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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. Adding credentials in NetBackup
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Adding credentials in NetBackup

You can use the Credential management node to add a credential that NetBackup uses to connect to a system or workload.

  • See Add a credential for NetBackup Callhome Proxy.

  • See Add a credential for an external KMS.

  • See Add a credential for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP).

  • See Add a configuration for an external CMS server.

  • See Credentials for WebSocket server.

For SQL Server, Cloud, Kubernetes, and other workloads, refer to the guide for that workload for details.

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