NetBackup™ Network Ports Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5.0.1)

NetBackup media server ports

The media server must be able to communicate with the primary server and the clients.

The following table lists the ports required by the media server:

Table: NetBackup media server ports

Source

Destination

Service

Port

Media server

Primary server

VERITAS_PBX

1556

Media server

Primary server

VNETD

13724 *

Media server

Media server

VERITAS_PBX

1556

Media server

Media server

VNETD

13724 *

Media server

Client

VERITAS_PBX

1556

Media server

Client

VNETD

13724 *

Media server

MSDP server

Deduplication 10102 Manager (spad)

10102

Media server

MSDP server

Deduplication Engine (spoold)

10082

Media server

Primary server

NBWMC

56371

Media server

MSDP server

NFS

TCP 2049 2

Media server

MSDP server

Portmapper

TCP/UDP 111 2

Media server

MSDP server

Mountd

TCP 20048 2

Media server

MSDP server

Webserver

443 3

Media server

MSDP server

SMB/CIFS

TCP 445 2

MSDP server

Cloud storage

  • AWS-compatible services

  • Azure

443

  • * It applies while you use the Resilient Network feature or when a NetBackup 8.0 or earlier media server cannot reach a legacy service via PBX.

  • 1 This port is used to provide back-level media server support for the media servers that are configured for cloud storage. Only media server versions 7.7.x to 8.1.2 are supported.

    Ensure that the older media servers use this port. Communication with the primary server fails if the older media servers use a different port.

  • Must be opened from the media server to the target storage server (client).

  • 3 Must be opened from the media server to the primary server.