NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (9.0.0.1, 9.0)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. Monitoring and notifications
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Monitoring jobs
    3.  
      Filter jobs in the job list
  3. Managing and protecting cloud assets
    1.  
      About protecting cloud assets
    2.  
      Limitations and considerations
    3.  
      AWS and Azure government cloud support
    4. About protecting Microsoft Azure resources using resource groups
      1.  
        Before you begin
      2.  
        Limitations and considerations
      3. About resource group configurations and outcome
        1.  
          Examples of resource group configurations
      4.  
        Troubleshoot resource group permissions
    5.  
      CLOUD_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers
    6.  
      Configure snapshot replication
    7.  
      Protect applications in-cloud with application consistent snapshots
    8. Configure CloudPoint servers in NetBackup
      1.  
        Configure a third-party CA certificate
      2.  
        Add a CloudPoint server
      3. Add a cloud provider for a CloudPoint server
        1.  
          IAM Role for AWS Configuration
      4.  
        Associate media servers with a CloudPoint server
      5.  
        Discover assets on CloudPoint server
      6.  
        Edit a CloudPoint server
      7.  
        Enable or disable a CloudPoint server
  4. Recovering cloud assets
    1.  
      Recover a cloud asset to its original location
    2.  
      Recover a cloud asset to an alternate location
    3.  
      Perform rollback recovery of cloud assets
  5. Troubleshooting protection and recovery of cloud assets
    1.  
      Troubleshoot cloud workload protection issues
  6. Performing granular restore
    1.  
      About granular restore
    2.  
      Supported environment list
    3.  
      List of supported file systems
    4.  
      Before you begin
    5.  
      Limitations and considerations
    6.  
      Restoring files and folders cloud virtual machines
    7.  
      Restoring volumes on cloud virtual machines
    8.  
      Troubleshooting snapshot restore process for Microsoft Azure-specific cloud

Add a cloud provider for a CloudPoint server

You can protect the assets on the Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure cloud providers. Starting with 9.0, the CloudPoint server can discover Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure US Government cloud workloads.

To add a cloud provider for CloudPoint server

  1. On the left, click Cloud.
  2. Click on the CloudPoint server tab.
  3. Click the Providers tab or click Add under the cloud provider for which you want to add a configuration.
  4. Enter a value in the Configuration Name field, in the Add configuration pane.
  5. Select the preferred CloudPoint server.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Enter the required details.

    Cloud provider

    Parameter

    Description

    Microsoft Azure

    Tenant ID

    The ID of the AAD directory in which you created the application.

    Client ID

    The application ID.

    Secret Key

    The secret key of the application.

    Regions

    One or more regions in which to discover cloud assets.

    Note:

    If you configure a government cloud, select US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas US, or Gov Virginia.

    Resource Group prefix

    The string with which you want to append all the resources in a resource group.

    Protect assets even if prefixed Resource Groups are not found

    The check box determines whether the assets are protected if they are not associated to any resource groups.

    Amazon AWS

    Note:

    If the CloudPoint server is configured with IAM Config, the Access Key and Secret Key options are not available.

    Access Key

    The access key ID, when specified with the secret access key, authorizes CloudPoint to interact with the AWS APIs.

    Secret Key

    The secret key of the application.

    Regions

    One or more AWS regions in which to discover cloud assets.

    Note:

    If you configure a government cloud, select us-gov-east-1 or us-gov-west-1.

    Google Cloud Platform

    Project ID

    The ID of the project from which the resources are managed. Listed as in the project_id JSON file.

    Client Email

    The email address of the Client ID. Listed as client_email in the JSON file.

    Private Key

    The private key. Listed as private_key in the JSON file.

    Note:

    You must enter this key without quotes. Do not enter any spaces or return characters at the beginning or end of the key.

    Zones

    A list of zones in which the provider operates.

  8. Enter the connection and authentication details in the Add Configuration pane.
  9. Click Save.

The assets on the cloud providers are automatically discovered.