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  3. NetBackup marketplace deployment on AWS
  4. Before you begin the deployment
NetBackup™ Marketplace Deployment on AWS

Before you begin the deployment

Before you begin deploying the NetBackup on AWS, ensure the following:

  1. You have an AWS account with an active subscription, with privileges to create a new VPC.

  2. You have a valid key pair for the region in which you want to deploy NetBackup.

  3. For the primary server deployment, the IAM user you login with, need Secret Manager read, write privileges. You need to attach the following policies to IAM user.

    • SecretsManagerReadWrite

    • IAMFullAccess

  4. For Primary Server deployment, you need to have an existing IAM role. For permissions required for the IAM role, refer see See IAM role required for the primary server.

  5. 5. For Cloud Recovery Server deployment, you need to have an existing IAM role. For permissions required for the IAM role, refer See IAM role required for Cloud Recovery Server.

  6. Note:

    for the primary server deployment, IAM Role can be deleted after successful deployment.

  7. Meet system and instance requirements. Refer to the compatibility lists NetBackup Compatibility List for all versions

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