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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section III. Configuring hosts
  4. Managing credentials for workloads and systems that NetBackup accesses
  5. Overview of credential management in NetBackup
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Overview of credential management in NetBackup

Credential management lets you centrally manage the credentials that NetBackup uses to access systems and the workloads that it protects. You can manage NetBackup credentials, client credentials (for NDMP and disk arrays hosts), and External CMS server configurations from Credential management.

Credentials can be managed for the following workloads. To configure credentials for a workload (for example, SQL Server), refer to the guide for that workload for details.

Table: Workloads supported in NetBackup Credential management

AHV

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL Server

AHV Prism Central

Microsoft SQL Server

SaaS

Cassandra

MongoDB Ops Manager

SAP

Cloud instance

Oracle

 

Cloud object store

PaaS database

 

 

Credentials can also be managed for the following systems or hosts:

Table: Hosts and systems supported in NetBackup Credential management

A Callhome proxy server

Instance access key

NDMP

CyberArk

MSDP-C

Remote Primary Server

Disk arrays

MSDP Samba User

VMware guest VM

External Key Management Services (KMS)

Malware scan host

WebSocket servers

FortKnox

Microsoft Sentinel

 

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