NetBackup™ Marketplace Deployment on AWS

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)
  1. NetBackup marketplace deployment on AWS
    1.  
      About Cohesity NetBackup Marketplace Deployment on AWS
    2.  
      Before you begin the deployment
    3.  
      Network configuration
  2. Deploying NetBackup on AWS Cloud using the marketplace offer
    1.  
      Deploying NetBackup on AWS Cloud using the marketplace offer
  3. Deployment options (Delivery methods) for NetBackup on AWS cloud
    1.  
      Deployment options (Delivery methods) for NetBackup on AWS cloud
    2.  
      Option 1: Primary server only
    3.  
      Option 2: Media server only
    4.  
      Option 3: Primary and Media servers
    5.  
      Option 4: Cloud Recovery server only
  4. NetBackup configuration parameters
    1.  
      NetBackup configuration parameters
    2.  
      Instance configuration parameters
    3.  
      VPC and Subnet details for deployment in existing VPC
    4.  
      VPC and Subnet configuration for deployment in new VPC
    5. NetBackup installation parameters for the primary server
      1.  
        IAM role required for the primary server
    6.  
      NetBackup installation parameters for Media server
    7. NetBackup installation parameters for Cloud Recovery server
      1.  
        IAM role required for Cloud Recovery Server
  5. Deploying Snapshot Manager
    1. Deploying Snapshot Manager server using the marketplace offer
      1. Prerequisites for using the Snapshot Manager template
        1.  
          Configuring AWS permissions for Snapshot Manager
      2.  
        Resources created by the Snapshot Manager template
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        Snapshot Manager EC2 instance configuration details
      4.  
        Instance failures and Auto Scaling Group behavior
      5. NetBackup installation parameters for Snapshot Manager server
        1.  
          IAM role required for Snapshot Manager instance
        2.  
          AWS endpoints used by Snapshot Manager
  6. Encryption enabled NetBackup primary server
    1.  
      Additional steps on CRS if encryption is enabled NetBackup primary server
  7. Accessing the NetBackup servers
    1.  
      How to access the NetBackup servers
  8. Upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager from AWS Marketplace
    1.  
      Upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager from AWS Marketplace
    2.  
      Upgrade Snapshot Manager deployment using new AWS CloudFormation stack
  9. Troubleshooting section
    1.  
      Troubleshooting
    2.  
      Deployment Logs

NetBackup installation parameters for the primary server

Below table states the details of NetBackup installation parameters for the primary server:

Table: NetBackup installation parameters for the primary server

Parameters

Description

NetBackup Web Username

Provide a 'Web user' name. If a non-root username is provided, then the user will be created. This user will be created on the primary server instance during deployment and will only be used to access NetBackup Web UI. Administrator role will be associated with web user.

NetBackup Web User Password

Password must be at least 8 characters long which includes a number, a lower case, an upper case and a special character (!@#$%^&*).

Confirm NetBackup Web User Password

Password must be at least 8 characters long which includes a number, a lower case, an upper case and a special character (!@#$%^&*).

NetBackup Server Name

Provide a name for the NetBackup server. Must be a valid name with a minimum length of 8 characters and it should not start with minus sign (-), dot (.) and a number.

User for Services on NetBackup Server

Provide a non-root Service Username. It is used to run NetBackup services and is set as database user as well. It will not be accessible via SSH. Most services on the server run as this user. User gets created and gets associated with the 'nbwebgrp' user group as the secondary group.

Refer to the Running NetBackup services with non-privileged user (service user) account chapter in the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

IAM Role

Name of the existing IAM role to be attached to the NetBackup primary server instance. The role must have all required permissions and include policy for Secrets Manager to store password for Web UI user.See IAM role required for the primary server.