Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup commands
    2.  
      Navigating multiple menu levels
    3.  
      NetBackup command conventions
    4.  
      NetBackup Media Manager command notes
    5.  
      IPV6 updates
    6.  
      Removal of nbexecute command
  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.  
      bpplschedwin
    62.  
      bppolicynew
    63.  
      bpps
    64.  
      bprd
    65.  
      bprecover
    66.  
      bprestore
    67.  
      bpretlevel
    68.  
      bpschedule
    69.  
      bpschedulerep
    70.  
      bpsetconfig
    71.  
      bpstsinfo
    72.  
      bpstuadd
    73.  
      bpstudel
    74.  
      bpstulist
    75.  
      bpsturep
    76.  
      bptestbpcd
    77.  
      bptestnetconn
    78.  
      bptpcinfo
    79.  
      bpup
    80.  
      bpverify
    81.  
      cat_convert
    82.  
      cat_export
    83.  
      cat_import
    84.  
      configurePorts
    85.  
      configureTPCerts
    86.  
      create_nbdb
    87.  
      csconfig cldinstance
    88.  
      csconfig cldprovider
    89.  
      csconfig meter
    90.  
      csconfig throttle
    91.  
      duplicatetrace
    92.  
      importtrace
    93.  
      jbpSA
    94.  
      jnbSA
    95.  
      ltid
    96.  
      manageClientCerts
    97.  
      mklogdir
    98.  
      nbauditreport
    99.  
      nbcatsync
    100.  
      NBCC
    101.  
      NBCCR
    102.  
      nbcertcmd
    103.  
      nbcertupdater
    104.  
      nbcldutil
    105.  
      nbcloudrestore
    106.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    107.  
      nbcplogs
    108.  
      nbdb_admin
    109.  
      nbdb_backup
    110.  
      nbdb_move
    111.  
      nbdb_ping
    112.  
      nbdb_restore
    113.  
      nbdb_unload
    114.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    115.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    116.  
      nbdc
    117.  
      nbdecommission
    118.  
      nbdelete
    119.  
      nbdeployutil
    120.  
      nbdevconfig
    121.  
      nbdevquery
    122.  
      nbdiscover
    123.  
      nbdna
    124.  
      nbemm
    125.  
      nbemmcmd
    126.  
      nbfindfile
    127.  
      nbfirescan
    128.  
      nbftadm
    129.  
      nbftconfig
    130.  
      nbgetconfig
    131.  
      nbhba
    132.  
      nbholdutil
    133.  
      nbhostidentity
    134.  
      nbhostmgmt
    135.  
      nbhypervtool
    136.  
      nbinstallcmd
    137.  
      nbjm
    138.  
      nbkmsutil
    139.  
      nboraadm
    140.  
      nborair
    141.  
      nbpem
    142.  
      nbpemreq
    143.  
      nbperfchk
    144.  
      nbplupgrade
    145.  
      nbrb
    146.  
      nbrbutil
    147.  
      nbregopsc
    148.  
      nbreplicate
    149.  
      nbrepo
    150.  
      nbrestorevm
    151.  
      nbseccmd
    152.  
      nbsetconfig
    153.  
      nbsnapimport
    154.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    155.  
      nbsqladm
    156.  
      nbstl
    157.  
      nbstlutil
    158.  
      nbstop
    159.  
      nbsu
    160.  
      nbsvrgrp
    161.  
      resilient_clients
    162.  
      restoretrace
    163.  
      stopltid
    164.  
      tl4d
    165.  
      tl8d
    166.  
      tl8cd
    167.  
      tldd
    168.  
      tldcd
    169.  
      tlhd
    170.  
      tlhcd
    171.  
      tlmd
    172.  
      tpautoconf
    173.  
      tpclean
    174.  
      tpconfig
    175.  
      tpext
    176.  
      tpreq
    177.  
      tpunmount
    178.  
      verifytrace
    179.  
      vltadm
    180.  
      vltcontainers
    181.  
      vlteject
    182.  
      vltinject
    183.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    184.  
      vltopmenu
    185.  
      vltrun
    186.  
      vmadd
    187.  
      vmchange
    188.  
      vmcheckxxx
    189.  
      vmd
    190.  
      vmdelete
    191.  
      vmoprcmd
    192.  
      vmphyinv
    193.  
      vmpool
    194.  
      vmquery
    195.  
      vmrule
    196.  
      vmupdate
    197.  
      vnetd
    198.  
      vssat
    199.  
      vwcp_manage
    200.  
      vxlogcfg
    201.  
      vxlogmgr
    202.  
      vxlogview
    203.  
      W2KOption

Name

nbdelete — remove deleted fragments from disk volumes

SYNOPSIS

nbdelete -allvolumes [-snapshots | tar] [-priority number]

nbdelete -list [-snapshots | tar]

nbdelete -dt disk_type -media_id name [-bpdm_media_server name] [-media_server name] [-storage_server name] [-priority number]

nbdelete -deletion_stats [-U] [-snapshots] -stype server_type [-dp disk_pool_name [-dv disk_volume_name ]]

nbdelete -deletion_stats [-U] -media_id name

nbdelete -purge_snap_deletion_list -stype server_type -media_id name -dp disk_pool_name -dv disk_volume_name [-force]

nbdelete -purge_deletion_list -media_id name [-force]

nbdelete -list

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 nbdelete command removes all deleted fragments from the disk volumes that are specified on the command line. The -allvolumes option removes the fragments from all volumes that contain deleted fragments. The -dt, -media_id, -media_server, and -storage_server options specify an individual volume where deleted fragments should be removed.

OPTIONS

-allvolumes

Queries the image list in the EMM database to obtain the list of volumes with deleted fragments. It removes the fragments from those volumes and deletes eligible imported snaps, unimported snaps, and NetBackup (tar) images in that order. -allvolumes calls bpdm on master server to delete imported snaps. It also queries the storage servers with unimported snapshots but does not direct bpdm to delete them.

-bpdm_media_server name

Starts up bpdm on the specified media server. Use if a media server has a much faster network connection to the disk volume's storage server for the delete operations.

-bpdm_media_server name

Starts up bpdm on the specified media server. Use if a media server has a much faster network connection to the disk volume's storage server for the delete operations.

-copy_number cnum

Limits the images to be deleted or listed as deletable to the specified snapshot copy number.

-deletion_stats

Displays information about disk fragments in the DeletedImageFragment table or snapshots in the DBM_DeletedSnapReplica table that are ready to be deleted.

Fragment or snapshot records are placed in these tables when their corresponding copies are expired from the NetBackup image catalog. This option queries nbemm to retrieve the number of deletable fragments and the total number KBytes that are waiting to be deleted.

-dp disk_pool_name

Specifies the disk pool name. When -dp is used with -stype but not -dv, then -bprecover returns stats for all images for the disk pool.

-dt disk_type

Specifies the disk type where the deleted fragments should be removed. The following are the valid values for disk_type:

0 - All

1 - BasicDisk

3 - SnapVault

6 - DiskPool

-dv disk_volume_name

Specifies the disk volume name.

-force

Proceeds without asking for user verification.

Note:

Before you run nbdelete with the -force option, ensure that all media servers and valid disks can communicate with the master server. If they are unable, the -force option removes the expired images from EMM but it orphans the image fragments on the disk. Once an expired image is removed from EMM, there is no further attempt to remove the image disk fragments.

-list

Lists imported and unimported snapshots or NetBackup (tar) images eligible for deletion. The list may be limited to the image with the specified backup ID and the specified copy number.

-list name

Specifies the name that represents the media ID of the volume whose deleted fragments are to be removed.

-media_server name

Specifies the name that represents the media server for the volume whose deleted fragments are to be removed.

-media_id

Specifies a 6-character media ID (that is, @aaaa0).

-priority number

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

-purge_deletion_list

Removes all entries from deletion lists for a disk volume without trying to contact storage or delete anything from storage. This function is useful if a storage server has been decommissioned but deletable image records are still in the NetBackup catalog.

-purge_snap_deletion_list

Removes all entries from snapshot deletion lists for a disk volume without trying to contact storage or delete anything from storage. This function is useful if a storage server has been decommissioned but deletable image records are still in the NetBackup catalog.

-snapshots

Deletes all eligible imported and unimported image snapshots on all volumes. When -snapshots is used with -deletion_stats on the command line, nbdelete displays stats for deletable unimported snapshots.

-storage_server name

Specifies the name that represents the storage server of the volume whose deleted fragments are to be removed.

-stype server_type

Specifies a disk storage server type. If you do not use the -dp option with -stype, the command returns stats for all images of the storage server type.

-tar name

Deletes all NetBackup (tar) images on all volumes.

-U

User mode query, with text header for each result. Default is comma-separated values.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

# nbdelete -deletion_stats -U -stype AdvancedDisk -dp ad_dp -dv /dv1
Frags : 6
KB    : 2134

Example 2

# nbdelete -deletion_stats -U -media_id "@aaaa0"
Frags : 2
KB    : 64