NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

--auto_recover_DR

Recover the MSDP catalog from the most recent backup image. This option automatically recovers the catalog and performs all of the actions necessary to return MSDP to full functionality.

This option requires the --policy policy_name option.

To recover the catalog from a backup other than the most recent, contact your Veritas Support representative.

--client host_name

The client to back up (that is, the host name of the MSDP storage server).

Default: the value that bpgetconfig CLIENT_NAME returns.

--cleanup

Remove all of the old MSDP catalog directories during the catalog recovery process. Those directories are renamed during the recovery.

--disk_pool

This option is required for auto_recover_DR when the disk pool name cannot be determined from the host name.

--dsid

The data selection ID is the catalog directory for one of the NetBackup domains.

In a multi-domain scenario when you recover the catalog from another domain, the dsid of the other NetBackup domain is used. To obtain the dsid of the other NetBackup domain, run the spauser command to list the dsid.

The default value is 2.

--hardware machine_type

The hardware type or the computer type for the host.

Spaces are not allowed. If the string contains special characters, enclose it in double quotation marks (").

Default: Unknown.

--initialize_DR

--list_files

List the files in the most recent MSDP catalog backup.

This option requires the --policy policy_name option.

--log_file pathname

The pathname for the log file that the drcontrol utility creates. By default, the utility writes log files to /storage_path/log/drcontrol/.

--NB_install_dir install_directory

Windows only. Required option if NetBackup was installed in a location other than the default (C:\Program Files\Veritas).

If the string contains spaces or special characters, enclose it in double quotation marks ("). Do not use a trailing backslash in the install_directory string.

--new_policy

Create a new policy to protect the deduplication catalog on this host. If a policy with the given name exists already, the command fails.

--OS operating_system

The operating system for the host.

Spaces are not allowed. If the string contains special characters, enclose it in double quotation marks (").

Default: UNIX/Linux or MS-Windows.

--policy policy_name

The name for the backup policy.

Required with --auto_recover_DR and --update_policy; optional with --new_policy.

Default: Dedupe_Catalog_shorthostname

--print_space_required

Display an estimate of the percentage of file system space that is required to recover the MSDP catalog.

--recover_last_image

Restore the MSDP catalog from the last set of backup images (that is, the last full plus all subsequent incrementals). The drcontrol utility calls the NetBackup bprestore command for the restore operation.

--refresh_shadow_catalog

Deletes all existing shadow catalog copies and creates a new catalog shadow copy.

--residence residence

The name of the storage unit on which to store the MSDP catalog backups.

Do not use the Media Server Deduplication Pool as the destination for the catalog backups. Recovery of the MSDP catalog from its Media Server Deduplication Pool is impossible.

Veritas recommends that you use a storage unit that is attached to a NetBackup host other than the MSDP storage server.

--update_policy

This option fails if there is no policy with the given policy name. It also fails if the existing policy type is incompatible with the operating system of the host on which you run the command.

This option requires the --policy policy_name option.

--verbose

Echo all drcontrol log statements to stdout.