Veritas Appliance Management Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.2)
Platform: Appliance Management Server
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Changes introduced in Appliance Management Server 2.2
    3.  
      Operational notes
    4.  
      About the Appliance Management Console
    5.  
      About the Appliance Management Server
    6.  
      About the Appliance Management Agent
    7.  
      About the AMS and the agent topology
  2. Managing an AMS
    1.  
      About configuring an AMS
    2.  
      Configuring NetBackup appliances as AMS
    3.  
      Configuring AMS on NetBackup Virtual Appliance
    4.  
      Unconfiguring AMS on NetBackup appliances
    5.  
      About the AMS user role on NetBackup appliances
    6.  
      Granting the AMS role to a user or a user group on NetBackup appliances
    7.  
      About collecting AMS logs
  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.  
      Limiting the bandwidth used for downloads
    5.  
      Logging out of the Appliance Management Console
  4. Managing appliances
    1.  
      Viewing the appliance details
    2.  
      Rebooting an appliance
    3.  
      Viewing performance charts for appliance
    4.  
      Exporting the appliance performance data
    5.  
      Viewing the capacity utilization of an appliance
    6.  
      Viewing the capacity utilization of multiple appliances
    7.  
      Adding appliances to the Appliance Management Console
    8.  
      Removing one or more agents from the Appliance Management Console
    9. About managing appliance software upgrades
      1.  
        Upgrading NetBackup appliance software
    10.  
      Updating firmware on NetBackup appliances
    11.  
      Running hardware tests on NetBackup appliances
    12. Managing EEBs
      1.  
        Installing EEBs
      2.  
        Uninstalling EEBs
    13. About staging packages
      1.  
        Considerations for staging packages
      2.  
        Staging packages for installation or upgrade
    14. About managing services on NetBackup appliances
      1.  
        Starting, stopping, or restarting services
    15.  
      Installing maintenance release and security patch packages on NetBackup appliances
  5. Monitoring activities and events
    1.  
      Accessing the Activity Monitor
    2.  
      Monitoring events
    3.  
      Accessing the NetInsights Console
  6. Managing the repository
    1.  
      About managing the repository
    2.  
      Guidelines for adding packages or files to the repository
    3.  
      Accessing the repository
    4.  
      Adding packages or files to the repository
    5.  
      Removing packages or files from the repository
  7. Applying management updates
    1.  
      Upgrading the AMS and the agents on NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Managing AMS updates on NetBackup appliances
    3.  
      Performing automatic or manual agent updates on NetBackup appliances

Updating firmware on NetBackup appliances

Use the following procedure to update the firmware on NetBackup appliances version 4.1 or later. On appliances earlier than 4.1, you can install the firmware update as an EEB. See Installing EEBs.

To update the firmware on NetBackup appliances version 4.1 and later

  1. Download the firmware update tool for the NetBackup Appliance version that you want to update and add it to the AMS repository. See About managing the repository.
  2. On the Home page, select the appliances that you want to update. All selected appliances must use the same software version. After you complete the appliance selections, click Manage > Firmware update.
  3. Confirm the appliance selections and click Next.
  4. Select the appropriate update package and click Next.
  5. Confirm the appliances and the update package, then click Install. You can monitor the progress from the Activity Monitor.