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  3. Section VII. Data Collector Installation and Configuration for Cohesity NetBackup
  4. Appendix A. Configure Appliances
  5. Configure NetBackup Appliances for Data Collection

Configure NetBackup Appliances for Data Collection

  1. Create a new NetBackup administrator CLI user account, for example "aptare". Refer to Creating NetBackup administrator user accounts in the Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide.

  2. Create a location for temporary files (e.g. /log/aptare/tmp).

    maintenance-!> sudo bash
    root-!> mkdir -p /log/aptare/tmp
    
  3. Assign read and write permissions to the folder for the CLI user account and nbusers group.

    Refer to Overriding the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system policy in the Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide.

    maintenance-!> sudo bash
    root-!> chown -R aptare:nbusers /log/aptare
  4. Create a .profile file in the /home/nbusers directory.

    It is recommended to use a .profile that only sets TMPDIR for the CLI user created for collection.

    For example:

    if [ "${USER}" = "aptare" ] ; then
    
        TMPDIR=/log/aptare/tmp
    
        export TMPDIR
    
    fi

    OR

    Use the advanced parameter NBU_SSH_TMPDIR. For available methods of configuring the TMPDIR environment variable.

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