Fibre Transport properties
To access this setting, in the web UI select . Select the host. If necessary, click . Then click , or , or . Click .
Note that any usage preferences that you configure for an individual SAN Client in override the Fibre Transport properties that you configure in Host properties.
NetBackup Fibre Transport properties control how your Fibre Transport media servers and SAN clients use the Fibre Transport service for backups and restores. The Fibre Transport properties apply to the host type that you select, as follows:
Table: Host types for Fibre Transport properties
Host type | Description |
|---|---|
Primary server | Global Fibre Transport properties that apply to all SAN clients. |
Media server | The Fibre Transport Maximum concurrent Fibre Transport connections property applies to the Fibre Transport media server that you select. |
Client | The Fibre Transport properties apply to the SAN client that you select. The default values for clients are the global property settings of the primary server. Client properties override the global Fibre Transport properties. |
The properties contain the following settings. All properties are not available for all hosts. In this table, the Fibre Transport device is an HBA port on a Fibre Transport media server. The port carries the backup and restore traffic. A media server may have more than one Fibre Transport device.
Table: Fibre Transport properties
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Maximum concurrent Fibre Transport connections | This property displays only when you select a Fibre Transport media server . This property specifies the number of Fibre Transport connections to allow to the selected media server or media servers. A connection is equivalent to a job. If no value is set, NetBackup uses the following defaults:
You can enter up to the following maximum connections for the media server or servers to use:
NetBackup supports 644 buffers per media server for Fibre Transport. To determine the number of buffers that each connection uses, divide 644 by the value you enter. If you have buffers per connection you see better performance for each connection. |
Use defaults from the primary server configuration | This property displays only when you select a client . This property specifies that the client follow the properties as they are configured on the primary server. |
Preferred | The Preferred property specifies to use an FT device if one is available within the configured wait period in minutes. If an FT device is not available after the wait period elapses, NetBackup uses a LAN connection for the operation. For the global property that is specified on the primary server, the default is . |
Always | The Always property specifies that NetBackup should always use an FT device for backups and restores of SAN clients. NetBackup waits until an FT device is available before it begins the operation. However, an FT device must be active and up. If not, NetBackup uses the LAN. An FT device may not exist because none is active, none have been configured, or the SAN Client license expired. |
Fail | The Fail property specifies that NetBackup should fail the job if an FT device is not active and up. If the FT devices are active but busy, NetBackup waits until a device is available and assigns the next job to the device. An FT device may not exist because none are active, none have been configured, or the SAN Client license expired. |
Never | The Never property specifies that NetBackup should never use a Fibre Transport pipe for backups and restores of SAN clients. NetBackup uses a LAN connection for the backups and restores. If you specify for the primary server, Fibre Transport is disabled in the NetBackup environment. If you select , you can configure Fibre Transport usage on a per-client basis. If you specify for a SAN client, Fibre Transport is disabled for the client. |
For more information about NetBackup Fibre Transport, see the NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide.