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Appliance Initial
Configuration Guide
Release 2.7.2

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  • Page 1 Veritas NetBackup™ 5230 Appliance Initial Configuration Guide Release 2.7.2...
  • Page 2 Technologies LLC or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This product may contain third party software for which Veritas is required to provide attribution to the third party (“Third Party Programs”). Some of the Third Party Programs are available under open source or free software licenses.
  • Page 3 Veritas Technologies LLC 500 E Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043 http://www.veritas.com...

  • Page 4: Technical Support

    Premium service offerings that include Account Management Services ■ For information about our support offerings, you can visit our website at the following URL: www.veritas.com/support All support services will be delivered in accordance with your support agreement and the then-current enterprise technical support policy. Contacting Technical Support...
  • Page 5 ■ Licensing and registration If your product requires registration or a license key, access our technical support Web page at the following URL: www.veritas.com/support Customer service Customer service information is available at the following URL: www.veritas.com/support Customer Service is available to assist with non-technical questions, such as the...
  • Page 6 Support agreement resources If you want to contact us regarding an existing support agreement, please contact the support agreement administration team for your region as follows: Worldwide (except Japan) CustomerCare@veritas.com Japan CustomerCare_Japan@veritas.com...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Technical Support .................... 4 Chapter 1 Preparing for initial configuration ........8 About appliance configuration guidelines ..........8 About appliance system configuration sequence ......... 11 About NetBackup 52xx appliance roles ..........12 About IPv4-IPv6-based network support ..........12 About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console ................

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Preparing For Initial Configuration

    Chapter Preparing for initial configuration This chapter includes the following topics: About appliance configuration guidelines ■ About appliance system configuration sequence ■ About NetBackup 52xx appliance roles ■ About IPv4-IPv6-based network support ■ About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console ■...
  • Page 9 Table 1-1 Parameter Description Connectivity during When you perform the appliance initial configuration, Veritas recommends that you take initial configuration precautions to avoid loss of connectivity. Any loss of connectivity during initial configuration results in failure. The computer that you use to configure the appliance should be set up to avoid the following...
  • Page 10 The appliance does not provide a warning message that this license key is about to expire. Therefore, Veritas recommends that you change this key to a permanent key after you install and configure the appliance. See the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for information and instructions on how to view and change a license key.

  • Page 11: About Appliance System Configuration Sequence

    Preparing for initial configuration About appliance system configuration sequence Appliance configuration guidelines (continued) Table 1-1 Parameter Description NetBackup version NetBackup appliance release 2.7.2 includes NetBackup version 7.7.2. compatibility If you plan to configure this appliance as a media server, use the following guidelines for the associated master server: Appliance master server ■...

  • Page 12: About Netbackup 52Xx Appliance Roles

    Preparing for initial configuration About NetBackup 52xx appliance roles Appliance configuration order (continued) Table 1-2 System Configuration order Systems that include a After all appliances have been configured, add the storage storage expansion unit expansion unit to the server on which it is physically connected.
  • Page 13 Preparing for initial configuration About IPv4-IPv6-based network support Either the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu can be used to enter the IPv4 and IPv6 address information. Review the following considerations for IPv6 addresses: NetBackup appliances do not support a pure IPv6 network. An IPv4 address ■...

  • Page 14: About The Initial Configuration Pages In The Netbackup Appliance Web Console

    Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console command supports multiple IPv6 addresses ■ Main_Menu > Network > Hosts to be assigned to the same host name having one network interface card (NIC). However, only one IPv4 address can be assigned to a specific host name having one NIC using this command.
  • Page 15 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Note: Veritas recommends that you click on the download a checklist link and use it to record all of the necessary information before you begin the configuration.
  • Page 16 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Host configuration page Figure 1-3 Password change page Figure 1-4 shows the page that is used to change the password for this appliance server.
  • Page 17 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Password change page Figure 1-4 Date and Time page Figure 1-5 shows the page that is used to set the date, the time, and the time zone for this appliance server.
  • Page 18 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Date & Time page Figure 1-5 Alerting and Call Home page Figure 1-6 shows the page that is used to configure system alerts and the Call Home feature.
  • Page 19 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Alerting and Call Home page Figure 1-6 Registration page Figure 1-7 shows the page that is used to identify the physical location for this appliance server.
  • Page 20 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Registration page Figure 1-7 Appliance Role Configuration page (Master) Figure 1-8 shows the page that is used to select the Master role for this appliance server.
  • Page 21 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Appliance Role Configuration page for Master Figure 1-8 Appliance Role Configuration page (Media) Figure 1-9 shows the page that is used to select the Media role for this appliance server.
  • Page 22 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Appliance Role Configuration page for Media Figure 1-9 Storage Configuration page (AdvancedDisk) Figure 1-10 shows the page that is used to allocate storage space for the AdvancedDisk partition and to name the storage unit and the disk pool.
  • Page 23 Preparing for initial configuration About the initial configuration pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Storage configuration page for AdvancedDisk Figure 1-10 Storage Configuration page (Deduplication Disk/MSDP) Figure 1-11 shows the page that is used to allocate storage space for the MSDP (Media Server Deduplication Pool) partition and to name the storage unit and the disk pool.

  • Page 24: About The Netbackup 52Xx Appliance Initial Configuration Checklist

    Preparing for initial configuration About the NetBackup 52xx Appliance initial configuration checklist Storage configuration page for Deduplication Disk/MSDP Figure 1-11 “About the NetBackup 52xx Appliance initial configuration checklist” on page 24. “Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console ”...

  • Page 25: Netbackup Appliance Initial Configuration Checklist

    The recorded settings in the checklist can save time and help get the appliance back on line quickly. The checklist can be found in the following locations: NetBackup 5230 Appliance Initial Configuration Guide ■ This document is available at the following NetBackup appliance documentation website: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/58991/appliance-docs.html...
  • Page 26 Preparing for initial configuration NetBackup appliance initial configuration checklist Use this checklist together with the initial configuration procedures in the NetBackup Hardware Installation and Configuration Guide. That document also contains a copy of this checklist. For a new appliance, use the following tables to record the initial configuration settings for this appliance.
  • Page 27 Preparing for initial configuration NetBackup appliance initial configuration checklist Network Configuration - Add Static Route (continued) Table 1-6 Field Setting Gateway Network Interface Host Configuration Table 1-7 Field Setting Host Name Domain Name System (DNS) DNS: Domain Name Suffix ________________________________ ■...
  • Page 28 Preparing for initial configuration NetBackup appliance initial configuration checklist Alerting Configuration Table 1-10 Field Setting Notification Interval (in 15-minute intervals) Enable SNMP Alert SNMP server (required only if you check Enable SNMP Alert) SNMP port SNMP community SMTP server Software administrator email address Hardware administrator email address Sender email address SMTP account...
  • Page 29 Preparing for initial configuration NetBackup appliance initial configuration checklist Registration Table 1-12 Field Setting Appliance Name Company Name Street City State or Province ZIP or Postal Code Country Contact Name Contact Number Contact Email Role Configuration Table 1-13 Field Setting Master or Media Master server name (required only if you check Media)

  • Page 30: About Configuring The Maximum Transmission Unit Size

    Veritas recommends that if you configure the MTU property of an interface to values larger than 1500 bytes, make sure that all systems that are connected to the appliance on the specific interface have the same maximum transmission unit size.

  • Page 31: Chapter 2 Initial Configuration Procedures

    Chapter Initial configuration procedures This chapter includes the following topics: Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the ■ NetBackup Appliance Web Console Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the ■ NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Configuring a master server to communicate with an appliance media server ■...
  • Page 32 ( ) for the appliance. This password must be P@ssw0rd provided to Veritas Technical Support in case you need future troubleshooting assistance. Change the maintenance password through the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu with one of the following commands: Main >...
  • Page 33 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console On the Alternate Configuration tab, perform the following tasks: Click User Configured. ■...
  • Page 34 To help with the initial configuration, click this link to open a file where you can record all of the configuration settings. Veritas recommends that you print this file and fill it out for use as you perform the configuration. Then store it in a secure location for future reference.
  • Page 35 Note: If you cannot get all devices to display after verifying all of the previous items and rescanning, contact Veritas Technical Support. The Network Configuration page contains the following taskbars to complete specific tasks with their necessary data entry fields to configure network connectivity.
  • Page 36 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Create Bond data entry fields Network Interface ■ Click on the drop-down box and select the interface or the device name between which you want to create the bond.
  • Page 37 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Tag VLAN data entry fields Select Interface ■ Select the network interface or the device name to which you want to tag the VLAN. Description ■...
  • Page 38 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Host Name Enter the short host name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of this appliance. The host name is applied to the entire appliance configuration with a few exceptions.
  • Page 39 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console For DNS systems: Enter the following Domain Name System information: Domain Name Suffix ■ Enter the suffix name of the DNS server. DNS IP Address(es) ■...
  • Page 40 Note: To continue with the initial configuration of the appliance, you are not required to change the default password. However, to increase the security of your environment Veritas recommends that you change the administrator password periodically. Make sure to keep a record of the current password in a secure location.
  • Page 41 After you have entered all of the necessary information, click Next. On the Alerting and Call Home page, enter the information for the appliance to send alerts or to upload status reports by email to a Veritas Call Home server.
  • Page 42 To configure the appliance to upload alerts, enter the following information: Notification interval (in minutes) ■ Enter the interval for the appliance to upload alerts to the Veritas Call Home server. Entries must be in increments of 15 minutes. Enable SNMP Alert ■...
  • Page 43 For Call Home, enter the appropriate Call Home Configuration information as follows: Call Home Configuration data entry fields To configure the appliance to send email reports to a proxy server or to the Veritas Call Home server, enter the following information: Enable Call Home ■...
  • Page 44 After you have entered all of the necessary information, click Next. On the Registration page, enter the following information to register this appliance with Veritas over the Internet: Note: Registration of your NetBackup appliance helps to make sure that you are alerted to product updates and other important information about your appliance.
  • Page 45 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Option or data entry field Description Appliance Role Master ■ When you select this role, no further action is required. Click Next to continue. Media ■...
  • Page 46 You can configure storage partitions for AdvancedDisk, for Deduplication (MSDP), or for both. Note: If you choose to configure MSDP storage, a policy is automatically created to protect the MSDP catalog. Veritas recommends reviewing this policy and activating it once your appliance is configured. NetBackup Catalog This tab lets you set the size of the NetBackup catalog partition on the master server.
  • Page 47 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console AdvancedDisk Enter the following information: Storage Unit Name ■ Enter the name that you want to use to identify this storage unit. The name can contain any letters, numbers, or special characters.
  • Page 48 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console Deduplication Disk (MSDP) Enter the following information: Storage Unit Name ■ Enter the name that you want to use to identify this storage unit.

  • Page 49: Performing The Initial Configuration On A 52Xx Master Server Appliance From The Netbackup Appliance Shell Menu

    Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Disconnect the laptop from the NIC1 appliance port. Note: If your network uses the 192.168.x.x IP address range, refer to the following topic for important information: “About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on NetBackup appliances”...
  • Page 50 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu To perform the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu On the laptop that is connected to the NIC1 appliance port, navigate to the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box.
  • Page 51 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Click User Configured. ■ For the IP address, enter , where is any number ■ 192.168.229.nnn from 2 through 254 except for 233. For the Subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 52 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu From the Main_Menu > Network view, enter the following command to configure the IP address of a single network that you want your appliance to connect to.
  • Page 53 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Configure the gateway Gateway Add GatewayIPAddress address for each network that [TargetNetworkIPAddress] [Netmask] you added [InterfaceName] Where GatewayIPAddress is the gateway for the interface and TargetNetworkIPAddress, Netmask, and InterfaceName are optional.
  • Page 54 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu This step is optional. It lets you add the IP addresses of other hosts in the appliance hosts file. From the Main_Menu > Network view, use the following command to add host entries to the hosts file on your appliance.
  • Page 55 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu With this step, NetBackup is re-configured to operate with the new host name. This process may take a while to complete. For the command to work, at least one IPv4 address is required.
  • Page 56 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx master server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu From the Main_Menu > Settings > Alerts > Email view, use the following commands to enter the SMTP server name and the email addresses for appliance failure alerts.

  • Page 57: Configuring A Master Server To Communicate With An Appliance Media Server

    Initial configuration procedures Configuring a master server to communicate with an appliance media server NetBackup Catalog volume size in GB [default size]: AdvancedDisk storage pool size in GB/TB [default size]: AdvancedDisk diskpool name: AdvancedDisk storage unit name: MSDP storage pool size in GB/TB [default size]: MSDP diskpool name: MSDP storage unit name: After you configure the storage partitions, a summary of the storage...
  • Page 58 Initial configuration procedures Configuring a master server to communicate with an appliance media server If the master server is a traditional (non-appliance) NetBackup master ■ server: Log in to the master server as the administrator and add the media server name to it as follows: For an appliance master From the NetBackup Appliance Web Console:...

  • Page 59: Performing The Initial Configuration On A 52Xx Media Server Appliance From The Netbackup Appliance Shell Menu

    Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu If a firewall exists between the master server and the media server, open the following ports on the master server to allow communication with the media server: Note: You must be logged in as the administrator to change port settings.
  • Page 60 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu If a firewall exists between the master server and this media server, open the ■ appropriate ports as described in the link above. Make sure that the date and time of this media server matches the date and ■...
  • Page 61 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu On the Alternate Configuration tab, perform the following tasks: Click User Configured. ■...
  • Page 62 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu For the IP address, enter , where is any number ■ 192.168.229.nnn from 2 through 254 except for 233. For the Subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0. ■...
  • Page 63 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu From the Main_Menu > Network view, enter the following command to configure the IP address of a single network that you want your appliance to connect to.
  • Page 64 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Configure the gateway Gateway Add GatewayIPAddress address for each network that [TargetNetworkIPAddress] [Netmask] you added [InterfaceName] Where GatewayIPAddress is the gateway for the interface and TargetNetworkIPAddress, Netmask, and InterfaceName are optional.
  • Page 65 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu This step is optional. It lets you add the IP addresses of other hosts in the appliance hosts file. From the Main_Menu > Network view, use the following command to add host entries to the hosts file on your appliance.
  • Page 66 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu With this step, NetBackup is re-configured to operate with the new host name. This process may take a while to complete. For the command to work, at least one IPv4 address is required.
  • Page 67 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu From the Main_Menu > Settings > Alerts > Email view, use the following commands to enter the SMTP server name and the email addresses for appliance failure alerts.
  • Page 68 Media MasterNet1Name,MasterNet2Name Clustered master server In this scenario, the master server is in a cluster. Veritas recommends that you list the cluster name first, followed by the active node, and then the passive nodes in the cluster. This list requires you to separate the node names with a comma.
  • Page 69 Veritas recommends that you provide all of the associated master server names. Note: If the host name of the master server is an FQDN, Veritas recommends that you use the FQDN to specify the master server for the media server.
  • Page 70 Initial configuration procedures Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu After you configure the storage partitions, a summary of the storage configuration appears with the following prompt: Do you want to edit the storage configuration? [yes, no] Type yes to make any changes, or type no to keep the current configuration.

  • Page 71: Chapter 3 Post Configuration Procedures

    Chapter Post configuration procedures This chapter includes the following topics: About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on NetBackup appliances ■ Downloading NetBackup client packages to a client from a NetBackup appliance ■ Downloading the NetBackup Administration Console to a Windows computer ■...

  • Page 72: Downloading Netbackup Client Packages To A Client From A Netbackup Appliance

    VMware vCenter Plug-in ■ Note: If you download Linux, UNIX, Solaris, AIX, or BSD packages, Veritas recommends GNU tar version 1.16 or higher to extract the .tar packages. For more information, see the following Technote on the Veritas Support website: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH154080...
  • Page 73 Post configuration procedures Downloading NetBackup client packages to a client from a NetBackup appliance To download NetBackup client packages from a NetBackup appliance to a client Log in to the client that you want to back up. Open a browser window and enter the appliance URL. In the middle of the landing page, in the section Download Packages, click on the drop-down box to see the list of packages.

  • Page 74: Downloading The Netbackup Administration Console To A Windows Computer From A Netbackup Appliance

    Post configuration procedures Downloading the NetBackup Administration Console to a Windows computer from a NetBackup appliance Windows systems UNIX systems After NetBackup has been installed on On the client, navigate to the following ■ ■ the client, open the Backup, Archive, location: and Restore interface.
  • Page 75 Post configuration procedures Downloading the NetBackup Administration Console to a Windows computer from a NetBackup appliance In addition to the downloading instructions, this procedure also includes the steps to extract and install the downloaded files on to the client. To download the NetBackup Administration Console package from a NetBackup appliance to a Windows computer Log into the Windows computer that you want to use for appliance access.

  • Page 76: Index

    Index Symbols 52xx master server appliance initial configuration initial configuration from NetBackup Appliance 52xx appliance from NetBackup Appliance Web Shell Menu 49 Console 31 reconfigure from USB and NetBackup Appliance pages in the NetBackup Appliance Web Shell Menu 49 Console 14 52xx media server appliance initial configuration checklist initial configuration from NetBackup Appliance...
  • Page 77 Index reconfiguration of 52xx master server appliance from USB and NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu 49 sequence for appliance system configuration 11...

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