I have been asked to test a separate backup network for a single host in
our environment that is taking about 8-9 hours to backup nightly
(Differentials).  It's a Win2k3 Fileserver, FYI.

The question I have regards this, from NBU Win Admin Guide II, page 120:

REQUIRED_NETWORK 
The REQUIRED_NETWORKentry specifies the required route for backup
traffic in an 
environment where the network traffic is segregated. 
For example, an environment may contain a production network at
145.21.14.0 and a 
backup network at 192.132.28.0. To indicate that NetBackup should use
only the 
backup network, add the following entry: 
REQUIRED_NETWORK = 192.132.28.0 

What I currently have is this:

A second card in and up on my Master/Media server with an IP of
192.168.1.9
A second card in and up on my client with an IP of 192.168.1.10

I have modified the name of the client in the BA&R utility, via File ->
NetBackup Client Utility.

With this setup, can I backup one server out of band from the regular
network without having to appropriate another Media server?  If so,
where does the REQUIRED_NETWORK entry go, Master/Media, client, both?
If both, won't all other backups fail?

Thanks,
Jason

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Jason Brooks
Computer Systems Engineer
IITS - Longwood University
voice - (434) 395-2916
fax - (434) 395-2035
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