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.
The ports that are identified in the table reflect a typical installation. A
typical installation consists of the following components on the same Windows system:
- Data Protection for VMware GUI server
- vStorage backup server (data mover)
- Windows mount proxy
- Tivoli® Storage Manager file restore interface
Restriction: The Windows mount proxy and
Linux mount proxy must be
on the same subnet.
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 |
443 This setting is required only when the data mover is a Linux system. |
Windows mount proxy | 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
|
Tivoli Storage Manager server |
1527 Internal Derby database |
||
1501 1581 (httpport) |
Tivoli Storage Manager server | vStorage Backup Server
|
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 GUI web server (HTTPS protocol) |
vSphere Client | Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI Server (secure HTTPS port for access to vCenter through web browser) |
22 SSH default port for the recovery agent |
Recovery agent | Data Protection for VMware Windows "mount" host
|
3260 | Linux Data Protection for VMware file restore | Data Protection for VMware Windows "mount" host
|
3260 iSCSI default port for the recovery agent |
Windows target with Dynamic disk for file restore | Data Protection for VMware Windows "mount" host
|
135 | Windows mount proxy | VMware virtual machine that contains the files to be restored with the Tivoli Storage Manager file restore interface |