About separating OpenStorage SAN client traffic
If you use the NetBackup Fibre Transport option, you can use one disk pool and multiple storage units to manage backup traffic. You can separate the NetBackup SAN client traffic from the regular NetBackup client traffic. Because all storage units use the same disk pool, you do not have to partition the storage.
The following example describes how to separate SAN client traffic:
Configure the FT media servers and the regular media servers for OpenStorage and configure the storage.
Configure a disk pool.
Define a storage unit (such as STU-FT). Select the disk pool. Select . Select the FT media servers that connect to the SAN clients.
Create a backup policy for the SAN clients and select the STU-FT storage unit.
Define another storage unit (such as STU-LAN). Select the same disk pool. Select . Select the media servers with LAN connectivity to the regular clients.
Create a backup policy for the regular clients and select the STU-LAN storage unit.
Backup traffic is routed to the wanted data movers by the storage unit settings.
This scenario assumes that the SAN clients are a subset of your client base. It also assumes that the media servers with LAN connectivity to the regular clients also have SAN connectivity to the storage.
Note:
NetBackup uses storage units for media server selection for write activity (backups and duplications) only. For restores, NetBackup chooses among all media servers that have logon credentials to the storage server.