bptestbpcd - output clarification

[NIKHIL234656595]

Hi All,when i run the above command,i get below output.

 sudo ./bptestbpcd -client nik2

1 1 1

10.24.48.181:37098 -> 13.245.60.108:13724

10.24.48.181:40623 -> 13.245.60.108:13724

10.24.48.181:53212 -> 13.245.60.108:13724

What is 37098,40623,53212 ?

10.24.48.181---->Master server IP

13.245.60.108---->CLIENT IP

[mph999 · Accepted solution]

These are the ports that are used to connect out of machine 10.24.48.181.

You are connecting into machine 13.245.60.108 on port 13724 which is vnetd.

It is normal for this to happen, and the ports will be different.

See, on my machine ...

root@womble  $ bptestbpcd -client flump

1 1 1

10.12.235.41:39791 -> 10.12.232.209:1556

10.12.235.41:39792 -> 10.12.232.209:1556

10.12.235.41:39793 -> 10.12.232.209:1556

  I'm connecting back to the my client  server, on port 1556 (pbx) but vnetd is fine.

You see the port numbers it connects out on are different, perfectly normal.

Martin

[NIKHIL234656595]

These are the ports that are used to connect out of machine 10.24.48.181.

These are decided by NBU only?We cant do anything?

[mph999]

YEs, you can set the port ranges it uses ......

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CFQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fbusiness%2Fsupport%2Fresources%2Fsites%2FBUSINESS%2Fcontent%2Flive%2FTECHNICAL_SOLUTION%2F46000%2FTECH46070%2Fen_US%2F281623.pdf&ei=OpPyT6LkIumn0QXfrdHmBg&usg=AFQjCNE7ZQxzPDY8cMF1HcXHrthGeABnAg&sig2=j8-ZgxeMJ0ddKbhw9iEsiA

Page 37/ 38 looks like a good place to start.

[NIKHIL234656595]

what is 111 here?

[Andy_Welburn]

(essentially man pages):

The bptestbpcd command tries to establish a connection from a NetBackup server
to the bpcd daemon on another NetBackup system. If successful, it reports
information about the sockets that are established.

The first line of output consists of three digits that represent the effective connect
options.
■ The first digit is 0 if reserved ports are used and 1 if non-reserved ports are
used.
■ The second digit is 0 if you use legacy (random port) callback and 1 if you use
vnetd callback.
■ The third digit is 1 if the connection is initiated on the vnetd port number.

The third digit is 2 if the connection is initiated on the legacy bpcd port number.
The second and third lines display the following items: the NetBackup server IP
address and port number, the connection direction, and the bpcd IP address and
port number for the first two established sockets. If the connection is to a
NetBackup client, a third socket is established. The following items appear in an
additional line: the NetBackup server IP address and port number, the direction
of the connection, and the bpcd IP address and port number.

[Andy_Welburn]

But I've moved it to Martins post as he provided the answer to your original question:

What is 37098,40623,53212 ?

[Marianne]

If you look in the Commands Admin Guide (!!!)

Why should he when we all (myself included) do it FOR him?

It is so easy to collect points when NIKHIL asks a question...

[mph999]

As AW mentions, these are the connect options - don't worry to much about them, and DO NOT change them, you will break your backups if you do.

If you have new questions, they should go on new posts - AW very kindly moved the solution back to me, as I answered the original question, but AW has answered your question also.  Please new posts, that way each person who answers a question gets chance of a solution.

Also, mutiple questions in a thread gets very confusing.

Thank you,

M