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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Login Banner Configuration properties
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Login Banner Configuration properties

Use the Login Banner Configuration properties to configure a banner screen that appears each time a user logs into the NetBackup Administration Console or the Backup, Archive, and Restore client console. The Login Banner Configuration properties can be configured to make it mandatory for the user to acknowledge the login banner screen before the user can access the console.

A different login banner can be configured for any master server, media server, or client.

Figure: Login Banner Configuration dialog box shows example banner text for a media server.

Figure: Login Banner Configuration dialog box

Login Banner Configuration dialog box

The first time that the NetBackup Administration Console is launched, the Login Banner Configuration properties are not configured so no banner appears to the user. The Login Banner Configuration host properties must be configured in order for the banner to appear.

The user can change the server once they log into the console. (On the File menu, click Change Server.) If the banner is configured for the remote server, the banner appears on the remote server as well.

If a user opens a new console or window from the existing console, the banner does not appear for the new window. (On the File menu, click the New Console option or the New Window from Here option.)

Table: Login Banner Configuration dialog box properties

Property

Description

Login Banner Heading

Enter the text that is to appear in the banner.

Text of login banner

Enter the text for the banner message. The maximum is 29,000 characters.

Show Agree and Disagree buttons on the login banner

Configure this option when approval is necessary to use the NetBackup Administration Console or the Backup, Archive, and Restore client console. Specific approval may be required due to a legal agreement at the company in which the NetBackup environment resides.

If this option is enabled, users are required to click the Agree option and then click OK before the console opens. The agreement is meant only for the user that reads and agrees to the message.

If the user chooses Disagree, the screen is closed.

Figure: Login Banner with agreement option enabled

Login Banner with agreement option enabled

Figure: Login Banner without agreement option

Login Banner without agreement option

The text that is entered into this dialog box can be found in the following files:

On Windows: install\netbackup\var\LoginBanner.conf

On UNIX: /usr/openv/var/LoginBanner.conf

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