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  4. Configuring an isolated recovery environment using the web UI
NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances Hardening Guide

Configuring an isolated recovery environment using the web UI

Perform the following steps to configure an isolated recovery environment using the NetBackup web UI.

Note:

You can also configure and manage an IRE from the deduplication shell. See the NetBackup Deduplication Guide for more details.

Table: IRE configuration using the NetBackup web UI

Step

Task

Description

1.

Configure allowed subnets to allow only the hosts in the subnets to access the storage server.

See Configuring the allowed subnets.

2.

Configure reverse connections to support replicating backup images from storage servers outside the isolated recovery environment.

See Configuring the reverse connections.

3.

(Optional) Configure reverse replication schedule to allow network activities in a specific window.

See Configuring the reverse replication schedule.

4.

Configure SLP for replicating backup images from a production environment.

See Adding a replication operation to SLP at the production primary server.

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