Connection with NBAC-enabled 8.0 or earlier master server may fail
In a NetBackup 8.1 setup, if you want to connect to NBAC-enabled 8.0 (or earlier) master server using 8.0 (or earlier) NetBackup Administration Console packaged with 8.1 installation, connection to NetBackup Service Layer (NBSL) cannot be established. The NetBackup login fails as the credentials that are required for secure connection cannot be located because of mismatch in the Authentication Service (AT) data directory.
The following warning message is displayed:
Connection to the NetBackup Service Layer (NBSL) could not be established. You may not be able to perform the operations that require the NBSL service to be running. Restart the NBSL service.
To resolve this issue, perform one of the following:
Disable the -Dvrtsat.donot.suffix.username configuration option that causes the credentials to be created in appropriate folders, thereby eliminating any mismatch in the AT data directory.
Replace all occurrences of -Dvrtsat.donot.suffix.username=1 with -Dvrtsat.donot.suffix.username=0.
The -Dvrtsat.donot.suffix.username option is available in the following file:
On Windows:
C:\Program Files\Veritas\Java\nbjava.batOn UNIX:
/usr/openv/java/jnbSAUse the currently installed version of the NetBackup Administration Console to connect to its associated master or media server.