Veritas Appliance Management Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      About the Appliance Management Console
    3.  
      About the Appliance Management Server
    4.  
      About the Appliance Management Agent
    5.  
      About the AMS and the agent topology
  2. Appliance as an AMS
    1.  
      Configuring an appliance as AMS
    2.  
      Setting or removing the management role of an appliance as AMS
    3.  
      About the AMS user role
    4.  
      Granting the AMS role to a user or a user group
  3. Using the Appliance Management Console
    1.  
      Logging on to the Appliance Management Console
    2.  
      Using the Home page
    3.  
      Changing passwords from the AMS
    4.  
      Managing the repository
    5.  
      Limiting the bandwidth used for downloads
    6.  
      Logging out of the Appliance Management Console
  4. Managing appliances from the Home page
    1.  
      Viewing the appliance details
    2.  
      Viewing performance charts for appliance
    3.  
      Exporting the appliance performance data
    4.  
      Adding an appliance to the Appliance Management Console
    5.  
      Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console
    6.  
      Managing appliance software upgrades
    7. Managing EEBs
      1.  
        Installing EEBs
      2.  
        Uninstalling EEBs
  5. Using Activity Monitor and Events
    1.  
      About the Activity Monitor
    2.  
      Accessing the Activity Monitor
    3.  
      Monitoring events
    4.  
      Accessing the MyAppliance portal
  6. Applying management updates on earlier appliance versions
    1.  
      Downloading the AMS and agent updates for earlier versions
    2.  
      Managing AMS updates
    3.  
      Performing automatic or manual agent updates
  7. Running AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    1.  
      AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    2.  
      Configuring standalone AMS on a virtual appliance without any NetBackup configuration
    3.  
      Configuring master server or media server and AMS on a virtual appliance
    4.  
      Appliance Management Console login and user password change

About the Appliance Management Console

The Appliance Management Console is a web-based graphical user interface that lets you centrally manage multiple NetBackup appliances from a single pane. It provides enterprise-wide monitoring and management of NetBackup appliances. The console enables you to upgrade and install emergency engineering binary files (EEB) on multiple appliances at the same time.

Note:

Appliances that use software versions 2.7.3 and 3.0 are also supported for upgrades through the Appliance Management Console. To upgrade appliances with versions 2.7.3 or 3.0 from the Appliance Management Console, you must first apply specific EEBs on those appliances. Check this link for more information.

A management interface saves time and money especially when you have multiple appliances in your environment. Logging on to each individual appliance for upgrades or installing EEBs is not required. The managed appliances can exist on one network or on segregated networks, which are visible to one management network.

With 3.1 and later, two web-based graphical user interfaces are available with the NetBackup appliances. You can choose to use either of the following based on your requirements:

  • NetBackup Appliance Web Console

    The NetBackup Appliance Web Console relates to management and configuration of an individual appliance.

  • Appliance Management Console

    If you configure an appliance as an AMS, you can access the Appliance Management Console for the specific appliance. The Appliance Management Console is a management interface that can be used for upgrading or installing EEBs on multiple NetBackup appliances.

The following are the capabilities of the Appliance Management Console:

  • Display managed servers on the Home page.

  • Upgrade multiple appliances with the same version.

  • If you want to upgrade appliances with versions 2.7.3 or 3.0 from the Appliance Management Console, you must first apply specific EEBs on those appliances. Check this link for more information.

  • Apply an EEB to multiple appliances with the same version. Only a single EEB is applied at one time on multiple appliances.

  • View all installations or upgrades that are currently in progress from the Activity Monitor. You can also view events on the Appliance Management Server from Monitor > Events.

    Note:

    The installations or upgrades must be started from the Appliance Management Console for them to be visible in the Activity Monitor.

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