2675247-Netbackup-Cheat-Sheet.pdf

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Netbackup Cheat Sheet
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 
database 
vmd (started with ltid) 
Roboticdaemon (one on each media server) 
talks to tldcd 
tldd (started with ltid) 
Robotic control daemon talks to the robot 
directl via scsi 
tldcd (started with ltid) 
Catalogs
Master Server 
Information about backed-up files 
image - /opt/openv/netbackup/db 
Storage Unit, Global Configuration, Catalog 
backup configuration. 
config - /opt/openv/netbackup/db 
Backup Policy information 
class - /opt/openv/netbackup/db 
Job status information 
jobs - /opt/openv/netbackup/db 
Netbackup logs with error and status 
information 
error - /opt/openv/netbackup/db 
Information on volumes, volume pools, 
scratch pool and volume groups 
volume - /opt/openv/volmgr/database 
Media Server 
Tracks assigned volumes (media that has data 
them) 
media - /opt/openv/netbackup/db 
Information about devices managed by the 
media server
device - /opt/openv/volmgr/database
Log and Information Files
Netbackup and Patch versions 
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/version
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
Netbackup and media manager parameter files 
/opt/openv/netbackup/bp.conf
/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
Start Netbackup 
netbackup start
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd (master)
/opt/openv/volmgr/bin/vmd (media) 
Stop Netbackup (does not disconnect GUI 
sessions) 
netbackup stop 
/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
Scan for tape devices
sgscan (solaris)
ioscan (HPUX) 
Display all Netbackup processes 
bpps -a 
lists servers errors 
bperror -U -problems -hoursago <number of hours>
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 Netbackup bprdreq -rereadconfig
Check database consistency 
bpdbm -consistency 1
bpdbm -consistency 2
Check for the below lines:
Bad image header
Does not exist
Netbackup Recovery 
Device catalog is intact
bprecover -l -m <media ID> -d dlt (listing)
bprecover -r -m <media ID> -d dlt (recovering) 
Device catalog is gone or corrupted 
bprecover -l -tpath <tape_path> (listing)
bprecover -r -tpath <tape_path> (recovering) 
Disk backups 
bprecover -l -dpath <disk_path> (listing)
bprecover -r -dpath <disk_path> (recovering) 
Volume Commands
Tape Drive and Inventory Commands 
List drive status, detail drive 
info and pending requests 
vmoprcmd
List the tape drive status 
vmoprcmd -d ds 
List the pending requests 
vmoprcmd -d pr 
Control a tape device 
vmoprcmd [-reset][-up][-down] <drive number> 
List all changes in the 
robot(but do not update)
vmupdate -recommend -rt tld -rn 0
vmcheckxxx -rt tld -rn 0 -recommend 
Empty the robot and re-
inventory (using barcodes) 
vmupdate -rt tld -rn <robot number> -rh <silo slave> -vh <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 
another 
bpmedia -movedb -newserver <media server> -oldserver <media server> 
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> 
Move tapes within robot using robtest 
robtest
commands that can be used are as follows:
s s       (show slots)
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 
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 
list archive info 
bpcatlist -client all -before Jul 01 2006
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 
test client connectivity
bpclntcmd [-ip <ip addres>]
bpclntcmd [-hn <hostname>]
bpclntcmd [-pn]
bpclntcmd [-sv]