About NetBackup server configuration
After all server software is installed, you are ready to configure NetBackup to work with the robotic and the storage devices in your environment. Remember the operating system must recognize these devices as configured before you can configure them in NetBackup.
See About storage device configuration.
Use the following guidelines when you configure NetBackup:
NetBackup Enterprise servers | The procedures for configuring primary and media servers are very similar. Veritas recommends, however, that you configure all server information such as storage devices and volumes from the primary server. Following this order helps ensure that the primary servers properly administer the media servers. Warning: Communication problems between the primary server and the media server do not prevent you from running the configuration wizards. Therefore, do not run the wizards on the media server until the problems are corrected. If you run any of the wizards when a communication problem exists, the primary server cannot recognize the information that you enter. You must first correct the problem. After you correct the problem, run the configuration wizards from the primary server. |
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For initial NetBackup server configuration, Veritas recommends that you launch the NetBackup Administration Console and click the Getting Started icon. A series of wizards guide you through the following configuration procedures:
Configure Storage Devices
Configure Volumes
Configure the Catalog Backup
Create a Backup Policy
If NetBackup is already configured and you want to change a specific area, click the appropriate wizard on the NetBackup Administration Console.
For complete information on all of the NetBackup wizards and how to configure NetBackup, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
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