EclipseAgent Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 So, What are the requirements of retrospect to work across VLAN's? What method should be used? Will clients have to be discovered via IP and will Retrospect remember the short names? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Quote: Will clients have to be discovered via IP and will Retrospect remember the short names? - Clients don't "have" to use broadcast discovery (UDP, not TCP); clients can be added by their specific IP address if that's more appropriate for your particular use. - Retrospect clients have names assigned either at intall or at first connection; there is no association with OS X account "short names." Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Quote: What are the requirements of retrospect to work across VLAN's? Respectfully, and not intending to be rude, do you understand how VLANs work? The "requirements" are no different than without VLANs. The Retrospect server and client(s) just have to be members of the same VLAN, and your network infrastructure that is handling the VLAN has to allow traffic between them. All that VLANs do is to segregate traffic. Perhaps some of the following articles may be useful: Clients outside local subnet How to log in a Retrospect client Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EclipseAgent Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Quote: Quote: What are the requirements of retrospect to work across VLAN's? Respectfully, and not intending to be rude, do you understand how VLANs work? The "requirements" are no different than without VLANs. The Retrospect server and client(s) just have to be members of the same VLAN, and your network infrastructure that is handling the VLAN has to allow traffic between them. All that VLANs do is to segregate traffic. Perhaps some of the following articles may be useful: Clients outside local subnet How to log in a Retrospect client Russ Yes, I do know how they work. Since they are on different subnets, is the only way to open broadcasting across these subnets? How can I keep track of them if they are DHCP and were added with IP's? I am guessing i'll probably just have to put them on the same subnet to make sure broadcasting works (I highly doubt Network team will open up broadcasting, nor would I recommend it.). However, I will check out the article you provided labeled "Clients outside local subnet". Thanks Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Quote: Since they are on different subnets, is the only way to open broadcasting across these subnets? How can I keep track of them if they are DHCP and were added with IP's? I am guessing i'll probably just have to put them on the same subnet to make sure broadcasting works (I highly doubt Network team will open up broadcasting, nor would I recommend it.). It's hard to get multicast and broadcast to span subnets, and can cause issues. In the particular setup that you have, I'd suggest doing the DHCP for the clients by static DHCP maps based on MAC address, so that they always get the same IP by DHCP (because the same MAC address always makes the request). It's a fairly standard way to do it, and also makes other things easier, too. You can then set up a local DNS zone and log and access machines by name, manage them easier in network maps and firewall rules, etc., because they always have the same IP, etc. Makes centralized management much easier. That's how I have it set up. But you are on the right track to check out the "clients outside local subnet" article. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Quote: It's hard to get multicast and broadcast to span subnets, and can cause issues. But it's easy to get Retrospect to try. Simply add the subnet and mask to: Configure->Clients->Network->TCP/IP(Menu)->Configure Subnet Broadcast... The rest is up to your infrastructure. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EclipseAgent Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Quote: Quote: It's hard to get multicast and broadcast to span subnets, and can cause issues. But it's easy to get Retrospect to try. Simply add the subnet and mask to: Configure->Clients->Network->TCP/IP(Menu)->Configure Subnet Broadcast... The rest is up to your infrastructure. Dave This is the method I would really like to use.. I've set it up to go across the subnet, to no avail at this time. I will check with network team to verify the needed ports are opened.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Quote: I will check with network team to verify the needed ports are opened.. Remeber that the needed port (497) must pass both UDP and TCP packets. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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