To locate the NetBackup Appliance serial number in a NetBackup Appliance using
the shell menu:
1
Log on to the administrative NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2
Enter the Monitor > Hardware ShowHealth Appliance [Product] command,
where [Product]is the value for the[Item ]parameter.
The serial number of your appliance is displayed, as seen in the following
example:
abc123.Monitor > Hardware ShowHealth Appliance Product
Gathering hardware information. It might take about a minute...
Compute Node abc123.engba.symantec.com
Time Monitoring Ran: Thu Mar 21 2013 04:47:09 PDT
Node does not have any errors.
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Hardware monitor information |
|+--------------------------------------------------------------+|
|| name | manufacturer | serial ||
||----------------------+--------------------+------------------||
||NetBackup 5230 |Symantec |abc123serno ||
|+--------------------------------------------------------------+|
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
For more information, refer to the Symantec NetBackup Appliance Command
Reference Guide.
See “About best practices” on page 17.
Locating hardware serial numbers
If you cannot connect to the appliance or the storage shelf you can locate the serial
numbers from the actual hardware.
■ On a tab that you pull out from the front left side of the appliance.
20Best practices
Locating the NetBackup Appliance serial number