Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

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Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual
Appliance Documentation
Release 3.1.1 Document Revision 1
Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance 3.1.1
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Contents
Chapter 1 GettingtoknowtheNetBackupVirtualAppliance
........................................................................................... 15
NetBackupVirtualApplianceproductdescription................................ 15
AbouttheNetBackupVirtualAppliancecombinedmasterand
media server role ............................................................. 16
AbouttheNetBackupVirtualAppliancemediaserverrole............... 17
NetBackupVirtualAppliancesupportedfeatures................................. 17
AbouttheNetBackupVirtualAppliancedocumentation........................ 20
KnownlimitationsoftheNetBackupVirtualAppliance3.1.1release
........................................................................................... 20
OperationalNotesfortheNetBackupVirtualAppliance3.1.1release
........................................................................................... 22
NetBackupVirtualAppliance3.1.1newfeatures,enhancements,and
changes ............................................................................... 24
Chapter 2 Preparing to deploy the appliance
................................ 25
NetBackupVirtualApplianceproductfiles(OVFtemplates)................... 25
NetBackupVirtualAppliancedeploymentmethods.............................. 28
NetBackupVirtualAppliancedeploymentguidelines............................ 29
NetBackupVirtualApplianceinitialdeploymentchecklist................ 31
Chapter 3 Deploying and configuring the appliance
................... 34
HowtodeployandconfigureaNetBackupVirtualAppliancecombined
masterandmediaserver......................................................... 34
UsingthevSphereClienttodeployacombinedmasterandmedia
server appliance .............................................................. 35
UsingtheOVFTooltodeployacombinedmasterandmedia
server appliance .............................................................. 40
PerformingtheinitialconfigurationonaNetBackupVirtual
Appliancecombinedmasterandmediaserver........................42
CompletingtheinitialconfigurationoftheNetBackupVirtual
Appliancecombinedmasterandmediaserver........................46
HowtodeployandconfigureaNetBackupVirtualAppliancemedia
server .................................................................................. 49
Contents 5
UsingthevSphereClienttodeployamediaserverappliance
..................................................................................... 50
UsingtheOVFTooltodeployamediaserverappliance................. 51
Configuringamasterservertocommunicatewithanappliance
media server ................................................................... 53
PerformingtheinitialconfigurationonaNetBackupVirtual
Appliancemediaserver..................................................... 54
Chapter 4 Post initial configuration procedures
............................ 60
AboutmodifyingtheNetBackupVirtualAppliancesettings.................... 60
Addingapermanentlicensekeyifanevaluationlicensekeyexpires
........................................................................................... 61
ManaginglicensekeysontheNetBackupVirtualAppliance.................. 62
Chapter 5 Appliance common tasks
................................................ 65
CommontasksinNetBackupVirtualAppliance................................... 65
Chapter 6 Storage management
...................................................... 68
AboutNetBackupVirtualAppliancestorageconfiguration..................... 68
AboutviewingstoragespaceinformationusingtheShowcommand
..................................................................................... 70
Resizingapartition................................................................. 80
Troubleshootingresize-relatedissues......................................... 81
Movingapartition................................................................... 81
Monitoringtheprogressofstoragemanipulationtasks................... 82
ScanningstoragedevicesusingtheNetBackupVirtualAppliance
ShellMenu......................................................................83
AddingstoragespacefortheNetBackupVirtualAppliance............. 83
Removinganexistingstoragedisk............................................. 85
Chapter 7 Network connection management
................................ 86
AboutIPv4-IPv6-basednetworksupport............................................86
NetworksettingsfortheNetBackupVirtualAppliance.......................... 87
ConfiguringDNSandhostnamemappingfortheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance ............................................................................. 88
SettingthedateandtimeonaNetBackupVirtualAppliance.................. 89
ConfiguringstaticroutesontheNetBackupVirtualAppliance................ 90
Contents 6
Chapter 8 Managing users
................................................................. 92
AboutmanagingNetBackupVirtualApplianceusers............................ 93
AboutNetBackupVirtualApplianceaccounttypes............................... 94
AddingNetBackupVirtualApplianceusers........................................ 95
DeletingNetBackupVirtualApplianceusers....................................... 98
AddingNetBackupVirtualApplianceusergroups................................ 99
DeletingNetBackupVirtualApplianceusergroups............................ 101
GrantingrolestoNetBackupVirtualApplianceusersandusergroups
.......................................................................................... 103
RevokingrolesfromNetBackupVirtualApplianceusersanduser
groups................................................................................ 104
Aboutusernameandpasswordspecifications.................................. 105
ChangingNetBackupVirtualApplianceuserpasswords..................... 109
Aboutpasswordmanagementandrecovery..................................... 110
AboutauthenticatingLDAPusers................................................... 111
AddingormodifyinganLDAPserverconfigurationonthe
NetBackupVirtualAppliance............................................. 113
ImportinganLDAPserverconfigurationfortheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 116
SettingtheSSLcertificationforLDAPontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 117
ExportinganLDAPserverconfigurationfromtheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 118
UnconfiguringLDAPuserauthenticationontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 120
DisablingLDAPuserauthenticationontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 121
EnablingLDAPuserauthenticationontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 121
AddinganLDAPattributemappingontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 122
DeletinganLDAPattributemappingontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 123
AboutauthenticatingActiveDirectoryusers......................................123
AddinganActiveDirectoryserverconfiguration.......................... 125
UnconfiguringActiveDirectoryuserauthenticationonthe
NetBackupVirtualAppliance............................................. 125
AboutauthenticatingKerberos-NISusers........................................ 126
AddingaKerberos-NISauthenticationconfigurationonthe
NetBackupVirtualAppliance............................................. 128
UnconfiguringKerberos-NISuserauthenticationontheNetBackup
Virtual Appliance ............................................................ 129
Contents 7
Genericuserauthenticationguidelines............................................ 130
AboutuserauthorizationontheNetBackupVirtualAppliance.............. 130
NetBackupVirtualApplianceuserroleprivileges......................... 132
AbouttheAdministratoruserrole............................................. 133
AbouttheNetBackupCLIuserrole........................................... 134
CreatingNetBackupadministratoruseraccounts.............................. 135
LoggingonasaNetBackupadministrator.................................. 136
ManagingNetBackupadministratoruseraccountpasswords......... 137
ViewingNetBackupadministratoruseraccounts......................... 138
AuditingNetBackupadministratoraccounts................................139
DeletingNetBackupadministratoruseraccounts............................... 139
Chapter 9 Using the appliance
........................................................ 141
AboutconfiguringHostparametersforyourapplianceontheNetBackup
Virtual Appliance .................................................................. 141
ConfiguringdatabufferoptionsontheNetBackupVirtualAppliance
.................................................................................... 142
ConfiguringlifecycleparametersontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 144
ManagingNetBackupVirtualAppliancededuplication.................. 147
AboutBMRintegration........................................................... 149
AboutCopilotfunctionalityandSharemanagement........................... 150
CreatingaShare.................................................................. 151
Editing a Share .................................................................... 153
DeletingaShare...................................................................155
MovingaShare.................................................................... 155
ViewingShareinformationfromtheNetBackupVirtualAppliance
ShellMenu.................................................................... 156
NFSexportoptions............................................................... 156
AboutNetBackupVirtualApplianceasaVMwarebackuphost............. 157
NetBackupVirtualApplianceasbackuphost:componentoverview
.................................................................................... 157
NotesonNetBackupVirtualApplianceasaVMwarebackuphost
.................................................................................... 158
AboutrunningNetBackupcommandsfromtheappliance.................... 158
RunningNetBackupcommandsfromtheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 159
CreatingaNetBackuptouchfilefromtheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance...................................................................... 160
BestpracticesforrunningNetBackupcommandsfromthe
NetBackupVirtualAppliance............................................. 161
AboutNetBackupoperatingsystemcommands.......................... 162
Contents 8
KnownlimitationsofrunningNetBackupcommandsfromthe
NetBackupVirtualAppliance............................................. 162
AboutmountingaremoteNFS...................................................... 163
MountingaremoteNFSdrive.................................................. 164
UnmountinganNFSdrive...................................................... 166
AboutAutoImageReplicationfromaNetBackupVirtualAppliance
.......................................................................................... 168
PrerequisitesforAutoImageReplication................................... 168
Configuringareplicationtarget................................................ 168
Determiningtheappliancededuplicationpassword...................... 170
Generatingcertificates ................................................................ 171
Chapter 10 Monitoring the appliance
............................................... 172
AboutNetBackupVirtualAppliancealerts........................................ 172
SettingupemailnotificationsforaNetBackupVirtualAppliance........... 173
SettingupSNMPnotificationsforaNetBackupVirtualAppliance.......... 174
EnablinganddisablingCallHomefromtheNetBackupandAccess
ApplianceShellMenu............................................................ 175
ConfiguringaCallHomeproxyserverfromtheNetBackupVirtual
ApplianceShellMenu............................................................ 176
AboutSNMP.............................................................................. 177
AbouttheManagementInformationBase(MIB).......................... 177
AboutCallHome........................................................................ 178
UnderstandingtheCallHomeworkflow..................................... 180
AbouttheProductImprovementProgram.................................. 180
AboutAutoSupport ..................................................................... 181
Aboutstorageemailalerts............................................................ 182
Chapter 11 Appliance security
........................................................... 183
AboutSymantecDataCenterSecurityontheNetBackupVirtual
Appliance............................................................................ 184
AuditingtheSDCSlogsontheNetBackupVirtualAppliance.......... 185
ViewingSDCSauditlogdetails................................................ 187
ChangingtheSDCSlogretentionsettingsontheNetBackup
Virtual Appliance ............................................................ 189
AboutSDCSeventtypecodesandseveritycodesonthe
NetBackupVirtualAppliance............................................. 190
Aboutdatasecurity..................................................................... 192
Aboutdataintegrity..................................................................... 193
Aboutdataclassification...............................................................193
Aboutdataencryption ................................................................. 194
AboutSSLusage........................................................................194
Contents 9
AbouttheNetBackupVirtualApplianceintrusiondetectionsystem
.......................................................................................... 195
AbouttheNetBackupVirtualApplianceintrusionpreventionsystem
.......................................................................................... 196
OverridingtheNetBackupVirtualApplianceintrusionpreventionsystem
policy ................................................................................. 197
Re-enablingtheNetBackupVirtualApplianceintrusionprevention
systempolicy....................................................................... 200
MajorcomponentsoftheNetBackupVirtualApplianceOS.................. 202
ListofsoftwarepackagesincludedintheNetBackupVirtualAppliance
OS.....................................................................................203
DisabledserviceaccountsontheNetBackupVirtualAppliance............ 209
VulnerabilityscanningoftheNetBackupVirtualAppliance................... 210
Abouttheapplianceloginbanner................................................... 210
Settingtheapplianceloginbanner................................................. 211
Creatingtheapplianceloginbanner......................................... 211
Removingtheapplianceloginbanner....................................... 212
LogForwardingfeatureoverview................................................... 213
Chapter 12 Upgrading the appliance
................................................216
AboutupgradestoNetBackupVirtualAppliancesoftwareversion3.1.1
andtheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxoperatingsystem..................... 216
Supportedupgradepaths....................................................... 217
Preflightcheckbeforetheupgrade........................................... 217
Appliancebehaviorduringupgrades......................................... 217
AboutcorrespondingNetBackupsoftwareversions ..................... 218
AbouttheApplianceInstallManager......................................... 219
GuidelinesandbestpracticesforupgradingNetBackupappliances
.......................................................................................... 219
Upgrade time estimation ........................................................ 220
Pre-upgradetasksforapplianceupgrades....................................... 221
Methodsfordownloadingappliancesoftwarereleaseupdates............. 224
DownloadingsoftwareupdatesdirectlytoaNetBackupappliance
.................................................................................... 225
DownloadingsoftwareupdatestoaNetBackupapplianceusing
aclientshare................................................................. 226
InstallingaNetBackupappliancesoftwareupdateusingtheNetBackup
VirtualApplianceShellMenu................................................... 229
Postupgradetasksfortheupgradeto3.1.1..................................... 232
Troubleshooting upgrade issues .................................................... 232
Contents 10
Chapter 13 Appliance restore
............................................................. 234
Aboutappliancerestore............................................................... 234
Creatinganappliancecheckpointfromtheapplianceshellmenu.......... 235
Rollbacktoanappliancecheckpointfromtheapplianceshellmenu
.......................................................................................... 237
AboutNetBackupVirtualAppliancefactoryreset............................... 239
Factoryresetbestpractices.......................................................... 240
HowtofactoryresettheNetBackupVirtualAppliance........................ 241
Chapter 14 Decommissioning and Reconfiguring
........................ 244
AboutdecommissioningaNetBackupVirtualAppliance...................... 244
DecommissioningaNetBackupVirtualAppliancewiththemediaserver
role.................................................................................... 245
Chapter 15 Troubleshooting
................................................................ 246
AbouttroubleshootingtheNetBackupVirtualAppliance...................... 246
AboutcontactingTechnicalSupport................................................ 249
DeterminingtheNetBackupVirtualApplianceserialnumber................ 250
About disaster recovery ............................................................... 251
AboutNetBackupsupportutilities................................................... 252
NetBackupDomainNetworkAnalyzer(NBDNA)......................... 252
NetBackupSupportUtility(NBSU)............................................ 254
TroubleshootingNetBackupVirtualApplianceinitialdeploymentissues
.......................................................................................... 255
ErrormessagesdisplayedontheNetBackupVirtualApplianceShell
Menu ................................................................................. 258
NetBackupstatuscodesapplicableforNetBackupVirtualAppliance
.......................................................................................... 263
InstallinganEEB........................................................................ 264
RollingbackanEEBusingtheNetBackupVirtualApplianceShell
Menu ................................................................................. 266
Chapter 16 Appliance logging
............................................................ 267
AboutNetBackupVirtualAppliancelogfiles..................................... 267
ViewinglogfilesusingtheSupportcommand................................... 269
WheretofindNetBackupVirtualAppliancelogfilesusingtheBrowse
command............................................................................ 270
EnablinganddisablingVxMSlogging............................................. 271
GatheringdevicelogsonaNetBackupvirtualappliance..................... 272
Aboutforwardinglogstoanexternalserver...................................... 273
UploadingcertificatesforTLS..................................................274