Question & Answer
Question
Which ports should be opened on a firewall for the various Tivoli Storage Manager related products?
Cause
Need for firewall configuration
Answer
This is a list of listener ports that various Tivoli Storage Manager products expect other hosts to connect to. This document is meant to aid in firewall setup.
Tivoli Storage Manager server configurable listener ports
Port name | Default | Notes |
--------- | ------- | ----- |
TCPPORT | 1500 | Inbound client, server, admin |
TCPADMINPORT | 1500 | Same as TCPPORT unless defined |
SSLTCPPORT | none | Used for client SSL comm if defined |
SSLTCPADMINPORT | none | Admin client SSL comm if defined |
NDMPCONTROLPORT | 10000 | Inbound NDMP control connections |
NDMPPORTRANGE | range | NDMP initiated backups |
Operating system ports which the Tivoli Storage Manager server might use
Port type | Default | Notes |
--------- | ------- | ----- |
ssh | 22 | Only used for graphical wizard during initial config. Not necessary if manual config is done. |
acsls | portmapper | For additional information please see: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21597895 . |
smb | 445 | Windows: Server Message Block |
Tivoli Storage Manager client configurable listener ports
Port name | Default | Notes |
--------- | ------- | ----- |
TCPCLIENTPORT | 1501 | Classic scheduler listener for PROMPTED (Note: Not common. Use of the dsmcad is recommended.) |
WEBPORTS | none (*) | dsmcad: (schedule listener agent listener) |
HTTPPORT | 1581 | webclient listener |
(*)WEBPORTS: If a firewall is used with the dsmcad scheduler and/or webclient, the WEBPORTS option MUST be manually set.
Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center version 6.3 listens on http port 16310 and https port 16316. Connecting to 16310 simply redirects the connection to the https port.
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Product Synonym
TSM ADSM ITSM IBM Spectrum Protect
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Modified date:
17 June 2018
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