1. To see if the firewall is enabled, use the following command.
netsh firewall show state
Example
C:\>netsh firewall show state
Firewall status:
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Profile = Domain
Operational mode = Enable
Exception mode = Enable
Multicast/broadcast response mode = Enable
Notification mode = Enable
Group policy version = Windows Firewall
Remote admin mode = Disable
If Operational mode = Enable, then Windows firewall is on
If Operational mode = Disable, then Windows firewall is off
If Exception mode = Enable, then Windows firewall will allow exceptions.
If Exception mode = Disable, then Windows firewall will not allow exceptions. In this mode you will be able to add the exceptions Netvault needs to run.
To set the exceptions in the Windows firewall you will need to run the scripts similar to those attached to this solution on the Netvault server and clients that you need.
Note: These scripts are written for the default install paths:
C:\Program Files\Quest\NetVault Backup\bin\ for 64bit systems
C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest\NetVault Backup\bin for 32bit systems
Make sure you modify the scripts with the correct installation path to reflect the right path on each system.
Additionally, starting NVBU 11.1 there is a new path for the File System Plugin process and other plugins.
The change is reflected in the scripts, as it is in the following location now: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest\NetVault Backup\plugins\filesytem\nvfs.exe”
*****Important Note*****
If you have another path location (as you didn't install using default locations), then please modify the path in the scripts using notepad or wordpad, before you run the scripts.
