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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
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Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

About multiple NetBackup master servers

For a large site, use multiple NetBackup master servers to optimize the backup loads. Divide the clients between the servers as necessary.

Figure: Multiple master server scenario shows a multiple-server configuration where the two sets of networks (A1/A2 and B1/B2) each have enough clients to justify separate servers.

Figure: Multiple master server scenario

Multiple master server scenario

In this environment, the two NetBackup server configurations are completely independent. You can also create a configuration where one server is the master and the other is a media server.

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