VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Firewall Support
34 VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started
Firewall Support
In VEA, the client connects to the server using a specific port number: 2148. In order to connect to
the server through a firewall, a port on the firewall is mapped to the 2148 port of the VEA server.
When the client wishes to connect to the server through the firewall, it needs to specify the host and
port in the following format.
Firewallhost:port
where:
Firewallhost is the name or IP address of the firewall.
port is the port on the firewall that is internally mapped to the VEA server.
When the client connects to the server, the VEA client displays the host name (server name) that it
connected to, and not the firewall-port combination in the list of connected hosts. The host name is
also displayed in the history and favorites nodes. The firewall and port information is stored in the
user profile (wallet) and is used for subsequent connections to the same server. The firewall-port
combination is displayed only in the connection dialog.
Example 1
If a.b.c.d is a firewall machine, then
Port 1234 on a.b.c.d = 2148 on veaserver1 and
Port 3456 on a.b.c.d = 2148 on veaserver2
... and so on
Now, if the client wishes to connect to veaserver1 then, it should specify the following in the
connection box:
a.b.c.d:1234.
This then connects to veaserver1 and displays veaserver1 in the connected hosts, history and
favorites databases. The firewall:port combination is stored in the wallet for subsequent connection
to the server if requested by the user.
Example 2
client ---> internet ----> firewall ----> server
and
client ----> firewall ----> server
We need to do the following: