Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
- Overview of NetBackup OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter components
- About starting the OpsCenter console
- About OpsCenter console components
- About the View pane
- Sizing the Content pane
- About using tables
- Installing OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- About the OpsCenter licensing model
- Managed NetBackup master server considerations
- About designing your OpsCenter Server
- About planning an OpsCenter Agent deployment
- Installing OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter upgrade on Windows and UNIX
- About post-installation tasks
- About uninstalling OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About clustering OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- Getting started with OpsCenter
- Administering OpsCenter
- About the services and processes used by OpsCenter
- OpsCenter server scripts on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter database administration
- About backup and restore of OpsCenter and OpsCenter Analytics
- About communication ports and firewall considerations in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter log files
- Understanding OpsCenter settings
- Setting user preferences
- About managing licenses
- Configuring the data purge period on the OpsCenter Server
- Configuring SMTP server settings for OpsCenter
- Adding host aliases in OpsCenter
- Merging objects (hosts) in OpsCenter
- Modifying tape library information in OpsCenter
- Copying a user profile in OpsCenter
- Setting report export location in OpsCenter
- About managing Object Types in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter users
- About adding AD / LDAP user groups in OpsCenter
- About managing recipients in OpsCenter
- About managing cost analysis and chargeback for OpsCenter Analytics
- Understanding data collection
- About data collection in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter Agents
- About managing OpsCenter Data Collectors
- About configuring data collection for NetBackup
- About the Breakup Jobs option
- Viewing master server details and data collection status
- Collecting data from PureDisk
- Managing OpsCenter views
- About OpsCenter views
- About managing OpsCenter views
- Managing static views
- Managing dynamic views
- View filters in OpsCenter
- Monitoring NetBackup using OpsCenter
- Controlling the scope of Monitor views
- About monitoring NetBackup using the Overview tab
- About monitoring NetBackup jobs
- Monitor > Services view
- About monitoring Audit Trails
- Managing NetBackup using OpsCenter
- About managing alert policies
- About creating (or changing) an alert policy
- About managing NetBackup storage
- About managing NetBackup devices
- About Operational Restore and Guided Recovery operations
- About Operational Restores from OpsCenter
- About Guided Recovery
- Troubleshooting Guided Recovery
- About managing NetBackup Hosts
- About managing NetBackup Deployment Analysis
- Data compilation for the Capacity License report
- Generating a Capacity Licensing report
- Supporting Replication Director in OpsCenter
- Understanding and configuring OpsCenter alerts
- About using SNMP
- About using SNMP
- Reporting in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter reports
- Report Templates in OpsCenter
- About managing reports in OpsCenter
- Creating a custom report in OpsCenter
- About managing My Reports
- About managing My Dashboard
- About managing reports folders in OpsCenter
- About managing report schedules in OpsCenter
- About managing time schedules in OpsCenter
- Appendix A. Additional information on PureDisk data collection
- Appendix B. Attributes of NetBackup data
- Appendix C. Man pages for CLIs
- Appendix D. Creating views using CSV, TSV, and XML files
- Appendix E. Error messages in OpsCenter
Upgrading OpsCenter cluster on Windows
Use the following procedure to upgrade OpsCenter cluster on Windows.
Note:
To upgrade to OpsCenter Server in a clustered mode, first install the OpsCenter Server on the active node and then on the passive nodes. Also, you need to install OpsCenter Server manually on all the nodes.
To upgrade OpsCenter cluster on Windows
- From the active node of the OpsCenter cluster that you want to upgrade, insert the OpsCenter DVD in the DVD drive.
If auto-run is enabled, the OpsCenter Installation Wizard appears.
If auto-run is not enabled, click Start > Run. On the Run dialog box, in the Open text box, type D:\Browser.exe and press Enter:
Where D is the DVD drive.
The OpsCenter Installation Wizard appears.
- On the OpsCenter Installation Wizard, click the Installation link.
- Click the OpsCenter Server Installation link to install OpsCenter server.
- Click Next.
- The Welcome panel of the Installation Wizard appears. The Installation Wizard detects an existing installation of OpsCenter Server on the system. Depending on the installed version, the following message may be displayed on the Welcome panel:
The installer has detected that OpsCenter Server old_version is already installed on your system that will now be upgraded to new_version.
Click Next to continue.
- Read the license agreement, check I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
You may opt to check or uncheck Participate in the NetBackup Product Improvement Program. This option is checked by default.
If this option is checked, OpsCenter will automatically upload installation deployment and product usage information to the OpsCenter development and support teams in a secured manner. This data would be used to guide future product development and also analyze issues. For more information, refer to the About the NetBackup Product Improvement Program section in the NetBackup Installation Guide.
- Select Install a clustered OpsCenter Server to install OpsCenter Server in clustered mode. You need to install OpsCenter Server manually on each node of the cluster.
This option is enabled if you have VCS installed.
- In the Installation Method section, click Typical to use the default settings and installation location. Typical is selected by default.
Also compare the space that is required for installation with the actual space available in the installation directory.
Note:
The Custom option is disabled when you upgrade OpsCenter . You cannot customize the default settings, locations, or port numbers while upgrading from OpsCenter.
Click Next.
- Specify a location for saving the old OpsCenter database. The default location is
C:\Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter_SavedData
. Click Browse to specify a different location.In case the directory
C:\Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter_SavedData
does not exist, you are prompted to create it. Click Yes to create the directory.Note:
Ensure that the database location has adequate space by going through the Disk space requirements section on this page. A green checkmark appears in the Required column if there is adequate disk space.
- On the License Keys panel, enter the demo or permanent key that you have received with the purchase of OpsCenter and click Add Key.
Note:
You can also add the license keys from the OpsCenter console.
The license keys that are already installed on the system are also displayed in the box that is shown on this panel. The license type information is also shown along with the key.
More information about licenses is available.
- Click Next. The Import Authentication Settings panel is displayed.
- On the Import Authentication Settings panel.
Do not import users
Select this option if you do not want to import users from the earlier OpsCenter versions into OpsCenter database. Only default OpsCenter user is created who can logon to OpsCenter and reset passwords for all other existing passwords.
Note:
Starting from OpsCenter 7.6, Veritas Product Authentication Service (VxAT), which consists of Root Broker and Authentication Broker, is no longer a shared component and is installed along with OpsCenter server. This authentication service is very specific to OpsCenter and therefore, it is called OpsCenter AT.
Import users
Select this option if you want to import users from earlier OpsCenter versions into OpsCenter database.
See About importing authentication settings during OpsCenter upgrade., for more details.
- Click Next. The Cluster Settings panel is displayed.
- On the Cluster Settings panel, enter the following information:
Cluster Group Name
This option is disabled.
Virtual host Name
This option is disabled.
Virtual IP address
This option is disabled.
Subnet mask
This option is disabled.
Path to Shared data
This option is disabled.
Public Network
Select LAN as a public network.
You can select different public network for active and passive nodes.
- Click Next. The installer shows the summary of the settings that you have selected for OpsCenter Server installation.
Check Save Summary to field to save the installation summary. Click Browse to save the installation summary in your preferred location.
- Click Install.
The installer starts installing the OpsCenter Server software.
Note:
In clustered mode, the default OpsCenter database location on Windows is the following location on the shared drive:
OpsCenter\Server\db
- After successful installation, you can view the OpsCenter console or view installation logs.
- Click Finish. Repeat this procedure for the passive nodes.