About configuring data collection for NetBackup
This section describes how OpsCenter collects data from NetBackup. It also describes how you can add, edit, delete, and control data collection for a primary server.
Review the following notes before you add or configure a NetBackup primary server in OpsCenter:
OpsCenter does not support monitoring NetBackup primary servers that are configured only in IPv6 environment.
If you have added a primary server that is configured only with IPv6 in OpsCenter, the following error message is displayed during data collection, which may be misleading:
The specified NetBackup Primary Server could not be found. Make sure that you have entered the correct server name, the server is reachable, and the NetBackup services are running.
To collect data from a NetBackup 8.1 primary server, ensure that the OpsCenter server name is configured against the OPS_CENTER_SERVER_NAME option in the NetBackup configuration file (the
bp.conffile on UNIX or the Windows registry ). If the OpsCenter server name is configured against the SERVER option, the connection between the NetBackup primary server and the OpsCenter server may not be established and data collection from the primary server may fail.To collect data from a NetBackup 8.1 or later primary server, ensure that insecure communication is allowed in NetBackup. Check if one of the following is true:
In the NetBackup Administration Console on the primary server host, the Security Management > Global Security > Secure Communication > Enable insecure communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts option is selected.
On the primary server host, the nbseccmd -setsecurityconfig -insecurecommunication command-line option is set to 'on'.
In an OpsCenter cluster setup, to collect data from NetBackup, you need to add the host names of all nodes and the virtual name in the NetBackup Administration Console. Do the following:
Expand .
Right-click and then click .
In the pane, click .
In the tab, click .
In the dialog box, specify the following:
Add the virtual name of the OpsCenter cluster and click Add.
Add the host name of an OpsCenter cluster node and click Add.
Repeat the step for all OpsCenter cluster nodes.
The following sections describe the NetBackup data collection in detail: