The NetBackup 52xx and 53xx appliances support the use of FC with some or all
of the following features depending on hardware configuration:
■ SAN Client
■ Optimized duplication
■ Auto Image Replication
■ NetBackup for VMware
■ Tape out
Note: Optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC are only supported
with NetBackup appliance products, and not supported with non-appliance
NetBackup servers.
Note: NetBackup appliance supports the use of the DD Boost plug-in and its
capabilities.
SAN Client
This feature provides high-speed backups and restores of NetBackup clients. A
SAN client is a special NetBackup client that can back up large amounts of data
rapidly over a SAN connection rather than a LAN. The backup and restore traffic
occurs over FC, and the NetBackup server and client administration traffic occurs
over the LAN.
You must enable the Fibre Transport media server (FTMS) feature on the NetBackup
52xx or 53xx appliance to use it for backing up SAN clients.
See “Configuring Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client” on page 62.
Optimized duplication
Optimized duplication copies the deduplicated backup images between appliances
within the same domain.
For optimized duplication over FC, the duplication source must be a NetBackup
52xx or 53xx appliance. The duplication destination can be a NetBackup 5020,
5030, 52xx or 53xx appliance.
The source and the destination must use the same NetBackup master server. The
optimized duplication operation is more efficient than normal duplication because
only the unique, deduplicated data segments are transferred. Optimized duplication
reduces the amount of data transmission over your network and is a good method
to copy your backup images off-site for disaster recovery.
7Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
About Fibre Channel supported features on NetBackup Appliance
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