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  2. NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances Hardening Guide
  3. Steps to protect NetBackup Flex Scale
  4. Deploying external certificates on NetBackup Flex Scale
  5. Log locations
NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances Hardening Guide

Log locations

The configuration file can be found at location: /shared/security_artifacts/config.json. It contains information about CSR, current key size, and whether ECA is deployed and the details of the nodes on which it is deployed.

The deployed artifacts can be found at the location: /shared/security_artifacts/.

All the logs pertaining to ECA deployment are present in the /log/VRTSnas directory:

  • nbfs_deploy_certificate.log: It contains the logs of the driver script which is responsible for performing pre-checks and then calling subsequent scripts to deploy ECA on various components.

  • ec_validate.log: It contains the logs for the ec_validate script responsible for performing validations on the artifacts.

  • nbu_nbca_certificate_deploy.log: It contains the logs for the NBCA deployment on NetBackup components.

  • nbu_eca_certificate_deploy.log: It contains the logs for ECA deployment for NetBackup components.

  • isagui_deploy_mgmt_cert.log: It contains the logs for deployment of ECA on NetBackup Flex Scale GUI and API gateway.

  • nbfs_deploy_cert_on_node.log: It contains the logs when ECA is internally deployed on newly added or replaced node in add/replace node workflow if ECA is already deployed.

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