2.

If I asked you to tell me if a client has Netbackup on it just by using a tel

net command what would you do?
ANS: Telnet command used to check the bpcd port is running on the client
Telnet < host name> bpcd /13782
3. If you wanted to know what IP address netbackup was using to perform backups
what command would you run and where would you run it?
ANS: use bpclntcmd pn from master server to the client.
Bpcover r < host name>
6. If a media ID A04567 comes back and it is frozen, what are the steps to unfre
eze it and move it back to scratch from the command line?
ANS: bpmedia unfreez < Media ID>
Through GUI , right click on the media to move to scratch volume pool

7. If you wanted to bypass netbackup commands and move a tape from slot 1 to dri
ve 3 how would you do that?
ANS: robtest s1 d3
8. What is the client version supported by NBU 6.x and 5.x masters
ANS: The version support from 6.x to 4.5
9. If your last catalog backup was two days ago and the master server crashed wh
at would you have to do to bring your environment back up to present time?
ANS: I am expecting some one answer to this question.
10. How do you find a disk based image via the command line and then delete it?
ANS: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/279174.htm
14.What is the process of importing images and why do we import images?
ANS: There are two phases.
Phase I: It builds the skeleton metadata
Phase II: It allows you to select which images to actually complete the import p
rocess.
53. How to see log entries, how to create log directories?
24.SQL Script.. in client..how to create?
ANS: Start> program> Backup, restore and archive> select DB s and save. It will cr
eate .bch files
27. There is a Tape library with 10 drives ...Can we able to create 2 Storage un
its.....?
ANS: As per my knowledge. N no. of storage units you can create. But mail criter
ia to create a storage unit is.
1: It should be same robot controller
2: It should be same library
3: It should be same media server connected
4: It should be same Density.
28.There are 1000 Client machines , 999 machines are transferring datas in good
speed but one client machine is taking too long to transfer a datas ..... That i
s ...backup should complete within 2 hours ..but after 12 hours and more ...the
data transfer is still happening.... why?
ANS: Please check the Network bandwidth. BPTM,bpbrm on both master and media ser

ver and bpbkar and bpcd logs on clients. I am appreciated if any one give more i
nformation on this.
how can I recover an corrupted image?
bpexpdate then bpimport
What is tape spanning ?
Using more than one tape to store a single backup image
What is retention period ?
The length of time that NetBackup keeps backup and archive images. The retention
period is specifiedon the schedule
What is a frozen image ?
A stable disk copy of the data prior to backup. A frozen image is created very r
apidly, causing minimalimpact on other applications. There are two basic types:
copy-on-write and mirror
What is media multiplexing?
The process of sending concurrent-multiple backups from one or more clients to a
single storage deviceand interleaving those images onto the media.
What is avrd ?
The automatic volume recognition daemon on UNIX and process on Windows
What is bpadm?
An administrator utility that runs on NetBackup UNIX servers. It has a character
-based,menu interface that can be run from terminals that do not have X Windows
capabilities
What is Netbackup ?
Symantec NetBackup (earlier Veritas NetBackup) is an enterprise level heterogene
ous backup andrecovery suite. It provides cross-platform backup functionality to
a large variety of Windows, UNIX andLinux operating systems.It is set up with a
central master server that manages both media servers (containing the backup me
dia)and clients. Core server platforms are, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64, Linux an
d Windows.
Which are the backup types that are available in Netbackup ?
Differential Incremental BackupCommulative Incremental BackupUser BackupUser Arc
hiveFull Backup
What format does NetBackup write the tape in?
tar+
Tape ARchive (or ARchiving) - an archiving program to write file to & extract fi
les from an archive file known as a tarfile - commonly made to a tape drive but
not restricted to that.
How many Robot Control Hosts can a DLT tape library have?
one
when is bpexpdate -deassignempty run?
bpimport. Why are there two phases?
where is tar in NetBackup and what is it called?
Tar is format of tapes written by netbackup
go to host properties->master server->properties--Media and there is option cal
led allow media overwrite..
same can be found in bp.conf in ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE

how can you change the control host?

1) About RMAN.. backup.. what is backup sequence of rman backup
2) SQL Script.. in client..how to create?
3) How to install media server(with device configuration steps)
4) basic questions about vault and VTL
1. What is Multiplexing
2. What is Multiplestreaming
3. You have a policy with schedule running a 1 week frequency backups, running s
undays, monday morning backup fail and you restart the job manualy, how many day
s will pass until the next weekly schedule job starts automaticly?
its possible to have a Script to restore any data that was backup with NetBackup
7.5
How to duplicate tapes?
What is a catalog? And watcare should be taken in managing catalogs?
What is multiplexing and multistreaming with examples?
What is high and low water mark?
How to restore backup media s from one master to other master server?
If a catalog is corruped? How to restore?
How to archive catalog or how to reduce catalog if catalog sixe is increased?
How to use netbackupscripting for fine tuning?
Basic parameters to create new policy?
How is image stored in netbackup?
If your last catalog backup was two days ago and the master server crashed what w
ould you have to do to bring your environment back up to present time?
There is a Tape library with 10 drives ...Can we able to create 2 Storage units..
...?
------Troubleshooting Senerios ------1. What is errorcode 58 and trouble shooting?
2. What is 99 errorcode and troubleshooting?
3. If ndmp backup faile how do troubleshooging?