Netbackup Cheat Sheet

Master Server Daemons/Processes

Request daemon Scheduler Netbackup database manager Job Monitor
bprd bpsched (started with bprd) bpdbm (started with bpsched) bpjobd (started with bpdbm)

Media Server Daemons/Processes

Communications daemon Backup and restore manager Tape Manager Disk Manager Media Manager Bar code reader
bpcd bpbrm (started with bpcd) bptm (started with bpbrm) bpdm (started with bpbrm) ltid avrd (started with ltid)

Remote device management/ controls volume vmd (started with ltid) database Roboticdaemon (one on each media server) talks to tldcd Robotic control daemon talks to the robot directl via scsi
tldd (started with ltid) tldcd (started with ltid)

Catalogs
Master Server Information about backed-up files Storage Unit, Global Configuration, Catalog backup configuration. Backup Policy information Job status information
image - /opt/openv/netbackup/db config - /opt/openv/netbackup/db class - /opt/openv/netbackup/db jobs - /opt/openv/netbackup/db

Netbackup logs with error and status informa- error - /opt/openv/netbackup/db tion Information on volumes, volume pools, scratch volume - /opt/openv/volmgr/database 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 me- device - /opt/openv/volmgr/database dia server

Log and Information Files

Netbackup and Patch versions Media Version Patch Level history Buffer size
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/version /opt/openv/volmgr/version /opt/openv/netbackup/patch/patch.history /opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS

Number of buffers Network Buffer Size Java GUI authorisation Catalog type (binary or ASCII)

/opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS /opt/openv/netbackup/NET_BUFFER_SZ (default = 32) /opt/openv/java/auth.conf /opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/cat_format.cfg /opt/openv/netbackup/bp.conf /opt/openv/netbackup/db.corrupt

Netbackup and media manager parameter files /opt/openv/volmgr/vm.conf Corrupt Database image files (5.0 and above)

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 /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprdreq -terminate (master) /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm -terminate (master) /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill_all /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA sgscan (solaris) ioscan (HPUX) bpps -a bperror -U -problems -hoursago <number of hours> bperror -U -backstat -by_statcode -hoursago <number of hours> bperror -statuscode <statuscode> [-recommendation]

Stop Netbackup (does not disconnect GUI sessions) Stop Netbackup and kill all GUI sessions Start the GUI Scan for tape devices Display all Netbackup processes lists servers errors display information on a error code

Reread bp.conf file without stopping Netbackup bprdreq -rereadconfig

bpdbm -consistency 1 bpdbm -consistency 2

Check database consistency

Check for the below lines: Bad image header Does not exist

Netbackup Recovery Device catalog is intact Device catalog is gone or corrupted Disk backups
bprecover -l -m <media ID> -d dlt (listing) bprecover -r -m <media ID> -d dlt (recovering) bprecover -l -tpath <tape_path> (listing) bprecover -r -tpath <tape_path> (recovering) 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 List the tape drive status List the pending requests Control a tape device
vmoprcmd vmoprcmd -d ds vmoprcmd -d pr 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-inven- vmupdate -rt tld -rn <robot number> -rh <silo slave> -vh <host> -nostderr -use_barcode_rules -use_seed -empty_ie tory (using barcodes) Tape Media Commands List all pools List tapes in pool List all tapes in the robot List cleaning tapes List tape volume details
vmpool -listall -bx vmquery -pn <pool name> -bx vmquery -rn 0 -bx |grep 'TLD' | sort +4 vmquery -mt dlt_clean -bx vmquery -m <media ID>

Delete a volume from the cat- vmdelete -m <media ID> alog Change a tapes expiry date Change a tape's media pool
vmchange -exp 12/31/06 23:59:58 -m <media ID> vmchange -p <pool number> -m <media ID>

Media commands
List the storage units Freeze or unfreeze media List media details List media contents List backup Image Information Expire client images Expire a tape List all netbackups jobs
bpstulist -U bpmedia [-freeze][-unfreeze] -ev <media ID> bpmedialist -ev <media ID> bpmedialist -U mcontents -m <media ID> bpimagelist -backupid <image ID> bpimage -cleanup -allclients bpexpdate -d 0 -ev <media ID> -force bpdbjobs -report [-hoursago]

Move media from one media server to anoth- bpmedia -movedb -newserver <media server> -oldserver <media server> er

Tape/Robot commands
List tape drives List cleaning times on drives clean a drive change a drives cleaning frequency set a drives cleaning time to zero
tpconfig -d tpclean -L tpclean -C <drive number> tpclean -F <drive> <frequency> tpclean -M <drive> robtest commands that can be used are as follows: s s s d s i m s250 d5 uload d5 m d5 s250 m s250 i1 (show slots) (show drives) (show load port) (move tape from slot 250 into drive 5) (unload tape from drive 5) (move tape from drive 5 to slot 250) (mov tape from slot 250 to load port 1)

Move tapes within robot using robtest

List load port tapes

echo "s i q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0

List all slot contents List tape drive contents Move a tape in s100 to drive 1 Move a tape to load port 1

echo "s s q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0 echo "s d q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0 echo "m s100 d1" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0 echo "m s100 i1" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0

Archiving Commands
list archive info archive and remove images restore archive files
bpcatlist -client all -before Jul 01 2006 bpcatlist -client all -before Aug 01 2006 bpcatlist -before Jul 01 2006 | bpcatarc | bpcatrm bpcatlist -before Jul 01 2006 | bpcatres

Client commands
test client connectivity
bpclntcmd bpclntcmd bpclntcmd bpclntcmd [-ip <ip addres>] [-hn <hostname>] [-pn] [-sv]