Displaying and changing replication ports using the vrport command

Last published : Jul 07, 2026
Use the vrport command to display, change, or set the port numbers that Volume Replicator uses.
You may need to change the port numbers in the following cases:
  • To resolve a port number conflict with other applications.
  • To configure Volume Replicator to work in your firewall environment.
  • To configure Volume Replicator to work in your firewall environment when using UDP; to specify a restricted number of ports to replicate data between the Primary and the Secondary.
The following table lists the keywords that can be used with the vrport command.
Table: Keywords for vrport command
Keyword Description
data Specifies the ports to be used for replicating data between the Primary and Secondary hosts. Theportlowandporthigharguments specify a range of ports to that Volume Replicator uses for replicating over TCP and UDP.
- portlow specifies the low end port value of the range of values to be used.
- porthigh specifies the high end port value of the range of values to be used.
See Displaying or setting ports for replicating data .
heartbeat Displays the UDP port number that Volume Replicator uses for exchanging heartbeat messages between the Primary and Secondary.
See Displaying or setting ports for heartbeats .
vradmind Displays the TCP port number that the VRAS engine uses for exchanging information between the Primary and Secondary and for performing distributed operations.
See Displaying or setting ports for vradmind .
vxrsyncd Displays the TCP port number that the vxrsync utility uses.
See Displaying or setting ports for vxrsyncd .