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 on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication

The Fibre Transport Deduplication feature enables you to use a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance as a target host for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over Fibre Channel (FC).

If you have configured one or more target ports for Fibre Transport Deduplication, and you do one of the following, you cause the physical state of one or more ports to change:

  • Enabling the Fibre Transport Deduplication feature

  • Disabling the Fibre Transport Deduplication feature

  • Changing the port mode configuration when the feature is enabled

Note:

You must restart all the appliances in the FC zone where the physical state of an HBA port is changed.

Note:

To continue to use Fibre Transport Deduplication after a re-image operation, you must first restore the factory default port configuration or disable the feature. Then you can go on with other settings.

To configure a 52xx and 53xx appliance as a replication target using 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 Deduplication, click to select the Enable Fibre Transport on this appliance as a replication target.
  4. If you want to keep the current port configuration, skip this step.

    If you want to change the port mode on the appliance, do the following:

    • In the Port Mode column, click on the current port mode of a port.

    • From the drop-down menu, select Initiator or Target (MSDP) to configure the port mode.

    • To restore the customized port configuration to the factory default state, click Restore FactoryDefaults.

    The port mode change is reflected on a diagram on the right of the page.

  5. Click Save to apply the changed settings.
  6. Restart the appliances in the FC zone where a port mode change has occurred.

    To reduce the times of restarting, restart the appliances after you finish all the changes.

To configure a 52xx and 53xx appliance as a replication target using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
  2. To enable Fibre Transport Deduplication, run the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport Deduplication Enable [Current|FactoryDefault]

  3. To configure the port mode, run the following command:

    Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Configure Deduplication <Initiator | Target> <HBAportid>

    The HBAportid is slot number (1-6) and port number (1-2) of the HBA port. The format is Slot:Port.

  4. To show the current port mode configuration, run the following command:

    Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Show [Ports]

  5. To disable the Fibre Transport Deduplication feature, run the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport Deduplication Disable

  6. Verify that the settings are correct by running the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport Deduplication Show

    This following is the output when the feature is enabled:

    [Info] Fibre Transport Deduplication is enabled.

    This following is the output when the feature is disabled:

    [Info] Fibre Transport Deduplication is disabled.
  7. Restart the appliances in the FC zone where the physical state of a port change has changed.

    To reduce the times of restarting, restart the appliances after you finish all the changes.

More Information

Settings > Network > Fibre Transport

Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances

Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances

Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances

About the HBA port mode configuration table

About the factory default port mode configuration