Shared memory and SYSV IPC settings need to be tweaked in /etc/system on Solaris, and buffer parameters need to be increased for NetBackup for performance tuning.
Also, before I forget, gigabit ethernet is absolutely required here.
See this document on Solaris kernel tuning for settings to /etc/system to make NetBackup run better.
This document on network buffer size and data buffer size and number has good information as well. The NET_BUFFER_SZ file needs to be present on all clients.
Posted by Rowan Littell at November 19, 2003 04:38 PM