NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

The NetBackup web user interface provides the following features:

• Ability to access the primary server from a web browser, including Chrome and Firefox. For details on supported browsers for the web UI, see the NetBackup Software Compatibility List.

  Note that the NetBackup web UI may behave differently for different browsers. Some functionality, for example a date picker, may not be available on all browsers. These inconsistencies are due to the capabilities of the browser and not because of a limitation with NetBackup.

• A dashboard that displays a quick overview of the information that is important to you.

• Role-based access control (RBAC) that lets the administrator configure user access to NetBackup and to delegate the tasks such as security, storage management, or workload protection.

• Management of NetBackup security settings, certificates, API keys, and user sessions.

• Management of NetBackup host properties.

• Data protection is achieved through protection plans or policies. (Policy support is limited at this time. Additional policy types will be added in future releases.)

• Detection and reporting features provide for the detection of malware and anomalies and provide usage reporting to track the size of backup data on your primary servers. You can also easily connect to Veritas NetInsights Console to view and manage NetBackup licensing.

NetBackup uses role-based access control to grant access to the web UI. Access control is accomplished through roles.

• A role defines the operations that a user can perform and the access that the user has to any workload assets, protection plans, or credentials. A user can have multiple roles, which allows for full and for flexible customization of user access.

• RBAC is only available for the web UI and the APIs.

  Other access control methods for NetBackup are not supported for the web UI and APIs.

The NetBackup web UI lets administrators more easily monitor NetBackup operations and events and identify any issues that need attention.

• The dashboard displays an overview of NetBackup operations and security information. This information includes jobs, certificates, tokens, security events, malware and anomaly detection, and usage reporting.

  The dashboard widgets that display depend on a user's RBAC role and permissions.

• Email notifications can be configured so administrators receive notifications when job failures occur. NetBackup supports any ticketing system that can receive inbound email.

Protection plans offer the following benefits:

• A workload administrator can create and manage protection plans, including the backup schedules and storage that is used. This administrator selects the protection plans that protect assets.

  See Role permissions.

• In addition to schedules for backups, a protection plan can also include a schedule for replication and long-term retention.

• When you select from your available storage, you can see any additional features available for that storage.

• Users with a workload administrator role can create protection plans, manage credentials, subscribe assets to the protection plans that meet the SLO, and monitor protection status.