-in
- Oracle plug-in
- Protecting assets with NetBackup Snapshot Manager's agentless feature
- Snapshot Manager for cloud catalog backup and recovery
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager for cloud assets protection
- Volume encryption in NetBackup Snapshot Manager for cloud
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud security
- Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud installation
- Section II. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud maintenance
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud logging
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
- About NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud upgrades
- Supported upgrade path
- Upgrade scenarios
- Preparing to upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager using patch or hotfix
- Applying operating system patches on NetBackup Snapshot Manager host
- Migrating and upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- GCP configuration for migration from zone to region
- Post-upgrade tasks
- Post-migration tasks
- Uninstalling NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
- Preparing to uninstall NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Backing up NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Unconfiguring NetBackup Snapshot Manager plug-ins
- Unconfiguring NetBackup Snapshot Manager agents
- Removing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager agents
- Removing NetBackup Snapshot Manager from a standalone Docker host environment
- Removing NetBackup Snapshot Manager extensions - VM-based or managed Kubernetes cluster-based
- Restoring NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager
- SQL snapshot or restore and granular restore operations fail if the Windows instance loses connectivity with the NetBackup 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
- Acknowledgment not received for datamover
- Google Cloud Platform does display the Snapshot ID of the disk
- Application state of the connected/configured cloud VM(s) displays an error after upgrading to NetBackup Snapshot Manager version 11.x
- Backup and restore jobs fail with timeout error
- GCP restore with encryption key failed with an error message
- Amazon Redshift clusters and databases not available after discovery
- Shared VPC subnet not visible
- Container manager may not spawn the ephemeral registration container timely
- GCP restore from VM fails to obtain firewall rules
- Parameterised VM restore fails to retrieve encryption keys
- Restore from snapshot of a VM with security type Trusted Launch fails
- Snapshot Manager failed to retrieve the specified cloud domain(s), against the specified plugin instance
- Issues with SELinux configuration
- Performance issues with OCI backup from snapshot and restore from backup copy
- Connection to Amazon Linux 2023 or Alma Linux machines fail
- Single file restore from snapshot copy fails with an error
- MS SQL application backup, restore, or SFR job on Windows cloud VM fails with an error
- Status 49 error appears
- Restore from backup fails with an error
- (For AWS) If the specified AMI is not subscribed in the given region an error message appears
- Restore of Azure Disk Encrypted VM fails with an error
Deciding which feature (on-host agent or agentless) of NetBackup Snapshot Manager is to be used for protecting the assets
For NetBackup to discover and protect assets on a host for single file restore or filesystem/application consistency, then install the agent on the host, even if snapshots are filesystem/application consistent through provider-managed consistency.
(For Microsoft Azure cloud provider) To use Azure recovery points for the snapshots to be application consistent, refer to the following table to connect and configure the VM's in Azure cloud:
(For OCI) Block volumes created or attached while creating instances are not supported for consistent snapshots using the on-host or agentless connections.
| For Windows | For Linux |
|---|---|
No need to connect and configure the VM's |
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The agent installs necessary plugins for performing the required operations for protecting the assets on the host.
One of the following approach can be used to install agents on their hosts that must be protected:
On-host agent
Agentless
In both the above approaches, the same plug-ins are installed on the host to perform the operations. However the difference in the above two approaches are as follows:
On-host agent | Agentless |
|---|---|
User must manually install the agent on the host and register it to the Snapshot Manager host | The agent can be installed on the host using the NetBackup Web UI, by connecting/configuring the VM. |
User must not share the Host credentials to the Snapshot Manager, as the user would install it manually on the host. | The Host/VM credentials must be stored in NetBackup credential manager, so that Snapshot Manager can connect to the host and install the agent and necessary plugins. |
Connection is permanently setup over RabbitMQ port 5671 to the host VM from the Snapshot Manager to collect and send data. | Each time when an operation (as follows) must be performed on the host, then the Snapshot Manager temporarily connects to the VM using SSH port for Linux/Windows and installs the agent:
This then pushes the plugins to performs necessary operations and uninstall itself. The data is however transferred. |
The agent once installed manually always remains on the host unless it is uninstalled, hence the name on-host agent feature. | As the agent is not always present on the host hence, the name agentless feature. |
As connectivity is established once and remains until the agent is unregistered and uninstalled. This approach is faster compared to agentless feature while performing the operations on the host. | As connectivity has to be established each time an operation has to be performed on the host, and agents/plugins would have to be installed for each connection. This approach is time consuming in comparison to on-host agent feature. |
Upgrades have to be manually performed on the on-host agent when NetBackup Snapshot Manager would be upgraded. | When NetBackup Snapshot Manager is upgraded the upgrades are automatically pushed to the host from NetBackup Snapshot Manager. |
Note:
For NetBackup to discover and protect assets on a host for single file restore or filesystem/application consistency, then install the agent on the host, even if snapshots are filesystem/application consistent through provider-managed consistency.