We have public and backup networks. All clients have a public network which is typically 100Mb and some clients (larger clients) have a backup network which is typically GbE. This seems to be pretty typical in larger organizations.
Given the above scenarios, my question is… in Netbackup what do you name your clients with backup nic's?
Option #1: Add a dns entry of the client name with a "-backup" suffix and assign it's backup ip. Do the same with the Master/Media server and add their -backup hostnames as additional servers from within the netbackup client software
Option #2: Instead of using dns, simply add the -backup hostname client alias to the local hosts file on the Netbackup Master/Media servers and assign the backup ip. Do the same with the Master/Media server and add their -backup hostnames as additional servers from within the netbackup client software
Option #3: Simply override the actual client's hostname IP with it's backup ip by adding it to the local hosts file on the Netbackup Master/Media server. Do the same with the Master/Media server in the client's hosts file and leave the non -backup hostnames as servers in the netbackup client software. This alternate method would overwrite the DNS record of the actual client and Master/Media hostnames with the hosts backup IP.
Also, is it best practice to use FQDN's, or no?
Thanks
-Eric
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