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Netbackup Cheat Sheet
Master Daemons | Media Daemons | Catalog | Log Files | Server | Volume | Media | Tape/Robot | Archive | Client
Master Server Daemons/Processes
Request daemon bprd
Scheduler bpsched (started with bprd)
Netbackup database manager bpdbm (started with bpsched)
Job Monitor bpjobd (started with bpdbm)
Media Server Daemons/Processes
Communications daemon bpcd
Backup and restore manager bpbrm (started with bpcd)
Tape Manager bptm (started with bpbrm)
Disk Manager bpdm (started with bpbrm)
Media Manager ltid
Bar code reader avrd (started with ltid)
Remote device management/ controls volume vmd (started with ltid)
database
Roboticdaemon (one on each media server) tldd (started with ltid)
talks to tldcd
Robotic control daemon talks to the robot tldcd (started with ltid)
directl via scsi
Catalogs
Master Server
Information about backed-up files image - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Storage Unit, Global Configuration, Catalog config - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
backup configuration.
Backup Policy information class - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Job status information jobs - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Netbackup logs with error and status error - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
information
Information on volumes, volume pools, volume - /opt/openv/volmgr/database
scratch pool and volume groups
Media Server
Tracks assigned volumes (media that has data media - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
them)
Information about devices managed by the device - /opt/openv/volmgr/database
media server
Log and Information Files
Netbackup and Patch versions /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/version
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Media Version /opt/openv/volmgr/version
Patch Level history /opt/openv/netbackup/patch/patch.history
Buffer size /opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS
Number of buffers /opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS
Network Buffer Size /opt/openv/netbackup/NET_BUFFER_SZ (default = 32)
Java GUI authorisation /opt/openv/java/auth.conf
Catalog type (binary or ASCII) /opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/cat_format.cfg
/opt/openv/netbackup/bp.conf
Netbackup and media manager parameter files /opt/openv/volmgr/vm.conf
Corrupt Database image files (5.0 and above) /opt/openv/netbackup/db.corrupt
Server Commands
Check license details /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key
netbackup start
Start Netbackup /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd (master)
/opt/openv/volmgr/bin/vmd (media)
netbackup stop
Stop Netbackup (does not disconnect GUI
sessions) /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprdreq -terminate (master)
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm -terminate (master)
Stop Netbackup and kill all GUI sessions /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill_all
Start the GUI /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA
sgscan (solaris)
Scan for tape devices ioscan (HPUX)
Display all Netbackup processes bpps -a
bperror -U -problems -hoursago <number of hours>
lists servers errors bperror -U -backstat -by_statcode -hoursago <number of hours>
display information on a error code bperror -statuscode <statuscode> [-recommendation]
Reread bp.conf file without stopping bprdreq -rereadconfig
Netbackup
bpdbm -consistency 1
bpdbm -consistency 2
Check database consistency
Check for the below lines:
Bad image header
Does not exist
Netbackup Recovery
bprecover -l -m <media ID> -d dlt (listing)
Device catalog is intact bprecover -r -m <media ID> -d dlt (recovering)
bprecover -l -tpath <tape_path> (listing)
Device catalog is gone or corrupted bprecover -r -tpath <tape_path> (recovering)
bprecover -l -dpath <disk_path> (listing)
Disk backups bprecover -r -dpath <disk_path> (recovering)
Volume Commands
Tape Drive and Inventory Commands
List drive status, detail drive info and pending vmoprcmd
requests
List the tape drive status vmoprcmd -d ds
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List the pending requests vmoprcmd -d pr
Control a tape device vmoprcmd [-reset][-up][-down] <drive number>
vmupdate -recommend -rt tld -rn 0
List all changes in the robot(but do not
update)
vmcheckxxx -rt tld -rn 0 -recommend
Empty the robot and re-inventory (using vmupdate -rt tld -rn <robot number> -rh <silo slave> -vh
barcodes) <host> -nostderr -use_barcode_rules -use_seed -empty_ie
Tape Media Commands
List all pools vmpool -listall -bx
List tapes in pool vmquery -pn <pool name> -bx
List all tapes in the robot vmquery -rn 0 -bx |grep 'TLD' | sort +4
List cleaning tapes vmquery -mt dlt_clean -bx
List tape volume details vmquery -m <media ID>
Delete a volume from the catalog vmdelete -m <media ID>
Change a tapes expiry date vmchange -exp 12/31/06 23:59:58 -m <media ID>
Change a tape's media pool vmchange -p <pool number> -m <media ID>
Media commands
List the storage units bpstulist -U
Freeze or unfreeze media bpmedia [-freeze][-unfreeze] -ev <media ID>
List media details bpmedialist -ev <media ID>
List media contents bpmedialist -U mcontents -m <media ID>
List backup Image Information bpimagelist -backupid <image ID>
Expire client images bpimage -cleanup -allclients
Expire a tape bpexpdate -d 0 -ev <media ID> -force
List all netbackups jobs bpdbjobs -report [-hoursago]
Move media from one media server to bpmedia -movedb -newserver <media server> -oldserver <media server>
another
Tape/Robot commands
List tape drives tpconfig -d
List cleaning times on drives tpclean -L
clean a drive tpclean -C <drive number>
change a drives cleaning frequency tpclean -F <drive> <frequency>
set a drives cleaning time to zero tpclean -M <drive>
robtest
commands that can be used are as follows:
s s (show slots)
Move tapes within robot using robtest s d (show drives)
s i (show load port)
m s250 d5 (move tape from slot 250 into drive 5)
uload d5 (unload tape from drive 5)
m d5 s250 (move tape from drive 5 to slot 250)
m s250 i1 (mov tape from slot 250 to load port 1)
List load port tapes echo "s i q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
List all slot contents echo "s s q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
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List tape drive contents echo "s d q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
Move a tape in s100 to drive 1 echo "m s100 d1" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
Move a tape to load port 1 echo "m s100 i1" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
Archiving Commands
bpcatlist -client all -before Jul 01 2006
list archive info bpcatlist -client all -before Aug 01 2006
archive and remove images bpcatlist -before Jul 01 2006 | bpcatarc | bpcatrm
restore archive files bpcatlist -before Jul 01 2006 | bpcatres
Client commands
bpclntcmd [-ip <ip addres>]
bpclntcmd [-hn <hostname>]
test client connectivity bpclntcmd [-pn]
bpclntcmd [-sv]
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