NetBackup 9.0 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to NetBackup applications for Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
    3.  
      NetBackup 9.0 application new features, enhancements, and changes
    4.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    5.  
      Operational notes
  2. Geting started
    1.  
      Prerequisites before you can create NetBackup application instances
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console and client packages
  3. Creating NetBackup application instances
    1. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup master server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
      3.  
        Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance
  4. Managing NetBackup application instances
    1.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    2. Accessing NetBackup master and media server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users on a master or media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a master or media server instance
        2.  
          Connecting a remote user domain to a master or media server instance
        3.  
          Changing a user password on a master or media server instance
      2. Running NetBackup commands on a master or media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a master or media server application instance
      3.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a NetBackup master server instance
      4.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup master server instance
      5.  
        Setting environment variables on master and media server instances
      6.  
        Storing custom data on a master or media server instance
      7.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a master server instance
      8.  
        Establishing trust with a NetBackup 7.7.3 master server instance
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. About the NetBackup WORM storage server shell
        1.  
          About the dedupe command
        2.  
          About the retention command
        3.  
          About the setting command
        4.  
          About the support command

Running NetBackup commands on a master or media server application instance

Flex Appliance provides the capability for the appadmin user to run NetBackup commands on all NetBackup master and media server instances.

Note:

Flex Appliance does not support adding local directories or manually editing any of the files on application instances. If you create a local directory or manually edit a file and the instance is relocated or stopped for any reason, the changes are not maintained when the instance restarts.

To run NetBackup commands on an instance, open an SSH session to the instance and log in as the appadmin user. For each command that you want to run, specify sudo and enter the absolute or the relative path. For example:

sudo /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/tune -s

You can run commands for the following directories and executables on master and media server instances:

Note:

The NetBackup 9.0 application does not support NetBackup notify scripts and therefore does not support the cp-nbu-notify utility. If an existing instance uses these scripts and you upgrade it to 9.0, the scripts no longer work.

You can run commands for the following directories and executables on media server instances only:

  • /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/tune

  • /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin/mtstrmd

  • /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin/pdcfg

  • /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin/pdusercfg

  • /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/pdde

  • /usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin

  • /usr/sbin/mount.nfs

  • /usr/sbin/mount.nfs4

  • /usr/sbin/umount.nfs

  • /usr/sbin/umount.nfs4

Note:

The df command may show incorrect usage information for application instances. However, the total storage and the available storage are correct. To determine the correct usage information, subtract the available storage from the total storage.

For more information on NetBackup commands, refer to the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.