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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Configuration options for NetBackup servers
  6. CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients

The CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW option specifies the range of reserved ports on this computer that are used for connecting to NetBackup on other computers. This setting applies when the computer connects to a client (bpcd) configured to accept only reserved ports.

Beginning with NetBackup 7.0.1, connections to other daemon ports use only the CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW, not the CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW.

Table: CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup master servers or clients.

How to use

Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view, add, or change the option.

For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

Use the following format:

CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW = start_port_range end_port_range

The default is from 512 through 1023. Note that if 0 is specified for the first number, a non-reserved port is used instead. The operating system chooses the nonreserved port.

This option should appear only once in the configuration file.

Example

The following example permits ports from 900 through 1023:

CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW = 900 1023

Equivalent Administration Console property

NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master Servers > Double-click on server > Port Ranges > Client reserved port window.

See Port Ranges properties.

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