Jonathan,
Thanks for this. The part I was
unsure of was the relationship between the storage unit and media server
hostname. I thought the hostname maybe had to refer to a device host entry in
the NetBackup configuration. I think what you are saying is no – “…assign the tape drives to the
underlying host name, not the virtual name”.
Regards,
Paul Esson
From:
Marianu, Jonathan [mailto:JM7640 AT att DOT com]
Sent: 06 March 2008 18:37
To:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Media
Server with multiple NICS
Just to follow up.
The clients on a particular network segment --> should be in a separate policy --> that policy would specify a network
specific storage unit --> that storage unit
specifies either the IP or dns name assigned to the Media server's IP
--> that IP is in turn assigned to the media server's NIC which is on
the same network segment as those clients.
A single media server can have
multiple names, (virtual media servers) and multiple storage units assigned to
each.
As a suggestion, create one DSU file
system. Underneath the mount point create a directory for each storage unit.
Each storage unit will use its
subdirectory for its images.
Assign the tape drives to the underlying
host name, not the virtual name.
Create a vault profile for each virtual
media server that duplicates the disk images to the host's tape STU
I have a couple hundred of these types of
large client media servers that are known by multiple names. Each media
server writes to SAN attached DSUs and duplicates to SAN attached LTOs in
SL8500s, and it works.
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