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 Datab