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Dell EMC NetWorker Version 18.1
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Overview of NetWorker Virtual Edition 13 Overview of NetWorker Virtual Edition....................................................... 14
Deploying NetWorker Virtual Edition in VMware vSphere 15 Predeployment requirements and best practices........................................ 16
Solution requirements.................................................................... 16 Virtual disk configuration best practices.........................................17 Preconfiguration checklist..............................................................18 Verify the DNS configuration......................................................... 19
Deploy the NVE appliance........................................................................... 19
Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition in Amazon EC2 25 Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition Appliance in Amazon EC2........... 26
Deploy NVE from the AWS Marketplace........................................26 Deploying the NVE Virtual Machine from AWS Marketplace..........26
Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition with Microsoft Azure Resource Manager 29 Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition Appliance in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager..................................................................................... 30
Deploying the NVE Virtual Machine from Azure Marketplace........ 30
Configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition 33 Setting up the NetWorker software on NVE...............................................34 Launching the NetWorker Management Web UI.........................................36 Starting the NMC server GUI for the first time...........................................37
Preparing to connect to the NMC server.......................................37 Launching the Networker Manangement Console ........................ 39
Configuring sendmail and NetWorker notifications.....................................42 Configure the sendmail application................................................ 43 Configuring NetWorker to send operation notifications by email... 44 Edit policy notifications................................................................. 44 Edit workflow notifications............................................................ 45 Edit action notifications.................................................................45
Upgrade the NVE appliance using GUI........................................................46 Upgrading the NVE using CLI .....................................................................47
Maintenance 49 Password maintenance...............................................................................50
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Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
CONTENTS
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Review password policies.............................................................. 50 Modify passwords.......................................................................... 51
Change the storage disk configuration........................................................51
Configuring Firewall 57 NetWorker Virtual Edition firewall.............................................................. 58 Editing the Firewall in NVE......................................................................... 58 Configuring the NVE firewall...................................................................... 59
Opening a firewall port.................................................................. 59 Closing a firewall port.................................................................... 62 Removing a custom firewall rule.................................................... 65 Configuring service port ranges on firewall....................................66
Troubleshooting and Best Practices 67 Best Practices and Recommendations....................................................... 68 Accessing NetWorker Virtual Edition using SSH.........................................68 Enable SSH for root................................................................................... 68 Enable SSH for root for NVE running in Cloud............................................69 Support for NVE in Dual NIC configuration with different Subnets.............70 Binding to LDAP server error......................................................................70 NVE installation log files.............................................................................. 71
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Select source page..................................................................................................... 20 Review details page....................................................................................................20 End User License Agreements page............................................................................ 21 Select a name and folder page.................................................................................... 21 Select a resource page............................................................................................... 22 Select storage page....................................................................................................22 Setup networks page..................................................................................................23 Customize templates page......................................................................................... 23 Recent Tasks..............................................................................................................24 Summary tab ............................................................................................................. 24 Associating a jnlp file with Java (TM) web Start Launcher for Mozilla Firefox............40 Welcome to the NMC Server Configuration Wizard page............................................41 Specify a list of managed NetWorker servers page.................................................... 42 Deleting a disk device................................................................................................. 53 Deleting the old VMDK file..........................................................................................55 NetWorker in Dual NIC configuration..........................................................................70
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Preface
As part of an effort to improve product lines, periodic revisions of software and hardware are released. Therefore, all versions of the software or hardware currently in use might not support some functions that are described in this document. The product release notes provide the most up-to-date information on product features.
If a product does not function correctly or does not function as described in this document, contact a technical support professional.
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This document was accurate at publication time. To ensure that you are using the latest version of this document, go to the Support website at https:// support.emc.com.
Purpose This document describes how to set up NetWorker Virtual Edition in a NetWorker environment.
Audience This guide is part of the NetWorker documentation set, and is intended for use by system administrators during the installation and setup of the NetWorker software.
Revision history The following table presents the revision history of this document.
Table 1 Revision history
Revision Date Description
04 October 12, 2018 Fixed a typographical error in the topic Change the storage disk configuration.
03 July 26, 2018 The following changes have been done in the documentation:
l The procedure to deploy NVE on Azure has been simplified.
l A new topic on accessing NVE through SSH has been included.
02 July 13, 2018 The following changes have been done in the documentation:
l The Azure instance sizing are updated in the topic "System requirements"
l Manual deployment methods have been removed for Azure and AWS cloud environment.
l Topics on deploying NVE through Azure and AWS marketplace have been included.
01 July 07, 2018 First release of this document for NetWorker 18.1.
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Support for NVE in Dual NIC configuration with different Subnets
Related documentation The NetWorker documentation set includes the following publications, available on the Support website:
l NetWorker Online Software Compatibility Matrix Provides compatibility information, including specific software and hardware configurations that NetWorker supports. To access the matrix, go to http:// compatibilityguide.emc.com:8080/CompGuideApp/.
l NetWorker Administration Guide Describes how to configure and maintain the NetWorker software.
l NetWorker Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) User Guide Describes how to use the NetWorker software to provide data protection for NDMP filers.
l NetWorker Cluster Integration Guide Contains information related to configuring NetWorker software on cluster servers and clients.
l NetWorker Installation Guide Provides information on how to install, uninstall, and update the NetWorker software for clients, storage nodes, and servers on all supported operating systems.
l NetWorker Updating from a Previous Release Guide Describes how to update the NetWorker software from a previously installed release.
l NetWorker Release Notes Contains information on new features and changes, fixed problems, known limitations, environment and system requirements for the latest NetWorker software release.
l NetWorker Command Reference Guide Provides reference information for NetWorker commands and options.
l NetWorker Data Domain Boost Integration Guide Provides planning and configuration information on the use of Data Domain devices for data deduplication backup and storage in a NetWorker environment.
l NetWorker Performance Optimization Planning Guide Contains basic performance tuning information for NetWorker.
l NetWorker Server Disaster Recovery and Availability Best Practices Guide Describes how to design, plan for, and perform a step-by-step NetWorker disaster recovery.
l NetWorker Snapshot Management Integration Guide Describes the ability to catalog and manage snapshot copies of production data that are created by using mirror technologies on storage arrays.
l NetWorkerSnapshot Management for NAS Devices Integration Guide Describes how to catalog and manage snapshot copies of production data that are created by using replication technologies on NAS devices.
l NetWorker Security Configuration Guide Provides an overview of security configuration settings available in NetWorker, secure deployment, and physical security controls needed to ensure the secure operation of the product.
l NetWorker VMware Integration Guide Provides planning and configuration information on the use of VMware in a NetWorker environment.
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l NetWorker Error Message Guide Provides information on common NetWorker error messages.
l NetWorker Licensing Guide Provides information about licensing NetWorker products and features.
l NetWorker REST API Getting Started Guide Describes how to configure and use the NetWorker REST API to create programmatic interfaces to the NetWorker server.
l NetWorker REST API Reference Guide Provides the NetWorker REST API specification used to create programmatic interfaces to the NetWorker server.
l NetWorker 18.1 with CloudBoost 18.1 Integration Guide Describes the integration of NetWorker with CloudBoost.
l NetWorker 18.1 with CloudBoost 18.1 Security Configuration Guide Provides an overview of security configuration settings available in NetWorker and Cloud Boost, secure deployment, and physical security controls needed to ensure the secure operation of the product.
l NetWorker Management Console Online Help Describes the day-to-day administration tasks performed in the NetWorker Management Console and the NetWorker Administration window. To view the online help, click Help in the main menu.
l NetWorker User Online Help Describes how to use the NetWorker User program, which is the Windows client interface, to connect to a NetWorker server to back up, recover, archive, and retrieve files over a network.
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Table 2 Style conventions
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CHAPTER 1
Overview of NetWorker Virtual Edition
This chapter includes the following topic:
l Overview of NetWorker Virtual Edition............................................................... 14
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Overview of NetWorker Virtual Edition NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) is a NetWorker Server that runs as a virtual machine in VMware and cloud environment. NVE integrates the latest version of the NetWorker software with SuSE Linux as a VMware virtual machine. NVE is available as a 250 GB virtual appliance.
Note
You cannot update a NetWorker Server that resides on a physical host to an NVE appliance.
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CHAPTER 2
Deploying NetWorker Virtual Edition in VMware vSphere
This chapter includes the following topics:
l Predeployment requirements and best practices................................................ 16 l Deploy the NVE appliance...................................................................................19
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Predeployment requirements and best practices Before you deploy an NVE virtual machine, review the predeployment requirements and best practices in the following sections.
Note
NVE does not support data migration from another instance of NetWorker.
Solution requirements This section outlines the solution requirements for the NetWorker Virtual Edition in the following environments.
l VMware vSphere
l Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2
l Microsoft Azure
WAN requirements
The following points provide the WAN requirements for the NetWorker Virtual Edition.
l Greater than or equal to 100 Mb/s bandwidth
l Less than or equal to 100 ms RTT latency
System requirements
The following table defines the minimum system requirements for each size of NVE. When creating the Azure or AWS instance, you should select the appropriate instance type for the minimum system requirements for the NVE.
Table 3 Minimum requirements for vSphere, Azure and AWS
Small workload Medium workload High workload
Processor A minimum of two cores with at least 2 GHz processors
A minimum of four cores with at least 4 GHz processors
A minimum of eight cores with at least 8 GHz processors
Memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB
NVE root disk space 126 GB 126 GB 126 GB
Data disk space 600 GB 1200 GB 2400 GB
Azure instance A5 Standard D3_V2 Standard D4_V2 Standard
AWS instance m4.large m4.xlarge m4.2xlarge
vSphere - - -
Number of jobs performed per day
Up to ten thousand Up to fifty thousand Up to one hundred thousand
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Note
For information related to IOPS, network and disk sizing, refer to NetWorker Performance and Optimization planning guide
VMware ESX System Requirements Networker Virtual Edition (NVE) supports the following VMware versions:
l VMware vCenter 5.5, 5.5u2, 6.0, and 6.5
l ESXi 5.5, 5.5u2, 6.0, and 6.5
Port requirements As with all networked software solutions, adhering to best practices for security is encouraged to protect the deployment. If the ports in the following table are not configured before you configure the NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance, restart the NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance.
The following table outlines the port requirements.
Table 4 Port requirements
Out In TCP port Description
Administrator workstation
NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance
22 SSH for maintenance and troubleshooting
Administrator workstation
NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance
23 Optional for Telnet
Administrator workstation
NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance
443 HTTPS to local appliance administration page that is used by support for troubleshooting
For information about NetWorker Server port requirement, refer to the NetWorker Security Configuration Guide.
Virtual disk configuration best practices ESXi supports multiple disk formats. For NVE virtual machines, the initial configuration is thick provision lazy zeroed.
Note
NVE does not support thin provisioning.
After the initial deployment, if you configure the virtual disks for the thick provision eager zeroed, you will get better initial performance because the first write to the disk will require fewer operations.
Note
VMware documentation provides information about converting lazy zeroed virtual disks to eager zeroed virtual disks. Converting a disk from thick provisioned lazy zeroed to thick provisioned eager zeroed is time-consuming and can consume a significant number of storage I/O processes.
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A virtual machine that runs NVE aggressively uses disk I/O and is almost never idle. VMware recommendations for appropriate resources for high-performance database virtual machines are generally applicable to an NVE virtual machine. In particular, a storage pool that is allocated from a group of dedicated physical disks in a RAID 1 (mirror) or RAID 10 (combines RAID 0 with RAID 1) configuration provides the best performance.
Preconfiguration checklist Before you deploy the NVE appliance, gather the following information.
Table 5 Preconfiguration checklist
Completed? Information
Network configuration details:
l IP address of the default gateway:
l DNS server:
l NVE IP address:
l NVE FQDN:
l Netmask:
l SMTP mail relay host (to send notifications):
Note
The OVA package for NVE does not support dual stack and IPv6, use IPv4.
Ensure that the following firewall ports are open between the NetWorker Server and the EMC License Server:
l 27000
l 27010
l 51000
Note
These ports are not required for NetWorker Virtual Edition running with unserved license
Data Domain system information (when DD Boost devices are used):
l IP address of the Data Domain system:
l Administrator account name:
l Password of the administrator account:
l Storage folder location:
l DDBoost user username:
l Password of the DDBoost user:
l SNMP community string:
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Verify the DNS configuration Before you deploy the NVE, ensure that the DNS server is configured correctly for the hostname and IP address of the vCenter server and the NVE appliance. Incorrect name resolution results in runtime errors and configuration issues.
From a command prompt on the vCenter server, type the following commands:
Procedure
1. To perform a reverse DNS lookup of the IP address of the NVE, type the following command:
nslookup NVE_IP_address DNS_Server_IP_address
The IP address configuration is correct when the nslookup command returns the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the NVE.
2. To perform a forward DNS lookup of the FQDN of the NVE, type the following command:
nslookup NVE_FQDN DNS_Server_IP_address
The FQDN configuration is correct when the nslookup command returns the correct IP address of the NVE.
3. To perform a reverse DNS lookup of the IP address of the vCenter server, type the following command:
nslookup vCenter_IP_Address DNS_Server_IP_address
The IP address configuration is correct when the nslookup command returns the FQDN of the vCenter server.
4. To perform a forward DNS lookup of the FQDN of the vCenter server, type the following command:
nslookup FQDN_of_vCenter DNS_Server_IP_address
The FQDN configuration is correct when the nslookup command returns the correct IP address of the vCenter Server.
Results
If the nslookup commands return the proper information, close the command prompt. If the nslookup commands do not return the correct information, before you install NVE, resolve the DNS configuration.
Deploy the NVE appliance NVE uses an open virtualization format template (OVF Template) to deploy and configure the appliance. The OVF template is distributed as an open virtual appliance (OVA) package.
Before you begin
Download and install the vSphere Web Integration Client Plug-in on a host that has network access to the vCenter server that manages the NVE appliance.
Perform the following steps from a host that has the vSphere Web Integration Client Plug-in and network access to the vCenter server.
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Note
The following procedure and screen shots are specific to vCenter 6.0. Other vCenter server versions might display the information in the deployment screens differently.
Procedure
1. Download the NVE OVA package from http://support.emc.com.
2. Connect to the vCenter server, by using the VMware vSphere Web Client. On the Login screen, specify a user account that has administrative rights.
3. In the vCenter server console, browse to vCenter > vCenter server.
4. Right-click the vCenter server that manages the NVE appliance and select Deploy OVF template.
The Deploy OVF Template wizard appears.
5. On the Select source page, select one of the following options, and then click Next.
l URLType the path to the OVA file.
l Local fileClick Browse, and then search for the OVA file.
The following figure provides an example of the Select source page. Figure 1 Select source page
6. On the Review details page, verify the details about the template, and then click Next.
The following figure provides an example of the Review details page. Figure 2 Review details page
7. On the End User License Agreement page, if you agree to the license terms, click Accept, and then click Next.
The following figure provides an example of the Accept License Agreements page.
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Figure 3 End User License Agreements page
8. On the Select a name and folder page page, type a descriptive name for the NVE, select the inventory location, and then click Next.
The following figure provides an example of the Select a name and folder page with a Datacenter named Burlington IDD lab selected. Figure 4 Select a name and folder page
9. On the Select a resource page, select the ESXi host, cluster, vApp, or resource pool on which to run the deployed template, and then click Next.
The following figure provides an example of the Select a resource page with an ESXi host selected.
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Figure 5 Select a resource page
10. On the Select storage page, perform the following configuration tasks:
a. In the Select virtual disk format field, leave the default selection Thick Provisioned Lazy Zeroed.
Thin provisioning is not supported with NVE.
b. In the VM Storage Policy field, select a storage policy.
c. In the Storage table, select the datastore for NVE.
d. Click Next
Note
System requirements on page 16 contains details about the disk requirements.
The following figure provides an example of the Select storage page with a VNX datastore selected. Figure 6 Select storage page
11. On the Setup networks page, select the destination network, and then click Next.
The following figure provides an example of the Setup networks page.
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Figure 7 Setup networks page
12. On the Customize template page, perform the following configuration tasks, and then click Next:
a. In the IP Address field, type the IPv4 address for the NVE appliance.
b. In the Netmask field, type the netmask address for the NVE appliance.
c. In the Default Gateway, type the address of the gateway host.
d. In the FQDN field, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the NVE appliance.
e. In the DNS field, type the IP address of up to three DNS servers, which are separated by commas.
The following figure provides an example of the Customize templates page. Figure 8 Customize templates page
13. On the Ready to complete page, confirm the deployment settings, select Power on after deployment, and then click Finish.
The deployment might take several minutes. After the deployment completes, the Recent tasks section of the vSphere Web Client displays the status of the Deploy OVF template task as Completed. The following figure provides an example of the Recent Tasks window after the deployment completes.
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Figure 9 Recent Tasks
14. In the vCenter console, browse to the Hosts window and select the NVE virtual machine. To monitor the progress of the installation, open the Virtual Console.
15. On the Summary tab, verify that the status for VMware Tools changes to Running or Unmanaged.
The following figure provides an example of the Summary tab where the status of VMware Tools appears as Running. Figure 10 Summary tab
After you finish
For information on configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition, see the topic Configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition on page 33
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CHAPTER 3
Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition in Amazon EC2
This chapter includes the following topics:
l Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition Appliance in Amazon EC2...................26
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You can deploy the NetWorker Virtual Edition Appliance in Amazon EC2 By using the NVE Amazon Machine Image (AMI) image in the AWS marketplace.
Deploy NVE from the AWS Marketplace The following topics describe how to deploy an NVE virtual machine by using the AMI image in the AWS Marketplace, and then prepare the virtual machine for NetWorker Virtual Edition software installation. This method saves time by eliminating the need to upload and convert an NVE virtual appliance file.
Before you can use the AMI image in the AWS Marketplace, you must subscribe to NVE and accept the software terms. Subsequent launches omit these steps.
The AWS documentation provides more information about subscribing to software and the different methods of deploying virtual machine instances.
Deploying the NVE Virtual Machine from AWS Marketplace If you have already subscribed to the NVE marketplace image in the AWS Marketplace, the following instructions launch an instance of the NVE virtual machine from the EC2 dashboard.
Procedure
1. Open the AWS EC2 Console and select the correct region.
2. From the EC2 console dashboard, click Launch Instance.
The Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) page appears.
3. Select the AWS Marketplace category.
4. Search the AWS Marketplace for NetWorker Virtual Edition, and then locate NetWorker Virtual Edition 18.1.
5. Click Select.
The Choose an Instance Type page appears.
6. For Step 2: Choose an Instance Type, select the correct instance type.
For more information on system requirement, see System requirements on page 16
7. Click Add Storage from the ribbon bar at the top of the page.
8. Click Add New Volume.
l For Size, type the size as per your requirement. System requirements on page 16 provides information about the required disk size.
l For Volume Type, because SSD volumes have better performance than volumes other volume types, NVE recommends SSD for all volumes. However, SSD volumes incur a larger cost to the customer. Customers should balance performance and budget when selecting the volume type.
Repeat this step for all required volumes.
9. Click Step 6: Configure Security Group. Create or select a security group.
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Note
Port requirements on page 17 contains information about the required settings for security groups that are used with NVE on AWS.
10. Complete the rest wizard as appropriate. At Step 7: Review Instance Launch, select the key pair that you created in a previous step, then click Launch Instance.
11. Before you can connect to the NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance, you must download the private key.
Note
Save the private key in a secure and accessible location. After the private key is created, you will be unable to download the private key again.
The NetWorker Virtual Edition appliance starts in Amazon EC2.
After you finish
For information on configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition, see the topic Configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition on page 33
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CHAPTER 4
Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition with Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
Use the procedures in this section to deploy NetWorker Virtual Edition with Microsoft Azure Resource Manager (ARM).
l Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition Appliance in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager.............................................................................................................30
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Deploying the NetWorker Virtual Edition Appliance in Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
You can deploy the NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) from the Microsoft Azure marketplace.
Deploying the NVE Virtual Machine from Azure Marketplace The NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) software is available in the Microsoft Azure marketplace.
Note
For security considerations, deploy NVE in a private network and configure a secure gateway from which you can install, configure, and manage the NetWorker server. Azure security best practices provides detailed information on how to set up an additional secure gateway system for NVE maintenance in the cloud.
Procedure
1. Open the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com and log in to the Azure account.
2. In the Azure Marketplace, search for NetWorker Virtual Edition and click the Dell EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition 18.1.
3. To start the NetWorker Virtual Edition Deployment wizard, click Create.
4. Configure the basic setting for the virtual machine:
a. In the Name field, type a name for the virtual machine.
b. In the VM disk type field, select HDD.
c. In the User name field, type a username.
d. In the Authentication type field, select one of the following options:
l In the SSH Public Key field, type the public key.
l In the Password field, type the password.
e. Verify the subscription information.
f. In the Resource Group, perform one of the following steps:
l To create a resource group, click Create new.
l To select a resource group, click Use existing and then select the resource group that you would like to use.
g. In the Location field, select a location to deploy the virtual machine.
h. Click OK to continue.
5. Choose the size of the virtual machine:
a. Select the VM size that you would like to deploy.
Refer to the System requirements.
b. Click Select to continue.
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6. Configure settings for the virtual machine.
a. In the Availability set field, keep the default setting of None.
b. In the Storage field, keep the default setting of Yes.
c. In the Virtual network field, select an existing or create a new virtual network.
d. In the Subnet field, select a subnet.
e. In the Public IP address field, keep the default settings to create a Public IP address.
f. In the Network security group (firewall) field, click Advanced, and select the Network security group to add inbound and outbound rules.
Table 6 Required inbound and outbound ports for NVE
Type Priority Name Port Protoc ol
Source Destinati on
Action
Inbound 1000 TCP_inbound_rule_1 90009001 TCP Any Any Allow
Inbound 1010 TCP_inbound_rule_2 8080 TCP Any Any Allow
Inbound 1030 TCP_inbound_rule_3 22 TCP Any Any Allow
Inbound 1060 TCP_inbound_rule_4 9090 TCP Any Any Allow
Inbound 1100 TCP_inbound_rule_5 443 TCP Any Any Allow
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g. In the Extensions field, keep the default setting of No extensions.
h. In the Enable auto-shutdown field, keep the default setting of Off.
i. In the Boot diagnostics field, keep the default setting of Enabled.
j. In the Guest OS diagnostics field, keep the default setting of Disabled.
k. In the Diagnostics storage account field, select an existing or create a storage account.
l. In the Managed service identity field, keep the default setting of No.
m. Click OK to continue.
7. Review the summary for the NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) and then click Create.
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After launching the instance, the NVE initializes and restarts automatically. This process takes 1525 minutes. You cannot configure NVE until this process is complete because the NVE installation package, NVE-config, is not available. SSH is also unavailable during this time.
8. Create the data disks for NVE by performing the following steps:
a. From the disks configuration page for the virtual machine, click Add data disk.
b. In the Name drop-down list, click Create new.
c. Type a name for the data disk.
d. Select Use existing for Resource Group and select the resource group that you created in the previous step.
e. Select Standard HDD for Account type.
f. Select None(empty disk) for Source type.
g. Type the disk size according to the workload.
For more information about disk size, refer to the System requirements
9. Change the NVE hostname from Azure assigned DNS to a custom DNS.
By configuring a custom DNS in Azure cloud, you can control the length of the NVE hostname. For best practices and recommendation on configuring DNS, see Best Practices and Recommendations. on page 68
a. Login to the NVE using an SSH as an admin user.
Note
The default password is the private ip address of the NVE.
b. Switch to super user by entering the command sudo su.
c. Update the /etc/hosts file with the custom FQDN and shortname.
d. Update the /etc/resolve.conf file with the Name Server and custom search DNS.
e. Update the /etc/HOSTNAME with new FQDN.
f. Restart the NVE using by the reboot command.
After you finish
Configure the NetWorker Virtual Edition. To configure NetWorker Virtual Edition, refer Configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition on page 33
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CHAPTER 5
Configuring the NetWorker Virtual Edition
This chapter includes the following topics:
l Setting up the NetWorker software on NVE...................................................... 34 l Launching the NetWorker Management Web UI................................................ 36 l Starting the NMC server GUI for the first time.................................................. 37 l Configuring sendmail and NetWorker notifications............................................ 42 l Upgrade the NVE appliance using GUI............................................................... 46 l Upgrading the NVE using CLI ............................................................................ 47
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Setting up the NetWorker software on NVE The NVE appliance includes an installation manager that prompts you for environment-specific information, such as passwords, and then automatically installs of the NetWorker server software.
Before you begin
You must know the private IP address of the NVE appliance.
To set up the NetWorker software on a new NVE appliance, perform the following steps:
Procedure
1. On a host that has network access to the NVE virtual machine, open a web browser and type the following URL:
https://NVE_VM where NVE_VM is the hostname or IP address of the NVE appliance.
When you use Internet Explorer, if any security messages appear, click Continue. When you use Firefox, if any connection warnings appear, select I understand the risks, and then add an exception for the website.
The EMC NetWorker Installation Manager login page appears.
2. In the User field, type root.
3. In the Password field, type the default password.
Note
l The default password for NVE running on
a. VMware vSphere is changeme
b. Azure or AWS is the private ip address of the NVE
l The default password expiration policy on the NVE is once every 60 days. If the password that you specify has expired, a messages similar to the following appears:Error "Login failed. The password has already expired or is within the warning period. You must change and verify the password expiration date." To resolve this issue, change the passwords assigned to the root and admin users. Modifying passwords provides more information.
4. Click Login.
5. On the SW Releases tab, to the right of the NveConfig package, click Install.
The installation initialization begins. The initialization extracts files from the package and prepares the environment for the installation. The process can take a few minutes. After the initialization completes, the Installation Setup page appears.
6. On the Authc Settings tab, specify the following attributes:
a. In the Tomcat KeyStore Password and Tomcat KeyStore password (Confirm) fields, type a password for the keystore file that the NetWorker Authentication Service uses to store data.
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Specify a password that contains at least six characters and does not contain dictionary words.
b. In the Authc Password and Authc Password (confirm) fields, type a password for the NetWorker Authentication Service administrator account.
Ensure the password complies with the following minimum requirements:
l Nine characters long
l One uppercase letter
l One lowercase letter
l One special character
l One numeric character
Note
You will use the administrator account to log in to the NMC Server.
c. Click Save.
7. (Optional) To install additional language packs, on the NetWorker Settings tab, from the Value list, select the language pack, and then click Save.
8. On the Passwords tab, and specify the OS admin user and OS root user passwords, and then click Save.
Ensure that the passwords comply with the following minimum requirements:
l Nine characters long
l One uppercase letter
l One lowercase letter
l One special character
l One numeric character
9. On the Server Settings tab, from the Value list, select the time zone for the appliance, and then click Save.
10. (Optional) To configure Data Domain devices in the NetWorker datazone, on the Data Domain Settings tab, select the box in the Value column, and then specify the following configuration attributes:
a. In the Data Domain Address field, type the IP address or the FQDN of the Data Domain system.
b. In the Data Domain Administrator Name field, type the username for a Data Domain Administrator account.
c. In the Data Domain Administrator Password field, type the password for the Data Domain Administrator account.
d. In the Data Domain Storage Folder field, type a new or existing name for a folder that you want to use for DD Boost storage.
The installation process automatically creates a Storage Unit (SU) and folder for the appliance in the hidden mount point folder, /data/col1. Do not modify this folder structure, which all NetWorker server hosts use.
e. (Optional) To create a DD Boost account, select DDBoost create new login account.
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f. In the Data Domain Login field, type the account for the DD Boost user.
g. In the DDBoost Login Password field, type the password for the DD Boost user that you specified in the Data Domain Login field.
Note
The DD Boost user that you specify must have an assigned role that is not none.
h. In the DDBoost Login Password Confirm field, type the password for the DD Boost user that you specified in the Data Domain Login field.
i. Click Save.
j. To specify the SNMP community string to monitor the Data Domain system, on the NetWorker Settings tab, in the SNMP Community String field, type the string value. Click Save.
The default SNMP Community String on a Data Domain system is Public.
11. (Optional) To install or upgrade the password hardening package, on the Security Settings tab, select Show advanced settings, and then select the box in the Value column. Click Save.
12. Click Continue.
The Installation Progress window appears and displays information about the status of the installation actions. The Information Log pane displays messages about the status of each task. To generate a file that contains each message, click Export, and then select Excel to export the information to an Excel spreadsheet or select PDF to export the information to a PDF file.
Results
The EMC NetWorker Installation Manager installs the NetWorker, NMC server software and the NetWorker Management Web UI on the NVE appliance.
After you finish
Install and configure the EMC License Server on a host in the datazone that the NetWorker server can access. NetWorker Licensing Guide provides more information.
Launching the NetWorker Management Web UI The NetWorker Management Web UI, introduced in NetWorker 18.1, is a web-based management interface that provides support for the following NetWorker VMware- integrated operations:
l Managing VMware vCenter servers
l Managing VMware Proxies
l Installing the vCenter Plugin
l Recovering virtual machines
l Monitoring recovery operations
The following table provides more information on the functionality available in the NetWorker Management Web UI.
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Table 7 Supported operations in the NetWorker Management Web UI
Operation Description
Protection VMware vCenter servers
l Manage vCenter servers.
l Refresh and view the vCenter inventory.
l View properties of entities in the vCenter Inventory tree.
VMware vProxies
l Manage vproxies.
l Monitor progress of vProxy registration.
Recovery Recover virtual machines. Supports both image-level and file-level recovery.
Monitoring l View and monitor the progress of virtual machine recovery; includes the list of completed and currently running recover jobs.
l View recover logs.
You can log in to the NetWorker Management Web UI by using following link:
https://
The NetWorker VMware Integration Guide provides more information on how to use the NetWorker Management Web UI to perform the supported tasks.
Supported browsers The NetWorker Management Web UI supports the following browsers:
l Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
l Google Chrome
l Microsoft Edge
l Mozilla Firefox
Starting the NMC server GUI for the first time The NMC server is a web-based Java application that manages NetWorker server operations. An NMC client is a host that connects to the NMC server through a supported web browser to display the NMC server GUI.
The following sections outline how to prepare the NMC client and how to connect to the NMC server GUI.
Preparing to connect to the NMC server You cannot connect to the NMC GUI with any of the following, previously supported, operating systems:
l AIX
l HP-UX
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l Solaris
Before you try to connect to the NMC server from a supported host, ensure that JRE is correctly configured.
Note
Post-upgrade, the maximum heap memory configuration resets to default minimum value of the NetWorker. For information on configuration for the scaled setup, see the Performance Optimization Planning Guide.
Enable temporary internet file caching Enable the Temporary internet file caching attribute in the Java Control Panel of the NMC client. When you do not enable this option in JRE, Java WebStart fails to start.
For Windows NMC clients:
1. Browse to Control Panel > Java > General > Temporary Internet Files > Settings.
2. Ensure that Keep temporary files on my computer is selected.
For UNIX NMC clients:
1. Start the Java W Start Application Manager, javaws.
2. Select Enable temporary internet file caching.
Confirm JRE and Internet Explorer compatibility (Windows only) For Windows hosts only, ensure that you install the 64-bit JRE program for the 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE).
To determine the Microsoft Internet Explorer version on the Windows NMC client, perform the following steps.
Procedure
1. Right-click the Microsoft Internet Explorer shortcut and select Properties.
2. Review the Target Location field.
The Target Location is the following path:
64-bit IEC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\
Add the NMC server to Exception Site list Java security settings block the NMC server application.
Therefore, you must add the NMC server address to the JRE Exception Site list.
Procedure
1. Open the Java Control Panel.
2. On the Security tab, click Edit Site list.
3. Click Add.
4. In the Location field, specify the URL to the NMC server in the format http:// server_name:9000 where server_name is the hostname of the NMC server.
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Note
If you connect to the NMC server by using the IP address of the NMC server, add an entry for the IP address in the following format:
http://ip_address:9000
5. Click OK.
6. In the Security Warning window, click Continue.
7. Click OK.
Launching the Networker Manangement Console Complete the following procedure to connect to the NMC Server GUI from an NMC client. By default, the NetWorker Authentication Service uses the local user database for user authentication. Specify the NetWorker Authentication Service administrator account to log in to the NMC Server. The NetWorker Security Configuration Guide describes how to configure the NetWorker Authentication Service to use LDAP or AD for user authentication.
Procedure
1. From a supported web browser session, type the URL of the NMC Server:
http://server_name:http_service_port where:
l server_name is the name of the NMC Server.
l http_service_port is the port for the embedded HTTP server. The default HTTP port is 9000.
For example: http://houston:9000 The gconsole.jnlp file downloads to the host. When the download completes, open the file.
2. Optional, associate the jnlp file with a program.
When you use Mozilla Firefox on Windows, and the jnlp extension is not associated with Java, you are prompted to choose the program that opens the jnlp file. In the dialog box that appears, select Open with, and then select Java (TM) Web Start Launcher. If this application does not appear, browse to the Java folder and select the javaws.exe file. The following figure provides an example of the file association dialog box that appears with the Mozilla Firefox browser.
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Figure 11 Associating a jnlp file with Java (TM) web Start Launcher for Mozilla Firefox
3. On the Welcome page, click Start.
Note
If the Start button does not appear but you see a warning message that states that Java Runtime Environment cannot be detected, click the here hyperlink.
4. For Internet Explorer only, if a security warning appears, select I accept the risks and want to run this application, and then click Run.
5. On the Log in page, specify the NetWorker Authentication Service administrator username and password, and then click OK.
6. On the Licensing Agreement page, select Accept.
7. If you did not install a supported version of JRE on the host, then a dialog box that prompts you to install JRE appears. Cancel the application installation, install JRE, and then rerun the application installation.
8. On the Welcome to the NMC Server Configuration Wizard page, click Next.
The following figures shows the Welcome to the NMC Server Configuration Wizard page.
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Figure 12 Welcome to the NMC Server Configuration Wizard page
9. On the Specify a list of managed NetWorker Servers page:
a. Specify the names of the NetWorker Servers that the NMC Server will manage, one name per line.
Note
If the NMC Server is also the NetWorker Server, specify the name of the NetWorker Server.
b. Leave the default Capture Events and Gather Reporting Data options enabled.
Consider the following options:
l To allow the NMC Server to monitor and record alerts for events that occur on the NetWorker Server, select Capture Events.
l To allow the NMC Server to collect data about the NetWorker Server and generate reports, select Gather Reporting Data.
The following figure shows the Specify a list of managed NetWorker servers page.
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Figure 13 Specify a list of managed NetWorker servers page
10. Click Finish. The installation starts the default web browser and connects to the NMC server. The NetWorker Management Console and Getting Started windows appear.
11. In the Enterprise window, right-click the NetWorker Server, and then select Launch Application.
Note
If you do not specify any NetWorker Servers in the Specify a list of managed NetWorker servers page, the NMC Enterprise window does not display any NetWorker Servers. To add a host, in the left navigation pane, right-click Enterprise, and then click New > Host. The Add New Host wizard appears.
After you finish
After you launch the NVE appliance, refer to the standard NetWorker documentation for any additional configuration.
Configuring sendmail and NetWorker notifications Review this section to configure the sendmail application and modify NetWorker email notifications.
The NetWorker Administration Guide provides more information about server notifications and how to configure notifications when you create the Policy, Workflow and Action resources.
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Configure the sendmail application The sendmail application is automatically installed on the NVE. To configure the NetWorker server to send notifications, configure sendmail.
Before you begin
The sendmail application is an SMTP Mail Transfer Agent, not an SMTP server. To use the sendmail application, the environment must have a configured SMTP relay host, which the NVE will use to send email messages.
Procedure
1. Connect to the NVE.
If you connect by using the vSphere client to open a VM Console session, log in to the NVE with the root or admin account. If you connect by using SSH, you must log in as admin, and then use the su command to change to the root account. The default password for the root and admin accounts is changeme.
2. Create the /etc/rc.conf file, and then add the following line:
sendmail_enable="YES"
3. Save the file.
4. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/sendmail file, and change the line SENDMAIL_SMARTHOST=" " to include the hostname of the SMTP relay host.
For example:
SENDMAIL_SMARTHOST="mysmtp_relay.corp.com"
5. Restart the sendmail service. At the command prompt, type the following command:
service sendmail restart
6. Test the connection to the SMTP relay host.
For example, at the comand prompt, type the following command:
echo "Subject: sendmail test" | sendmail -v debbied@email.com
When the test succeeds, output similar to the following example appears:
debbied@email.com... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] port 25 via relay... 220 bu-idd-nve.iddlab.local ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.3/8.14.3/ SuSE Linux 0.8; Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:36:58 -0400 >>> EHLO bu-idd-nve.iddlab.local 250-bu-idd-nve.iddlab.local Hello localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH GSSAPI 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP >>> MAIL From:
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AUTH=root@bu-idd-nve.iddlab.local 250 2.1.0
Configuring NetWorker to send operation notifications by email By default, NetWorker writes operation notifications to log files.
To configure NetWorker to send system notifications to email recipients, perform the following steps:
Procedure
1. On the taskbar, click the Enterprise icon .
2. In the navigation tree, highlight a host:
a. Right-click NetWorker.
b. Select Launch Application. The NetWorker Administration window appears.
3. On the main toolbar, click Server, and then from the left navigation pane, select Notifications.
4. Right-click a notification and select Properties.
5. In the Action field, specify the mail command in the following format:
/usr/bin/mail -s "subject_text" recipient_email where:
l subject_text is the subject of the email address, enclosed in quotation marks.
l recipient_email is the email address for the recipient of the notification.
For example, to edit the Bus/Device Reset action, type:
/usr/sbin/sendmail -v debbied@corp.com "host
Edit policy notifications To modify the notification configuration for an existing policy resource, when the Send notification option is set to On Completion or On Failure, perform the following steps.
Procedure
1. On the taskbar, click the Enterprise icon .
2. In the navigation tree, highlight a host:
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a. Right-click NetWorker.
b. Select Launch Application. The NetWorker Administration window appears.
3. In the NetWorker Administration window, click Protection.
4. In the left navigation pane, expand Policies, right-click the policy, and then select Properties.
5. Edit the Command field, and then type the mail command in the following format:
/usr/bin/mail -s "subject_text" recipient_email where:
l subject_text is the subject of the email address, enclosed in quotation marks.
l recipient_email is the email address for the recipient of the notification.
6. Click OK.
Edit workflow notifications To modify a workflow notification, when the Send notification option is set to On Completion or On Failure, perform the following steps.
Procedure
1. On the taskbar, click the Enterprise icon .
2. In the navigation tree, highlight a host:
a. Right-click NetWorker.
b. Select Launch Application. The NetWorker Administration window appears.
3. In the NetWorker Administration window, click Protection.
4. In the left navigation pane, expand Policies, and then expand the policy that contains the workflow.
5. Right-click the workflow, and then select Properties.
6. In the Command field, type the mail command in the following format:
/usr/bin/mail -s "subject_text" recipient_email where:
l subject_text is the subject of the email address, enclosed in quotation marks.
l recipient_email is the email address for the recipient of the notification.
7. Click OK.
Edit action notifications To modify an action notification when the Send notification option is set to On Completion or On Failure, perform the following steps.
Procedure
1. On the taskbar, click the Enterprise icon .
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2. In the navigation tree, highlight a host:
a. Right-click NetWorker.
b. Select Launch Application. The NetWorker Administration window appears.
3. In the NetWorker Administration window, click Protection.
4. In the left navigation pane, expand Policies, and then expand the policy that contains the workflow.
5. Select the workflow. In the Workflow pane, click the Action tab.
6. Right-click the action, and then select Properties.
7. In the Policy Action wizard, browse to the Specify the Action Information page.
8. In the Command field, type the mail command in the following format:
/usr/bin/mail -s "subject_text" recipient_email where:
l subject_text is the subject of the email address, enclosed in quotation marks.
l recipient_email is the email address for the recipient of the notification.
9. Click OK.
Upgrade the NVE appliance using GUI The installation manager automates the upgrade process on an NVE appliance.
Perform the following steps from a host that has network access to the NVE appliance.
Procedure
1. Download the NetWorker 18.x Virtual Edition Upgrade file (*.avp) from http:// support.emc.com.
2. Use a file transfer program to copy the AVP file to the /data01/avamar/ repo/packages folder on the NVE appliance.
For more information on enabling SSH for root, refer the topic Enable SSH for root
3. Open a web browser and type the following URL:
https://NVE_address Where NVE_address is the hostname or IP address of the NVE appliance.
When you use Internet Explorer, if any security messages appear, click Continue. When you use Firefox, if any connection warnings appear, select I understand the risks, and then add an exception for the website.
The EMC NetWorker Installation Manager login page appears.
4. In the User field, type root.
5. In the Password field, type the password for the root account.
6. On the SW Releases tab, to the right of the NveConfig package, click Install.
The Installation Setup page appears.
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7. Click Continue.
8. When the upgrade completes, to connect to the NMC server, click Launch NMC.
After you finish
After upgrading the NVE, you should revert the changes made to the ssh_config file.
Upgrading the NVE using CLI You can upgrade the NetWorker Virtual Edition(NVE) by using the command line interface.
Perform the following steps from a host that has network access to the NVE appliance.
Procedure
1. Download the NetWorker 18.x Virtual Edition Upgrade file (*.avp) from http:// support.emc.com.
2. Use a file transfer program to copy the AVP file to the /data01/avamar/ repo/packages/ folder on the NVE appliance.
For more information on enabling SSH for root, refer the topic Enable SSH for root
3. List the software package by running the command avi-cli
4. Run the command avi-cli
After you finish
After upgrading the NVE, you should revert the changes made to the ssh_config file.
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CHAPTER 6
Maintenance
This chapter includes the following topics:
l Password maintenance...................................................................................... 50 l Change the storage disk configuration............................................................... 51
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Password maintenance This section describes how to manage the root and admin passwords.
Review password policies Use the chage command to review password policy configuration for an OS user.
Procedure
1. Connect to the NVE, and perform the following tasks from a prompt.
Note
If you connect by using the vSphere client to open a VM Console session, you can log in to the NVE with the root or admin account. If you connect by using SSH, you must log in as admin, and then use the su command to change to the root account. The default password for the root and admin accounts is changeme.
2. Use the chage command to determine the password expiration policy and the scheduled expiration date for a user account.
For example, to determine the policy assigned to the root user account, and the password expiration date, type:
chage -l root Output similar to the following example appears:
Minimum: 1 Maximum: 60 Warning: 7 Inactive: -1 Last Change: Dec 07, 2015 Password Expires: Feb 05, 2016 Password Inactive: Never Account Expires: Never The following table provides more information about the chage output.
Table 8 chage output
Option Definition
Minimum Defines the minimum numbers of days that are allowed between password changes. When this value is 0, a user can change the password at any time.
Maximum Defines the maximum numbers of days that a password remains valid, after which a password change is required.
Inactive Defines the number of days that a user account can remain inactive after the password has expired and before the user
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Table 8 chage output (continued)
Option Definition
account is locked out of the system. When this value is -1, the inactive feature is disabled.
Last change Displays the date that the password was last changed.
Password expires Defines the date that the current password will expire.
Password inactive Defines the date that the current password will become inactive.
Account expires Defines the date that the user account will expire.
Modify passwords By default, the password expiration policy for the admin and root user accounts is 60 days.
Perform the following steps to change the passwords.
Procedure
1. Connect to the NVE, and perform the following tasks from a prompt.
Note
If you connect by using the vSphere client to open a VM Console session, you can log in to the NVE with the root or admin account. If you connect by using SSH, you must log in as admin, and then use the su command to change to the root account. The default password for the root and admin accounts is changeme.
2. Use the passwd command to change the password for an OS user account.
For example, to change the password for the root account, type:
passwd root
Change the storage disk configuration Perform the following steps to configure the NVE to support higher-performing and larger capacity datastores.
Procedure
1. From the virtual machine console of the NVE appliance, perform the following configuration tasks:
a. Use the su command to change to the root account.
b. Stop the NetWorker and NMC daemons:
/etc/init.d/networker stop /etc/init.d/gstd stop
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c. Confirm that the NetWorker daemons are not running:
/etc/init.d/networker status
Output similar to the following example appears when the daemons are not running:
nsr_shutdown: There are currently no running NetWorker processes.
d. Disable NetWorker:
chkconfig gst off networker off
2. In the Vsphere Web Client, perform the following configuration tasks:
a. Right-click the appliance and select Edit Settings.
b. From the New Device list, select New Hard Disk, and then click Add.
c. Expand New Hard disk.
d. In the Size field, type the size of the disk.
e. In the Disk Provisioning field, leave Thick provision lazy zero.
f. In the Disk Mode list, select Independent - Persistent.
g. Click OK.
3. From the virtual machine console of the NVE appliance, perform the following configuration tasks:
a. Rescan the SCSI devices, by typing the following command:
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan
b. Verify that the new /dev/sdc disk appears on the system, by typing the following command:
ls /dev/sd* Output similar to the following example appears:
/dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4 /dev/ sda5 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7 /dev/sda8 /dev/sdb /dev/ sdb1 /dev/sdc
c. Partition the new disk.
For example, type the following command:
parted -a minimal -s -- /dev/sdc mklabel msdos mkpart p ext3 1s -1s
d. Rescan the partition table, by typing the following command:
partprobe
e. Confirm that the new disk partition /dev/sdc1 appears, by typing the following command:
ls /dev/sd* Output similar to the following appears:
dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4 /dev/ sda5 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7 /dev/sda8 /dev/sdb /dev/ sdb1 /dev/sdc /dev/sdc1
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f. Create a file system on the /dev/sdc1 partition, by typing the following command:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1
g. Mount /dev/sdc1, by typing the following command:
mkdir /tmpmnt mount/dev/sdc1 /tmpmnt
h. Stop the avinstaller, by typing the following command
avinstaller.pl --stop
i. Copy the contents from the old disk to the new disk, by typing the following command:
cp -rfp /data01/* /tmpmnt/
j. Relabel the old and new disks, by typing the following command:
e2label /dev/sdb1 dataold e2label /dev/sdc1 data01
k. Power off the NVE, by typing the following command:
poweroff
4. After the NVE power off completes, use the vSphere Web Client to perform the following configuration tasks:
a. Right-click the appliance, and then select Edit Settings.
b. Hover over Hard disk 2, and then click X, do not select Delete files from datastore. Click OK.
The following figure shows the Edit Settings screen, when the system deletes the disk device. Figure 14 Deleting a disk device
c. Right-click the virtual machine and select Power > Power On.
5. From the VM console of the NVE appliance, perform the following configuration tasks:
a. Type mount and verify that disk /dev/sdc1 is mounted on /data01.
For example, the mount output would include the following line:
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/dev/sdc1 on /data01 type ext3 (rw,noatime)
b. Confirm that the avinstaller is started:
avinstaller.pl --test Output similar to the following example appears when the avinstaller has started:
Avistart process: 3311
c. Enable NetWorker and NMC, by typing the following commands:
chkconfig networker on chkconfig gst on
d. Start the NetWorker and NMC daemons, by typing the following commands:
/etc/init.d/networker start /etc/init.d/gstd start
e. Confirm that the NetWorker daemons have started, by typing the command below, based on the initialization system running on your Linux machine : /etc/init.d/networker status
Note
Before you run this command, wait several minutes for the daemons to start.
For a NetWorker server, the nsrctld daemon starts. The nsrctld daemon starts other processes that the NetWorker server requires. Output similar to the following example appears when the daemons are started:
+--o nsrctld (29021) +--o epmd (29029) +--o rabbitmq-server (29034) +--o beam (29038) +--o inet_gethost (29144) +--o inet_gethost (29145) +--o jsvc (29108) +--o jsvc (29114) +--o nsrd (29123) +--o java (29135) +--o nsrmmdbd (29828) +--o nsrindexd (29842) +--o nsrdispd (29853) +--o nsrjobd (29860) +--o nsrvmwsd (29968) +--o eventservice.ru (29154) +--o jsvc (29158) +--o jsvc (29159) +--o java (29838) +--o node-linux-x64- (29885) +--o nsrexecd (29004) +--o nsrlogd (29899) +--o nsrsnmd (30038)
6. Perform a backup and recovery operation. If NetWorker operations succeed, use the vSphere Web Client to delete the old VMDK file:
a. Browse to the datastore that contains the VM files and expand the NVE folder.
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b. Select the VMDK file, VM_name_2.vmdk, and then click X.
The following figure provides an example of the expanded NVE folder with the old VMDK file selected.
Figure 15 Deleting the old VMDK file
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CHAPTER 7
Configuring Firewall
This chapter includes the following topic:
l NetWorker Virtual Edition firewall......................................................................58 l Editing the Firewall in NVE.................................................................................58 l Configuring the NVE firewall..............................................................................59
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NetWorker Virtual Edition firewall The host level firewall can be configured in NetWorker Virtual Edition using a firewall daemon called entfirewall.
The firewall controls the access to all inbound and outbound ports in NVE. When a change is made to the firewall rule, restart entfirewall to load the new configuration.
The NetWorker firewall daemon uses the rules in /etc/entfirewall.base.
Editing the Firewall in NVE Edit the status of the NVE firewall.
Firewall edit functionality allows the user to open and close nondependent ports for customized data transfer and to modify associated rules. Rules and ports can be initiated, edited, and terminated through manual configuration of a designated text file, executing those changes, and then restarting the firewall on the NVE server. Editing the firewall is essentially understanding the content of the config file, editing that content, and then executing those changes.
Procedure
1. Log in as root.
Type the password.
2. Change the working directory to the following: /usr/local/avamar/lib/ admin/security.
3. Open entfwb_custom_config.txt in a plain text editor.
See section below for config file example and how to edit the file.
4. Save and close the file.
5. Run the following command:sh ent-manage-custom-rules.sh --execute- rules.
This command applies the new firewall rules to the system and restarts the firewall.
6. Exit the command session.
The firewall customization lines that you add to the entfwb_custom_config.txt file must be structured in a pipe-delimited fashion such as the following:
Source IP | Source Port | Destination IP | Destination Port | Protocol | ICMP-type | Target | Chain | Run Order
where:
Table 9 Firewall customization
Section Description
Source IP Source specification - address can be a network IPv4 or IPv6 address (with or without /mask) .
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Table 9 Firewall customization (continued)
Section Description
Source Port Port of origin for traffic.
Destination IP IP address of destination machine.
Destination Port
Destination port or port range specification.
Protocol TCP, UDP, or ICMP.
ICMP-type If ICMP is entered for Protocol, enter the type.
Target ACCEPT, REJECT, DROP, or LOGDROP.
Chain INPUT, OUTPUT, or LOGDROP
Run Order l A - Append: It the default behavior of the Run Order. It can also be a blank, with or without the |
l i - Insert: Inserts the rule before the Run Order.
If a field does not apply, leave the field blank.
Miscellaneous information
To delete all firewall rules, delete the rules in entfwb_custom_config.txt and run sh ent-manage-custom-rules.sh --execute-rules again.
For diagnostic purposes, the log file is located in /var/log/custom-firewall.
To view the current state of the firewall iptable on the utility node or a single-node server, run the following command: iptables L -4 (for ipv4) or iptables L - 6 (for ipv6).
Configuring the NVE firewall Use the following instructions to open or close particular ports in the nve firewall, or restrict access to a particular IP address.
Users should be familiar with the operation of iptables, including order of precedence, before creating custom firewall rules.
Opening a firewall port If the NVE server is a dual-stack configuration, repeat this task to create rules for both addressing systems.
Procedure
1. Open a command shell:
a. Log in as the Admin.
b. Switch user to root by typing su -.
2. Change directory by typing the following command:
cd /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security
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3. Run the firewall rules script by typing the following command:
sh ent-edit-firewall-rules.sh
The following output appears:
Choose an Action ---------------- 1) Add a custom rule 2) Remove a custom rule 3) List Current Custom Rules 4) Exit 5) Save Changes Enter desired action:
4. Type 1 to add a custom rule and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Firewall Rule Types ------------------- 1) IPv4 Rule 2) IPv6 Rule Enter Firewall Rule Type:
5. Type the number that corresponds to the addressing system in use and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Firewall Chains --------------- 1) OUTPUT 2) INPUT 3) LOGDROP 4) FORWARD Select Chain:
6. Type 1 to add an output rule or 2 to add an input rule and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Protocol -------- 1) TCP 2) UDP 3) ICMP Enter Protocol:
7. Type the number that corresponds to the required protocol and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter source IP (leave blank for none): 8. For outbound connections, perform the following substeps:
a. Type the IP address of this NVE server and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter source port (leave blank for none): b. Type the number of the port to open and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination IP Address (leave blank for none): c. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
If you want to restrict connections to a particular IP address, type the IP address instead and press Enter.
The following output appears:
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Enter Destination Port (leave blank for none): d. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Targets ------- 1) ACCEPT 2) REJECT 3) DROP 4) LOGDROP Select Target:
9. For inbound connections, perform the following substeps:
a. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
If you want to restrict connections to a particular IP address, type the IP address instead and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter source port (leave blank for none): b. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination IP Address (leave blank for none): c. Type the IP address of this NVE server and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination Port (leave blank for none): d. Type the number of the port to open and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Targets ------- 1) ACCEPT 2) REJECT 3) DROP 4) LOGDROP Select Target:
10. Type 1 to allow packets for the specified port and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Run Order
--------- I) Insert (Inserts rule before default AV Firewall rules are applied)
A) Append (Standard behavior. Rule is appended, with default AV Firewall rules taking precedent) Select run order for this rule [A]:
11. Type the number that corresponds to the Run order and press Enter.
Unless otherwise indicated by the tables in this appendix, most ports only require the utility node.
Output similar to the following appears:
Add rule
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12. Type Y to save the new rule and press Enter.
The script writes the new rule to entfwb_custom_config.txt.
Output similar to the following appears:
Adding
13. If you require more rules, type Y and press Enter. Otherwise, type N and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Return to main menu? (Y/N): 14. Type N and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Save and execute rules now? (Y/N): 15. Type Y to save the new firewall rules and press Enter.
The script saves the new rules to the system firewall tables and automatically restarts the NVE firewall, then exits.
Output similar to the following appears:
Rules have been saved to /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security/ entfwb_custom_config.txt
Applying rule /usr/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s
Closing a firewall port If the NVE server is a dual-stack configuration, repeat this task to create rules for both addressing systems.
Procedure
1. Open a command shell:
a. Log in as the Admin.
b. Switch user to root by typing su -.
2. Change directory by typing the following command:
cd /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security
3. Run the firewall rules script by typing the following command:
sh ent-edit-firewall-rules.sh
The following output appears:
Choose an Action ---------------- 1) Add a custom rule 2) Remove a custom rule 3) List Current Custom Rules 4) Exit 5) Save Changes Enter desired action:
4. Type 1 to add a custom rule and press Enter.
The following output appears:
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Firewall Rule Types ------------------- 1) IPv4 Rule 2) IPv6 Rule Enter Firewall Rule Type:
5. Type the number that corresponds to the addressing system in use and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Firewall Chains --------------- 1) OUTPUT 2) INPUT 3) LOGDROP 4) FORWARD Select Chain:
6. Type 1 to add an output rule or 2 to add an input rule and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Protocol -------- 1) TCP 2) UDP 3) ICMP Enter Protocol:
7. Type the number that corresponds to the required protocol and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter source IP (leave blank for none): 8. For outbound connections, perform the following substeps:
a. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter source port (leave blank for none): b. Type the number of the port to close and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination IP Address (leave blank for none): c. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
If you want to block connections to a particular IP address, type the IP address instead and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination Port (leave blank for none): d. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Targets ------- 1) ACCEPT 2) REJECT 3) DROP 4) LOGDROP Select Target:
9. For inbound connections, perform the following substeps:
a. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
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If you want to block connections from a particular IP address, type the IP address instead and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter source port (leave blank for none): b. Leave this field blank and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination IP Address (leave blank for none): c. Type the IP address of this NVE server and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Enter Destination Port (leave blank for none): d. Type the number of the port to close and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Targets ------- 1) ACCEPT 2) REJECT 3) DROP 4) LOGDROP Select Target:
10. Type 2 to reject packets for the specified port, or 3 to drop packets for the specified port, and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Run Order --------- I) Insert (Inserts rule before default AV Firewall rules are applied) A) Append (Standard behavior. Rule is appended, with default AV Firewall rules taking precedent)
Select run order for this rule [A]: 11. Type the number that corresponds to the node type and press Enter.
Unless otherwise indicated by the tables in this appendix, most ports only require the utility node.
Output similar to the following appears:
Add rule |80||66|tcp||REJECT|OUTPUT|A to custom rules file? (Y/ N):
12. Type Y to save the new rule and press Enter.
The script writes the new rule to avfwb_custom_config.txt.
Output similar to the following appears:
Adding |80||66|tcp||REJECT|OUTPUT|A to pending actions... Add another firewall rule? (Y/N):
13. If you require more rules, type Y and press Enter. Otherwise, type N and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Return to main menu? (Y/N): 14. Type N and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Save and execute rules now? (Y/N):
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15. Type Y to save the new firewall rules and press Enter.
The script saves the new rules to the system firewall tables and automatically restarts the NVE firewall, then exits.
Output similar to the following appears:
Rules have been saved to /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security/ entfwb_custom_config.txt
Applying /usr/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 80 --dport 66 -j REJECT...
Removing a custom firewall rule You can remove a custom firewall rule by updating the entfwb_custom_config.txt file.
Procedure
1. Open a command shell:
a. Log in as the Admin.
b. Switch user to root by typing su -.
2. Change directory by typing the following command:
cd /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security
3. Run the firewall rules script by typing the following command:
sh ent-edit-firewall-rules.sh
The following output appears:
Choose an Action ---------------- 1) Add a custom rule 2) Remove a custom rule 3) List Current Custom Rules 4) Exit 5) Save Changes Enter desired action:
4. Type 2 to remove custom rules and press Enter.
Output similar to the following appears:
Rules in configuration file: 1
2 |80||66|tcp||REJECT|OUTPUT|A
Select line to remove (ENTER to go back): 5. Type the number of the line that corresponds to the custom rule and then press
Enter.
Output similar to the following appears:
Line |80||66|tcp||REJECT|OUTPUT|A will be flagged for removal from custom configuration file.
The script returns to the main menu.
Choose an Action ---------------- 1) Add a custom rule 2) Remove a custom rule 3) List Current Custom Rules 4) Exit
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5) Save Changes Enter desired action:
6. If you want to remove additional custom rules, repeat the previous steps. Otherwise, type 5 to save changes and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Rules have been saved to /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security/ entfwb_custom_config.txt Return to main menu? (Y/N):
7. Type N and press Enter.
The following output appears:
Save and execute rules now? (Y/N): 8. Type Y and press Enter.
The script removes the custom firewall rules from the system firewall tables, automatically restarts the NVE firewall, and then exits.
The following output appears:
Rules have been saved to /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security/ entfwb_custom_config.txt
Applying rule /usr/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s
Configuring service port ranges on firewall You can change the default service port range of 7937-9936 to another by configuring the port range on the firewall.
Procedure
1. Open a command shell:
a. Log in as the Admin.
b. Switch user to root by typing su -.
2. Change directory by typing the following command:
cd /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security
3. Open customized_pre_rules in a plain text editor.
4. Reassign the variable NW_UPPER_PORT.
NW_UPPER_PORT=
where,
5. Save and close the file.
6. Restart firewall daemon by using the command: service entfirewall restart
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CHAPTER 8
Troubleshooting and Best Practices
This chapter contains the following topics:
l Best Practices and Recommendations............................................................... 68 l Accessing NetWorker Virtual Edition using SSH................................................ 68 l Enable SSH for root........................................................................................... 68 l Enable SSH for root for NVE running in Cloud................................................... 69 l Support for NVE in Dual NIC configuration with different Subnets.................... 70 l Binding to LDAP server error............................................................................. 70 l NVE installation log files......................................................................................71
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Best Practices and Recommendations. Changing the default NVE hostname from Azure DNS to custom DNS The default DNS of Microsoft Azure, limits the FQDN to 51 characters. It is recommended to use a short NVE hostname. A short NVE hostname prevents the FQDN name from exceeding 64 characters, that the NetWorker server name allows. The default resources of the NetWorker server such as, label template, pools uses the NetWorker server name from its configuration database (resource DB). If the NetWorker server name is of 64 characters, then the default resources creation might fail because the overall characters in the pool or the label template name might exceed 64 characters limit.
To use longer FQDN and host name it is recommended to use a custom DNS when configuring the NVE in Azure cloud. However, if no custom domain is available, then use a short NVE name (up to 4 char), to ensure that the creation of default resources is not impacted.
Accessing NetWorker Virtual Edition using SSH You can access NVE using an SSH client.
Before you begin
l You should have an SSH client installed on the system.
l You should have the private or public IP address of the NVE.
Procedure
1. Connect to NVE using the private or public IP address from an SSH client.
The user is admin and the default password is the private ip address of the NVE
Enable SSH for root By default, you cannot use SSH to log in to the NVE appliance with the root account. Enable SSH to allow root to transfer log files from the NVE appliance for troubleshooting.
Procedure
1. From a vSphere client, launch the console window for the NVE appliance.
2. Log in to the NVE as the root user.
3. Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
For example, type the following command to edit the file with the vim application:
vim /etc/ssh/sshd.config
4. In the Authentication section, remove the # from the beginning of the line PermitRootLogIn yes
For example, the Authentication section will appear similar to the following:
#Authentication: #LoginGraceTime 2m PermitRootLogin yes
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#StrictModes yes #MaxAuthTries 6 #MaxSessions 10
5. Save the file.
6. Restart the SSH service, by typing the following command:
service sshd restart
Enable SSH for root for NVE running in Cloud Before you begin
By default, you cannot use SSH to log in to the NVE appliance with the root account. Enable SSH to allow root to transfer log files from the NVE appliance for troubleshooting.
Procedure
1. Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
type the following command to edit the file with the vim application: vim /etc/ssh/sshd.config
2. Add the # to the beginning of the line and IP address of the workstation from where you want to login as shown in the following example:
## disable root login if not access from self # Match User root Address *,!::1,!127.0.0.1,!10.13.144.188 # ForceCommand echo'Please login as the user admin rather than the user root.';sleep 5 # Match all ## Permit local root login Match Address :: 1,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.2,::1,10.13.144.188,fe80::ee :beff:fe36:cde8,
3. Save the file.
4. Restart the SSH service, by typing the following command:
service sshd restart
5. To download the NVE logs to workstation, run the following command
l If you are running NVE on AWS, use the scp command with the option -i l If you are running NVE on Azure use the scp command
NVE running on AWS:
[root@ip-
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Support for NVE in Dual NIC configuration with different Subnets
If the secondary Network interface card is on a different subnet, then the NetWorker Virtual Edition does not route traffic to that Network Interface card. You can route the traffic by including an additional storage node in the respective subnets.
Figure 16 NetWorker in Dual NIC configuration
Binding to LDAP server error The Name service switch (nsswitch.conf) provides a mechanism to identify sources of network information such as username, password, LDAP and DNS. It also provides an order in which these sources are to be consulted during a network information look up.
By default, the nsswitch.conf file in NetWorker Virtual Edition is not configured to support LDAP. When you configure an LDAP client on a NetWorker Virtual Edition, it fails with an error "failed to bind to LDAP server". The error messages are logged under /var/messages To prevent this issue, you must perform the following steps:
Procedure
1. Open the /etc/nsswitch.conf file for editing.
2. Change the order of entries from ldap files to files ldap
Existing nsswitch file
passwd: ldap files
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group: ldap files shadow: ldap files
Updated nsswitch file
passwd: files ldap group: files ldap shadow: files ldap
NVE installation log files The following table provides a summary of log files on the NVE that are related to installation.
Table 10 NVE installation log files
Log file Purpose
/usr/local/avamar/var/avi/server_log/ avinstaller.log.0
Installation log file
/data01/avamar/repo/temp/****/tmp/ workflow.log
Installation log file
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