Veritas NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (4.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Configuring a primary server to communicate with an appliance media server

Before you configure a new appliance for the Media server role, you must first update the configuration on the primary server that you plan to use with it. To ensure communication between the primary server and the new media server, the new media server host name must be added to the Additional Servers List on the primary server.

For high availability configurations, you must add the host name of the node that you use for the setup procedure.

The following procedure describes how to configure a primary server to communicate with a new appliance media server.

To configure a primary server to communicate with a new media server

  1. Before the appliance is configured for the media server role, verify that the software version is compatible with the primary server. The primary server must use the same or a later software version than the media server as follows:

    • If the primary server is a NetBackup Appliance with software version 4.1, appliance media servers must use software version 4.1 or earlier.

    • If the primary server is a traditional (non-appliance) NetBackup primary server with software version 9.1, appliance media servers must use software version 4.1 or earlier.

  2. Log in to the primary server as the administrator and add the media server name to it as follows:

    For an appliance primary server:

    From the NetBackup Appliance Web Console:

    • Click Manage > Additional Servers > Add.

    • In the Appliance Hostname field, enter the fully qualified host name (FQHN) of the appliance media server that you want to add.

    • Click Add.

      If the appliance has more than one host name, you must add all of the names.

    From the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu:

    • From the Main_Menu > Settings view, run the following command:

      Settings > NetBackup AdditionalServers Add media-server

      Where media-server is the fully qualified host name (FQHN) of the appliance media server that is not yet configured.

      If the appliance has more than one host name, you must add all of the names.

    For a traditional NetBackup primary server:

    • Log on to the NetBackup Administration Console as the administrator.

    • On the main console window, in the left pane, click NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Primary Servers.

    • In the right pane, click on the primary server host name.

    • On the Host Properties window, in the left pane, click Servers.

    • In the right pane, in the Additional Servers section, click Add and enter your appliance host name. The appliance host name should appear in the top Additional Servers section.

      If the appliance has more than one host name, you must add all of the names.

    • Click OK and close the Primary Server Properties window.

  3. If a firewall exists between the primary server and the media server, open the following ports on the primary server to allow communication with the media server:

    Note:

    You must be logged in as the administrator to change port settings.

    • vnetd: 13724

    • bprd: 13720

    • PBX: 1556

    • If the primary server is a NetBackup appliance that uses TCP, open the following ports:

      443, 5900, and 7578.

  4. Make sure that the date and time of the media server matches the date and time on the primary server. You can use an NTP server or set the time manually.
  5. If you plan to use the new media server in a NAT network, perform the following tasks before you configure the media server:

    • Enable the DNAT feature on the primary server.

      On an appliance primary server, log in to the shell menu and run the following command:

      Main > Settings > NetBackup DNAT Enable

      On a traditional (non-appliance) NetBackup primary server, see the Veritas NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume 1. Refer to Chapter 5 and the topic title "Workflow to enable NAT hosts in NetBackup domain".

    • Add the name of the new NAT media server to the NetBackup Servers list on the primary server.

      On an appliance primary server, log in to the shell menu and run the following command:

      Main > Settings > NetBackup NATServers Add

      On a traditional (non-appliance) NetBackup primary server, add the NAT server names manually to the bp.conf registry file, or use the bpsetconfig command. The server names must be entered on one line with each server name separated by a space, as follows:

      NAT_SERVER_LIST = media1 media2 media3

See Performing the initial configuration on NetBackup 53xx series appliances from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.