Veritas NetBackup™ SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1)
  1. Introducing SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    1.  
      About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    2.  
      About Fibre Transport
    3.  
      About Fibre Transport media servers
    4.  
      About SAN clients
    5.  
      About the Fibre Transport Service Manager
    6.  
      About NetBackup Release Notes
  2. Planning your deployment
    1.  
      Planning your SAN Client deployment
    2.  
      SAN Client operational notes
    3. About SAN Client storage destinations
      1.  
        About SAN Client disk storage destinations
      2. About SAN Client tape storage destinations
        1.  
          SAN Client tape storage limitations
    4.  
      How to choose SAN Client and Fibre Transport hosts
    5.  
      About NetBackup SAN Client support for agents
    6.  
      About NetBackup SAN Client support for clustering
    7.  
      About NetBackup SAN Client support for Windows Hyper-V Server
    8.  
      About NetBackup SAN Client unsupported restores
    9.  
      About Fibre Transport throughput
    10.  
      Converting a SAN media server to a SAN client
  3. Preparing the SAN
    1.  
      Preparing the SAN
    2.  
      About zoning the SAN for Fibre Transport
    3.  
      About zoning the SAN for Fibre Transport for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
    4.  
      About HBAs for SAN clients and Fibre Transport media servers
    5.  
      About the 16-gigabit target mode HBAs for SAN clients and Fibre Transport media servers
    6.  
      When selecting the HBA ports for SAN Client
    7.  
      About supported SAN configurations for SAN Client
  4. Licensing SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    1.  
      About SAN Client installation
    2.  
      About the SAN Client license key
    3.  
      When upgrading SAN Client and Fibre Transport
  5. Configuring SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    1.  
      Configuring SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    2. Configuring a Fibre Transport media server
      1.  
        About the target mode driver
      2.  
        About nbhba mode and the ql2300_stub driver
      3.  
        About FC attached devices
      4.  
        How to identify the HBA ports
      5.  
        About HBA port detection on Solaris
      6.  
        About Fibre Transport media servers and VLANs
      7.  
        Starting nbhba mode
      8.  
        Marking the Fibre Transport media server HBA ports
      9.  
        Configuring the media server Fibre Transport services
      10.  
        Configuring the media server Fibre Transport services for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
      11.  
        Displaying the FTMS state for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
      12.  
        Identifying the HBA ports for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
    3. Configuring SAN clients
      1.  
        About configuring firewalls for SAN clients
      2.  
        SAN client driver requirements
      3.  
        Configuring the SAN client Fibre Transport service
    4. Configuring SAN clients in a cluster
      1.  
        Registering a SAN client cluster virtual name
      2.  
        Setting NetBackup configuration options by using the command line
    5.  
      About configuring Fibre Transport properties
    6.  
      Configuring Fibre Transport properties
    7. Fibre Transport properties
      1.  
        About Linux concurrent FT connections
    8.  
      About SAN client usage preferences
    9. Configuring SAN client usage preferences
      1.  
        SAN client usage preferences
  6. Managing SAN clients and Fibre Transport
    1.  
      Enabling or disabling the Fibre Transport services
    2.  
      Enabling or disabling the Fibre Transport services for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
    3.  
      Rescanning for Fibre Transport devices from a SAN client
    4.  
      Viewing SAN Client Fibre Transport job details
    5.  
      Viewing Fibre Transport traffic
    6.  
      Adding a SAN client
    7.  
      Deleting a SAN client
  7. Disabling SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    1.  
      About disabling SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    2.  
      Disabling a SAN client
    3.  
      Disabling a Fibre Transport media server
    4.  
      Disabling a Fibre Transport media server for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
  8. Troubleshooting SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    1.  
      About troubleshooting SAN Client and Fibre Transport
    2.  
      SAN Client troubleshooting tech note
    3.  
      Viewing Fibre Transport logs
    4. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    5.  
      Stopping and starting Fibre Transport services
    6.  
      Stopping and starting Fibre Transport services for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
    7.  
      Backups failover to LAN even though Fibre Transport devices available
    8.  
      Kernel warning messages when Veritas modules load
    9.  
      SAN client service does not start
    10.  
      SAN client Fibre Transport service validation
    11.  
      SAN client does not select Fibre Transport
    12.  
      Media server Fibre Transport device is offline
    13.  
      No Fibre Transport devices discovered
  9. Appendix A. AIX Specific Configuration Details
    1.  
      AIX Reference Information
    2.  
      Before you begin configuring NetBackup on AIX
    3.  
      About AIX persistent naming support
    4.  
      About configuring robotic control device files in AIX
    5.  
      About device files for SAN Clients on AIX
    6. About configuring tape drive device files in AIX
      1.  
        About non-QIC tape drives on AIX
      2.  
        About no rewind device files on AIX
      3. Creating AIX no rewind device files for tape drives
        1.  
          Example of creating a no rewind device file
  10. Appendix B. HP-UX Specific Configuration Details
    1.  
      HP-UX Reference Information
    2.  
      Before you begin configuring NetBackup on HP-UX
    3.  
      About HP-UX device drivers for legacy device files
    4.  
      About legacy robotic control device files
    5.  
      About legacy tape drive device files
    6.  
      About legacy pass-through paths for tape drives
    7.  
      Creating device files for SAN Clients on HP-UX
    8. About configuring legacy device files
      1. Creating legacy SCSI and FCP robotic controls on HP-UX
        1.  
          Example of how to create a sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC)
        2.  
          Example of how to create a sctl device file for FCP (PA-RISC)
        3.  
          Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)
      2.  
        About creating legacy tape drive device files
      3.  
        Creating tape drive pass-through device files
  11.  
    Index

A

activity
viewing SAN Client logs, Viewing Fibre Transport logs
AIX
configuring robotic control device files for IBM robots, About configuring robotic control device files in AIX
introduction, Before you begin configuring NetBackup on AIX
smit tool, Before you begin configuring NetBackup on AIX
tape drive configuration
make device files, About no rewind device files on AIX
variable mode devices, About non-QIC tape drives on AIX
Always property in Fibre Transport host properties, Fibre Transport properties
Always property in SAN Client Usage Preferences, SAN client usage preferences
atdd driver
HP-UX, Creating tape drive pass-through device files

C

chdev command, About non-QIC tape drives on AIX
cluster
about SAN Clients in clusters, About NetBackup SAN Client support for clustering
configuring SAN clients in a cluster, Configuring SAN clients in a cluster
configuration guidelines
HP-UX, Before you begin configuring NetBackup on HP-UX
configuring
legacy device files, About configuring legacy device files
robotic control device files for IBM robots in AIX, About configuring robotic control device files in AIX
creating
legacy SCSI and FCP robotic controls on HP-UX, Creating legacy SCSI and FCP robotic controls on HP-UX
legacy tape drive device files, About creating legacy tape drive device files
no rewind device files for tape drives, Creating AIX no rewind device files for tape drives
sctI device file for FCP (Itanium), Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)
sctI device file for FCP (PA-RISC), Example of how to create a sctl device file for FCP (PA-RISC)
sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC), Example of how to create a sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC)
tape drive pass-through device files, Creating tape drive pass-through device files
creating device files
for SAN clients on AIX, About device files for SAN Clients on AIX
for SAN clients on HP-UX, Creating device files for SAN Clients on HP-UX

E

examples
no rewind device file, Example of creating a no rewind device file

F

Fail property in Fibre Transport host properties, Fibre Transport properties
Fail property in SAN client usage perferences, SAN client usage preferences
Fibre Channel
HP-UX configuration example, Example of how to create a sctl device file for FCP (PA-RISC), Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)
Fibre Transport
about Fibre Transport media servers, About Fibre Transport media servers
restores, About NetBackup SAN Client unsupported restores
viewing jobs details, Viewing SAN Client Fibre Transport job details
viewing logs, Viewing Fibre Transport logs
viewing traffic information, Viewing Fibre Transport traffic
Fibre Transport (FT)
host properties, Fibre Transport properties
firewalls
about configuring for SAN clients, About configuring firewalls for SAN clients
fixed length block, About non-QIC tape drives on AIX
FlashBackup restores
over Fibre Transport, About NetBackup SAN Client unsupported restores
FT media server
disabling, Disabling a Fibre Transport media server, Disabling a Fibre Transport media server for a 16-gigabit target mode HBA support

J

job ID search in unified logs, Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs

L

legacy device files
configuring, About configuring legacy device files
device drivers supported, About HP-UX device drivers for legacy device files
legacy pass-through paths
for tape drives, About legacy pass-through paths for tape drives
legacy tape drive device files
creating, About creating legacy tape drive device files
legacy tape drives
device file names, About legacy tape drive device files
logging
originator IDs, Viewing Fibre Transport logs
viewing logs, Viewing Fibre Transport logs

M

Maximum concurrent FT connections property in Fibre Transport host properties, Fibre Transport properties

P

Preferred property in Fibre Transport host properties, Fibre Transport properties
Preferred property in SAN Client Usage Preferences, SAN client usage preferences

U

unified logging, About unified logging
format of files, About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
Use defaults from the master server configuration property, SAN client usage preferences
Use defaults from the master server configuration property in Fibre Transport host properties, Fibre Transport properties