Network management

Configure and administer network services for a vSnap server.

The network on a vSnap server can be modified through the command line interface (CLI) through use of the network command. Additional information can be obtained by using the --help option after any command.

Showing network interface information

Run the show command to list network interfaces and the services that are associated with each interface:

$ vsnap network show

By default, the following vSnap services are available on all network interfaces:

mgmt: This service is used for management traffic between IBM Storage® Protect Plus and vSnap.
repl: This service is used for data traffic between vSnap servers during replication.
nfs: This service is used for data traffic when backing up data using NFS.
smb: This service is used for data traffic when backing up data using SMB/CIFS.
iscsi: This service is used for data traffic when backing up data using iSCSI.

Modifying services associated with network interfaces

Run the update command to modify services that are associated with an interface. For example, if you are using a dedicated interface for data traffic to improve performance.

$ vsnap network update

The following options are required:

--id <id>: Enter the ID of the interface to update.
--services <services>: Specify all or a comma-separated list of services to enable on the interface. The following are valid values: mgmt, repl, nfs, smb, and iscsi.

If a service is available on more than one interface, IBM Storage Protect Plus can use any one of the interfaces.

Ensure that the mgmt service remains enabled on the interface that was used to register the vSnap server in IBM Storage Protect Plus.