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NetVault 13.0.2 - Administration Guide for Managed Service Providers

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices
About storage devices SAN considerations Quest DR Series systems Quest QoreStor NetVault SmartDisk EMC Data Domain Systems Snapshot Array Manager Virtual Tape Libraries Virtual standalone drives Shared Virtual Tape Libraries Physical tape devices Storage tiers
Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Role-based access to manage 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 Managing Tenant Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault
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 the reporting utility Configuring NetVault WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Troubleshooting
Common errors Safe Mode in NetVault

About NetVault Clients

The NetVault Clients are machines that you want to protect using the NetVault solution.

These machines require at least the client version of NetVault and TCP/IP connectivity to the server. You can attach physical and virtual storage devices locally to a client after installing the NetVault SmartClient license on it.

To use a client in a backup or restore operation, you must first add the client to the NetVault Server. A single server and its associated clients form a NetVault Domain.

Role-based access for NetVault Clients

 
Table 15. Client privileges in NetVault
Client actions
MSP administrator
Tenant administrator
Tenant users

Manage Clients - Add Client

X

X

 

Manage Clients - Add Virtual Client

X

X

 

Remove Client

X

X

 

Manage Clients - Manage Clients Groups

X

X

 

Manage Clients - Manage

X

X

 

Add Client - Remove

X

X

 

Add Client - Firewall Test

X

X

 

Add Client - Find Machine

X

X

 

Add Virtual Client - Check Access

X

X

 

Add Virtual Client - Current Real Client

X

X

 

Manage Client group - Edit

X

X

 

Manage Client group - Remove

X

X

 

Manage Client group - New Group

X

X

 

Manage - Configure

X

X

 

Manage - Diagnostic Trace Settings

X

X

 

Manage - Install License

X

X

 

Manage - Check Access

X

X

X

Manage - Firewall Test

X

X

X

Manage - Remove Client

X

X

 

Installing software from WebUI (push installation)

This section includes the following topics:

•
About push installation
•
Prerequisites
•
Managing package stores
•
Performing push installations
•
Monitoring deployment tasks
•
Managing deployment tasks
 
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NOTE: Installing software from WebUI can only be done by the MSP administrator on authorized clients.

About push installation

The push installation method lets you install one or more software packages on remote machines. You can use this method to install or upgrade the NetVault Client software and NetVault plug-ins on multiple machines, including Windows-based and Linux-based machines. Push installation is available for Windows-to-Windows, Windows-to-Linux, Linux-to-Linux, and Linux-to-Windows scenarios.

You can run push installation tasks from the NetVault WebUI. When the task starts, a deployment agent is installed on the remote machines. The agent copies the installation packages from a shared location and performs silent installations on the machines. The agent also sends status messages to the server. By default, the client logs are preserved on the target machine. For more information about how to modify this setting, see Configuring default settings for Deployment Manager. You can view the task status from the WebUI. After the packages are successfully installed on the machines, the WebUI automatically adds the new clients to the NetVault Server.

By default, NetVault runs a maximum of 50 concurrent push-installation processes. You can modify the default settings to increase the number of concurrent processes. For more information, see Configuring default settings for Deployment Manager.

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