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How NetBackup Uses Host Names
The following discussions explain where NetBackup stores host names and
how it uses them. These discussions also mention factors to consider when
choosing host names.
Class Configuration
The host name that you specify for a client when you add it to a class is called
the client’s configured name, and is the client’s host name as it appears in the
NetBackup configuration.
The server uses the client’s configured name to connect to the client and start
the processes that satisfy client requests. When adding clients to a class always
use host names that are qualified to the extent that all NetBackup servers can
connect to the clients.
When a client makes a user backup, archive, or restore request to the
NetBackup server, the server uses the peername of the client (identified from
its TCP connection) to determine the client’s configured name.
If you add a client to more than one class, always use the same configured
name in all cases. Otherwise, the client cannot view all files backed up on its
behalf and file restores are complicated because both user and administrator
action is required to restore from some of the backups.
Image Catalog
A subdirectory in the image catalog is created for a client when a backup is
first created for that client. The subdirectory’s name is the client’s configured
name.
Every backup for a client has a record in this subdirectory. Each of these
backup records contains the host name of the server on which the backup was
written.
Error Catalog
NetBackup uses entries in the error catalog for generating reports. These
entries contain the host name of the server generating the entry and the client’s
configured name, if applicable. The server host name is normally the server’s
short host name (for example, shark instead of shark.null.com).
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
