The Netbackup Jobs extension gathers metrics and events about Netbackup Jobs.

Metrics

There is a single metric called Job States that counts the number of jobs on each state, like DONE, QUEUED, ACTIVE, REQUEUED, etc.

Events

When a job fails, an event is sent to Dynatrace with the details

Requirements

The Extension must be installed both on an ActiveGate and on the Dynatrace Cluster. See Deploy an extension in our full documentation for more details.

• Netbackup version <= 9.X
• Username that can query jobs, policies and hosts via the Netbackup API

1. Install the Extension on an Environment ActiveGate

Extract the extension zip file to the plugin_deployment folder at the root of the remote plugin module.

Linux:

• A default installation can be done with the following command: unzip -o -d /opt/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/plugin_deployment custom.remote.python.netbackup.zip
• Adjust the path if the Activegate was installed somewhere other than /opt/dynatrace

Windows:

• Unzip the Extension to: %PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule\plugin_deployment
• Adjust the path if the Activegate was installed somewhere other than %PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace

2. Upload the Extension to the Dynatrace Cluster via UI in the browser

Upload the same extension zip file to your tenant. The Extension configuration and upload UI is located at:

Settings > Monitored technologies > Custom extensions > Upload extension

The parameters for each endpoint are:

• URL - The netbackup URL, including the path “/netbackup”
• Username
• Password
• Group name - A friendly group name for the custom device, ie "Production Netbackup"
• Device name - A friendly device name for this netbackup server.