Accessing NetBackup primary and media server instances for management tasks

To perform some management tasks on a primary or a media server instance, you must open an SSH session to the instance.

When you log in to the instance for the first time, use the appadmin account with the administrator password that was set during instance creation in the Create Instance wizard. There is no default password, and no password change is required on first login.

From the SSH session, you can run commands to manage the instance. Some commands are specific to the NetBackup application, but you can also run NetBackup commands. To run NetBackup commands, specify sudo and enter the absolute or the relative path. See Running NetBackup commands on a primary or a media server application instance.