Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.1, 3.1)
  1. About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
    1.  
      About NetBackup Fibre Transport
    2. About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport
      1.  
        About the SAN Client license key
  2. About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
    1.  
      About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between appliances
  3. About backup to tape support
    1.  
      About backup to tape support for NetBackup appliances
  4. VMware support
    1. About NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host
      1.  
        NetBackup appliance as backup host: component overview
      2.  
        Notes on NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host
    2.  
      About appliance dynamic multi-pathing for VMware backups with SAN transport
  5. Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
    1.  
      About supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA configurations
    3.  
      Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
    4.  
      About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances
  6. NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations
    2.  
      NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options
    3.  
      NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options
    4.  
      Available 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations
  7. About the HBA port mode configuration
    1.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances
    2.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
    3.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
    4.  
      About the factory default port mode configuration
    5.  
      Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
  8. Zoning the FC SAN
    1.  
      How to determine appliance HBA WWPNs
    2.  
      About zoning the SAN for NetBackup appliances
    3.  
      About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  9. About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    1. Settings > Network > Fibre Transport
      1.  
        About the HBA port mode configuration table
  10. Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
    1. How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
      1.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport media server settings
      2.  
        About Fibre Transport media server verification
    2.  
      Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
    3. How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
      1. Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
        1.  
          About the Fibre Transport chunk size
      2.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
      3.  
        About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
      4.  
        How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different domains for MSDP replication

Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances

Use the following procedure to configure Fibre Transport (FT) to other NetBackup appliances.

Note:

When the FT for replication to other NetBackup appliances is enabled or changed, the deduplication storage daemons require a restart. It is recommended that you first suspend or cancel all jobs before you enable or change this setting.

To configure Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
  2. Click Settings > Network, then select Fibre Transport.
  3. To enable Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances, click to select the Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup Appliances. Then, click Save.

    When the message appears to inform you of the required the appliance version, click OK to continue or click Cancel to exit without making changes.

    Note:

    You must also enable FC communication on the associated NetBackup appliance.

    On a target NetBackup 52xx or 53xx, you must enable that appliance as a replication target to use it as the storage destination.

    See Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication.

  4. To disable the Fibre Transport to other NetBackup Appliances option, deselect the check box to clear the check mark. Then, click Save.

To configure Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
  2. Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup appliances by running the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport NBUAppliances Enable

  3. If you want to disable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup appliances, run the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport NBUAppliances Disable

  4. To verify that the settings are correct, run the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport NBUAppliances Show

    The following is the output when the feature is enabled:

    fc transport enabled.

    The following is the output when the feature is disabled:

    fc transport disabled.

See About the Fibre Transport chunk size.