Required communication ports

View a list of communication ports that are required to be open in the firewall when you install Data Protection for VMware.

Table 1. Required communication ports. This table identifies the ports that are accessed by Data Protection for VMware.
TCP Port Initiator: Out-Bound (From Host) Target: In-Bound (To Host)
443 vStorage Backup Server vCenter Server (secure HTTP)
443 Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI Server vCenter Server

902

443

 vCenter Server ESXi hosts

902

443

 vStorage Backup Server (proxy) ESXi hosts (all protected hosts)

1500


(tcpport)		 vStorage Backup Server (proxy) Tivoli® Storage Manager Server

1500


(tcpadminport)		 Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI Server
  • 1500 (tcpadminport) is non-SSL communication
  • For SSL communication, tcpadminport is the only port that supports SSL communication with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The correct port number to use for the SSL protocol is typically the value that is specified by the ssltcpadminport option in the Tivoli Storage Manager server dsmserv.opt file. However, if adminonclient no is specified in the dsmserv.opt file, then the correct port number to use for the SSL protocol is the value that is specified by the ssltcpadminport option. The ssltcpadminport option does not have a default value. Therefore, the value must be specified by the user.
 Tivoli Storage Manager Server

1501

1581


(httpport)		 Tivoli Storage Manager server vStorage Backup Server
  • backup-archive client scheduler
  • Web client
  • Client Acceptor Daemon

1581


(httpport)

1582, 1583


(webports)		 Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI Server vStorage Backup Server
9080 vSphere Client Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI Server (HTTP port for access to vCenter as plug-in)
9081 vSphere Client Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI Server (secure HTTPS port for access to vCenter through web browser)
22 Linux Tivoli Storage Manager recovery agent Data Protection for VMware Windows "mount" host
  • SSH for Linux Tivoli Storage Manager recovery agent
3260 Linux Data Protection for VMware file-level recovery Data Protection for VMware Windows "mount" host
  • iSCSI
3260 Windows target with Dynamic disk for file-level recovery Data Protection for VMware Windows "mount" host
  • iSCSI
Figure 1. Communication ports diagram.. Communication ports that are accessed by Data Protection for VMware.
Communication ports that are accessed by Data Protection for VMware.