Choosing a Remote Server to Administer

Indicate a remote server using one of the following methods:

• Select the File > Change Server menu command.
• Specify the remote server as hostname upon NetBackup login using the NetBackup-Java console.

  To use the Change Server command to administer a remote server

1. Start the NetBackup Administration Console on a NetBackup-Java capable machine:

   Log in and run jnbSA:

   /usr/openv/java/jnbSA

2. In the NetBackup Administration Console login screen, specify the local server to manage.
3. Click Login.
4. Select Master Server in the left pane (tree view) of the NetBackup Administration Console.
5. Select File > Change Server.
6. Type or select the host name and click OK.

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     Note    When moving between Master A and Master B, if the user's identity has the necessary permissions on both machines, the user will transition to Master B without needing to set up any trust relationships as was required in NetBackup 4.5.
   If the user's identity on Master B, that has administrative priviledges is different from the user's identity on Master A, the user would be required to reauthenticate. This can be done from the NetBackup Adminstration Console by using File > Login as New User... for Windows or closing and reopening the NetBackup-Java Administration Console.

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  To indicate a remote system upon login

1. Log in to the NetBackup client or server where you want to start the NetBackup Administration Console.
2. Start the NetBackup Administration Console on the local system:
   • For example, to start the console on a Solaris system named tiger, log in on tiger and run the following command line:

   /usr/openv/java/jnbSA

   • To start the console on a Windows system named bear, from the Windows desktop, select Start > Programs > VERITAS NetBackup > NetBackup-Java on bear. (The system must have the Windows Display Console installed.)

   The login screen appears.

3. In the Hostname field, type the name of the remote NetBackup server you want to manage.
4. Type in the user name and password for an authorized NetBackup administrator, then click Login.

   This process logs you into the NetBackup-Java application server program on the specified server.

   The NetBackup Administration Console appears. The console program continues to communicate through the server you specified for the remainder of the current session.