Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
- Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
- About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
- 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
- Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
- Click Settings > Network, then select Fibre Transport.
- 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.
- 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
- Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
- Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup appliances by running the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport NBUAppliances Enable
- If you want to disable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup appliances, run the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport NBUAppliances Disable
- 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.