Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
- Section I. About NetBackup
- Section II. Configuring hosts
- Configuring Host Properties
- About the NetBackup Host Properties
- Access Control properties
- Bandwidth properties
- Busy File Settings properties
- Client Attributes properties
- Client Settings properties for UNIX clients
- Client Settings properties for Windows clients
- Data Classification properties
- Default Job Priorities properties
- Encryption properties
- Exchange properties
- Exclude Lists properties
- Fibre Transport properties
- Firewall properties
- General Server properties
- Global Attributes properties
- Logging properties
- Login Banner Configuration properties
- Media properties
- Network Settings properties
- Port Ranges properties
- Preferred Network properties
- Resilient Network properties
- Restore Failover properties
- Retention Periods properties
- Scalable Storage properties
- Servers properties
- SharePoint properties
- SLP Parameters properties
- Throttle Bandwidth properties
- Universal Settings properties
- User Account Settings properties
- Configuration options for NetBackup servers
- THROTTLE_BANDWIDTH option for NetBackup servers
- Configuration options for NetBackup clients
- IGNORE_XATTR option for NetBackup clients
- VXSS_NETWORK option for NetBackup clients
- Configuring server groups
- Configuring host credentials
- Managing media servers
- Configuring Host Properties
- Section III. Configuring storage
- Configuring disk storage
- Configuring robots and tape drives
- About configuring robots and tape drives in NetBackup
- Adding a robot to NetBackup manually
- Managing robots
- Adding a tape drive to NetBackup manually
- Adding a tape drive path
- Correlating tape drives and SCSI addresses on Windows hosts
- Correlating tape drives and device files on UNIX hosts
- Managing tape drives
- Performing device diagnostics
- Configuring tape media
- About NetBackup volume pools
- About WORM media
- About adding volumes
- Configuring media settings
- Media settings options
- Media type (new media setting)
- Media settings options
- About barcodes
- Configuring barcode rules
- Configuring media ID generation rules
- Adding volumes by using the Actions menu
- Configuring media type mappings
- Managing volumes
- About exchanging a volume
- About frozen media
- About injecting and ejecting volumes
- About rescanning and updating barcodes
- About labeling NetBackup volumes
- About moving volumes
- About recycling a volume
- Managing volume pools
- Managing volume groups
- Inventorying robots
- About showing a robot's contents
- About updating the NetBackup volume configuration
- About the vmphyinv physical inventory utility
- Configuring storage units
- About the Storage utility
- Creating a storage unit
- About storage unit settings
- Absolute pathname to directory or absolute pathname to volume setting for storage units
- Maximum concurrent jobs storage unit setting
- Staging backups
- Creating a basic disk staging storage unit
- Configuring storage unit groups
- Section IV. Configuring storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)
- Configuring storage lifecycle policies
- Storage operations
- Index From Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Retention types for SLP operations
- Capacity managed retention type for SLP operations
- Storage lifecycle policy options
- Using a storage lifecycle policy to create multiple copies
- Storage lifecycle policy versions
- Section V. Configuring backups
- Creating backup policies
- Planning for policies
- Policy Attributes tab
- Policy storage (policy attribute)
- Policy volume pool (policy attribute)
- Take checkpoints every __ minutes (policy attribute)
- Backup Network Drives (policy attribute)
- Cross mount points (policy attribute)
- Encryption (policy attribute)
- Collect true image restore information (policy attribute) with and without move detection
- Use Accelerator (policy attribute)
- Enable optimized backup of Windows deduplicated volumes
- Use Replication Director (policy attributes)
- Schedule Attributes tab
- Type of backup (schedule attribute)
- Frequency (schedule attribute)
- Multiple copies (schedule attribute)
- Retention (schedule attribute)
- Media multiplexing (schedule attribute)
- Start Window tab
- Include Dates tab
- How open schedules affect calendar-based and frequency-based schedules
- About the Clients tab
- Backup Selections tab
- Adding backup selections to a policy
- Verifying the Backup Selections list
- Pathname rules for UNIX client backups
- About the directives on the Backup Selections list
- ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive
- Files that are excluded from backups by default
- Disaster Recovery tab
- Active Directory granular backups and recovery
- Synthetic backups
- Using the multiple copy synthetic backups method
- Protecting the NetBackup catalog
- Parts of the NetBackup catalog
- Protecting the NetBackup catalog
- Archiving the catalog and restoring from the catalog archive
- Estimating catalog space requirements
- About the NetBackup relational database
- About the NetBackup relational database (NBDB) installation
- Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on Windows
- Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on UNIX
- Post-installation tasks
- About backup and recovery procedures
- Managing backup images
- Creating backup policies
- Section VI. Configuring replication
- About NetBackup replication
- About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
- Viewing the replication topology for Auto Image Replication
- About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication
- Removing or replacing replication relationships in an Auto Image Replication configuration
- About NetBackup replication
- Section VII. Monitoring and reporting
- Monitoring NetBackup activity
- About the Jobs tab
- About the Daemons tab
- About the Processes tab
- About the Drives tab
- About the jobs database
- About pending requests and actions
- Reporting in NetBackup
- Using the Logging Assistant
- Monitoring NetBackup activity
- Section VIII. Administering NetBackup
- Management topics
- Accessing a remote server
- Using the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
- Run-time configuration options for the NetBackup Administration Console
- About improving NetBackup performance
- About adjusting time zones in the NetBackup Administration console
- Alternate server restores
- About performing alternate server restores
- Managing client backups and restores
- About client-redirected restores
- Powering down and rebooting NetBackup servers
- About Granular Recovery Technology
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 and 2008 R2
CONNECT_OPTIONS option for NetBackup servers and clients
The CONNECT_OPTIONS apply to connections to the local host only, as follows (they do not apply to connections to remote hosts):
Whether processes on host are reached:
By using the Veritas Exchange (PBX) or Veritas Network daemon (vnetd) port only.
By using the daemon ports only.
By first using the PBX, then the vnetd port, and then the daemon ports if needed.
Whether subsequent call-back connections with host use the traditional call-back method, use vnetd, or use a PBX/vnetd forwarding connection.
Whether connections to host use reserved or a non-reserved source port number.
Table: CONNECT_OPTIONS information
Usage | Description |
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Where to use | On NetBackup master servers, media servers, or clients. |
How to use | Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view, add, or change the option. For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide. Use the following format: CONNECT_OPTIONS = host [ 0 | 1 | 2 ] [ 0 | 1 | 2 ][ 0 | 1 | 2 | 3] The following variables are defined: Host is a host name local to this host. You may have multiple CONNECT_OPTIONS entries in the configuration, and localhost overrides other local host names. If a local host name is not specified in any CONNECT_OPTIONS entries, the values from the DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS option are used. See DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS option for NetBackup servers and clients. |
The first setting indicates the type of port to use as the source port for connections to service daemons on host: 0 = Connections on this computer should be from a reserved source port number. It is selected from the CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW range. 1 = Connections on this computer should be from a non-reserved source port number that is selected from the CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW range. (The default is 1.) If this option is selected for use with the daemon port and host is running a version of NetBackup older than 7.1, enable for the selected host. In the NetBackup Administration Console, see the Universal Settings dialog box under Host Properties > Media Servers. 2 = Use the method that the DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS configuration option defines. | |
The second setting indicates the call-back method to use with host. (This applies if configured to use the daemon port or if bpcd cannot be reached using ports 1556 or 13724.) 0 = Use the traditional call-back method. Host connects back to a random port number that this computer has selected from the SERVER_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW range, or SERVER_PORT_WINDOW range as determined by the first setting. 1 = Use the vnetd no call-back method. Connect to vnetd instead of a random port. If this computer is NetBackup 7.0.1 or later, attempt to connect to port 1556 before attempting to connect to vnetd. The connection is outbound to host if the third setting is 0 or 1. The connection is inbound from host if the third setting is 2. 2 = Use the method that the DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS configuration option defines (default). | |
The third setting affects which destination port number to use for connections to daemon services on host. 0 = Use vnetd if possible, to connect to a daemon on this computer. If it is not possible, connect by using the traditional port number of the daemon. If this host is NetBackup 7.0.1 or later, attempt to connect to port 1556 before attempting to connect to vnetd. If bpcd is reachable through port 1556 or vnetd, then the first two settings are ignored and all connections to host are outbound and use non-reserved ports. 1 = Use vnetd to connect to a daemon on host. If this computer is NetBackup 7.0.1 or later, attempt to connect to port 1556 before attempting to connect to vnetd. The traditional port number of the daemon is not used if the connection cannot be established using port 1556 or vnetd. If bpcd is reachable through port 1556 or vnetd, then the first two settings are ignored and all connections to host are outbound and use non-reserved ports. 2 = Use only the traditional port number of the daemon to connect to a daemon on host. If the daemon is bpcd, the second setting is then used to determine the call-back method. 3 = Use the method that the DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS configuration option defines (default). | |
Example 1 | The configuration file can contain CONNECT_OPTIONS settings for local host names. CONNECT_OPTIONS = localhost 0 0 0 In this example, local connections to daemons on local host shark attempt to use port 1556. If the previous attempt was unsuccessful, then the connections try vnetd. If that attempt is unsuccessful, the daemon port is used. If the connections are successful using 1556 or vnetd, then the first two settings are ignored. $ bptestbpcd -host shark 0 0 1 10.82.105.11:40402 -> 10.82.105.11:1556 10.82.105.11:40404 -> 10.82.105.11:1556 |
Example 2 |
CONNECT_OPTIONS = host 0 1 2 In this example:
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Example 3 |
CONNECT_OPTIONS = host 1 1 2 In this example:
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Equivalent Administration Console property | Click , , Double-click on server . See Firewall properties. |