Installing the NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension on a managed Kubernetes cluster (EKS) in AWS
The NetBackup Snapshot Manager cloud-based extension can be deployed on a managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS for scaling the capacity of the NetBackup Snapshot Manager host to service a large number of requests concurrently.
Overview
Your AWS managed Kubernetes cluster should already be deployed with appropriate network and configuration settings, and with specific roles. The cluster must be able to communicate with NetBackup Snapshot Manager.
The required roles are:
AmazonEKSClusterPolicy AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy AmazonEKSServicePolicyFor supported Kubernetes versions, refer to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
Use an existing AWS Elastic Container Registry or create a new one, and ensure that the EKS has access to pull images from the elastic container registry.
A dedicated nodepool for NetBackup Snapshot Manager workloads needs to be created in AWS managed Kubernetes cluster. The nodegroup uses AWS autoscaling group feature which allows your nodepool to scale dynamically by provisioning and de-provisioning the nodes as required automatically.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager extension images (
flexsnap-deploy, flexsnap-core, flexsnap-fluentd, flexsnap-datamover) need to be uploaded to the AWS container registry.