Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning Guide
- About this Guide
- Section I. Capacity planning
- Analyzing your backup requirements
- Designing your backup system
- Section II. Best Practices
- Section III. Performance tuning
- Section IV. Quick reference to Capacity planning and Performance tuning
- Index
About the Media Server role
In this role, a NetBackup 52xx series appliance operates as a media server with its own internal disk storage.
A NetBackup 53xx appliance is a media server by default. The internal storage in a 53xx appliance cannot be used for storing any data or taking any backups. The internal storage is used for storing the operating system, checkpoints, and logs.
If the media server is at version 3.1, the primary server must be a NetBackup 52xx with appliance software version 3.1 or later, or a traditional NetBackup primary server with version 8.1 or later. If the media server is at 3.1.1, the primary server must be a NetBackup 52xx with appliance software version 3.1.1, or a traditional NetBackup primary server with version 8.1.1.
Media server appliances use a simplified administrative interface for the local network and for disk storage management. However, the majority of NetBackup administration such as backup management is performed on the primary server.
When you perform the initial configuration on the appliance, you specify the associated primary server:
If the media server is at version 3.1, the primary server must be a NetBackup 52xx with appliance software version 3.1 or later, or a traditional NetBackup primary server with version 8.1 or later. If the media server is at 3.1.1, the primary server must be a NetBackup 52xx with appliance software version 3.1.1, or a traditional NetBackup primary server with version 8.1.1.
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