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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. SERVER_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

SERVER_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers

The SERVER_PORT_WINDOW option specifies the range of non-reserved ports on which NetBackup processes on this computer accept connections from NetBackup on other computers when the inbound connection is not to a well known port. This primarily applies to bpcd call-back when vnetd is disabled in the connect options for the remote NetBackup server or client and that host is configured for non-reserved ports. This also applies to NDMP call-back to the media server during remote NDMP backups.

Table: SERVER_PORT_WINDOW information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup master servers or media servers.

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:

SERVER_PORT_WINDOW = start_port end_port

The default range is from 1024 through 5000.

This entry should appear only once in the configuration file.

Example

The following example permits ports from 4900 through 5000:

SERVER_PORT_WINDOW = 4900 5000

Equivalent Administration Console property

NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master Servers or Media Servers > Double-click on server > Port Ranges > Server port window.

See Port Ranges properties.

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