You can get away by putting the required entries in hosts files. But its
only feasable when you have a small number of servers otherwise it can be a
nightmare to manage hosts files in a large network. We use a seperate set of
DNS servers which are not accessible to the public for our *nix boxes.
Without DNS life of a sys admin is a pain.



On 9/4/06, WEAVER, Simon <simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net> wrote:
>
>
> Well it can cause issues yes :-)
> I do have to perform backups via IP, because we are not allowed to use DNS
> (secure reasons), so its ok for a small number, but if you have no name
> resolution (DNS), you may get a few problems :-)
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hampus Lind [mailto:hampus.lind at rps.police.se]
> Sent: 04 September 2006 14:21
> To: 'Ed Wilts'
> Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Several seperated backup networks..
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We dont use dns in our backup network. Will that complicate things?
>
> Hampus Lind
> Rikspolisstyrelsen
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>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Fr?n: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org]
> Skickat: den 4 september 2006 15:16
> Till: Hampus Lind
> Kopia: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> ?mne: Re: [Veritas-bu] Several seperated backup networks..
>
> Hampus Lind wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > We have one separated backup net at our site which is starting to run
> > out on IP addresses. Our communication folks what to create another new
> > backup network, which means we would have two separated backup networks.
> >
> > I am not sure how this will work with our master and media servers.
> > Anyone running several backup networks who can explain how this works on
> > the server side?
>
> So long as all of your routes are working properly and your DNS is
> working properly, this won't cause you any grief.  We've got multiple
> networks in place here and it's working fine.
>
> If you're using BMR, then you have to be a bit more concerned but that's
> the only part of NetBackup that I'm aware that cares about what subnet
> you're on.
>
>         .../Ed
>
> --
> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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