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  5. Prerequisites of Instant Access Build Your Own (BYO)
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Prerequisites of Instant Access Build Your Own (BYO)

Prerequisites (fresh install and upgrade):
  • The BYO storage server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and later, same as the NetBackup Appliance operating system version.

  • The BYO storage server with docker/podman installed.

    • The docker/podman version must be same as the one in the corresponding official RHEL version release. You need to install it from the corresponding RHEL yum source (RHEL extra).

    • The docker/podman application is included in the environment path.

  • The BYO storage server with NFS service installed.

  • The BYO storage server with NGINX version installed.

    • The NGINX version must be same as the one in the corresponding official RHEL version release. You need to install it from the corresponding RHEL yum source (epel).

    • Ensure that the policycoreutils and policycoreutils-python packages are installed from the same RHEL yum source (RHEL server) and then run the following commands:

      • semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 10087

      • setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

    • Ensure that the /mnt folder on the storage server is not mounted by any mount points directly. Mount points should be mounted to its subfolders.

    • Enable the logrotate permission in selinux using the following command:

      semanage permissive -a logrotate_t

  • For BYO, docker/podman container is used to browse VMDK files. Data related to the container is stored at the following location: /var/lib/ and requires minimum 20 GB free space.

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