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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Enabling support for NAT clients and NAT servers in NetBackup
  5. Configuring the NetBackup Messaging Broker service
  6. Configuring NetBackup Messaging Broker service to use PBX port
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Configuring NetBackup Messaging Broker service to use PBX port

If required user can use the PBX port communication feature for the communication between the primary server and the NetBackup client.

Following are the steps required to set up PBX communication:

On primary server:

  • Using the following command stop the mqbroker service (or stop all services):

    • For Linux: /usr/openv/mqbroker/bin/nbmqbroker terminate

    • For Windows: C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\mqbroker\bin\nbmqbroker.exe -stop

  • Configure mqbroker using the following respective command:

    • For Linux: /usr/openv/mqbroker/bin/install/configureMQ -defaultPorts

    • For Windows: C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\mqbroker\bin\install\configureMQ.bat -defaultPorts

    In the above commands, -defaultPorts sets the default port values for external and internal ports as follows:

    Default external port: 13781

    Default internal ports: 13780, 13779, 13778

    To set the port values other than the default values, see the options by running the following command:

    For Linux: /usr/openv/mqbroker/bin/install/configureMQ --help

    For Windows: C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\mqbroker\bin\install\configureMQ --help

  • Add the above configured external port to the configuration file.

    Default: 13781

    NB_MQBROKER_PORT = 13781

    For Linux, add the entry in bp.conf file.

    For Windows, add DWORD entry in registry editor.

  • Using the following command to start the mqbroker service (or start all services):

    • For Linux: /usr/openv/mqbroker/bin/nbmqbroker start

    • For Windows: C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\mqbroker\bin>nbmqbroker.exe -start

On NetBackup client:

  • Stop all the services.

  • To use PBX port, add the entry in bp.conf file:

    NetBackup_CLIENT_VIA_PBX = 1

    For Linux, add the entry in bp.conf file.

    For Windows, add DWORD entry in registry editor.

  • Start all the services.

In case you happened to run the configure MQ command twice, the fix the issue using the following steps:

  • Delete the /usr/openv/var/global/mqbroker/mqhome/.erlang.cookie file.

  • Configure the PBX connection again using the above mentioned steps.

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