Veritas NetBackup™ 52xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Configuring a master 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 master server that you plan to use with it. To ensure communication between the master server and the new media server, the new media server host name must be added to the Additional Servers List on the master 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 master server to communicate with a new appliance media server.

To configure a master 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 master server as follows:

    • If the master server is a NetBackup appliance:

    • If the master server is a traditional (non-appliance) NetBackup master server:

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

    For an appliance master 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 master 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 > Master Servers.

    • In the right pane, click on the master 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 Master Server Properties window.

  3. If a firewall exists between the master server and the media server, open the following ports on the master 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 master 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 master server. You can use an NTP server or set the time manually.

See Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup 52xx appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console .

See Performing the initial configuration on a 52xx media server appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.