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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_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients

This option specifies the range of non-reserved ports on this computer that are used as source ports when connecting to NetBackup on other computers. This setting applies to daemon or service socket connections to the server and to the client hosts as well as call-back from bpcd.

Table: CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup servers and 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_PORT_WINDOW = start_port_range end_port_range

If 0 is specified for the first number (default), the operating system determines the non-reserved port to use.

This option should appear only once in the configuration file.

Example

The following example permits ports from 4800 through 5000:

CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW = 4800 5000

Equivalent Administration Console property

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

See Port Ranges properties.

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