03-08-2018 02:52 PM
Greetings,
How would I configure NetBackup to use and only use the 1.1.1.X address/interfaces for backup traffic and restore traffic? I've read a lot about this but I'm only more confused than ever.
If you can help clear the mud out of the water in my mind over this, I would greatly appreciate it.
03-08-2018 10:30 PM
It should work if the AIX server is a media server.
The policies will use the STU for this server and have the LPARs '_ve' names as policy client names.
03-09-2018 12:05 AM - edited 03-09-2018 12:06 AM
Is the production IP subnet different from the backup network interfaces ?. Answer depends upon that.
All backup interfaces need to have a DNS entry, that entry is used in netbackup. All backup and restores going forward need to use the the name of the virtual backup interface.
Pls see:
Best practices for Preferred Network, usage, and how it affects source and destination
http://www.veritas.com/docs/100037945
Required Interface or Preferred Network settings seem to cause connections between non-routed networks on weakhost platforms
03-09-2018 07:52 AM
Please see line #4 above in the original post. The customer IP / network is on a production 10 GBit network and the "backup network" that was setup for the backup traffic is on the virtual ethernet "network". The AIX engineer says that that 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.4 "virtual ethernet" network is really just "memory channel" routing from LPAR to LPAR. I forgot what he set the jumbo packet size for the virtual network but he said it was "huge".
So...in short, customer prod network is like 10.11.12.13 while the backup network is 1.1.1.x
03-09-2018 07:57 AM
Server is a P series server. Each host is an LPAR inside that P Series hardware platform.
Your info is eye opening for me. Thank you for that.
03-12-2018 01:05 AM
so - can you ping the backup interfaces from the media server ?
03-12-2018 02:45 AM
Please confirm - the P-series server does have access to the 1.1.1.x network of its own LPARS, right?
Meaning that the server also has a 1.1.1.x IP address?
If this is correct, it will work if the P-series server is a media server and backups are configured as per my previous post.
A backup network can only work if the media server and clients are on the same network.
03-14-2018 02:38 PM
Sorry, been really busy! I'll get to test this out tomorrow. Update to follow.