What you can try is to open vnetd (13724) from the Master to the Media
Server.  Also open up the bpcd (13782) from Media Server to Master Server.

After that you need to go the Master Server Properties and go to the
firewall section. Enter the hostname of the Media Server and select the "No
Call Back" option.
You will need to stop and start services afterwards.

This works for us at the site that I am on.

Christopher C. Costa


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Jeremy Taylor [mailto:jtaylor AT ithaca DOT edu] 
Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:34 AM
To:     Tina Likens2
Cc:     veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] Firewall Ports - Which ones?

Hi Tina,

I am currently dealing with a very similar situation and am quickly 
getting confused and overwhelmed too, NB uses so many ports!  I have not 
configured much yet (except an attempt at using vnetd - more below) so 
it's all in the theory stage still.  The NB 4.5 docs have quite an 
extensive description of ports, network communication, and firewall 
configuration but it sounds like they may not be all that helpful.  You 
may want to check out the option of using vnetd which does all the port 
translation at the system level and therefore only requires one port 
(13724) opened up on a firewall.  **However this option did not work for 
me because our firewall incorporates NAT which will not work for vnetd. 
  Unfortunately I had to find that out after tons of testing and 
document reading...ahh!

Anyway I know I didn't give you much help but I will share info as I get 
it and keep an eye out on this list...
-jeremy

Tina Likens2 wrote:
> We have configuration of 
> 
> *Unix Master Server (Solaris 8)
>  Behind a Firewall
> 
> *3 Media Servers (Windows)
> 
> *Running NetBackup 4.5 FP 3
> 
> We cannot seem to get a good answer as to exactly which ports need to be
> opened in the Firewall to communicate between the Master and the Media
> Servers. 
> 
> Anybody that can give any ideas, we would be extremely grateful. Been
> working on this for months and can't seem to get it all together yet. 
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advance.
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