NetBackup™ Web UI Security Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      First-time sign in to a NetBackup master server from the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    5.  
      Authorized users
    6.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
  2. Managing role-based access control
    1.  
      About role-based access control (RBAC) in NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup default RBAC roles
    3.  
      Configuring RBAC
    4.  
      Add a custom role
    5.  
      Edit or delete a custom role
    6.  
      About object groups
    7. Steps to create an object group
      1.  
        Selecting the assets for an object group
      2.  
        Selecting application servers for an object group
      3.  
        Selecting protection plans for an object group
      4.  
        Preview the objects in an object group
    8.  
      Edit or delete an object group
    9.  
      Add access for a user through access rules
    10.  
      Edit or remove user access rules
  3. Adding AD or LDAP domains
    1.  
      Add AD or LDAP domains
  4. Security events and audit logs
    1.  
      View security events and audit logs
    2. About NetBackup auditing
      1.  
        User identity in the audit report
      2.  
        Audit retention period and catalog backups of audit records
      3.  
        Viewing the detailed NetBackup audit report
  5. Managing hosts
    1.  
      View NetBackup host information
    2.  
      Approve or add mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    3.  
      Remove mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    4.  
      Reset a host's attributes
  6. Managing security certificates
    1.  
      About security management and certificates in NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup host IDs and host ID-based certificates
    3. Managing NetBackup security certificates
      1.  
        Reissue a NetBackup certificate
      2.  
        Managing NetBackup certificate authorization tokens
    4. Using external security certificates with NetBackup
      1.  
        View external certificate information for the NetBackup hosts in the domain
  7. Managing user sessions
    1.  
      Display a message to users when they sign in
    2.  
      Enable maximum sign-in attempts and idle time-out settings for user sessions
    3.  
      Sign out a NetBackup user session
    4.  
      Unlock a NetBackup user
  8. Managing master server security settings
    1.  
      Certificate authority for secure communication
    2.  
      Disable communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts
    3.  
      Disable automatic mapping of NetBackup host names
    4.  
      About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
    5.  
      Select a security level for NetBackup certificate deployment
    6.  
      Set a passphrase for disaster recovery
  9. Creating and using API keys
    1.  
      About API keys
    2.  
      Manage API keys
    3.  
      Use an API key with NetBackup REST APIs
    4.  
      View API keys
  10. Configuring smart card authentication
    1.  
      Configure user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
    2.  
      Edit the configuration for smart card authentication
    3.  
      Add or delete a CA certificate that is used for smart card authentication
    4.  
      Disable or temporarily disable smart card authentication
  11. Troubleshooting access to the web UI
    1.  
      Tips for accessing the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      If a user doesn't have the correct permissions or access in the NetBackup web UI
    3. Unable to add AD or LDAP domains with the vssat command
      1.  
        Connection cannot be established with the AD or the LDAP server
      2.  
        User credentials are not valid
      3.  
        An incorrect user base DN or group base DN was provided
      4.  
        Multiple users or groups exist with the same name under user base DN or group base DN
      5.  
        User or group does not exist

Viewing the detailed NetBackup audit report

You can see detailed NetBackup audit event information with the nbauditreport command.

To view the full audit report

  1. Log on to the master server.
  2. Enter the following command to display the audit report in the summary format.

    Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbauditreport

    UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd\nbauditreport

    	

    Or, run the command with the following options.

    	

    -sdate

    <"MM/DD/YY [HH:[MM[:SS]]]">

    The start date and time of the report data you want to view.

    -edate

    <"MM/DD/YY [HH:[MM[:SS]]]">

    The end date and time of the report data you want to view.

    -ctgy category

    The category of user action that was performed. Categories such as POLICY may contain several sub-categories such as schedules or backup selections. Any modifications to a sub-category are listed as a modification to the primary category.

    See the NetBackup Commands Guide for -ctgy options.

    -user

    <username[:domainname]>

    Use to indicate the name of the user for whom you'd like to display audit information.

    -fmt DETAIL

    The -fmt DETAIL option displays a comprehensive list of audit information. For example, when a policy is changed, this view lists the name of the attribute, the old value, and the new value. This option has the following sub-options:

    • [-notruncate] . Display the old and new values of a changed attribute on separate lines in the details section of the report.

    • [-pagewidth <NNN>] . Set the page width for the details section of the report.

    -fmt PARSABLE

    The -fmt PARSABLE option displays the same set of information as the DETAIL report but in a parsable format. The report uses the pipe character (|) as the parsing token between the audit report data. This option has the following sub-options:

    • [-order <DTU|DUT|TDU|TUD|UDT|UTD>]. Indicate the order in which the information appears.

      D (Description)

      T (Timestamp)

      U (User)

    	
  3. The audit report contains the following details:
    	

    DESCRIPTION

    The details of the action that was performed.

    USER

    The identity of the user who performed the action.

    See User identity in the audit report.

    TIMESTAMP

    The time that the action was performed.

    The following information only displays if you use the -fmt DETAIL or the -fmt PARSABLE options.

    CATEGORY

    The category of user action that was performed.

    ACTION

    The action that was performed.

    REASON

    The reason that the action was performed. A reason displays if a reason was specified for the operation that created the change.

    DETAILS

    An account of all of the changes, listing the old values and the new values.

    	

Example of the audit report:

[root@server1 admincmd]# ./nbauditreport
TIMESTAMP            USER           DESCRIPTION
04/20/2018 11:52:43  root@server1   Policy 'test_pol_1' was saved but no changes were detected
04/20/2018 11:52:42  root@server1   Schedule 'full' was added to Policy 'test_pol_1'
04/20/2018 11:52:41  root@server1   Policy 'test_pol_1' was saved but no changes were detected
04/20/2018 11:52:08  root@server1   Policy 'test_pol_1' was created
04/20/2018 11:17:00  root@server1   Audit setting(s) of master server 'server1' were modified

Audit records fetched: 5