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Re: [Veritas-bu] Setting up FT on SAN attached /usr/openv

2010-10-06 16:22:09
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Setting up FT on SAN attached /usr/openv
From: Heathe Yeakley <hkyeakley AT gmail DOT com>
To: NetBackup Mailing List <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:22:04 -0500
My 3 servers each have 4 QLogic PCIe QLE 2462 HBAs.

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Bahadir Kiziltan
<bahadir.kiziltan AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hi Heathe,
>
> First, you need to have at least one supported Qlogic HBA in order to
> configure FT media server.
> You can't/won't use that one as initiator due to the fact that it has to be
> marked as target by NetBackup.
> During FT media server configuration NetBackup needs to temporarily unload
> qla2xxx module which causes to lose SAN connectivity
>
> So, it's not clear what HBA (brand/model) you have.
>
> Bahadir.
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Heathe Yeakley <hkyeakley AT gmail DOT com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to setup Fibre Transport for the first time. I'm running
>> NBU 7.0 with 1 master server and 2 media servers, all running RHEL
>> 5.0. I've got the 7.0 SAN Client Guide up and I'm on page 34
>> "Configuring an FT media server".
>>
>> Small problem.
>>
>> Step 1 says "Ensure that the HBAs are not connected to the SAN."
>>
>> My OS in running on internal storage, but I built a LUN on the SAN and
>> presented it to each system and mounted it as /usr/openv so I could
>> dynamically grow the disks if need be. If I disconnect all my HBAs
>> from the SAN, I lose access to the partition where NBU is running
>> which means I can't run the commands to setup FT.
>>
>> Do I need to tear down my NBU installation, mount /usr/openv on
>> internal storage, reinstall NBU, and then rerun the FT setup commands?
>>
>> - HKY
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