Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation
- Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- Preparing to deploy the appliance
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance master server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance CloudCatalyst
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Appliance common tasks
- Storage management
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- About viewing storage space information using the Show command
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- Network connection management
- Managing users
- About authenticating LDAP users
- About authenticating Active Directory users
- About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
- About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
- Using the appliance
- About configuring Host parameters for your appliance on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About Copilot functionality and Share management
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance as a VMware backup host
- About running NetBackup commands from the appliance
- About mounting a remote NFS
- About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Monitoring the appliance
- About SNMP
- About Call Home
- Appliance security
- About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the appliance login banner
- Upgrading the appliance
- About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.1.2
- Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
- Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
- Appliance restore
- Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
- Troubleshooting
- About disaster recovery
- About NetBackup support utilities
- Appliance logging
- Commands overview
- Appendix A. Appliance commands
- Appendix B. Manage commands
- Appendix C. Monitor commands
- Appendix D. Network commands
- Appendix E. Reports commands
- Appendix F. Settings commands
- Appendix G. Support commands
Completing the initial configuration of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
This section describes the remaining configuration steps after the automatic initial configuration is complete.
Note:
Use this procedure to complete the initial configuration only when the product file you use supports automatic initial configuration.
To complete the initial configuration of a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- After you have deployed a new virtual appliance, open a console session from the VMware vSphere Client to log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu.
The logon is admin, and the default password is P@ssw0rd.
Note:
The automatic initial configuration runs while the appliance is starting up and continues after the appliance log-on screen first appears. Wait for about 20-30 minutes before you proceed to verify the appliance status.
- Use the following command to verify that the automatic configuration completed successfully:
Main > Appliance > Status
The command output should contain a message similar to the following:
Appliance Version is 3.1.2. Appliance is configured as master appliance.
If the output does not show that the appliance is configured as a master appliance, you need to redeploy the appliance or perform other troubleshooting steps to fix the issue before you proceed to the next step. See Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues.
- Use the following commands to change the admin, the maintenance, and the nbasecadmin account passwords from the known default password (P@ssw0rd):
Main > Settings > Password admin
Main > Settings > Password maintenance
Main > Settings > Password nbasecadmin
Note:
You cannot access the NetBackup web UI until you have changed the nbasecadmin user password.
- Use the following command to set the time zone:
Main > Network > TimeZone Set
Select the appropriate time zone from the displayed list.
- Use the following command to add a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server:
Main > Network > NTPServer Add <Server>
Where <Server> is the name of the NTPServer.
- Add a permanent license key before the evaluation key expires with the following command:
Main > Manage > License > Add
You can locate your permanent license key from the Veritas Entitlement Management System (VEMS). To access VEMS, click Licensing on the Veritas Support website.
Warning:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance has a specific license key, and if the correct key is not installed, the appliance services stop functioning after the evaluation key expires. Make sure that the permanent license key that you add is correct for NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
See Managing license keys on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
- Log on to the appliance from the NetBackup Administration Console and activate the NetBackup catalog backup policy.
By default, the appliance creates an inactive backup policy that uses a Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) to protect the NetBackup catalog. The SLP backs up the data to AdvancedDisk and then duplicates it to MSDP. You are then able to use Auto Image Replication to save your catalog backup off site. Veritas recommends that you use this replication-based strategy for disaster recovery (DR) due to the combined master and media server role of the appliance.
To activate the policy, navigate to the NetBackup Management > Policies tab in the Administration Console, right-click on the
nbu-catalog
policy, and select Activate.Note:
You must set an encryption passphrase for the disaster recovery package for the catalog to be successful. Catalog backups continue to fail until the passphrase is set.
For more information about the security requirements for disaster recovery, see the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.
If you plan to use AdvancdDisk to back up your clients, note that the AdvancedDisk does not support Auto Image Replication. If you want to save the data off site, create an SLP to duplicate the backup data on AdvancedDisk to MSDP. You are then able to use Auto Image Replication to transfer the data off site.