NetBackup™ Self Service Configuration Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)
  1. Configuring a Self Service solution
    1.  
      About configuring a Self Service solution
    2.  
      Self Service scheduled backup
    3.  
      Configuration checklist
  2. Configuring a NetBackup primary server
    1.  
      About configuring the NetBackup primary server
    2.  
      Enabling communication with a Windows NetBackup primary server
    3.  
      Enabling communication with a UNIX NetBackup primary server
    4.  
      Enabling communication with a NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Enabling communication with a NetBackup primary server using the REST API
    6.  
      Creating NetBackup Template Policies
  3. Configuring Self Service
    1.  
      About Self Service configuration
    2.  
      Configuring backup servers
    3.  
      Configuring protection
    4.  
      Configuring storage
    5.  
      Configuring tenants
    6.  
      Access rights
    7.  
      Registering computers
    8. Configuring the home page
      1.  
        Home page integration settings
  4. Customizing Self Service
    1.  
      Language settings
    2.  
      Themes
    3.  
      Notices
    4.  
      Email Template Customization Screen
  5. User authentication methods
    1.  
      About user authentication methods
    2.  
      Forms based authentication
    3.  
      Windows Authentication
    4.  
      Active Directory Import
    5.  
      Configuring Self Service to use Federated Single Sign-On
  6. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting
    2.  
      Where to find troubleshooting information
    3.  
      Impersonation of a tenant user
    4.  
      Issues with Remote PowerShell to Windows primary servers
    5.  
      Issues with HTTPS configuration
  7. Appendix A. NetBackup policy types
    1.  
      List of NetBackup policy types
  8. Appendix B. Dashboard traffic light status and usage
    1.  
      About dashboard traffic light status and usage
    2.  
      Assets with a protection type
    3.  
      Assets without a Protection Type
    4.  
      Usage and Charging
    5.  
      Tenant Quota Enforcement
  9. Appendix C. Synchronizing data from NetBackup
    1.  
      About synchronizing data from NetBackup
  10. Appendix D. NetBackup Self Service data caching process
    1.  
      About NetBackup Self Service data caching process
    2.  
      NetBackup Data Synchronization
    3.  
      Backup Now
    4.  
      Protect
    5.  
      Unprotect
  11. Appendix E. Integration settings
    1.  
      About integration settings
    2.  
      NetBackup Adapter
    3.  
      NetBackup Adapter Usage
    4.  
      NetBackup Adapter Access Rights
  12. Appendix F. REST API
    1.  
      About the REST API
  13. Appendix G. Glossary
    1.  
      Glossary

Home page integration settings

The integration settings that are shown affect the display and information that is included in the Status and the Usage panels.

You can find the relevant Integration settings either by Left menu > Settings > System Configuration > Integration Settings or Left menu > Tenants > select a tenant > Integration.

Table: NetBackup Adapter

Item

Details

Contracted Space (TB)

Used to augment used space display; maintainable at tenant level.

Usage Retention Period (months)

The number of months retained for display in Usage trend graph or list.

Show Traffic Light Tiles

This setting determines whether traffic lights are displayed on the home page.

Show Consumption Total Tile

This setting determines whether the total usage is displayed on the home page.

Show Consumption Trend Tile

This setting determines whether the usage trend graphs are displayed on the home page.

Quota enforcement

This setting toggles the tracking of space usage at the tenant level. It helps enforce the contracted space that every tenant is given with values set in Contracted Space (TB).

By default this option is disabled. To enable quota enforcement, this option must be enabled for each tenant.

The NetBackup adapter access rights controls the actions all users, individual tenants, or specific users are allowed to perform against an asset.

Table: NetBackup Adapter Access Rights

Item

Details

Allow Backup Now

Determines if the Backup Now option is displayed.

Allow Protect Machine

Determines if the Protect Computer option is displayed.

Allow Restore File

Determines if the Restore File option is displayed. This option also includes the Restore Folder option.

Allow Restore Vm

Determines if the Restore Vm option is displayed.

Allow Restore Kubernetes Namespace

Determines if the Restore Kubernetes Namespace option is displayed.

Allow Restore Nutanix VM

Determines if the Restore Nutnaix VM option is displayed.

Allow Restore Longterm Backup

Determines if the Restore Longterm Backup option is displayed.

Allow Unprotect Machine

Determines if the Unprotect Computer option is displayed.

Allow Usage Report

Controls the display of the Usage report on the home page.

Allow Register for File Restore

Determines if the Register for File Restore option is displayed.

Allow Restore SQL

Determines if the Restore SQL Database option is displayed (if backups are found).

Allow Restore Oracle

Determines if the Restore Oracle Backups option is displayed (if backups are found).

Allow Restore Cloud Asset

Determines if the Restore Cloud Asset option is displayed.

Allow Agentless Restore File

Determines if the Restore File option is displayed. This option also includes the Restore Folder option.

Allow Agentless Restore File to Alternate Vm

Determines if the Restore File to Alternate VM option is displayed. This option also includes the Restore Folder option.

Allow Expire Backups

Determines if the Expire Backups option is available on the Asset > Backups tab.

Allow Restore Disks

Determines if the Restore Disks option is displayed.

Allow Protect MSSQL

Determines if the Add Protection option for SQL Server instance/database is displayed.

Allow Unprotect MSSQL

Determines if the Remove Protection option for SQL Server instance/database is displayed.

More information about access rights is available in the Configuring Tenants section.

See Configuring tenants.

NetBackup Adapter Usage controls features within the Usage tab.

Table: NetBackup Adapter Usage

Item

Details

Charging Type

Basis of charge calculation: New backup, Consumed Capacity, or none; maintainable at tenant level

Use Data Transferred values

Controls whether to use Transferred Size or Image Size in usage statistics. Transferred Size values can be lower, such as when you use Accelerators. Transferred Size values only available on NetBackup 7.7.1 and later.