NetBackup™ 11.0 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (6.1, 6.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to NetBackup applications for Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
  2. Release notes
    1.  
      NetBackup 11.0 application new features, enhancements, and changes
    2.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    3.  
      Operational notes
  3. Geting started
    1.  
      Prerequisites before you can create NetBackup application instances
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup client packages
  4. Creating NetBackup application instances
    1. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup primary server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
      3.  
        Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance
  5. Managing NetBackup application instances
    1.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    2. Accessing NetBackup primary and media server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users on a primary or a media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a primary or a media server instance
        2.  
          Connecting an Active Directory user domain to a primary or a media server instance
        3.  
          Connecting an LDAP user domain to a primary or a media server instance
        4.  
          Changing a user password on a primary or a media server instance
        5.  
          Using SSH keys for authentication on a primary or a media server instance
      2. Managing multifactor authentication on a primary or a media server instance
        1.  
          Configuring or disabling multifactor authentication on a primary server instance
        2.  
          Configuring or disabling multifactor authentication on a media server instance
        3.  
          Enforcing multifactor authentication on a primary or a media server instance
        4.  
          Resetting multifactor authentication on a primary or a media server instance
      3. Running NetBackup commands on a primary or a media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a primary or a media server application instance
        2.  
          Installing NetBackup notify scripts on a primary or a media server application instance
      4.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a primary or a media server instance
      5.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup primary server instance
      6.  
        Setting environment variables on primary and media server instances
      7.  
        Storing custom data on a primary or a media server instance
      8.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a primary server instance
      9.  
        Disabling SMB server signing on a media server instance
      10.  
        Enabling extra OS STIG hardening on a primary or a media server instance
      11.  
        Using a login banner on a primary or a media server instance
      12.  
        Using a primary server instance for disaster recovery
      13.  
        Authorizing a primary or a media server instance for deletion
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users from the deduplication shell
        2.  
          Adding MSDP users from the deduplication shell
        3.  
          Connecting an Active Directory domain to a WORM storage server for Universal Shares and Instant Access
        4.  
          Disconnecting an Active Directory domain from the deduplication shell
        5.  
          Changing a user password from the deduplication shell
      2. Managing multifactor authentication on a WORM storage server
        1.  
          Configuring or disabling multifactor authentication on a WORM storage server
        2.  
          Enforcing multifactor authentication on a WORM storage server
        3.  
          Resetting multifactor authentication on a WORM storage server
      3.  
        Managing VLAN interfaces from the deduplication shell
      4.  
        Viewing the lockdown mode on a WORM storage server
      5.  
        Managing the retention policy on a WORM storage server
      6.  
        Managing images with a retention lock on a WORM storage server
      7.  
        Auditing WORM retention changes
      8.  
        Protecting the NetBackup catalog on a WORM storage server
      9. Managing certificates from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Viewing the certificate details from the deduplication shell
        2.  
          Importing certificates from the deduplication shell
        3.  
          Removing certificates from the deduplication shell
      10.  
        Managing FIPS mode from the deduplication shell
      11.  
        Managing post-quantum cryptography (PQC) mode from the deduplication shell
      12.  
        Encrypting backups from the deduplication shell
      13. Configuring an isolated recovery environment using the web UI
        1.  
          Configuring the allowed subnets
        2.  
          Configuring the reverse connections
        3.  
          Configuring the reverse replication schedule
        4.  
          Adding a replication operation to SLP at the production primary server
      14.  
        Tuning the MSDP configuration from the deduplication shell
      15.  
        Setting the MSDP log level from the deduplication shell
      16. Managing NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Managing the cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) service
        2.  
          Managing the content router queue processing (CRQP) service
        3.  
          Managing the online checking service
        4.  
          Managing the compaction service
        5.  
          Managing the deduplication (MSDP) services
        6.  
          Managing the Storage Platform Web Service (SPWS)
        7.  
          Managing the Veritas provisioning file system (VPFS) configuration parameters
        8.  
          Managing the Veritas provisioning file system (VPFS) mounts
        9.  
          Managing the NGINX service
        10.  
          Managing the SMB service
      17. Monitoring and troubleshooting NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Managing the health monitor
        2.  
          Viewing information about the system
        3.  
          Viewing the deduplication (MSDP) history or configuration files
        4.  
          Viewing process information in the pseudo-file system
        5.  
          Viewing the deduplication rate of a Veritas provisioning file service (VPFS) share
        6.  
          Viewing the log files
        7.  
          Collecting and transferring troubleshooting files
      18. Managing S3 service from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Configuring the S3 service
        2.  
          Creating or resetting root credentials
        3.  
          Changing the S3 service certificates
        4.  
          Managing the S3 service
      19.  
        Authorizing a WORM storage server for deletion

Monitoring NetBackup services on a primary or a media server instance

The NetBackup services health monitoring feature allows Flex Appliance to monitor critical NetBackup services on primary and media server instances. If any of the services go down, the appliance attempts to restart them.

The application health is monitored every 60 seconds. You can view the detailed logs at /mnt/nblogs/health-server.log. Note that they are periodically cleaned up to avoid storage space exhaustion.

Note:

Make sure to disable the health monitoring before you start any maintenance activity.

Use the following procedures to enable or disable NetBackup services health monitoring.

Enabling NetBackup services health monitoring

To enable NetBackup services health monitoring

  1. Log in to the instance as the appadmin user.
  2. Enter the following command to run a precheck before you enable health monitoring:

    sudo /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/health precheck

  3. Verify that the precheck did not return any errors, then run the following command:

    sudo /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/health enable

  4. Verify the health monitoring status with the following command:

    sudo /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/health status

Disabling NetBackup services health monitoring

To disable NetBackup services health monitoring

  1. Log in to the instance as the appadmin user.
  2. Enter the following command:

    sudo /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/health disable

  3. Verify the health monitoring status with the following command:

    sudo /opt/veritas/vxapp-manage/health status