You may have special port requirements for Backup Exec if you use a firewall. Firewalls sometimes affect system communications between a media server and remote systems that reside outside the firewall environment.
See About using Backup Exec with firewalls.
The following table provides more information about which ports Backup Exec and its agents and options use:
Table: Backup Exec Ports
|
Service or Process
|
Port
|
Port Type
|
|
Backup Exec Agent Browser (process=benetns.exe)
|
6101
|
TCP
|
|
Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems (process=beremote.exe)
|
10000
|
TCP
|
|
Backup Exec media server (process=beserver.exe)
|
3527, 6106
|
TCP
|
|
MSSQL$BKUPEXEC (process=sqlservr.exe)
|
1125
1434 (ms-sql-m)
|
TCP
UDP
|
|
Backup Exec Remote Agent for NetWare
|
10000 (Backup Exec 10.x), 6102 (Backup Exec 9.x)
|
TCP
|
|
Oracle Agent for Windows and Linux Servers
|
Random port unless configured otherwise
| |
|
DB2 Agent for Windows and Linux Servers
|
Random port unless configured otherwise
| |
|
Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers (RALUS)
|
Default NDMP port, typically
10000
|
TCP
|
|
Kerberos
|
88
|
UDP
|
|
NETBIOS
|
135
|
TCP, UDP
|
|
NETBIOS Name Service
|
137
|
UDP
|
|
NETBIOS Datagram Service
|
138
|
UDP
|
|
NETBIOS Session Service
|
139
|
TCP
|
|
NETBIOS (Windows 2000)
|
445
|
TCP
|
|
DCOM/RPC
|
3106
|
TCP
|
|
Backup Exec Remote Agent
|
6103
|
TCP
|
|
Push Install – Check for conflicts in message queue for CASO which is part of beserver.exe
|
103x
|
TCP
|
|
Push Install
|
441
|
TCP
|
|
SMTP email notification
|
25 outbound from media server
|
TCP
|
|
SNMP
|
162 outbound from media server
|
TCP
|
Backup Exec Ports