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

[Bahadir Kiziltan]

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.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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