NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.0)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      First-time sign in to a NetBackup primary server from the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    5.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
    6.  
      Documentation for Host Properties in the NetBackup web UI
  2. Monitoring and notifications
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      About the Activity monitor
    3. Job monitoring
      1.  
        View a job
      2.  
        View the jobs in the List view
      3.  
        View the jobs in the Hierarchy view
      4.  
        Jobs: cancel, suspend, restart, resume, delete
      5.  
        Search for or filter jobs in the jobs list
      6.  
        Create a jobs filter
      7.  
        Edit or delete a jobs filter
      8.  
        Troubleshooting the viewing of jobs
    4. Job notifications
      1. Send email notifications for job failures
        1.  
          Status codes that generate alerts
      2.  
        Send notifications to the backup administrator about failed backups
      3.  
        Send notifications to a host administrator about backups
      4.  
        Configure the nbmail.cmd script on the Windows hosts
    5. About NetBackup notifications
      1.  
        View notifications
      2.  
        Modify or disable NetBackup event notifications in the web UI
      3.  
        About configuring automatic notification cleanup tasks
  3. Section I. Configuring hosts
    1. Managing hosts
      1.  
        Reset a host's attributes
  4. Section II. Configuring storage and backups
    1. Configuring storage
      1.  
        About storage configuration
      2.  
        Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage server
      3.  
        Create a Cloud storage, OpenStorage, or AdvancedDisk storage server
      4.  
        Create a disk pool
      5.  
        Create a storage unit
      6.  
        Create a universal share
      7.  
        Using image sharing from the NetBackup web UI
      8.  
        Troubleshooting storage configuration
      9.  
        Troubleshooting universal share configuration issues
      10.  
        Create a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage server for image sharing
    2. Managing protection plans
      1.  
        About protection plans
      2.  
        Create a protection plan
      3.  
        Edit or delete a protection plan
      4.  
        Subscribe an asset or an asset group to a protection plan
      5.  
        Unsubscribe an asset from a protection plan
      6.  
        View protection plan overrides
      7.  
        About Backup Now
    3. Managing classic policies
      1.  
        About a NetBackup classic policy
      2.  
        About policy management in the NetBackup web UI
    4. Managing backup images
      1.  
        About the NetBackup catalog
      2.  
        Search for backup images
  5. Section III. Managing credentials
    1. Managing credentials for workloads and systems that NetBackup accesses
      1.  
        About credential management in NetBackup
      2.  
        Add a credential in NetBackup
      3.  
        Add a credential for an external KMS
      4.  
        Add a credential for NetBackup Callhome Proxy
      5.  
        Edit or delete a named credential
      6.  
        Add a credential for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
      7.  
        Edit or delete Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) credentials in NetBackup
  6. Section IV. Managing security
    1. Security events and audit logs
      1.  
        View security events and audit logs
      2. About NetBackup auditing
        1.  
          User identity in the audit report
        2.  
          Audit retention period and catalog backups of audit records
        3.  
          Viewing the detailed NetBackup audit report
      3.  
        Send audit events to system logs
    2. Managing security certificates
      1.  
        About security management and certificates in NetBackup
      2.  
        NetBackup host IDs and host ID-based certificates
      3. Managing NetBackup security certificates
        1.  
          Reissue a NetBackup certificate
        2.  
          Managing NetBackup certificate authorization tokens
      4. Using external security certificates with NetBackup
        1.  
          Configure an external certificate for the NetBackup web server
        2.  
          Remove the external certificate configured for the web server
        3.  
          Update or renew the external certificate for the web server
        4.  
          View external certificate information for the NetBackup hosts in the domain
    3. Managing host mappings
      1.  
        View host security and mapping information
      2.  
        Approve or add mappings for a host that has multiple host names
      3.  
        Remove mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    4. Managing user sessions
      1.  
        Sign out a NetBackup user session
      2.  
        Unlock a NetBackup user
      3.  
        Configure when idle sessions should time out
      4.  
        Configure the maximum of concurrent user sessions
      5.  
        Configure the maximum of failed sign-in attempts
      6.  
        Display a banner to users when they sign in
    5. Managing the security settings for the primary server
      1.  
        Certificate authority for secure communication
      2.  
        Disable communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts
      3.  
        Disable automatic mapping of NetBackup host names
      4.  
        Configure the global data-in-transit encryption setting
      5.  
        About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
      6.  
        Select a security level for NetBackup certificate deployment
      7.  
        Set a passphrase for disaster recovery
      8. About trusted primary servers
        1.  
          Add a trusted primary server
        2.  
          Remove a trusted primary server
    6. Access keys
      1.  
        Access keys
      2.  
        About API keys
      3. Creating and managing API keys for users (Administrators)
        1.  
          Add an API key or view API key details
        2.  
          Edit, reissue, or delete an API key
      4. Adding and managing your API keys (Users)
        1.  
          Add an API key or view your API key details
        2.  
          Edit, reissue, or delete your API key
        3.  
          Use an API key with NetBackup REST APIs
      5. Access codes
        1.  
          Get CLI access through web UI authentication
        2.  
          Approve your CLI access request
        3.  
          Approve CLI access requests of other users
        4.  
          Edit access settings
    7. Configuring authentication options
      1.  
        Sign-in options for the NetBackup web UI
      2. Configure user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
        1.  
          Configure smart card authentication with domain
        2.  
          Configure smart card authentication without domain
        3.  
          Edit the configuration for smart card authentication
        4.  
          Add or delete a CA certificate that is used for smart card authentication
        5.  
          Disable or temporarily disable smart card authentication
      3.  
        About Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration
      4. Configure NetBackup for Single Sign-On (SSO)
        1.  
          Configure the SAML KeyStore
        2.  
          Configure the SAML keystore and add and enable the IDP configuration
        3.  
          Enroll the NetBackup primary server with the IDP
        4.  
          Manage an IDP configuration
        5.  
          Video: Configure Single Sign-On in NetBackup
      5. Troubleshooting SSO
        1.  
          Redirection issues
        2.  
          Unable to sign in due to authorization-related issues
  7. Section V. Managing role-based access control
    1. About role-based access control in NetBackup
      1.  
        RBAC features
      2. RBAC settings
        1.  
          Disable web UI access for Operating System Administrator
        2.  
          Disable CLI access for Operating System Administrator
      3.  
        Authorized users
    2. Configuring RBAC roles
      1. Configuring RBAC
        1.  
          Notes for using NetBackup RBAC
        2.  
          Add AD or LDAP domains
        3.  
          Add a custom RBAC role
        4.  
          Edit or remove a role a custom role
        5.  
          View users in RBAC
        6.  
          Add a user to a role (non-SAML)
        7.  
          Add a user to a role (non-SAML, smart card user without AD or LDAP domain association or mapping)
        8.  
          Add a user to a role (SAML)
        9.  
          Remove a user from a role
      2. Default RBAC roles
        1.  
          Administrator
        2.  
          Default AHV Administrator
        3.  
          Default Cloud Administrator
        4.  
          Default NetBackup Command Line (CLI) Administrator
        5.  
          Default Kubernetes Administrator
        6.  
          Default NetBackup Kubernetes Operator Service
        7.  
          Default Microsoft SQL Server Administrator
        8.  
          Default Oracle Administrator
        9.  
          Default RHV Administrator
        10.  
          Default SaaS Administrator
        11.  
          Default Resiliency Administrator
        12.  
          Default Security Administrator
        13.  
          Default Storage Administrator
        14.  
          Default Universal Share Administrator
        15.  
          Default VMware Administrator
    3. RBAC permissions
      1.  
        About role permissions
      2.  
        Global > BMR
      3.  
        Global > NetBackup Web Management Console Administration
      4. Global > NetBackup management
        1.  
          Access hosts
        2.  
          Agentless hosts
        3.  
          Anomalies
        4.  
          CLI sessions
        5.  
          Data classifications
        6.  
          Email notifications
        7.  
          Event logs
        8.  
          NetBackup hosts
        9.  
          Image sharing
        10.  
          NetBackup backup images
        11.  
          Jobs
        12.  
          Licensing
        13.  
          Media server
        14.  
          Remote primary server certificate authority
        15.  
          Resiliency
        16.  
          Resource limits
        17.  
          Retention levels
        18.  
          Servers > Trusted primary servers
        19.  
          Cloud providers
        20.  
          CloudPoint servers
        21.  
          WebSocket servers
      5.  
        Global > Protection
      6. Global > Security
        1.  
          Access control
        2.  
          Security events
        3.  
          Certificate management
        4.  
          Disaster recovery passphrase
        5.  
          Identity provider and SAML certificate configuration
        6.  
          Key Management Services (KMS)
        7.  
          Passphrase constraints
        8.  
          Service principal configuration
        9.  
          Global security settings
        10.  
          Trust versions
        11.  
          API keys
        12.  
          User certificates
        13.  
          User sessions and authentication
      7. Global > Storage
        1.  
          Cloud storage
        2.  
          Disk pools
        3.  
          Storage Key Management Services
        4.  
          Storage servers
        5.  
          Storage units
        6.  
          Tape media
        7.  
          Replication-capable target storage servers
      8. Assets
        1.  
          AHV assets
        2.  
          Cassandra assets
        3.  
          Cloud assets
        4.  
          Instant access for MS-Windows policies
        5.  
          Instant access for Standard policies
        6.  
          Kubernetes assets
        7.  
          Microsoft SQL Server assets
        8.  
          OpenStack servers
        9.  
          Oracle assets
        10.  
          PaaS assets
        11.  
          RHV assets
        12.  
          SaaS assets
        13.  
          Universal shares
        14.  
          VMware assets
        15.  
          Windows and Standard client types
      9.  
        Protection plans
      10.  
        Credentials
      11. Manage access
        1.  
          Remove a role that has access to an area of the web UI
        2.  
          View access definitions
        3.  
          Accessing Azure managed instance for RBAC custom role
  8. Section VI. Managing detection and reporting
    1. Detecting malware
      1.  
        About Malware detection
      2. NetBackup Web UI Malware scanning workflow configuration
        1.  
          Configure a new scan host pool
        2.  
          Add an existing scan host
        3.  
          Manage credentials
        4.  
          Remove the scan host
        5.  
          Deactivate the scan host
      3.  
        Perform Malware scanning
      4.  
        Recovery flow for malware scan
    2. Detecting anomalies
      1.  
        About backup anomaly detection
      2.  
        How a backup anomaly is detected
      3.  
        View anomalies
      4.  
        Configure anomaly detection settings
    3. Usage reporting and capacity licensing
      1.  
        Track protected data size on your primary servers
      2.  
        Configure the servers list for usage reporting
      3.  
        Configure usage reporting settings
      4.  
        Scheduling reports for capacity licensing
      5.  
        Other configuration for incremental reporting
      6.  
        Troubleshooting failures for usage reporting and incremental reporting
  9. Managing deployment
    1.  
      Managing the NetBackup Package repository
    2.  
      Update host
  10. Managing Resiliency Platforms
    1.  
      About Resiliency Platform in NetBackup
    2.  
      Understanding the terms
    3. Configuring a Resiliency Platform
      1.  
        Add a Resiliency Platform
      2.  
        Configure a third-party CA certificate
      3.  
        Edit or delete a Resiliency Platform
      4.  
        View the automated or not-automated VMs
    4.  
      Troubleshooting NetBackup and Resiliency Platform issues
  11. NetBackup SaaS Protection
    1.  
      Overview of NetBackup for SaaS
    2.  
      Adding NetBackup SaaS Protection Hubs
    3. Configuring the autodiscovery frequency
      1.  
        Proxy configuration for autodiscovery
    4.  
      Viewing asset details
    5.  
      Configuring permissions
    6.  
      Troubleshooting SaaS workload issues
  12. NetBackup Flex Scale
    1. Managing NetBackup Flex Scale
      1.  
        Access NetBackup Flex Scale from the NetBackup web UI
      2.  
        Access NetBackup from the Flex Scale infrastructure management console
      3.  
        Manage NetBackup and the Flex Scale cluster infrastructure from the Flex Scale UI
  13. Managing Bare Metal Restore (BMR)
    1.  
      About Bare Metal Restore (BMR)
    2.  
      Add a custom role for a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) administrator
  14. Troubleshooting the NetBackup Web UI
    1.  
      Tips for accessing the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      If a user doesn't have the correct permissions or access in the NetBackup web UI
    3.  
      Unable to validate the user or group

Deactivate the scan host

  1. On left, click Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
  2. Click Malware detection page, click Malware detection settings on the top right corner.
  3. On the Malware scanner host pools page, select the desired scan host pool and click Manage hosts from the action menu.
  4. Select the desired host and click Deactivate.