Server Reserve Port Window

[Forums_User510]

What are these 512 - 1023 range for?
outbound traffic?

[Stumpr2]

I am not being coy when I suggest reading the sysadmin guide.
It really does a very good job of explaing ports.
It also has pictures that help in understanding the ports.
Check out Chapter 8 Configuring NetBackup Ports in the UNIX sysadmin Guide Volume !.

Here is a snippet:
Limit external connections to NetBackup in the private network by allowing the
master server to accept reserved connections only on

ports 923 through 1023 (the
default is 512 through 1023).

Limit NetBackup connections out of the private network by allowing the master
server to:

Use only ports 4900 through 5000 for nonreserved-port connections to the clients
(the default is 1024 through 5000).

Use only ports 923 through 1023 for reserved-port connections to bpcd on the
media server (the default is 512 through 1023).Message was edited by:
Bob Stump

[Stumpr2]

Thought you might like to have a link to the admin guide

VERITAS NetBackup (tm) 5.0 System Administrator's Guide, Volume I for UNIX
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/264250.htm

[Stumpr2]

Thought you might like to have a link to the admin guide

VERITAS NetBackup (tm) 5.0 System Administrator's Guide, Volume I for UNIX
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/264250.htm

[Jeffrey_Redingt]

The Server Reserve Port Window is for accepting communication from NetBackup on other computers. You set this if you have set up clients to use a reserve port window also to reduce the amount of ports that NetBackup uses to communicate. Usually used for firewalls and general security reasons. The 512-1023 ports are generic Windows non-reserved port ranges. You want to make sure that the client and server port windows are the same.