Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation
- Getting to know the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance product description
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance supported features
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance documentation
- NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Known limitations of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 release
- Operational Notes for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.2 release
- Preparing to deploy the appliance
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Using the vSphere Client to deploy a combined master and media server appliance
- Using the OVF Tool to deploy a combined master and media server appliance
- Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Completing the initial configuration of the 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
- Resizing a partition
- Troubleshooting resize-related issues
- Moving a partition
- Monitoring the progress of storage manipulation tasks
- Scanning storage devices using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Adding storage space for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Removing an existing storage disk
- About OpenStorage plugin installation
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance storage configuration
- Deduplication pool catalog backup and recovery
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Automatic configuration of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Manually configuring the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Manually updating the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog backup policy
- Recovering the NetBackup Virtual Appliance deduplication pool catalog
- Network connection management
- About IPv4-IPv6-based network support
- Network settings for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Configuring DNS and host name mapping for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the date and time on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Configuring static routes on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Expanding the bandwidth on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Managing users
- About managing NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types
- Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
- Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance users
- Adding NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
- Deleting NetBackup Virtual Appliance user groups
- Granting roles to NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
- Revoking roles from NetBackup Virtual Appliance users and user groups
- About user name and password specifications
- Changing NetBackup Virtual Appliance user passwords
- About password management and recovery
- About authenticating LDAP users
- Adding or modifying an LDAP server configuration on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Importing an LDAP server configuration for the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting the SSL certification for LDAP on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Exporting an LDAP server configuration from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Unconfiguring LDAP user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Disabling LDAP user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Enabling LDAP user authentication on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Adding an LDAP attribute mapping on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Deleting an LDAP attribute mapping on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About authenticating Active Directory users
- About authentication using smart cards and digital certificates
- About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
- Generic user authentication guidelines
- About user authorization on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts
- Deleting 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
- Running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Creating a NetBackup touch file from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Best practices for running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About NetBackup operating system commands
- Known limitations of running NetBackup commands from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About mounting a remote NFS
- About Auto Image Replication from a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Generating certificates
- Monitoring the appliance
- About NetBackup Virtual Appliance alerts
- Setting up email notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Setting up SNMP notifications for a NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
- Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- About SNMP
- About Call Home
- About AutoSupport
- About storage email alerts
- Appliance security
- About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About data security
- About data integrity
- About data classification
- About data encryption
- About SSL usage
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion detection system
- About the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion prevention system
- Major components of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance OS
- OS STIG hardening for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Unenforced STIG hardening rules
- FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About the appliance login banner
- Setting the appliance login banner
- Log Forwarding feature overview
- Upgrading the appliance
- About upgrading to NetBackup Virtual Appliance software version 3.2
- Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
- Pre-upgrade tasks for appliance upgrades
- Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
- Installing a NetBackup Virtual Appliance software update using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Troubleshooting upgrade issues
- NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
- Appliance restore
- Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
- Troubleshooting
- About troubleshooting the NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- About contacting Technical Support
- Determining the NetBackup Virtual Appliance serial number
- About disaster recovery
- About NetBackup support utilities
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Virtual Appliance initial deployment issues
- Error messages displayed on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- NetBackup status codes applicable for NetBackup Virtual Appliance
- Installing an EEB
- Rolling back an EEB using the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Appliance logging
- Commands overview
- Appendix A. Appliance commands
- Appendix B. Manage commands
- Manage > Software > Delete
- Manage > Software > Download
- Manage > Software > List
- Manage > Software > Install
- Manage > Software > Share
- Manage > Software > Readme
- Manage > Software > Rollback
- Manage > Software > Cancel
- Manage > Software > DownloadProgress
- Manage > Software > UpgradeStatus
- Manage > Software > VxUpdate
- Manage > Storage > Show
- Manage > Storage > Add
- Manage > Storage > Create
- Manage > Storage > Delete
- Manage > Storage > Edit
- Manage > Storage > Monitor
- Manage > Storage > Move
- Manage > Storage > Remove
- Manage > Storage > Resize
- Manage > Storage > Scan
- Manage > OpenStorage > Install
- Manage > OpenStorage > List
- Manage > OpenStorage > Readme
- Manage > OpenStorage > Share
- Manage > OpenStorage > Uninstall
- Manage > MountPoints > List
- Manage > MountPoints > Mount
- Manage > MountPoints > Unmount
- Manage > License > Add
- Manage > License > List
- Manage > License > ListInfo
- Manage > License > Remove
- Manage > Certificates > Generate
- Manage > Certificates > Delete
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > Create
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > Delete
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > List
- Manage > NetBackupCLI > PasswordExpiry
- Appendix C. Monitor commands
- Appendix D. Network commands
- Network > Configure
- Network > Date
- Network > DNS
- Network > Gateway
- Network > Hostname
- Network > Hosts
- Network > IPv4
- Network > IPv6
- Network > LinkAggregation
- Network > NetStat
- Network > NTPServer
- Network > Ping
- Network > SetProperty
- Network > Show
- Network > TimeZone
- Network > TraceRoute
- Network > Unconfigure
- Network > WANOptimization
- Appendix E. Reports commands
- Appendix F. Settings commands
- Settings > Deduplication
- Settings > LifeCycle
- Settings > LogForwarding
- Settings > NetBackup
- Settings > Password
- Settings > SystemLocale
- Settings > Share
- Settings > Sysctl
- Settings > NetBackup DNAT
- Settings > Notifications > LoginBanner
- Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP
- Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory
- Settings > Security > Authentication > Kerberos
- Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser
- Settings > Security > Authorization
- Main > Settings > Security > Certificate
- Main > Settings > Security > STIG
- Main > Settings > Security > FIPS
- Settings > Alerts > CallHome
- Settings > Alerts > SNMP
- Settings > Alerts > Email
- Settings > Alerts > Hardware
- Appendix G. Support commands
- Support > Checkpoint
- Support > DataCollect
- Support > Disk
- Support > Errors
- Support > FactoryReset
- Support > InfraServices
- Support > iostat
- Support > Logs
- Support > Maintenance
- Support > Messages
- Support > NBDNA
- Support > nbperfchk
- Support > NBSU
- Support > Processes
- Support > Reboot
- Support > Service
- Support > Shutdown
- Support > Storage SanityCheck
- Support > Storage Reset
- Support > Test
Unenforced STIG hardening rules
This topic describes the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) rules the are not currently enforced on NetBackup Virtual Appliance. Rules in this list may not be enforced for reasons including, but not limited to the following:
Enforcement of the rule is planned for a future appliance software release.
An alternate method is used to provide protection that meets or exceeds the method described in the rule.
The method described in the rule is not used or supported on NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
The following describes the STIG rules that are not currently enforced:
CCE-26876-3: Ensure that gpgcheck is enabled for all
yumpackage repositories.Scanner severity level: High
CCE-27209-6: Verify and correct the file permissions for the rpm.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-27157-7: Verify file hashes with rpm.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80127-4: Install McAfee Antivirus
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-26818-5: Install intrusion detection software.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-27334-2: Ensure SELinux state is enforcing.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80226-4: Enable encrypted X11 forwarding.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-27386-2: Ensure that the default SNMP password is not used.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80126-6: Install the Asset Configuration Compliance Module (ACCM).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80369-2: Install the Policy Auditor (PA) module.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27277-3: Disable
modprobeloading of the USB storage driver.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27349-0: Set default
firewalldzone for incoming packets.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80170-4: Install
libreswanpackage.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80223-1: Enable use of privilege separation.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80347-8: Ensure that gpgcheck is enabled for local packages.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80348-6: Ensure that gpgcheck is enabled for repository metadata.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80358-5: Install the
dracut_fipspackage.Security scanner level: Medium
CCE-80359-3: Enable FIPS mode in the
GRand Unified Bootloaderversion 2 (GRUB2).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27557-8: Set an interactive session timeout to terminate idle sessions.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80377-5: Configure AIDE to FIPS 140-2 for validating hashes.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80351-0: Ensure that users re-authenticate for privilege escalation (
sudo_NOPASSWD).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27355-7: Set account expiration following inactivity.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80207-4: Enable smart card login.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27370-6: Configure
auditd_admin_space_left_actionon low disk space.Security scanner level: Medium
CCE-27295-5: Use only approved ciphers.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-26548-8: Disable kernel support for USB from the
bootloaderconfiguration.Scanner severity level: Low
CCE-27128-8: Encrypt partitions.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-26895-3: Ensure that software patches are installed.
Scanner security level: High
CCE-27279-9: Configure the SE Linux policy.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-27399-5: Uninstall the
ypservpackage.Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80128-2: Enable service nails.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80129-0: Update virus scanning definitions.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27288-0: Make sure that no daemons are unconfined by SE Linux. Make sure that all daemons are confined by SE Linux.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-27326-8: Make sure that no device files are unlabeled by SE Linux./Make sure that all device files are labeled by SE Linux.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80354-4: Set the UEFI boot loader password.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80171-2: Verify any configured
IPSectunnel connections.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-26960-5: Disable booting from USB devices in boot firmware.
Scanner severity level: Low
CCE-27194-0: Assign a password to prevent changes to the boot firmware configuration.
Scanner severity level: Low
CCE-80516-8: Configure the SSSD LDAP backend client CA certificate.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80515-0: Configure the SSSD LDAP backend client CA certificate location.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80546-5: Configure the SSSD LDAP backend to use TLS for all transactions.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80437-7: Configure PAM in SSSD services.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80519-2: Install smart card packages for multi factor authentication.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80520-0: Configure certificate status checking for smart cards.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80526-7: User initialization files must be group-owned by the primary user.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80523-4: User initialization files must not run world-writable programs.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80527-5: User initialization files must be owned by the primary user.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80524-2: Ensure that the user's path contains only local directories.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80528-3: All interactive users must have a defined home directory.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80529-1: All interactive users home directories must exist.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80534-1: All user files and directories in the home directory must be group-owned by the primary user.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80533-3: All user files and directories in the home directory must be owned by the primary user.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80535-8: All user files and directories in the home directory must have permissions set to mode 0750 or less.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80532-5: All interactive user home directories must be group-owned by the primary user.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80531-7: All interactive user home directories must be owned by the primary user.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80525-9: Ensure that all user initialization files have permissions set to mode 0740 or less.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80530-9: All interactive user home directories must have permissions set to mode 0750 or less.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80393-2: Record any attempts to run
chcon.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80391-6: Record any attempts to run
semanage.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80660-4: Record any attempts to run
setfiles.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80392-4: Record any attempts to run
setsebool.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80661-2: Ensure that
auditdcollects information on kernel module loading (create_module).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80415-3: Ensure that
auditdcollects information on kernel module unloading (delete_module).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80547-3: Ensure that
auditdcollects information on kernel module loading and unloading (finit_module).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80414-6: Ensure that
auditdcollects information on kernel module loading (init_module).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80383-3: Record attempts to alter logon and logout events (faillock).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80402-1: Ensure that
auditdcollects information on the use of privileged commands (sudoedit).Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80385-8: Record unauthorized (unsuccessful) access attempts to files (create).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80390-8: Record unauthorized (unsuccessful) access attempts to files (ftruncate).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80386-6: Record unauthorized (unsuccessful) access attempts to files (open).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80388-2: Record unauthorized (unsuccessful) access attempts to files (open_by_handle_at).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80387-4: Record unauthorized (unsuccessful) access attempts to files (openat).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80389-0: Record unauthorized (unsuccessful) access attempts to files (truncate).
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80381-7: Shutdown system when auditing failures occur.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80439-3: Configure the time service maxpoll interval.
Scanner severity level: Low
CCE-80541-6: Configure
audispdplugin to send logs to remote server.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80539-0: Configure the disk_full_action option in the
audispd'splugin.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80540-8: Encrypt audit records sent with the
audispdplugin.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80538-2: Configure the network_failure_action option in the
audispd'splugin.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80542-4: Configure
firewalldto rate limit connections.Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-26828-4: Disable DCCP support.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-81153-9: Add the nosuid option to
/home.Scanner severity level: Low
CCE-80543-2: Map system users to the appropriate SELinux role.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-80545-7: Verify and correct ownership of an rpm.
Scanner severity level: High
CCE-80512-7: Prevent unrestricted mail relaying.
Scanner severity level: Medium
CCE-26884-7: Set the lockout time for failed password attempts.
Scanner severity level: Medium