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NetVault 11.3 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Configuring storage devices Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in table view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing tape libraries in table view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in table view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user accounts Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Backup Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault Backup
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring default settings for global notification methods Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using NetVault Configurator Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting

Enabling Web Service auditing

Web Service auditing is disabled by default. You can enable Web Service auditing from the Change Settings page.

To enable Web Service auditing:
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In the Navigation pane, click Change Settings.
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On the Configuration page, click Server Settings.
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Under Services, click Web Service. In the Web Service dialog box, configure the following setting:
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Enable Web Service auditing: To track Web Service requests, select this check box. When Web Service auditing is enabled, NetVault Backup creates an audit log file “webservice-audit.txt” in the NetVault Backup installation directory to record the Web Service requests.
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Click Apply to apply the new settings and close the dialog box.

Configuring timeout period for client operations

You can modify the Web Service configuration settings to resolve any timeout errors that occur during client operations like browsing or opening the selection tree nodes. These settings can be configured from the NetVault Server Settings page.

To configure timeout period for client operations:
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In the Navigation pane, click Change Settings.
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On the Configuration page, click Server Settings
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Under Services, click Web Service. In the Web Service dialog box, configure the following setting.
Setting
Description

Physical Client Short Timeout

The amount of time the Web Service waits for short duration operations, like requesting the plug-in list for a client.

The default timeout period is 30 seconds. You can change it to any value between 10 and 120 seconds.

Physical Client Medium Timeout

The amount of time the Web Service waits for medium duration operations, like removing a server (for example, Database Server).

The default timeout period is 60 seconds. You can change it to any value between 60 and 120 seconds.

Physical Client Long Timeout

The amount of time the Web Service waits for long duration operations, like populating the selection tree.

The default timeout period is 300 seconds. You can change it to any value between 120 and 600 seconds.

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NOTE: You must restart the NetVault Backup Service to apply any changes to these settings.
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Click Apply to apply the new settings and close the dialog box.

Configuring timeout period for saveset removal request

By default, the timeout period for saveset removal request is set to 600 seconds. When the Web Service Worker Process (nvwsworker) sends the delete request to Media Manager, it waits for 600 seconds. If the Media Manager is unable complete the request within this period, the Web Service Worker Process times out and reports an error (“Failed to receive reply from Media Manager”). If you receive this error, change the SavesetRemoveTimeout setting in the webservice.cfg file.

To configure the timeout period for saveset removal request:
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Open the file webservice.cfg in a text editor. You can find this file in the config directory under the NetVault Backup installation directory.
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In the [WebService] section, configure the value for the SavesetRemoveTimeout setting:
[WebService]
SavesetRemoveTimeout=<Value>
The default value for this setting is 600 seconds.
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Save the file.

Configuring Auditor Daemon settings

This section includes the following topics:

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About Auditor Daemon
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Configuring Auditor to log only failed requests
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Modifying the purge policy for audit logs
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