MSDP build-your-own (BYO) server prerequisites and hardware requirements to configure Instant Access
The following are prerequisites for using the Instant Access MSDP build-your-own (BYO) server feature:
The Instant Access feature is supported on an MSDP BYO storage server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later.
The Instant Access feature is not supported on SUSE Linux.
(For SMB) You must set up Active Directory-based user authentication for the Instant Access.
For more information, see Active Directory-based authentication section in the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.
(For NFS) Instant Access works without Active Directory-based user authentication.
NFS services must be installed and running if you want to use the instant access over NFS.
Samba services must be installed and running if you want to use instant access over CIFS/SMB.
You must configure Samba users on the corresponding storage server and enter the credentials on the client.
For more information, see Active Directory-based authentication section in the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.
(For NFS) Ensure that the
nfs-utilsis installed using the following command:yum install nfs-utils -y
(For SMB)
Ensure that the Linux samba and samba winbind packages are installed using the following command:
yum install samba samba-common samba-winbind samba-winbind-clients samba-winbind-modules -y
Ensure that the following commands are run to grant permissions to the SMB shares:
setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw on
setsebool -P samba_export_all_ro on
NGINX is installed and running.
Installing NGINX from Red Hat Software Collections:
Refer to https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-nginx114/ for instructions.
Because the package name depends on the NGINX version, run yum search rh-nginx to check if a new version is available. (For NetBackup 8.3, an EEB is required if NGINX is installed from Red Hat Software Collections.)
Installing NGINX from the EPEL repository:
Refer to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL for installation instructions of the repository and further information.
The EPEL repository is a volunteer-based community effort and not commercially supported by Red Hat.
Before you start the storage configuration, ensure that the new BYO NGINX configuration entry
/etc/nginx/conf.d/byo.confis included as part of the HTTP section of the original/etc/nginx/nginx.conffile.If SE Linux has been configured, ensure that the
policycoreutilsandpolicycoreutils-pythonpackages 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
Enable the logrotate permission in SE Linux using the following command:
semanage permissive -a logrotate_t
After NGINX is installed, the HTTP web service at port 80 is enabled by default. Remove
/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.confor edit the file to disable the HTTP web service if it is not needed.Ensure that the
/mntfolder on the storage server is not directly mounted by any mount points. Mount points should be mounted to its subfolders.If you configure the Instant Access feature on BYO after storage is configured or upgraded without the NGINX service installed, run the command:
/usr/openv/pdde/vpfs/bin/vpfs_config.sh --configure_byo
(For Hyper-V backup images) For mounting Instant Access, following libraries are required on media server:
libguestfspython3-libguestfslibguestfs-winsupportlibguestfs-toolslibguestfs-xfslibguestfs-toolslibguestfs-tools-c
Ensure that the required network ports are open.
See "NetBackup media server ports" in the NetBackup Network Ports Reference Guide.
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