Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1)
  1. About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
    1.  
      About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
  2. User authentication
    1. About user authentication on the NetBackup appliance
      1.  
        User types that can authenticate on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About configuring user authentication
      1.  
        Generic user authentication guidelines
    3.  
      About authenticating LDAP users
    4.  
      About authenticating Active Directory users
    5.  
      About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
    6.  
      About the appliance login banner
    7. About user name and password specifications
      1.  
        About STIG compliant password policy rules
  3. User authorization
    1.  
      About user authorization on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About authorizing NetBackup appliance users
      1.  
        NetBackup appliance user role privileges
    3.  
      About the Administrator user role
    4.  
      About the NetBackupCLI user role
  4. Intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems
    1.  
      About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance
    2.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system
    3.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion detection system
    4.  
      Reviewing SDCS events on the NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Running SDCS in unmanaged mode on the NetBackup appliance
    6.  
      Running SDCS in managed mode on the NetBackup appliance
    7.  
      Overriding the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system policy
    8.  
      Re-enabling the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system policy
  5. Log files
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance log files
    2.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    3.  
      Where to find NetBackup appliance log files using the Browse command
    4.  
      Gathering device logs with the DataCollect command
    5.  
      Log Forwarding feature overview
  6. Operating system security
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance operating system security
    2.  
      Major components of the NetBackup appliance OS
    3.  
      Disabled service accounts on the NetBackup appliance
    4.  
      Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup appliance
  7. Data security
    1.  
      About data security
    2.  
      About data integrity
    3.  
      About data classification
    4. About data encryption
      1.  
        KMS support
  8. Web security
    1.  
      About SSL certification
  9. Network security
    1.  
      About IPsec Channel Configuration
    2.  
      About NetBackup appliance ports
  10. Call Home security
    1.  
      About AutoSupport
    2. About Call Home
      1.  
        Configuring Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Enabling and disabling Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      3.  
        Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      4.  
        Understanding the Call Home workflow
    3. About SNMP
      1.  
        About the Management Information Base (MIB)
  11. IPMI security
    1.  
      Introduction to IPMI configuration
    2.  
      Recommended IPMI settings
    3.  
      Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate
  12. STIG compliance
    1.  
      OS STIG hardening for NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Unenforced STIG hardening rules
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content

Re-enabling the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system policy

You can use the following procedure to re-enable the Intrusion Security policy (IPS) from the maintenance mode.

To re-enable the Symantec Intrusion security policy:

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu as an administrator.
  2. Enter the Support > Maintenance command to bring up the Maintenance Mode login prompt. Enter the Maintenance user account password to log into Maintenance Mode.
    app123.Support> Maintenance
    <!-- Maintenance Mode --!>
    maintenance's password:
  3. In Maintenance Mode, type the following command to re-enable the IPS policy:
    /opt/Symantec/sdcssagent/IPS/sisipsoverride.sh

    The following message is displayed:

    Symantec Critical Protection Policy Override
    
    Agent Version: 6.5.0 (build 355)
    
    Current Policy: NetBackup Appliance Prevention Policy, r33
    
    Policy Prevention: Enabled
    
    Policy Override: Allowed
    
    Override State: Overriden
    
    Overide Type: Prevention Overriden except for Self-Protection
    
    Overide User: maintenance
    
    Previous Comment: This is an example.
    
    Auto re-enable in: 13 minutes, 31 seconds
    
    
    Do you wish to:
    
    1. Re-enable the Policy.
    2. Extend the Override Time.
    
    
  4. Enter 1 to re-enable the IPS policy.

    The following message is displayed:

    Enter a comment. Press Enter to continue.
    
  5. Enter a relevant comment, such as:
    Enter a comment. Press Enter to continue.
    
    The policy is re-enabled.

    The appliance re-enables the policy and the following message is displayed:

    Please wait while the policy is being re-enabled.
    
    ......
    
    The policy was successfully re-enabled.