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 OpenStorage plugin installation
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- Deduplication pool catalog backup and recovery
- Network connection management
- Managing users
- About user name and password specifications
- 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 3.2
- Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
- Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
- NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
- 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
Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
You can use the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu to add new users to the appliance. You can add the following types of users:
Local (native user)
LDAP
Active Directory (AD)
Kerberos-NIS
Note:
If you do not register (add) a remote LDAP, AD, or NIS user with the appliance, that user cannot access the appliance.
The following procedures describe how to add new users to the appliance.
To add a new local user
- Log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu as admin.
- From the Main_Menu > Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser view, type the following command:
Users Add <username>
Where <username> is the name for the new user account. You can add multiple users at once with a comma-separated list.
- Enter a password for the new user or users.
- Use the LocalUser List command to verify the new user or users.
- Authorize the new user or users with a role. By default, a new user account does not have an assigned role, and therefore it cannot log on until you grant it a role. See Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups.
To add a new LDAP user
- Make sure that LDAP user authentication is configured on the appliance.
- Log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu as admin.
- From the Main_Menu > Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP view, type the following command:
Users Add <username>
Where <username> is the name of the LDAP user. You can add multiple users at once with a comma-separated list.
Note:
Only the users that already exist on the LDAP server can be added to the appliance.
- Use the LDAP List command to verify the new user or users.
- Authorize the new user or users with a role. By default, a new user account does not have an assigned role, and therefore it cannot log on until you grant it a role. See Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups.
To add a new AD user
- Make sure that AD user authentication is configured on the appliance.
- Log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu as admin.
- From the Main_Menu > Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory view, type the following command:
Users Add <username>
Where <username> is the name of the AD user. You can add multiple users at once with a comma-separated list.
Note:
Only the users that already exist on the AD server can be added to the appliance.
- Use the ActiveDirectory List command to verify the new user or users.
- Authorize the new user or users with a role. By default, a new user account does not have an assigned role, and therefore it cannot log on until you grant it a role. See Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups.
To add a new NIS user
- Make sure that Kerberos-NIS user authentication is configured on the appliance.
- Log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu as admin.
- From the Main_Menu > Settings > Security > Authentication > Kerberos view, type the following command:
Users Add <username>
Where <username> is the name of the NIS user. You can add multiple users at once with a comma-separated list.
Note:
Only the users that already exist on the NIS server can be added to the appliance.
- Use the Kerberos List command to verify the new user or users.
- Authorize the new user or users with a role. By default, a new user account does not have an assigned role, and therefore it cannot log on until you grant it a role. See Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups.