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NetBackup™ Network Ports Reference Guide

NetBackup WORM storage server network ports

This topic provides the list of NetBackup ports that the WORM storage server requires to communicate with the NetBackup primary server, media server, and clients.

Table:

Source

Destination

Service

Port

Management workstation

WORM storage server

SSH

22 ¹

Primary server

WORM storage server

Web server

443

Media server

WORM storage server

Deduplication Manager (spad)

10102

Media server

WORM storage server

Deduplication Engine (spoold)

10082

Client

WORM storage server

Deduplication Manager (spad)

10102 ²

Client

WORM storage server

Deduplication Engine (spoold)

10082 ²

Client

WORM storage server

NFS

2049

Client

WORM storage server

Portmapper

TCP/UDP 111

Client

WORM storage server

Mountd

20048

Client

WORM storage server

SMB/CIFS

445

Client

WORM storage server

rpc.statd

TCP/UDP 662

Client

WORM storage server

rpc.mountd

TCP/UDP 892

WORM storage server

WORM storage server

NetBackup certificate management

10088 ³

WORM storage server

WORM storage server

SPWS

10086 ³

WORM storage server

Primary server

VERITAS_PBX

1556

1 - This port is used to access the deduplication shell for managing the WORM storage server. It is better to only allow access to this port from the management network.

2 - These ports are required when using the Client Direct feature.

3 - These are local host connections.

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