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  2. NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Cluster
  3. Deployment with environment operators
  4. Deploying NetBackup and Snapshot Manager manually
NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Cluster

Deploying NetBackup and Snapshot Manager manually

After the operators are deployed as mentioned in the following section, you can deploy the NetBackup and Snapshot Manager environment:

To deploy NetBackup primary, media and Snapshot Manager components

  1. Create a Kubernetes namespace where your new NetBackup environment will run. Run the following command:

    kubectl create namespace nb-example

    Where, nb-example is the name of the namespace. The Primary, Media, and Snapshot Manager application namespace must be different from the one used by the operators. It is recommended to use two namespaces. One for the operators, and a second one for the applications.

  2. Create a secret to hold the Snapshot Manager credentials. The secret must include fields for username and password. If you are creating the secret by YAML, the type should be opaque or basic-auth.

    For example:

    apiVersion: v1
    stringData:
      password: p@ssw0rd
      username: cpuser
    kind: Secret
    metadata:  
      name: cp-creds
      namespace: ns-155
    type: Opaque
    

    You can also use this command to create a secret.

    kubectl create secret generic cp-credentials --namespace nb-example --from-literal=username='cpuser' --from-literal=password='p@ssw0rd'

  3. Configure the samples/environment.yaml file according to your requirements. This file defines a primary server, media servers, and Snapshot Manager servers.See Configuring the environment.yaml file. for details.
  4. Apply the environment.yaml file, using the same application namespace created in the above step.

    kubectl apply --namespace nb-example --filename environment.yaml

    Use this command to verify the new environment resource in your cluster:

    kubectl get --namespace nb-example environments

    After a few minutes, NetBackup finishes starting up the primary server, media servers and Snapshot Manager servers in the sequence that you configured in the environment resource. Snapshot Manager is registered with NetBackup and cloud provider is configured automatically.

    Run the following command:

    kubectl get --namespace netbackup-environment all,environments,primaryservers,cpservers,mediaservers

    The output would be displayed as follows:

    $ kubectl get all,environments,primaryservers,mediaservers,
    cpservers,msdpscaleouts -n netbackup-environment
    NAME                                               READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
    pod/flexsnap-agent
    -33e649abd383410ea618751f7b2eb8ae-598b8b747-957xd   1/1     Running   0          28m
    pod/flexsnap-agent
    -688d478bc8-hxgrk                                   1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-api-gateway
    -69cbbfc844-f6whb                                   1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-certauth
    -6f65894b69-njfhf                                   1/1     Running   0          44m
    pod/flexsnap-coordinator
    -749649c7-fgs4t                                     1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-fluentd-collector
    -7445f6fb9f-bqfqg                                   1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-fluentd-csvfz                          1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-fluentd-ht7w8                          1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-fluentd-lkdgt                          1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-fluentd-rzvrv                          1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-fluentd-spgkc                          1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-listener-664674-phjnd                  1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-mongodb-f6b744df5-p4hfv                1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-nginx-8647f57db8-rzkt5                 1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-notification-7db95868f5-dpx7z          1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-rabbitmq-0                             1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/flexsnap-scheduler-68d8b75d75-5q4fk             1/1     Running   0          43m
    pod/nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-44.
    vxindia.veritas.com                                 1/1     Running   0          72m
    pod/nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-45.
    vxindia.veritas.com                                 2/2     Running   0          68m
    pod/nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-46.
    vxindia.veritas.com                                 2/2     Running   0          64m
    pod/nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-47.
    vxindia.veritas.com                                 2/2     Running   0          60m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-agent-56r7h                1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-agent-hvfw7                1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-agent-jx46x                1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-agent-pz7w8                1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-agent-r2kkt                1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-agent-vx8gc                1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-controller-0               1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-controller-1               1/1     Running   0          72m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-mds-1                      1/1     Running   0          75m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-mds-2                      1/1     Running   0          74m
    pod/nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-mds-3                      1/1     Running   0          73m
    pod/nbux-eks-media1-media-0                         1/1     Running   0          55m
    pod/nbux-eks-primary-0                              1/1     Running   0          101m
    
    NAME                               TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                                                                                                                                                                                            AGE
    service/flexsnap-api-gateway      ClusterIP      172.20.92.70     <none>      8472/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                           43m
    service/flexsnap-certauth         ClusterIP      172.20.222.22    <none>      9000/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                           43m
    service/flexsnap-fluentd-service  ClusterIP      172.20.141.61    <none>      24224/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                          43m
    service/flexsnap-mongodb          ClusterIP      172.20.157.102   <none>      27017/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                          43m
    service/flexsnap-nginx            LoadBalancer   172.20.187.1   
                            nbux-eks-cpserver-1-2b677a3f6b6ffe48.elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com  
                                                                443:31318/TCP,5671:31902/TCP                                                                                                                                                                       43m
    service/flexsnap-rabbitmq         ClusterIP      172.20.33.99     <none>      5671/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                           43m
    service/ip-10-239-207-44-host-nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-44-vxindia-ve   
    LoadBalancer   172.20.186.216   k8s-ns155-ip102392-8d0152d6a0-8d77c9a84d1dd6a0.
    elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com   10082:30397/TCP,10102:31873/TCP,10086:32374/TCP,
    443:30732/TCP,111:30721/TCP,662:32206/TCP,875:32361/TCP,892:31540/TCP,2049:30676/TCP,
    45209:31944/TCP,58329:30149/TCP,139:31587/TCP,445:31252/TCP   73m
    service/ip-10-239-207-45-host-nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-45-vxindia-ve   
    LoadBalancer   172.20.23.36     k8s-ns155-ip102392-410db5113c-791da4601d58039f.
    elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com   10082:31116/TCP,10102:31904/TCP,10086:32468/TCP,
    443:32693/TCP,111:32658/TCP,662:31151/TCP,875:30175/TCP,892:
    31126/TCP,2049:31632/TCP,45209:32602/TCP,58329:31082/TCP,139:31800/TCP,445:30795/TCP 
      73m
    service/ip-10-239-207-46-host-nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-46-vxindia-ve   
    LoadBalancer   172.20.6.179     k8s-ns155-ip102392-1c160eed54-c975ee450ede1c20.
    elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com   10082:31927/TCP,10102:31309/TCP,10086:30285/TCP,
    443:32648/TCP,111:32348/TCP,662:32170/TCP,875:31854/TCP,892:30842/TCP,2049:31357/TCP,
    45209:30002/TCP,58329:32408/TCP,139:30882/TCP,445:32017/TCP   73m
    service/ip-10-239-207-47-host-nbux-marketplace-10-239-207-47-vxindia-ve   
    LoadBalancer   172.20.221.124   k8s-ns155-ip102392-bb1f5b1cbe-22e4275c1af33239.
    elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com   10082:30137/TCP,10102:30727/TCP,10086:32649/TCP,
    443:30474/TCP,111:32690/TCP,662:31740/TCP,875:30437/TCP,892:32532/TCP,2049:32641/TCP,
    45209:31259/TCP,58329:31070/TCP,139:32393/TCP,445:30296/TCP   73m
    service/nbux-eks
    -dedupe1-uss-controller     ClusterIP      172.20.197.231   <none>     10100/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                          74m
    service/nbux-eks
    -dedupe1-uss-mds            ClusterIP      None             <none>     2379/TCP,2380/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                  75m
    service/nbux-eks
    -dedupe1-uss-mds-client     ClusterIP      172.20.226.45    <none>     2379/TCP                                                                                                                                                                                           75m
    service/nbux-eks
    -media1-media-0             LoadBalancer   172.20.146.140   
    nbux-eks-media1-media-0-1a525c3f2587c8cf.elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com  
                                                              13782:31414/TCP,1556:31562/TCP                                                                                                                                                                     56m
    service/nbux-eks-primary    LoadBalancer   172.20.108.104   
    nbux-eks-primary-c0f9de7ce7e231cd.elb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com   
    13781:30252/TCP,13782:31446/TCP,1556:31033/TCP,443:31517/TCP,8443:32237/
                                                                    TCP,22:30436/TCP  101m
    NAME                DESIRED  CURRENT  READY  UP-TO-DATE  AVAILABLE  NODE SELECTOR  AGE
    daemonset.apps/
    flexsnap-fluentd      5         5       5       5            5         <none>      43m
    daemonset.apps/
    nbux-eks-
    dedupe1-uss-agent     6         6       6       6            6         agentpool
                                                                           =msdpxpool  73m
    NAME                              READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-agent                     1/1     1            1          43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-agent-
    33e649abd383410ea618751f7b2eb8ae   1/1     1            1           28m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-api-gateway               1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-certauth                  1/1     1            1           44m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-coordinator               1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-fluentd-collector         1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-listener                  1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-mongodb                   1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-nginx                     1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-notification              1/1     1            1           43m
    deployment.apps/
    flexsnap-scheduler                 1/1     1            1           43m
    NAME                                     DESIRED   CURRENT    READY      AGE
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-agent-
    33e649abd383410ea618751f7b2eb8ae-598b8b747   1         1         1       28m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-agent-688d478bc8                    1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-api-gateway-69cbbfc844              1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-certauth-6f65894b69                 1         1         1       44m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-coordinator-749649c7                1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-fluentd-collector-7445f6fb9f        1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-listener-664674                     1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-mongodb-f6b744df5                   1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-nginx-8647f57db8                    1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-notification-7db95868f5             1         1         1       43m
    replicaset.apps/
    flexsnap-scheduler-68d8b75d75                1         1         1       43m
    NAME                              READY   AGE
    statefulset.apps/
    flexsnap-rabbitmq                 1/1     43m
    statefulset.apps/
    nbux-eks-dedupe1-uss-controller   2/2     73m
    statefulset.apps/
    nbux-eks-media1-media             1/1     55m
    statefulset.apps/
    nbux-eks-primary                  1/1     101m
    NAME                              READY   AGE    STATUS
    environment.netbackup.
    veritas.com/nbux-eks              4/4     102m   Success
    NAME                              TAG     AGE    STATUS
    primaryserver.netbackup.
    veritas.com/nbux-eks        10.1.1.0085   102m   Success
    NAME                             TAG        AGE    PRIMARY SERVER           STATUS
    mediaserver.netbackup.
    veritas.com/nbux-eks-media1   10.1.1.0085   56m   nbux-marketplace
                                              -10-239-207-42.vxindia.veritas.com  Success
    NAME                              TAG             AGE   STATUS
    cpserver.netbackup.
    veritas.com/nbux-eks-cpserver-1   10.1.1.0.1073   44m   Success
    NAME                              AGE   TAG         SIZE   READY
    msdpscaleout.msdp.
    veritas.com/nbux-eks-dedupe1      75m   17.1.0085    4      4
    
    

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