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Mehul_Pal's avatar
Mehul_Pal
Level 5
8 years ago

SAN Client & SAN Media server

Hi,   I was going through netbackup architure notes i saw two things there 1. SAN CLient 2. SAN Media server   I gone through this post as well   https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article...
  • Tousif's avatar
    Tousif
    8 years ago

    Hello Mehul,

     

    SAN client send data to FT media server. SAN client do not take backup itself. The tape library is attache to FT media server. You can not install NBU server package on SAN client. If it installed then you have to uninstall the NBU server package and need to install the client packages to make SAN client.

    SAN media server required NBU media server packeges installed. SAN media server can take backup itself only. No other client backup can take by SAN media server.

    Here most of the people get confuse about SAN Client & SAN Media server. 

    SAN client and FT Media server work together to backup. SAN client is sender and FT media server is receiver 

    SAN media server is sender and receiver for itself data backup.

    Please refer the NBU SAN admin guide for prerequisite to make SAN client and FT media server.

    Thanks & Regards, 

Mehul_Pal's avatar
Mehul_Pal
Level 5

Hi,

 

Thank you for answering all my questions.

 

I have query that SAN Client has just a normal software installed in it and it will backup its own data the same work is done by SAN media server.

FT media server is similar to san media server ?

what is Linux buffer size and concurrent pipe usage in SAN client?

 

Tousif's avatar
Tousif
Level 6
8 years ago

Hello Mehul,

 

SAN client send data to FT media server. SAN client do not take backup itself. The tape library is attache to FT media server. You can not install NBU server package on SAN client. If it installed then you have to uninstall the NBU server package and need to install the client packages to make SAN client.

SAN media server required NBU media server packeges installed. SAN media server can take backup itself only. No other client backup can take by SAN media server.

Here most of the people get confuse about SAN Client & SAN Media server. 

SAN client and FT Media server work together to backup. SAN client is sender and FT media server is receiver 

SAN media server is sender and receiver for itself data backup.

Please refer the NBU SAN admin guide for prerequisite to make SAN client and FT media server.

Thanks & Regards, 

  • Mehul_Pal's avatar
    Mehul_Pal
    Level 5
    8 years ago

    thank you for claification

    what i understood is:

    SAN client sends data to FT media server in which HBA in FT media servers are in Target mode

    SAN Media server are the ones which backups there own data?

     

    Anyway you can share the procedure for those that would be much helpful

     

    other than admin guide kinda confused after reading it