Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

To configure VxMS logging on a Linux backup host

1. Create the VxMS log directory:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vxms

   Note:

   For logging to occur, the VxMS directory must exist.

   Note:

   If you have run the NetBackup mklogdir command, the VxMS log directory already exists.

   See NetBackup logging for VMware.

2. Add the following to the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file:

   VXMS_VERBOSE=<numeric value of 0 or greater>

   See Table: VxMS logging levels for the available logging levels.

3. To change the log location, enter the following in the bp.conf file:

   vxmslogdir=path to new log location

   Note:

   If the VxMS log location is changed, the Logging Assistant does not collect the logs.

To configure VxMS logging on a Windows backup host

1. Create the VxMS log directory:

   install_path\NetBackup\logs\vxms

   Note:

   For logging to occur, the VxMS folder must exist.

   Note:

   If you have run the NetBackup mklogdir.bat command, the VxMS log directory already exists.

   See NetBackup logging for VMware.

2. In the Windows registry, create the DWORD registry entry VXMS_VERBOSE in the following location:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Veritas > NetBackup > CurrentVersion > Config

3. To configure the logging level, set the numeric value of VXMS_VERBOSE to 0 or greater. Larger numbers result in more verbose logs.

   See Table: VxMS logging levels for the available logging levels.

4. To change the log location:

   • Open regedit and go to the following location:

     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Veritas > NetBackup > CurrentVersion

   • Create the registry entry vxmslogdir with a string value (REG_SZ). For the string value, specify the full path to an existing folder.

   Note:

   You can use NTFS compression on VxMS log folders to compress the log size. The new logs are written in compressed form only.

   Note:

   If the VxMS log location is changed, the Logging Assistant does not collect the logs.