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Setting up Dynamic IP Addresses and Host Names
Configure your network to use a dynamic IP addressing protocol. A protocol
like DHCP will have a server and several clients. For example, when a DHCP
client starts up, it requests an IP address from the DHCP server. The server
then assigns an IP address to the client from a range of predefined addresses.
NetBackup requires that the IP addresses of NetBackup clients have
corresponding network host names. Ensure that each IP address that could be
assigned to NetBackup clients has a network host name defined in the
host
file, NIS, and (or) DNS on your network.
As an example, suppose that you have 10 dynamic IP addresses and host
names available. The dynamic IP addresses and host names might be:
123.123.123.70 dynamic00
123.123.123.71 dynamic01
123.123.123.72 dynamic02
.
.
.
123.123.123.79 dynamic09
Assign a unique NetBackup client name to each NetBackup client that might
use one of these dynamic IP addresses. The NetBackup client name assigned to
a client is permanent and should not be changed. The client name assigned to
NetBackup clients with dynamic IP addressing must not be the same as any
network host names on your network. If the NetBackup client names are
changed or are not unique, backup and restore results are unpredictable.
For example, suppose you have 20 machines that will share the IP addresses
defined above. If you want these machines to be NetBackup clients, you might
assign them these NetBackup client names:
nbclient01
nbclient02
nbclient03
.
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
