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 configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel configurations for the NetBackup 5250 appliance
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS/MSDP
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- Configuring Fibre Transport settings
- About Fibre Transport media server verification
- 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
- Index
Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
Use the following procedure to configure Fibre Transport (FT) to other NetBackup appliances.
Note:
If you plan to enable or change the feature, it is recommended that you first suspend or cancel all jobs before you enable or change the feature.
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 the feature, click Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup Appliances, then click Save.
When the message appears to inform you of the required 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.
- 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 (5350 model with software versions 4.0 and later, all other supported models with software versions 4.1 and later)
- Log on to the appliance shell menu.
- To enable the feature, run the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport Initiator Enable
- To disable the feature, run the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport Initiator Disable
- To check the current settings, run the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport Initiator Show