SAN Backup on Netbackup 6.0

[Fernandogarcia]

Hi all,

I have read a lot of threads about this, but i can´t configure it.
I have a Netbackup Master Server 6.0 on windows 2000, it is configured to backup all the clients through the LAN. Now I need to backup some server over SAN in order to improve the performance and reduce the backup window, and I thing that the better option is to make these servers media servers.

In order to test this, I have made the following steps.
- Installed a Media Server on Windows Server 2003
- Zoning the Libraries to new server.
- Reconfigure the Libraries on netbackup master server.

Then i have tried to backup the new Media server but in the log I can see that the media server that has been used is the old one(Master Server)

Thank You.

I attach an Image to help

[Stumpr2]

Did you create new storage units and enter them into the backup policy?

[Fernandogarcia]

OK, I forgot it, now is working fine.

How can I know if the new media server is using the Fibre instead of the LAN??

Thank You Bob, you are a Crack!!

[Rick_Brown]

You can tell if the backups are using the SAN by the storage unit used to do the backup. The storage unit will be controlled by the Media server - in your case, the windows media server you configured the tape drives for will be used for the backup.