vRanger 7.8.5 - Integration Guide for NetVault SmartDisk

Modifying the data port

By default, NetVault SmartDisk uses port 37453 to communicate with vRanger instances that are streaming data to the NetVault SmartDisk Device. It also uses port 37451 for Inter Process Communication (IPC) on the loopback interface, but not for remote connections.

NOTE: If you intend to use different ports, Quest recommends that you make the applicable change to the port setting on the NetVault SmartDisk Instance before you add the NetVault SmartDisk repository to vRanger. You can update the port that communicates with your software at any time.

Modifying the data port

If you want to use a different port to communicate with the vRanger instances, complete the following steps.

NOTE: Throughout this documentation, the path to where you installed NetVault SmartDisk is represented by an ellipsis (…). Replace the ellipsis with the applicable information.

IMPORTANT: You cannot add a port that exists. If you try to add an existing port, you see a “Failed to apply configuration” message. Before attempting to add a port, use the config --show command option to view existing information.

Enabling or updating authentication for WebDAV access

If you want to enable authentication for WebDAV access of NetVault SmartDisk for the data port, complete the following steps to specify the credentials. NetVault SmartDisk uses digest-access authentication, specifically RFC 2069. You can also use this same procedure to update existing credentials.

NOTE: For the user name in the WebDAV credentials, NetVault SmartDisk currently supports the use of any ASCII characters except the quotation mark ("), comma (,), and colon (:). The are no restrictions for the corresponding password.

Verifying that the client ports are open

Quest recommends that you verify that the ports are open between the vRanger machine and the NetVault SmartDisk server.

To verify that the ports are open, you can use a web browser or another method of your choice. If the port is open, the command returns the status information for the NetVault SmartDisk server. If the port is not open, you receive a connection error from your browser.

In the following examples, replace <port#> with the applicable port number, and replace <hostName> with the IP address of the machine on which NetVault SmartDisk is installed.