Hello,
I am facing an issue and I cannot get any information from the Netbackup docs. I am configuring an HBA card for use in our FT media server but the marking of the ports is being done on all the ports on an hba card even though I specify only one of the ports. This is a problem for me because I was planning 1 port from each hba card for FT media (in target mode) and the other port of each hba card for connection to our SAN (in initiator mode). Here is what happens when I mark 1 port in target mode:
[root@ftmedia ~]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhba -l
4 ports recognized; 0 target mode ports; mode : driver in nbhba mode
1 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:18 "QLE2562 " 0 0 15d
2 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:19 "QLE2562 " 1 0 15d
3 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC "QLE2562 " 0 0 15d
4 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AD "QLE2562 " 1 0 15d
[root@ftmedia ~]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhba -modify -wwn 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC -mode target
Modified port with WWN 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC
Modified port with WWN 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AD
[root@ftmedia ~]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhba -l
4 ports recognized; 2 target mode ports; mode : driver in nbhba mode
1 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:18 "QLE2562 " 0 0 15d
2 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:19 "QLE2562 " 1 0 15d
3 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC "QLE2562 " 0 1 815d
4 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AD "QLE2562 " 1 1 815d
[root@ftmedia ~]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhba -modify -wwn 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC -mode initiator
Modified port with WWN 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC
Modified port with WWN 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AD
[root@ftmedia ~]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhba -l
4 ports recognized; 0 target mode ports; mode : driver in nbhba mode
1 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:18 "QLE2562 " 0 0 15d
2 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:19 "QLE2562 " 1 0 15d
3 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AC "QLE2562 " 0 0 15d
4 2532 21:00:00:24:FF:4A:55:AD "QLE2562 " 1 0 15d
As you can see both ports with WWN *:55:AC and *:55:AD are configured as target when i specify only *:55:AC. This happens even for revert back to initiator mode. I understand that this could be the normal functioning of netbackup to mark all the ports of 1 hba but I cannot find it stated anywhere.
I would be grateful if anyone having some details to share about this.
