Root Broker

A Root Broker is a NetBackup server that has VxSS Authentication Server and Authorization Server installed and is configured to be a Root Broker. There is always one Root Broker in every NetBackup Access Management configuration.

The Root Broker acts as the most trusted certification authority, implementing a registration authority for Authentication Brokers, as well as itself.

While a Root Broker can authenticate an Authentication Broker, an Authentication Broker cannot authenticate a Root Broker.

In many cases, the Root Broker will also be an Authentication Broker. This chapter describes installing VxSS services, then it describes configuring the NetBackup server to be a Root Broker and an Authentication Broker (Root Broker + AB). For more information on the authentication Root Broker, see the VERITAS Security Services Administrator's Guide.