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  2. NetBackup™ Marketplace Deployment on AWS
  3. Deploying Snapshot Manager
  4. Deploying Snapshot Manager server using the marketplace offer
  5. NetBackup installation parameters for Snapshot Manager server
NetBackup™ Marketplace Deployment on AWS

NetBackup installation parameters for Snapshot Manager server

If you have chosen the deployment option that includes the NetBackupSnapshot Manager server deployment, provide the following details as applicable.

Table: NetBackup installation parameters for Snapshot Manager server

Parameters

Description

Snapshot Manager System Configuration

EC2 Instance Type

Select the EC2 instance type that you want to use for the Snapshot Manager instance.

Volume Size

Enter the size (in GB) of the EBS volume that will be attached to the Snapshot Manager instance.

IAM Role

Name of the role to be attached to the Snapshot Manager instance (A new IAM Role will be created if this field is left empty). Following permissions are required for the IAM role.See IAM role required for Snapshot Manager instance.

Snapshot Manager Upgrade Configuration (Applicable only in case of upgrade)

EBS Volume ID

ID of an existing EBS volume

Volume Snapshot ID

ID of the Snapshot Manager metadata volume snapshot.

Network Configuration

 

Snapshot Manager VPC

Select ID of existing VPC where Snapshot Manager instance will be deployed.

Snapshot Manager Subnet

Select ID of existing subnet in your VPC where Snapshot Manager instance will be deployed.

Availability Zone

Name of an existing EC2 Availability Zone in which the Snapshot Manager instance will be created.

Snapshot Manager Domain Name

Domain name must correspond to an existing Route53 Hosted Zone associated with this VPC, or it must be a new domain for which a Hosted Zone will be created with the deployment.

Inbound Access CIDR

If you choose to create a new virtual network, you can provide the CIDR block from which the Snapshot Manager server can be accessed.

Elastic IP

Elastic IP to be assigned to Snapshot Manager instance.

HTTP Proxy

Provide the HTTP proxy value to configure Snapshot Manager with proxy server.

HTTPS Proxy

Provide the HTTPS proxy value to configure Snapshot Manager with proxy server.

NO Proxy

Specify the hosts that should be allowed to bypass the proxy server. You can mention multiple, comma-separated values. For example:

localhost,mycompany.com,192.168.0.10:80

Snapshot Manager Configuration

Snapshot Managerserver name

Provide the server name with which you want to enable the access to Snapshot Manager.

The installer uses this name to generate a TLS certificate for the Snapshot Manager host.

Port

Select the port through which the Snapshot Manager server can communicate. Default is port 443.

Snapshot Manager Recovery Notification Configuration

SNS Topic ARN

ARN of the SNS Topic to get notifications on any update in the Snapshot Manager Auto Scaling Group (Leave this field blank if notifications are not required)

Snapshot Manager KMS configuration

CMK ID

ID of the customer master key using which KMS would be configured with Snapshot Manager (Leave this field blank if KMS need not be configured)

CMK Region

Region of the CMK if CMK ID is specified (Leave this field blank if region is same as where Snapshot Manager is being deployed)

Security configuration

Key Pair Name

Snapshot Manager instance

Snapshot Manager Registration with NetBackup

NetBackup server

Provide a Fully Qualified Domain Name of the existing the primary server to which the Snapshot Manager server needs to be associated. Configuration fails if the FQDN is not resolvable from this Snapshot Manager server.

NetBackup API Key

As a NetBackup user, provide a valid API key generated from the existing the primary server to validate the communication between the primary server and the Snapshot Manager server. The user generating API keys must have permission to add the Snapshot Manager server.

Creating and managing API keys for users (Administrators)

Adding and managing your API key (Users)

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