Netbackup Important Commands and Explanations

Master Server

1) Check the license details
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key
2) Stop and Start the netabackup services
i) /etc/init.d/netbackup stop (start)               —>  graceful stop and start
ii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all      —> Stop backup including GUI sessions, ungraceful
iii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all   —> Start the backup                                        iv) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd         —> starts the master server
v) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vmd                —> starts the media server
vi) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA             —> Starts the GUI sessions

3) Scan the tape devices
#sgscan (in  Solaris)                                                                                                          #/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scan (in AIX)

4) Display all the netbackup process
#bpps –x

5) Check the backup status
In GUI —>  Activity monitor
In CLI —>  #bpdbjobs -report

6) Lists the server errors
#bperror
#bperrror –U –problems –hoursago 1
#bperror –U –backstat -by_statcode -hoursago 1

7) Display information about the error code
#bperror –S <statuscode>

8) Reread bp.conf file without stop/start the netbackup
#bprdreq -rereadconfig

Media Server (starts with bpxxx )
1) List the storage units
#bpstulist –U
2) List media details
# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_media
This cmd is retrieving all info about media that is available/full/expired/Frozen
3) List all the netbackup jobs
#bpdbjobs –report <hoursago>
4) Freeze or Unfreeze media
In GUI,
In CLI, #bpmedia –unfreeze [-freeze] –ev <media ID>
5) List media details
#bpmedialist -ev <media ID>                                                                                                          6) List the media contents
#bpmedialist –U –mcontents –m <mediaID>
7) List the information about NB images on media
#bpimmedia –mediaid <ID> -L
8) List backup image information
#bpimagelist -U (general)
# bpimagelist -media –U (for media)
9) Expire a tape
# bpexpdate –d 0 –ev <mediaID> -force
10) Expire client images
#bpimage –cleanup –allclients
11) Which tapes are used for taking backup
In GUI, Backup and Restore –> Find the Filesystem –> Preview Media Button
In CLI, #bpimagelist –media –U

Volume Commands (starts with vmxxx)
1) Tape Drive (vmoprcmd)
1) List the drive status, detail drive info and pending requests
In GUI, Device mgmt
In CLI, #vmoprcmd
#vmoprcmd –d ds (status)
#vmopcrmd –d pr (pending requests)
2) Control a tape device
In GUI, Device mgmt
In CLI, #vmoprcmd [-reset] [-up] [-down] <drive number>

2) Tape Media commands (vmpool,vmquery,vmchange,vmdelete)

1) List all the pools
In CLI, #vmpool –listall -bx
2) List the scratch pool available
#vmpool -list_scratch
3) List tapes in pool
In GUI,
In CLI, #vmquery –pn <pool name> -bx                                                                                      4) List all tapes in the robot
In GUI,
In CLI, #vmquery –rn 0 –bx
5) List cleaning tapes
In CLI, #vmquery –mt dlt_clean –bx
6) List tape volume details
#vmquery –m <media ID>
7) Delete a volume from the catalog
#vmdelete –m <mediaID>
8) Changes a tapes expiry date
#vmchange -exp 12/31/2012 hr:mm:ss –m <media ID>
9) Changes a tape’s media pool
#vmchange -p <pool number> -m <media ID>

3) Tape/Robot commands (starts with tpxxx)
1) List the tape drives
#tpconfig –d
2) List the cleaning times on drives
#tpclean -L
3) Clean a drive
#tpclean –C <drive number>

Client Commands
i) List the clients
#bpplclients

Policy Commands
i) List the policies
#bppllist –U
ii) List the detailed information about the policies
#bpplist –U -allpolicies

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]

Diagnostic commands 

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -clear_host_cache
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -self
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -pn