Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup commands
    2.  
      Navigating multiple menu levels
    3.  
      NetBackup command conventions
    4.  
      NetBackup Media Manager command notes
  2. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
    1.  
      acsd
    2.  
      add_media_server_on_clients
    3.  
      backupdbtrace
    4.  
      backuptrace
    5.  
      bmrc
    6.  
      bmrconfig
    7.  
      bmrepadm
    8.  
      bmrprep
    9.  
      bmrs
    10.  
      bmrsrtadm
    11.  
      bp
    12.  
      bparchive
    13.  
      bpbackup
    14.  
      bpbackupdb
    15.  
      bpcatarc
    16.  
      bpcatlist
    17.  
      bpcatres
    18.  
      bpcatrm
    19.  
      bpcd
    20.  
      bpchangeprimary
    21.  
      bpclient
    22.  
      bpclimagelist
    23.  
      bpclntcmd
    24.  
      bpclusterutil
    25.  
      bpcompatd
    26.  
      bpconfig
    27.  
      bpdbjobs
    28.  
      bpdbm
    29.  
      bpdgclone
    30.  
      bpdown
    31.  
      bpduplicate
    32.  
      bperror
    33.  
      bpexpdate
    34.  
      bpfis
    35.  
      bpflist
    36.  
      bpgetconfig
    37.  
      bpgetdebuglog
    38.  
      bpimage
    39.  
      bpimagelist
    40.  
      bpimmedia
    41.  
      bpimport
    42.  
      bpinst
    43.  
      bpkeyfile
    44.  
      bpkeyutil
    45.  
      bplabel
    46.  
      bplist
    47.  
      bpmedia
    48.  
      bpmedialist
    49.  
      bpminlicense
    50.  
      bpnbat
    51.  
      bpnbaz
    52.  
      bppficorr
    53.  
      bpplcatdrinfo
    54.  
      bpplclients
    55.  
      bppldelete
    56.  
      bpplinclude
    57.  
      bpplinfo
    58.  
      bppllist
    59.  
      bpplsched
    60.  
      bpplschedrep
    61.  
      bppolicynew
    62.  
      bpps
    63.  
      bprd
    64.  
      bprecover
    65.  
      bprestore
    66.  
      bpretlevel
    67.  
      bpschedule
    68.  
      bpschedulerep
    69.  
      bpsetconfig
    70.  
      bpstsinfo
    71.  
      bpstuadd
    72.  
      bpstudel
    73.  
      bpstulist
    74.  
      bpsturep
    75.  
      bptestbpcd
    76.  
      bptestnetconn
    77.  
      bptpcinfo
    78.  
      bpup
    79.  
      bpverify
    80.  
      cat_convert
    81.  
      cat_export
    82.  
      cat_import
    83.  
      configurePorts
    84.  
      create_nbdb
    85.  
      csconfig
    86.  
      duplicatetrace
    87.  
      importtrace
    88.  
      jbpSA
    89.  
      jnbSA
    90.  
      ltid
    91.  
      mklogdir
    92.  
      nbauditreport
    93.  
      nbcatsync
    94.  
      NBCC
    95.  
      NBCCR
    96.  
      nbcertcmd
    97.  
      nbcertupdater
    98.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    99.  
      nbcplogs
    100.  
      nbdb_admin
    101.  
      nbdb_backup
    102.  
      nbdb_move
    103.  
      nbdb_ping
    104.  
      nbdb_restore
    105.  
      nbdb_unload
    106.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    107.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    108.  
      nbdc
    109.  
      nbdecommission
    110.  
      nbdelete
    111.  
      nbdeployutil
    112.  
      nbdevconfig
    113.  
      nbdevquery
    114.  
      nbdiscover
    115.  
      nbdna
    116.  
      nbemm
    117.  
      nbemmcmd
    118.  
      nbexecute
    119.  
      nbfindfile
    120.  
      nbfirescan
    121.  
      nbftadm
    122.  
      nbftconfig
    123.  
      nbgetconfig
    124.  
      nbhba
    125.  
      nbholdutil
    126.  
      nbhypervtool
    127.  
      nbjm
    128.  
      nbkmsutil
    129.  
      nboraadm
    130.  
      nbpem
    131.  
      nbpemreq
    132.  
      nbperfchk
    133.  
      nbplupgrade
    134.  
      nbrb
    135.  
      nbrbutil
    136.  
      nbregopsc
    137.  
      nbreplicate
    138.  
      nbrestorevm
    139.  
      nbseccmd
    140.  
      nbsetconfig
    141.  
      nbsnapimport
    142.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    143.  
      nbsqladm
    144.  
      nbstl
    145.  
      nbstlutil
    146.  
      nbsu
    147.  
      nbsvrgrp
    148.  
      resilient_clients
    149.  
      restoretrace
    150.  
      stopltid
    151.  
      tl4d
    152.  
      tl8d
    153.  
      tl8cd
    154.  
      tldd
    155.  
      tldcd
    156.  
      tlhd
    157.  
      tlhcd
    158.  
      tlmd
    159.  
      tpautoconf
    160.  
      tpclean
    161.  
      tpconfig
    162.  
      tpext
    163.  
      tpreq
    164.  
      tpunmount
    165.  
      verifytrace
    166.  
      vltadm
    167.  
      vltcontainers
    168.  
      vlteject
    169.  
      vltinject
    170.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    171.  
      vltopmenu
    172.  
      vltrun
    173.  
      vmadd
    174.  
      vmchange
    175.  
      vmcheckxxx
    176.  
      vmd
    177.  
      vmdelete
    178.  
      vmoprcmd
    179.  
      vmphyinv
    180.  
      vmpool
    181.  
      vmquery
    182.  
      vmrule
    183.  
      vmupdate
    184.  
      vnetd
    185.  
      vxlogcfg
    186.  
      vxlogmgr
    187.  
      vxlogview
    188.  
      W2KOption

Name

nbdeployutil — deployment utility that gathers and analyzes master server information regarding clients and capacity

SYNOPSIS

nbdeployutil --gather [--bpimagelist=options] [--capacity ¦ --traditional] [--client hostname1, [hostname2, ...] | --clientlist=filename] [--hoursago=number] [--log=filename] [--master=hostname] [--nolog] [--output=directory] [--runtimestats] [-start date [-end date]]

nbdeployutil --report [--capacity ¦ --traditional] [--day-boundary=time] [dir1 dir2 dir# | --dirsfile=filename | --parentdir=directory] [--log=filename] [--nolog] [--runtimestats]

nbdeployutil --version

nbdeployutil --debug-inputs dir1 [dir2 dir3]

nbdeployutil --retry dir1 [dir2 dir#]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\

DESCRIPTION

The nbdeployutil utility gathers and analyzes deployment information from the master server. The utility performs a deployment analysis according to one of two NetBackup licensing models, either Traditional Licensing or Capacity Licensing. A Traditional Licensing deployment analysis counts the number of clients and servers then compares this information against licensed options. Capacity Licensing deployment analysis calculates how much source data is protected.

The command is run in two steps. nbdeployutil gathers the data in the first step and analyzes the data in the second step.

The nbdeployutil command supports incremental reporting. With this feature, nbdeployutil runs based on a specified frequency to incrementally gather data and generate capacity-based licensing reports. For more information on how to enable and use this feature, please see the Veritas NetBackup Administrator's Guide Volume II.

The utility generates a log file named nbdeployutil-gather-timestamp.log during the gathering operation. The utility generates a log file named nbdeployutil-report-timestamp.log during the analysis and the report generating operation. By default the log files are created in the directory where the gathered data resides.

For more information on Traditional and Capacity based licensing, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide Volume II.

OPERATIONS

--debug-inputs

Converts the files that are used to generate the report into human-readable format. These new files are easier to read than the raw output. You can only specify the directories that contain basic ASCII characters. Directories with extended ASCII characters are not permitted.

--gather

Collects data for analysis with the report option. If the capacity or traditional parameter is used, only data for that specific license model is collected. If neither capacity nor traditional is specified, gather collects data for both license models.

--report

Produces a license report based on the data that is collected with the gather option. Specify the directory or list of directories for the utility to use for the report. You must use either the capacity or the traditional parameter when using the --report operation.

--retry

Reruns the gather operation and attempts to reconnect to hosts which failed during gather process as determined by the information in the gather directory. This action is helpful with the traditional licensing model when multiple hosts are reported as unreachable.

--version

Returns the version of the command. This option is used to identify the latest NetBackup product version the command is designed to run against. The version string also indicates special versions of the utility, such as engineering binaries. This option is useful if utility was manually copied to a pre-7.1 master server.

OPTIONS

--bpimagelist

Use to pass specific options to bpimagelist command during the gather part of the process.

--capacity

Specifies the license model when used with gather or report. Use capacity to report on deployment according to NetBackup's per terabyte capacity licensing model.

--client or --clientlist

Collects the data or reports on data for a specified client or list of clients only. When using client, separate multiple clients with a comma. To use the clientlist parameter, list the clients in the filename on separate lines. When you use the --client or the --clientlist option, the report may show some media servers as not connectable even though the utility can connect to them. This problem should not affect the summary information.

--day-boundary

Moves the start of the report window for creating reports. The default report window starts at midnight and runs to 11:59:59 P.M. Specify the time value as hh:mm in 24 hour notation, where 6:00 A.M. is 06:00 and 6:00 P.M. is 18:00.

--dirsfile

A file containing a list of directories which the report parameter uses to generate a report. This parameter is an alternative to listing all the files after the report parameter. You can also use the parentdir parameter to list a parent directory for the report parameter to use.

--end

Specifies the end date for a restricted date range of the collection period. This option is used only with the start option. The format for this parameter is "MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss". Specify the time value hh:mm:ss in 24 hour notation, where 6:00 A.M. is 06:00:00 and 6:00 P.M. is 18:00:00. Double quotation marks must surround the date time value.

--hoursago

Changes the default value for the image gather time interval. The value is specified in hours. The default value is 2160 hours (90 days).

--log

Forces the log output to go to a specific log file. By default, the log output is written to a log file within the directory where the gathered data and report is stored.

--master

Gathers capacity licensing data for the specified master server. This option is only used with --gather. For the local host to gather data from a remote server, the host name must appear in the server list of the remote server.

This option only supports remotely gathered capacity licensing information. Remotely gathered traditional licensing data is not supported.

--nolog

Disable the creation of the debug log file.

--output

Saves the results in the indicated output directory. You can only specify the directories that contain basic ASCII characters. Directories with extended ASCII characters are not permitted. If the operation is a gather, the output directory holds gathered data. For report operations, the report and log file are put in the output directory instead of co-located with the gathered data in the specified input directory. If the output option is not specified, the output is placed in the following directory:

  • UNIX: /usr/openv/var/global/reports/ YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_masterserver

  • Windows: install_path\ VERITAS\netbackup\var\global\reports\YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_masterserver

--parentdir

Specifies the top level in a directory tree containing many directories with the gathered licensing data that the report parameter should use to generate a report. You can also use the dirsfile parameter to specify a file that contains a list of directories.

--runtimestats

Displays runtime statistics for the utility. The statistics include memory and CPU usage.

Example UNIX output:

stats  mem 40.1 M, cpu 27.0% after splitting t/fixture/
nbdeployutil_sidon/bpimagelist_sidon.out
stats  mem 40.1 M, cpu 28.0% after parsing records from t/fixture/
nbdeployutil_sidon/tmp/policy_db_arc_tab_2gig_nt_client_totem7.out
stats  mem 40.6 M, cpu 50.0% after calculating for UNKNOWN-1 in 
t/fixture/nbdeployutil_sidon/ stats  mem 40.6 M, cpu 51.0% after 
main report loop took 1 sec
--start

Specifies the start date for a restricted date range for the collection period. The format for this parameter is "MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss". Specify the time value hh:mm:ss in 24 hour notation, where 6:00 A.M. is 06:00:00 and 6:00 P.M. is 18:00:00. Be aware the double quotation marks around the date time value are required.

--traditional

Used with gather or report to specify the license model. Use --traditional to report on deployment according to NetBackup traditional per server licensing model. The default value is 2160 hours (90 days).

--verbose

Outputs detailed progress information of the utility to the screen, which has no effect on the information in the debug log file. The contents of the log file are always verbose.

PREREQUISITES

The following are the prerequisites for the nbdeployutil utility:

  • The master server daemons or services must run in the environment to gather the data.

  • Confirm that sufficient disk space exists on the master server that runs the gather command. Gathering capacity licensing data collects bpimagelist output for the previous 90 days. The size of the output is a function of the number of images in the catalog for that period. The default time period can be moved or shrunk. Shorter time range analysis causes less accurate or incomplete figures.

  • Microsoft Excel is required to view the report. The software does not have to be installed on the master server.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Create a deployment analysis report for both NetBackup's capacity licensing model and traditional license model. The directory paths are for a Windows system, but this example applies to a UNIX system as well.

# nbdeployutil --gather
NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.1.0000.0000
Gathering license deployment information...
  Discovered master server marybl2g1
  Output for marybl2g1 at: D:\Program Files\VERITAS\netbackup\
  var\global\reports\20101029_170534_marybl2g1
Gather DONE
Execution time: 1 min
To create a report for this master server, run the following:
  nbdeployutil.exe --report "D:\Program Files\VERITAS\netbackup\
  var\global\reports\20101029_170534_marybl2g1"

D:\>nbdeployutil.exe --report --traditional "D:\Program Files\
VERITAS\netbackup\var\global\reports\
20101029_170534_marybl2g1"
NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.1.0000.0000
Analyzing license deployment for master marybl2g1 ...
  Report created at: D:\Program Files\VERITAS\netbackup\var\global\
  reports\20101029_170534_marybl2g1\report-20101029_170705.xls
Analysis DONE
Execution time: 27 secs

Example 2 - Targeted deployment capacity analysis. The command gathers data for a subset of clients for a timeframe different than the default. The directory paths are for a Windows system, but this example applies to a UNIX system as well.

# nbdeployutil.exe --gather --output pickedclient --start "11/01/10 
06:00:00" --end "11/02/10 01:00:00" --clients marybl2g1,marybl7g1  /
--verbose NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.1.0000.0000
Gathering license deployment information...
run: bpgetconfig
  Discovered master server marybl2g1
run: bpimagelist -M marybl2g1 -d "11/01/10 06:00:00" -e "11/02/10 
01:00:00" -l -client marybl2g1
run: bpimagelist -M marybl2g1 -d "11/01/10 06:00:00" -e "11/02/10 
01:00:00" -l -client marybl7g1
  Output for marybl2g1 at: pickedclient\20101102_155246_marybl2g1
Gather DONE
Execution time: 4 secs
To create a report for this master server, run the following:
  nbdeployutil.exe --report "pickedclient\20101102_155246_marybl2g1"

D:\># nbdeployutil.exe --report --capacity pickedclient\
20101102_154010_marybl2g1 --start "11/01/10 06:00:00" 
--end "11/02/10 01:00:00" --clients marybl2g1,
marybl7g1 --verbose
NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.1.0000.0000
Analyzing license deployment ...
  Master marybl2g1
  Report created at: pickedclient\20101102_154010_marybl2g1\
  report-20101102_155414.xls
Analysis DONE
Execution time: 2 secs

SEE ALSO

See bpimagelist.