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

Monitoring events

Use the Monitor > Events page in the Appliance Management Console to monitor the events that occur on the AMS and the agents that are managed.

Events that occurred in the last 6 months are displayed. You can also export events from the last 90 days in a CSV file.

Click Export to export events from the last 90 days in a CSV file.

Figure: Events page shows a sample Events page.

Figure: Events page

Events page

Examples of some events that can occur are:

  • Appliance was set as an AMS

  • Appliance was added to the AMS

  • Packages were added to the repository

  • Packages were deleted from the repository

  • Upgrade has started

  • Upgrade is complete

  • Upgrade has failed

  • Preflight check has started

  • Preflight check is complete

  • Preflight check has failed

  • EEB installation has started

  • EEB installation is complete

  • EEB installation has failed

  • User password was changed

  • Access key was regenerated

  • Access key could not be regenerated

  • AMS update has started (<package name>)

  • AMS update is complete (<package name>)

  • AMA update has started (<package name>)

  • AMA update is complete (<package name>)

Note:

When you update the 3.1.1 AMS to version 1.2 by using the management update package, you may see the event AMS upgrade has started on the Monitor > Events page. This is incorrect and it should say AMS update instead of AMS upgrade.

On completion of the update, another event is logged: AMS update is complete. This event correctly describes the event as AMS update.

Each event is attached to a specific host (AMS or agent) and has a severity. The event severity can be one of the following:

Event Severity

Description

Information

Information about normal system operation

Error

Indicates problems where immediate intervention is required. It may indicate that one or more operations have failed.

Warning

Alerts you about a condition that may cause an error.

You can search for the UMI code column (Unique Message Identifier) on the Support site to learn more about the event. Visit the Support site at:

https://www.veritas.com/support