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Dell NetWorker Deploy 2023: Installation and Initial Configuration

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Installation and Initial Configuration

What this domain tests

This domain covers prerequisites, package selection, hostname and port readiness, authentication setup, licensing, and the first configuration steps that make a NetWorker server usable.

Before installing

  • Confirm the OS version is supported for the NetWorker release and that both forward and reverse name resolution work for every server, storage node, and client. A mismatch between short name and FQDN causes authentication and resource failures later.
  • Open the required NetWorker port range and any authentication or web-console ports across firewalls. Use nsrports to display or change the configured range.
  • Decide whether NMC and NWUI will run on the NetWorker server or on separate hosts. NMC is a management server; it is not the same process as nsrd.
  • Install the matching packages: NetWorker server, storage node, client, NMC, and NWUI. On Linux these are RPM packages; on Windows they are installed through the NetWorker installer.

Initial configuration sequence

  1. Start the NetWorker services and confirm nsrd is running.
  2. Configure the NetWorker Authentication Service and set the administrator password. authc must be reachable before NMC or NWUI logins succeed.
  3. Apply the capacity license so the server can run backups beyond evaluation limits.
  4. Register the NMC server with the NetWorker server, or open NWUI and complete the initial setup.
  5. Create devices and pools, then add clients, policies, workflows, and actions.

Worked example

A freshly installed server is reachable by ping, but NMC login returns an authentication error. The install completed and the NetWorker service is running. The likely cause is not the client configuration; it is the authentication path. Check that the authentication service is running, that the administrator password was set, and that the NMC server was registered to the correct NetWorker server name. After correcting the authc service and registration, the login succeeds.

Traps

Do not assume a successful package install means the datazone is configured. Authentication and licensing are separate steps. Do not use an IP address where NetWorker expects a resolvable hostname. Do not install NMC and then assume it is the NetWorker server; they have different roles. Changing the server hostname after configuration requires careful resource cleanup, not just a DNS update.