About the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI
You can administer your NetBackup Flex Scale appliance cluster configuration using the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI. This UI provides a centralized and a consolidate graphical view of your entire appliance configuration. You can use the infrastructure management UI to view all the cluster details such as the cluster nodes and their storage, alerts, and the services running on the appliance.
To access the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI:
- Use any one of the following options to sign in to the infrastructure management UI:
If both primary and media servers are deployed, use a user account with both Appliance administrator and NetBackup administrator role or a user account with only Appliance administrator role to sign in to one of the following interfaces:
https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161where ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address, the FQDN, or the short host name that you specified for the management server during the cluster configuration.Note:
If you access the infrastructure management UI by using the short host name from a node, set the DNS settings (name server, domain name, and search domain) or ensure that the entry for mapping the short host name to an IP address exists in the hosts file of the node.
https://console_ip:14161where console_ip is the public IPv4 or IPv6 address that you specified during the cluster configuration.Use the console FQDN if it was set during initial configuration.
If only media servers are deployed, use a user account with an Appliance Administrator role to sign in to the following interface:
https://console_ip:14161where console_ip is the public IPv4 or IPv6 address that you specified during the cluster configuration.
The Dashboard tab displays the various elements of your cluster configuration.
You can use the infrastructure management UI for performing administrative tasks such as:
Monitoring and managing the appliance services and storage utilization.
Monitoring and managing the infrastructure components such as nodes, storage disks, and network.
Managing security for cluster data.
Monitoring the appliance performance and data reduction levels.
- If both the primary and the media servers are deployed in the cluster, click NetBackup in the left navigation pane to view and manage NetBackup.
