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Table 2-1. Data Director vApp Outgoing Network Traffic
From To To port Traffic type
n
Management Server -
vCenter network adapter
n
Management Server -
Web Console network
adapter
n
DB Name Server -
vCenter network adapter
n
DB Name Server - DB
Name Service network
adapter
vCenter Server, ESXi host TCP 443 vSphere Management network
traffic
Management Server - Web
Console Network Adapter
Mail server TCP 25, TCP 587 SMTP traffic
Management Server - Web
Console Network Adapter
DB Name Server - DB Name
Service Network Adapter
DNS server UDP 53, TCP 53 DNS traffic
Firewall Ports for Incoming Data Director Network Traffic
The following table lists the ports to open on your firewall to handle imcoming Data Director network traffic.
Table 2-2. Data Director vApp Incoming Network Traffic
From To
To
port Traffic type
Any DB Name Server - DB Name Service Network
Adapter
5432 Incoming database traffic, including
PostgreSQL traffic.
Any Management Server - Web Console network
adapter
80,443 Web Console traffic.
Any
n
DB Access Network 1
n
DB Access Network 2
n
...
n
DB Access Network n
5432 Incoming database traffic, including
PostgreSQL traffic.
vCenter Update
Manager on
vCenter
Network
n
DB Name Server - vCenter Network Adapter
n
Management Server - vCenter Network
Adapter
5489 Incoming update traffic from the vCenter
Update Manager to the Management
Server and DB Name Server networks'
update agents.
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