Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Release Notes
- About NetBackup appliance 4.0
- NetBackup appliance 4.0 features, enhancements, and changes
- NetBackup Appliance Hardware features
- NetBackup Appliance compatibility
- Operational notes
- About operational notes for NetBackup appliance 4.0
- New operational notes for NetBackup Appliance 4.0
- General NetBackup Appliance notes
- NetBackup Appliance user interface notes
- Installation and configuration notes
- High availability notes
- About NetBackup support utilities
- About NetBackup appliance log files
- Appendix A. Release content
- Appendix B. Related documents
NetBackup 52xx hardware features
NetBackup 52xx hardware architectures use the same software so you can configure them in any of the following modes:
Appliance master server
Appliance master and media server
Appliance media server only
The NetBackup 5250 appliance is the latest of the 52xx hardware architecture. This model uses a revised version of software release 3.2. This revised software version contains specific support for the 5250 hardware and the related software functionality that is not included in the previous 3.2 release.
Caution:
The 5250 appliance uses a revised version of software release 3.2 that contains the required hardware and related software functionality support. The minimum supported software version for the 5250 appliance is the revised 3.2 version that is shipped with each unit. If a re-image is ever necessary, you must use the revised 3.2 software version or a later version.
For the latest NetBackup Appliance compatibility information, refer to the NetBackup Hardware Compatibility List posted on the following site:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/100036440
All 52xx appliance architectures support the following features and functions, unless specifically noted:
5230 - Dual processor, six core processors, Intel-based systems.
5240 - Dual processor, eight core processors, Intel-based systems.
5250 - Dual processor, eight core processors, Intel-based systems.
Each has a number of hot swap external drives.
Fibre Channel connectivity that supports external tape drives.
The base configuration supports a Gigabit Ethernet network.
High-performance hardware RAID controller.
Each uses NetBackup as their code base.
RHEL operating system (provided by Veritas).
Each can run the latest version of NetBackup Appliance software.
Each supports Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage when configured as a media server. MSDP offers up to the maximum available storage capacity on a 52xx appliance.
The NetBackup 5230 Appliances use the Intel X520 SR2 10 Gb Ethernet card either as standard on the systems or an option.
The NetBackup 5240 Appliance uses the Intel X710 10Gb Ethernet card either as standard on the systems or an option.
The NetBackup 5240 Appliance contains eight internal storage disk drives with a total formatted storage capacity of 4 TB to 27 TB, depending on the configuration.
The NetBackup 5250 Appliance uses the Intel X710 10Gb Ethernet card either as standard on the systems or an option.
The NetBackup 5250 Appliance contains eight internal storage disk drives with a total formatted storage capacity of 9.1 TB to 36.4 TB, depending on the configuration.
The NetBackup 5230 Appliance contains eight internal storage disk drives that provide a total formatted storage capacity of 4 TB to 14 TB.
The NetBackup 52xx Appliances can be used with attached Veritas Storage Shelves for additional storage.
The following shows the available, formatted storage capacity of the NetBackup 5250 Appliance, with or without attached storage shelves.
Table: Usable storage capacities - NetBackup 5250 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelves
Appliance only | Storage shelf capacity | Appliance and one storage shelf | Appliance and two storage shelves | Appliance and three storage shelves | Appliance and four storage shelves | Appliance and five storage shelves | Appliance and six storage shelves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10TB (9.1TiB) | 72TB (65.5TiB) | 82TB (74.6TiB) | 154TB (140.1TiB) | 226TB (205.6TiB) | 298TB (271.1TiB) | 370TB (336.6TiB) | 442TB (402.1TiB) |
40TB (36.4TiB) | 72TB (65.5TiB) | 112TB (101.9TiB) | 184TB (167.4TiB) | 256TB (232.9TiB) | 328TB (292.4TiB) | 400TB (363.9TiB) | 472TB (429.4TB) |
Refer to the NetBackup 5250 Appliance Product Description for additional details about storage capacity.
Table: NetBackup 5240 Appliance version 4.0 available storage capacity options shows the available, formatted storage capacity of the NetBackup 5240 Appliance, with or without attached storage shelves. The NetBackup 5240 Appliance, Release 3.1, now supports six 2U12 storage shelves.
Table: NetBackup 5240 Appliance version 4.0 available storage capacity options
Appliance only | Storage shelf | Appliance and one storage shelf | Appliance and two storage shelves | Appliance and three storage shelves | Appliance and four storage shelves | Appliance and five storage shelves | Appliance and six storage shelves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4TB | 49TB | 53TB | 102TB | 151TB | 200TB | 249TB | 298TB |
14TB | 49TB | 63TB | 112TB | 161TB | 210TB | 259TB | 308TB |
27TB | 49TB | 76TB | 125TB | 174TB | 174TB | 272TB | 321TB |
Refer to the NetBackup 5240 Appliance Product Description for additional details about storage capacity.
Table: NetBackup 5230 Appliance version 4.0 available storage capacity options shows the available, formatted storage capacity of the NetBackup 5230 Appliance, with or without attached storage shelves.
Table: NetBackup 5230 Appliance version 4.0 available storage capacity options
Appliance disk drives | Appliance | Storage shelf disk drives | Storage shelf | Appliance and one storage shelf | Appliance and two storage shelves | Appliance and three storage shelves | Appliance and four storage shelves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 TB | 4.55 TB | 2 TB | 24 TB | 28.55 TB | 52.55 TB | * | * |
1 TB | 4.55 TB | 3 TB | 36 TB | 40.55 TB | 76.55 TB | 112.55 TB | 148.55 TB |
3 TB | 13.65 TB | 2 TB | 24 TB | 37.65 TB | 61.65 TB | * | * |
3 TB | 13.65 TB | 3 TB | 36 TB | 49.65 TB | 85.65 TB | 121.65 TB | 157.65 TB |
* If required, 2TB storage drives can be provided.
For more information about the hardware architecture of NetBackup Appliances, see the NetBackup Appliance and Veritas Storage Shelf Product Description document.