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NetVault 12.3 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault Backup dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in list view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing the Snapshot Array Manager Managing tape libraries in list view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in list view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user and group accounts
About user accounts About user and group privileges and presets Creating a user account Modifying a user account Deleting a user account Setting a user policy Using Secure Mode Using Presets User privileges Predefined Presets Integrating Active Directory with NetVault Backup Using Azure Active Directory as an identity provider
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 WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting
Common errors
NetVault Backup Service fails to start on Windows NetVault Backup Service fails to start after the machine is restarted NetVault Backup Service starts, but stops immediately on Linux Login fails after any change in the server IP address Unexpected behavior of NetVault Backup WebUI WebUI does not run in Compatibility View in Internet Explorer NetVault Backup installer fails during push installation VSS-based backup fails Modifying TCP/IP socket buffer size on Windows Restores using Data Copy savesets fail on clients running NetVault Backup 10.0.1 Restore fails on Itanium platforms if the index is larger than 2GB After upgrade, Data Copy and Consolidated backup job on Linux fails After upgrade, console error is displayed on WebUI pages Deployment task hangs on target Linux machine during push installation. Unable to add package store with hostname. Deployment task fails due to network configuration issues. Domain user is unable to login NetVault Backup Server if the workstation attribute is set. Domain user is unable to login NetVault Backup Server on Debian 9. Adding the target machine as a client fails, after successful push installation. Unable to install, uninstall or navigate catalog search page after manually uninstalling NetVault Backup Client Host. Unable to install, uninstall catalog search on client after NetVault Backup Server migration with the same or different server name External Azure AD user cannot add an external Azure AD user to NetVault Backup Server Failed to verify target Windows machine from a Linux-based NetVault Backup server
Safe Mode in NetVault Backup

Adding Dashboard

You can create a new dashboard, and select the widgets to monitor, these widgets are mapped to that dashboard. However, if you do not select any widget while creating a dashboard, a blank dashboard is created. You can add widgets to this blank dashboard later.

To add a new dashboard
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In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
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In the dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Manage Dashboard.
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In the Manage Dashboard dialog box, click Add Dashboard.
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In the Add Dashboard dialog box, enter and select the following details, and click OK.
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Dashboard Title
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Select the widgets for the dashboard
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Select the Set as a default dashboard, to set this as a default dashboard.

The newly created dashboard is listed in Manage Dashboard list. Once you create a new dashboard, you can perform following actions:

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Share dashboard with others
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Clone dashboard
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Delete Dashboard

Sharing dashboard

You can share your owned dashboard that is available in manage dashboard list with any users or usergroups. The user or user group can only view the shared dashboard, refresh and resize the widgets. However they are not permitted to re-share or modify the dashboard, The user can only refresh and resize the available widgets. The user is allowed to clone shared dashboard, and the user will be the owner of cloned dashboard.

To share a dashboard
1
In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
2
In the dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Manage Dashboard.
3
Click the icon, and select Share Status for Share with usergroups and users, to share the dashboard, and click OK.

Once the dashboard is shared, the icon is changed to , which indicates that the dashboard is shared with some user or usergroup. The icon is displayed to the user or user group with whom the dashboard is shared.

Cloning dashboard

Clone dashboard allows you to duplicate the dashboard where all the widgets mapped with the dashboard are also duplicated/cloned.

To clone a dashboard
1
In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
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In the dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Clone Dashboard.
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Click Manage Dashboard, and click Clone icon, against the required dashboard.

Deleting dashboard

Delete dashboard removes or deletes the available dashboard from the manage dashboard list. Deleting the dashboard also removes all the customizations made in the dashboard and in the widgets which are associated with the dashboard. In case, the owner of the dashboard deletes the dashboard which is shared with many users or usergroups, the dashboard is removed or deleted for all the users and usergroups. However, if the user is not the owner of dashboard and deletes the dashboard, it would be removed for the particular user. You can delete all the dashboards, however a default dashboard is created and loaded by NetVault Backup, as there is no dashboard available.

To delete a dashboard
1
In the Navigation pane, click Dashboard.
2
In the default dashboard page, click the ellipsis-horizontal icon and click Manage Dashboard.
3
Click Delete icon against the required dashboard to delete.
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