Using the NetBackup web UI
The NetBackup web UI provides an interface for the administrator to manage NetBackup.
Table: Utilities in the left sidebar of the NetBackup web UI
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Dashboard | Displays a quick overview of the information that is important to you. |
Activity monitor | Displays NetBackup job information and provides the control over the jobs, services, processes, and drives. |
Recovery | Administrators can use the node to perform the following kinds of recovery: - Perform server-directed restores of the assets that are protected by policies. Server-directed restores are currently limited to a subset of policy types. Recovery for a specific workload is performed from the node. For example, to recover VMware assets go to . . Recovers a catalog backup in a disaster recovery
situation.
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Protection | Data protection is achieved through policies or protection plans. |
Workloads | Contains the supported workloads for NetBackup and tools to manage the workload environment, asset credentials, and recovery. |
Storage | This node contains the utilities for managing the media and devices that NetBackup uses to store backups. |
Catalog | Search for backup images and perform various actions, including: verify the backup contents, duplicate a backup image, promote a copy, expire a backup image, and import a backup image. |
Detection and reporting | This node contains the following tools: - Detects anomalies in backup metadata. - Finds malware in supported backup images and finds the last good-known image that is malware free. - Allows NetBackup or authorized users to pause data protection activities. - Displays the primary servers that are configured for capacity licensing and their respective consumption details. - Use to compile information to verify, manage, and troubleshoot
NetBackup operations.
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Credential management | Centrally manages the credentials that NetBackup uses to access systems and the workloads that it protects. You can manage credentials for workloads and for systems, client credentials (for NDMP and disk arrays hosts), and External CMS server configurations. |
Hosts | Contains the utilities to manage: - The main component of VxUpdate that serves as a client or a host upgrade tool. For more information regarding VxUpdate, see the NetBackup Upgrade Guide. Host properties - Use to customize NetBackup configuration options.
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Resiliency | Integrates NetBackup and Veritas Resiliency Platform to manage your disaster recovery operations. |
Security | This node contains the utilities to manage settings for security and hosts: - Provides access the NetBackup interfaces through API keys and access codes. Certificates - Use to manage NetBackup certificates and view external certificates. - Use to carry out NetBackup host operations, such as adding or removing host mappings, resetting a host, or generating a reissue token. - Ensures that a second authorized user approves actions before they are performed. RBAC - Use predefined or custom RBAC roles to provide NetBackup users with access to NetBackup, based on their role in your organization. Security events - Use to view the sign-in details for NetBackup users and the user-initiated changes that are made to NetBackup. For more information about , see the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide. - Manage the authorization tokens in your NetBackup environment. - Manage the settings for NetBackup user sessions, terminate user sessions, and unlock a user.
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Other licensed utilities | Additional licensed utilities appear under the main NetBackup nodes. |
In the upper right-hand corner of the web UI are the following settings.
Table: Utilities in the top toolbar of the NetBackup web UI
Item | Description |
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| Displays a summary of any ticket alerts that are available for multiperson authorization. |
| Displays the most recent events that have occurred in the NetBackup environment. |
| This menu contains links to the following: |
| This menu contains the following settings: - Send email notifications when job failures occur. - Configure security settings for the NetBackup domain. - Map a smart card or certificate for user validation. - Collect metadata from NetBackup to monitor, manage, and report on NetBackup domains. - Manage licenses for NetBackup. - Guides you through the process to configure storage, discover virtualization and cloud servers, add protection plans, and protect workloads. - Recovers a catalog backup in a disaster recovery
situation.
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Profile | When you click the profile icon, you can see the following information: Current user's sign in attempts. Password expiration date. NetBackup version of the server. The option, to approve an access request that you submitted. The option, to configure multifactor authentication in NetBackup. The options or , to add your own API key or view the details of your existing API key. In the you can add an email address to receive notifications and select ticket events for which you want to receive notifications. The button, to sign out of the web UI.
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