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

tpreq — request a tape volume for mounting and assign a file name to the drive

SYNOPSIS

tpreq -m media_id [-a accessmode] [-d density] [-p poolname] [-priority number] [-f] filename

 

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

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is <install_path>\Volmgr\bin\

DESCRIPTION

This command initiates a mount request for a tape volume on a removable media device. The information that you specify with this command identifies and registers the specified file as a logical identifier for the mount request with Media Manager. It also manages access to the volume.

Media Manager automatically mounts the media if it is in a robotic drive. Otherwise, an operator mount request appears in the Device Monitor window. tpreq does not complete normally in the case of a mount request for a robotic drive, if operator intervention is required. These requests also appear in the Device Monitor window.

When the operation is complete, use tpunmount to unmount the volume and remove the file name from the directory in which the file was created.

On UNIX systems, tpreq calls the script drive_mount_notify immediately after the media is successfully placed in a pre-selected drive. This script allows user special handling to occur now. Control is then returned to tpreq to resume processing. The script is only called from the tpreq command for the drives that are in robots and is not valid for standalone drives. This script resides in the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/goodies directory. To use this script, activate it and copy it into the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin directory; usage information is documented within the script.

You must have administrator privileges to run this command.

OPTIONS

-m media_id

Specifies the media ID of the volume to be mounted. You can enter the ID in upper or lowercase; Media Manager converts it to uppercase.

-a accessmode

Specifies the access mode of the volume. Valid access modes are w and r. If the access mode is w (write), the media must be mounted with write enabled. The default is r (read), which means the media may be write protected.

-d density

Specifies the density of the drive. This option determines the type of drive on which the tape volume is mounted. The default density is dlt.

Valid densities for NetBackup Enterprise Server follow:

4mm for 4-mm cartridge, 8mm for 8-mm cartridge, 8mm2 for 8-mm cartridge 2, 8mm3 for 8-mm cartridge 3, dlt for DLT cartridge, dlt2 for DLT cartridge 2, dlt3 for DLT cartridge 3, dtf for DTF cartridge, hcart for 1/2-inch cartridge, hcart2 for 1/2 Inch cartridge 2, hcart3 for 1/2 Inch cartridge 3, qscsi for 1/4-inch cartridge.

The following applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server:

The half-inch cartridge densities (hcart, hcart2, and hcart3) can be used to distinguish between any supported half-inch drive types. However, tape requests can only be assigned to drives of the associated media type. For example, it assigns a tape request with density hcart2 that specifies a media ID with media type HCART2 to an hcart2 drive. Likewise, it assigns a tape request with density hcart that specifies a media ID with media type HCART to an hcart drive. The same rules apply to the DLT densities (dlt, dlt2, and dlt3) and the 8MM densities (8mm, 8mm2, and 8mm3).

Valid densities for NetBackup server follow:

4mm for 4-mm cartridge, 8mm for 8-mm cartridge, dlt for DLT cartridge, hcart for 1/2 Inch cartridge, qscsi for 1/4-inch cartridge.

The mount request must be performed on a drive type that satisfies the density.

-p poolname

Specifies the volume pool where the volume resides. poolname is case-sensitive. The default is None.

-priority number

Specifies a new priority for the job that overrides the default job priority.

-f filename

Specifies the file to be associated with the volume. The file name represents a symbolic link to the drive where the volume is mounted.

The file name can be a single name or a complete path. If you specify only a file name, the file is created in the current working directory. If you specify a path, the file is created in the directory that is named in the path. filename cannot be an existing file.

If the tpreq command is successful, Media Manager creates a file with the name that you specified. This file contains the name of the tape device where the media is mounted. Do not delete this file. Use the tpunmount command to remove it.

The specification of -f before filename is optional.

EXAMPLE

Create file tape1 in the current working directory that links the file to the drive that contains the volume whose media ID is JLR01. The access mode for the tape file is set to write, and a 1/4-inch cartridge drive is assigned.

# tpreq -f tape1 -m jlr01 -a w -d qscsi

SEE ALSO

See tpunmount.