Configuring Access Appliance for NetBackup client
Access Appliance 8.6 supports NetBackup client versions 10.0, 10.1.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.5.0.1, 11.0, 11.0.0.1 and 11.1.0.2.
Certificates are deployed as a part of the NetBackup client configuration to enable secure communication between NetBackup primary and NetBackup client to perform backup and restore related operations successfully.
To back up your data present on filesystems which are present on Access Appliance with NetBackup, you must register the installed and configured NetBackup primary server with Access Appliance.
To configure NetBackup Client for Access Appliance, perform the following tasks in the following order:
Table: Workflow for configuring the NetBackup client
Task | Details |
|---|---|
Make sure that the prerequisites are met. | |
Configure the NetBackup client. | |
Add an optional media server. | |
Add multiple primary servers. | |
Add file systems for backup. |
You can also perform the following tasks:
Table: Other operations that you can perform on the NetBackup client
Task | Details |
|---|---|
Unconfigure the NetBackup client. | |
Remove file systems from backup configuration. | |
Change the virtual IP address used by NetBackup client. | See Changing the virtual IP address used by the NetBackup client. |
Upgrade the NetBackup client. | |
Enable Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client. | See Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client. |
Disable Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client. | See Disabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup from NetBackup client. |
Remove file systems from backup configuration. | |
Display the current status of the NetBackup client. | |
Verify that Access Appliance is configured with the NetBackup client. |
If Access Appliance is configured with IPv6 addresses, you have to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host as well.
Perform the following steps to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host:
Set the IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY option in the
NetBackup bp.conffile for the host to AF_UNSPEC.# bpsetconfig IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC
You can view the current setting by running the bpgetconfig command.
# bpgetconfig IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC
Restart the services after making this change.
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