Meeting system requirements
The host on which you install NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center must meet the following requirements.
See Host sizing recommendations.
Table: Operating system, processor, and package requirements for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center host
Category | Requirement |
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Operating system | See the NetBackup Snapshot Manager Software Compatibility List (SCL) for details. |
Processor architecture | See the NetBackup Snapshot Manager Software Compatibility List (SCL) for details. |
Packages on NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center host | Following are the operating system specific respective required packages to be installed on NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center host:
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Note:
The single host name or FQDN for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center has limit of 64 characters which is required at the time of installation. Snapshot Manager does not support multiple aliases. You cannot install Snapshot Manager 10.3 with NetBackup primary server 10.2 or earlier.
Table: System requirements for the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center host
Host on which NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center is installed | Requirements |
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VMware VM |
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Physical host (x86_64 / AMD64) |
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Note:
NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center is not fully FIPS-compliant.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center uses the following file systems on the host to store all the container images and files during installation:
/(root file system)/var
The /var file system is further used for container run times. Ensure that the host on which you install or upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center has sufficient space for the following components.
Table: Space considerations for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center components
Component | Space requirements |
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NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center containers | 30 GB free space |
NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center agents and plug-ins | 350 MB free space, for every NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center plug-in and configured agent. |
Additionally, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center also requires a separate volume for storing NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center data. Ensure that you create and mount this volume to /cloudpoint on the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center host.
Table: Space consideration for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center data volume
Volume mount path | Size |
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| 50 GB or more |
See Host sizing recommendations.
Following are the inbound and outbound firewall port requirements:
The following inbound ports must be open:
443: To handle API requests from primary, media, and client. If configured with default port else inbound must be allowed by firewall for a custom port.
5671: For Snapshot Manager for Data Center's agents.
The following outbound ports are required:
22: For agentless connection to Linux VM (OpenSSH).
135, 445 and 49152 - 65535: For agentless connection to Windows VM (WMI).
1556: For registration with NetBackup primary server.
Ensure that the time zone settings on the host where you want to deploy NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center are as per your requirement and synchronized with a public NTP server.
By default, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center uses the time zone that is set on the host where you install NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center. The timestamp for all the entries in the logs are as per the clock settings of the host machine.
If the instance on which you are deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center is behind a proxy server, that is, if the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center instance connects to the internet using a proxy server, you must specify the proxy server details during the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installation. The NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installer stores the proxy server information in a set of environment variables that are specific for the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center containers.
The following table displays the environment variables and the proxy server information that you must provide to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installer. Make sure that you keep this information ready; you are required to provide these details during NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installation.
Table: Proxy server details required by NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
Environment variables created by NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installer | Description |
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VX_HTTP_PROXY | Contains the HTTP proxy value to be used for all connections. For example, |
VX_HTTPS_PROXY | Contains the HTTP proxy value to be used for all connections. For example, |
VX_NO_PROXY | Contains the hosts that are allowed to bypass the proxy server. For example, |
NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center services that need to communicate externally by a proxy server, use these predefined environment variables that are set during the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installation.