Veritas NetBackup™ for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
    1.  
      Protect AHV using NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup terminology related to the AHV backup
    3.  
      NetBackup for AHV environment
    4.  
      Tasks to protect the AHV
  2. Prerequisites, notes, and restrictions
    1.  
      Prerequisites
    2. Notes and restrictions
      1.  
        NetBackup character restrictions for virtual machine names
  3. Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
    1.  
      Establishing communication between components
    2. Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master server
      1.  
        Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master access list
      2.  
        Configuring a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    3.  
      Adding a backup host to the Acropolis Cluster access list
    4.  
      Adding the Nutanix Acropolis Cluster credentials for NetBackup
    5. Managing SSL certificates
      1.  
        Managing SSL certificates on NetBackup Appliance
    6.  
      About the nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file
  4. Configuring NetBackup policies for AHV
    1.  
      About the BigData policy type
    2.  
      Creating a BigData policy using the NetBackup Policies utility
    3.  
      Creating a BigData policy using the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard
    4.  
      Creating a BigData policy using the NetBackup Command Line Interface
  5. Backup and restore
    1. Back up the Nutanix AHV virtual machines
      1.  
        Basic phases in a NetBackup backup of an AHV
    2.  
      Restoring the Nutanix AHV virtual machines
  6. Troubleshooting issues
    1.  
      Troubleshooting issues related to AHV backup
    2.  
      NetBackup logs
    3.  
      About errors during policy creation and validation
    4.  
      NetBackup status codes
  7. Appendix A. NetBackup commands to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      NetBackup commands for protecting the AHV

About the nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file

The nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file contains the parameters that let you manage your SSL certificate preferences.

The nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file is bundled with NetBackup and it is located in the usr/openv/netbackup directory on the backup host. The nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file uses a JSON file format.

The Table: The nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file parameters and their description lists the parameters that the configuration file contains.

Table: The nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file parameters and their description

Parameter

Description

enable_ssl_validations

Specifies whether or not to enable SSL validations for your certificate.

The default value for this parameter is true.

To disable SSL validations, change the value of this parameter to false.

cert_authority_file

Specifies the file name along with the path to the SSL certificate. By default, the value for this parameter is blank or empty.

Here is an example of the parameter with a valid value: "cert_authority_file":"usr/openv/cacert.pem"

Ensure that the certificate bundles are updated on your system.

See Managing SSL certificates .