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Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Last Published: 2020-09-14

Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1)

About the NetBackup command line options to configure immutable and indelible data

As a security administrator, you can use the following catdbutil and spadb command line options to configure immutable and indelible data or WORM storage.

See About NetBackup WORM storage support for immutable and indelible data .

The catdbutil command lets you query and modify catalog database. The command is available at the following location:

/usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/

The following table describes the WORM-specific options and arguments for the catdbutil command.

Table: The options and arguments for the catdbutil command.

Command and its description	Option	Description
catdbutil Query and modify catalog database.	worm list Usage: --worm list [--pattern PATTERN]	Display the backup IDs and other information of the WORM-enabled images. The following information is displayed: backupid, retention lock date, time left, worm flags
worm disable Usage: --worm disable --backupid	Disable retention lock for an image using the backup ID.
worm audit Usage: --worm audit [--sdate yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss \| --edate yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss]	Display WORM audit information for a specified date and time interval.

Command and its description

Option

Description

catdbutil

Query and modify catalog database.

worm list

Usage:

--worm list [--pattern PATTERN]

Display the backup IDs and other information of the WORM-enabled images.

The following information is displayed:

backupid, retention lock date, time left, worm flags

worm disable

Usage:

--worm disable --backupid

Disable retention lock for an image using the backup ID.

worm audit

Usage:

--worm audit [--sdate yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss | --edate yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss]

Display WORM audit information for a specified date and time interval.

The spadb command line utility that lets you use the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad) to set WORM for an LSU and define the WORM mode and the interval for making the image immutable and indelible.

The Deduplication Manager reads the WORM mode from the /etc/lockdown-mode.conf file file.

The command is available at the following location:

/usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/

The following table describes the WORM-specific options and arguments for the spadb command.

Table: The options and arguments for the spadb command.

Command and its description	Option	Description
spadb Command line utility that lets you use the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad)	*spadb update WORM set ${FIELD1_NAME}=xxx, ${FIELD2_NAME}=xxxx* where id=${DSID} # field names: indeliable_minimum_interval indeliable_maximum_interval**	Use the data selection ID to configure the following WORM properties: indelible_minimum_interval and indelible_maximum_interval Set the minimum and maximum interval in days for making the image indelible. For example, spadb -c "update WORM set indelible_minimum_interval=1 where dsid=2" spadb -c "update WORM set indelible_maximum_interval=1000000 where dsid=2"

Command and its description

Option

Description

spadb

Command line utility that lets you use the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad)

spadb update WORM set ${FIELD1_NAME}=xxx, ${FIELD2_NAME}=xxxx where id=${DSID} #

field names:

indeliable_minimum_interval
indeliable_maximum_interval

Use the data selection ID to configure the following WORM properties:

indelible_minimum_interval and indelible_maximum_interval
Set the minimum and maximum interval in days for making the image indelible.
For example,
spadb -c "update WORM set indelible_minimum_interval=1 where dsid=2"
spadb -c "update WORM set indelible_maximum_interval=1000000 where dsid=2"