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

Settings > Network > Fibre Transport

The Fibre Transport (FT) options let you set up the appliance for FT use with SAN Clients or for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication. By default, the FT options are disabled and the configuration of one option does not affect the other one.

The following describes the FT options:

Table: FT option descriptions

FT option

Description

Enable SAN Client Fibre Transport on the Media Server (use FT for backups to this appliance)

  • 2 target port Fibre Channel connection

  • 4 target port Fibre Channel connection

This option lets you enable Fibre Transport media server (FTMS) on the appliance for SAN Client FT use.

You must also choose from the following appliance target port configuration for SAN clients when you enable the option.

  • 2 target port Fibre Channel connection - Port 1 on both affected FC HBA cards is set to the target mode.

  • 4 target port Fibre Channel connection - Port 1 and Port 2 on both affected FC HBA cards are set to the target mode.

By default, the option is disabled and all ports are in the initiator mode.

Before you enable this option, be aware of the following requirements and behavior:

  • To use this option, a SAN Client license key must reside on the master server that is associated with this appliance. If FT is not currently used and you want to use the SAN Client feature, you must first obtain a SAN Client license key. To obtain the appropriate license key, contact Veritas Technical Support. Once you have the license key, you must add it to the master server.

  • When this option is enabled or changed, a warning appears to alert you that the appliance requires a restart. Before you enable this option, it is recommended that you first suspend or cancel all jobs.

See How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client.

See Configuring Fibre Transport media server settings.

Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup Appliances

This option lets you enable Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication to other NetBackup appliances that are used as target hosts.

By default, this option is disabled and the appliance cannot communicate with a target appliance over FC.

Note:

To use this option, you must enable FC communication on the associated target NetBackup appliance.

If you plan to use a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance as the target, see the following for configuration.

See How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC.

Enable Fibre Transport Deduplication on this appliance as a replication target

This option lets you configure FT on a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance to use it as a target for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication.

When the option is enabled, the Port mode configuration table is activated, and then you can configure the HBA ports to be target ports for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication.

See About the HBA port mode configuration table.

Note:

To use this option, you must also enable FT for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication to other NetBackup Appliances on the associated source appliance.

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

By default, this option is disabled and the other appliances cannot use this appliance as a target through FC connection.

For more information about SAN Client and Fibre Transport support on NetBackup appliance, see the NetBackup Appliance Fibre Channel Guide.