NetBackup™ Network Ports Reference Guide

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

NetBackup Snapshot Manager ports

The following table lists the ports that are used between NetBackup and NetBackup Snapshot Manager. The required ports must be opened if firewall exists between the ports.

Table: Ports that must be open in a environment with NetBackup Snapshot Manager

Source

Port

Destination

Description

Primary server

443

Snapshot Manager

To handle API requests. If configured with default port else inbound must be allowed by firewall for custom port.

Media server

443

Snapshot Manager

To handle API requests. If configured with default port else inbound must be allowed by firewall for custom port.

Client

443

Snapshot Manager

To handle API requests. If configured with default port else inbound must be allowed by firewall for custom port.

Snapshot Manager agents

5671

Snapshot Manager

Interaction with Snapshot Manager agents.

Snapshot Manager

1556

Primary server

Registration with NetBackup primary server.

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud

Additional ports required for agentless communication with the protected VMs

The following table lists the additional network ports that are required and must be open when NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud is using agentless communication with the protected VMs:

Table: Additional ports required for agentless communication with the protected VMs

Source

Port

Destination

Description

Snapshot Manager

22

Linux and Windows VM

For agentless connection to Linux/Windows VM (OpenSSH).

Additional ports required for Single File Restore (SFR) from a backup copy

  • For Windows: Ports 139 and 445 must be open outbound from the clients (target VMs on which on-host agents are running) to access SMB share from the storage server(s).

  • For Linux: Ports 2049 and 111, the standard NFS ports, 2049 and 111 must be open outbound from the clients (target VMs on which on-host agents are running) to access NFS share from the storage server(s).