NetBackup Core – VSE+ Level Training

Administration and Configuration

Purpose of this presentation
• This deck highlights Administration and Configuration topics, however the demo
video should also be watched. Each of the topics in this deck will be covered and
explained in the demo video.
• The topics outlined include an explanation of each of the options to allow an SE to
discuss the terminology with a new or existing customer.
• This deck and the video will focus mainly on the JAVA UI but will touch on the new
Modern UX where needed
• This deck and video are not a comprehensive demonstration of the entire NetBackup
product. It is an overview to provide an SE the ability to discuss the main options with
a customer.
• This deck includes a lot of bullet points. It is hoped that this facilitates the self-
learning process vs. adding the information in speaker notes.

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 NetBackup Initial Configuration

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Configuration Terms
• License Key
– The key that is given to a customer when they purchase NetBackup licenses
• Capacity (FETB)
• Traditional (per Client)

• Smart Meter Key

– The customer specific key that ties a Master Server to the customer account. It must be downloaded
and available before an upgrade or new install of 8.1.2 is attempted

• Installation Path
– The Path where NetBackup is installed
– On Windows it is c:\program files\veritas\netbackup
– Customer should NOT use the default Path

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Configuration Terms
• Main UI
– JAVA based UI for most configuration
and administration options
– Modern User Experience (ModUX) is a
new UI, but not a full replacement at
this time

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Configuration Terms
• Wizards
– Step by step options for configuring
NetBackup options

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Configuration Terms
• Storage Servers
– Servers attached to Storage or Arrays.
Must be added in NetBackup to allow
access to the storage

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Configuration Terms
• Disk Pools
– A grouping of Volumes into a logical
Pool of disk used by Storage Units

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Configuration Terms
• Storage Units
– Logical pointers to disk pools
– Can be Grouped into Storage Unit Groups for
additional options

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 NetBackup Administration

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Administration – Host Properties
• Underlying configuration options
for the NetBackup Solution

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Administration - Policies
• The “Who, What, When,
Where and How” of a backup
• Policy Types
– Information within the Policy
that changes the way NetBackup
handles a Backup

• Policy Options
– Attributes
– Schedules
– Clients
– Backup Selections

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Administration - The Modern User Experience (ModUX)
• New Web Based UI
– Currently focused on VMware
Workloads and Cloud with more
coming
– Includes Role Based Access Control
options

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Administration - Smart Meter and Telemetry
• Smart Meter and Telemetry provide insight
into customer capacity usage
– Usage information is transmitted to Veritas
– Customer portal so they can see their usage
compared to entitlement
– Account Manager can look at accounts to
review usage

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Administration – Reporting and OpsCenter
• NetBackup provides basic reports for status and troubleshooting

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Administration – Reporting and OpsCenter
• OpsCenter is a separate free product which provides configurable reports
– Data for the reports is pulled from the Master(s)

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Administration - Restores
• Requested from the Master
• Separate part of the UI
• Single file restores
• VM restores

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Administration - Security

• The Master now provides a Certificate to each Media Server and

Client
– Mitigates spoofing and “man in the middle” attacks

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Administration - Auditing

• Security Management
– Access to the Master is audited

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Administration - Encryption

• Encryption
– Security of data “in flight” via SSL/TLS and encrypting the communication
channels
– Data is also encrypted at rest

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 New in
8.2

External Certificate Authority

• Customers can use their trusted CA
• Support X.509 certs
– Industry standard that links ownership of a key with the entity that owns it

• Must be at 8.2 or higher (8.1.2.1 but this was a limited release)

– Can still talk to 8.1.2 and older

• Changes to user experience

– NBU Admin collaborates with the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) admin to obtain the certificate
– PKI team must manage issues if they arise (expired keys etc)

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 New in
8.2

External Certificate Authority

• UI Experience for Client Installs
• Additional options in the ModUX

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 New in
8.2

2-Factor Authentication Support

• Smart Card Authentication Support
– Ties into the overall Certificate support

• Supports smart card based authentication for CAC/PIV cards

– Department of Defense Common Access Card
– Government issued Personal Identity Verification

• This is for logging into the Web UI (not JAVA)

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 New in
8.2

Administration – Automated Client and Media Server Updates

• Replaces LiveUpdate
• Client Updates require 8.1.2 or
higher but can update older
Client versions
• Media Server Updates require
NBU 8.2 or higher
• Uses Deployment Policies
– Staging
– Scheduling

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 Thank you!

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