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

Catalogs

Information about backed-up files
Storage Unit, Global Configuration,
Catalog backup configuration.
Backup Policy information
Job status information
Netbackup logs with error and status
information
Master Server
image - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
config - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
class - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
jobs - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
error - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Information on volumes, volume
pools, scratch pool and volume
groups
Tracks assigned volumes (media that
has data them)
Information about devices managed
by the media server
Log and Information Files
Netbackup and Patch versions
Media Version
Patch Level history
Buffer size
Number of buffers
Network Buffer Size
Java GUI authorisation
Catalog type (binary or ASCII)
Netbackup and media manager
parameter files
Corrupt Database image files (5.0
and above)
Server Commands
Check license details
Start Netbackup
Stop Netbackup (does not disconnect
GUI sessions)
Stop Netbackup and kill all GUI sessions /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill_all
Start the GUI
volume - /opt/openv/volmgr/database
Media Server
media - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
device - /opt/openv/volmgr/database
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/version
/opt/openv/volmgr/version
/opt/openv/netbackup/patch/patch.history
/opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS
/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/volmgr/vm.conf
/opt/openv/netbackup/db.corrupt
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key
netbackup start
/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/jnbSA

Scan for tape devices
Display all Netbackup processes
lists servers errors
display information on a error code
Reread bp.conf file without stopping
Netbackup
Check database consistency
Device catalog is intact
Device catalog is gone or corrupted
Disk backups
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
List all changes in the robot(but do not
update)
Empty the robot and re-inventory
(using barcodes)
Tape Media Commands
List all pools
List tapes in pool
List all tapes in the robot
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]
bprdreq -rereadconfig
bpdbm -consistency 1
bpdbm -consistency 2
Check for the below lines:
Bad image header
Does not exist
Netbackup Recovery
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)
vmoprcmd
vmoprcmd -d ds
vmoprcmd -d pr
vmoprcmd [-reset][-up][-down] <drive number>
vmupdate -recommend -rt tld -rn 0
vmcheckxxx -rt tld -rn 0 -recommend
vmupdate -rt tld -rn <robot number> -rh <silo slave> -vh
<host> -nostderr -use_barcode_rules -use_seed -empty_ie
vmpool -listall -bx
vmquery -pn <pool name> -bx
vmquery -rn 0 -bx |grep 'TLD' | sort +4
List cleaning tapes
List tape volume details
Delete a volume from the catalog
Change a tapes expiry date
Change a tape's media pool
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
Move media from one media server
to another
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
Move tapes within robot using robtest s i
vmquery -mt dlt_clean -bx
vmquery -m <media ID>
vmdelete -m <media ID>
vmchange -exp 12/31/06 23:59:58 -m <media ID>
vmchange -p <pool number> -m <media ID>
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]
bpmedia -movedb -newserver <media server> -oldserver <media server>
tpconfig -d
tpclean -L
tpclean -C <drive number>
tpclean -F <drive> <frequency>
tpclean -M <drive>
robtest
commands that can be used are as follows:
ss (show slots)
sd (show drives)
(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
List all slot contents
List tape drive contents
Move a tape in s100 to drive 1
Move a tape to load port 1
Archiving Commands
list archive info
archive and remove images
restore archive files
Client commands
test client connectivity
echo "s i q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
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
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
bpclntcmd [-ip <ip addres>]
bpclntcmd [-hn <hostname>]
bpclntcmd [-pn]
bpclntcmd [-sv]