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

nbpemreq — run NetBackup Policy Execution Manager (PEM) Requisition to schedule the jobs that are due and capture PEM information

SYNOPSIS

nbpemreq -due -date mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss [-unixtime] [-legacy] [-client_filter client...] [-policy_filter policy...]

nbpemreq -due -dateu unixtime [-unixtime] [-legacy] [-client_filter client...] [-policy_filter policy...]

nbpemreq -jobs [screen] [-depth value] [all | job_id...]

nbpemreq -M servername...

nbpemreq -persisted [screen] [-depth value]

nbpemreq -policies [screen] [-depth value] [policy...]

nbpemreq -predict -date mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss [-unixtime] [-legacy] [-client_filter client...] [-policy_filter policy...]

nbpemreq -predict -dateu unixtime [-unixtime] [-legacy] [-client_filter client...] [-policy_filter policy...]

nbpemreq -predict_all -date mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss [-legacy] [-client_filter client...] [-policy_filter policy...]

nbpemreq -predict_all -dateu unixtime [-legacy] [-client_filter client...] [-policy_filter policy...]

nbpemreq -resume_scheduling

nbpemreq -subsystems [screen] [list | all | subsystem_id...]

nbpemreq -suspend_scheduling

nbpemreq -updatepolicies

 

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 NetBackup Policy Execution Manager Requisition (nbpemreq) determines which jobs are due in the near future. It also reads in all entered policy updates that are in a pending state. Finally, nbpemreq gathers the pertinent nbpem information that is placed in the nbpem log file and optionally displayed to stdout.

This command can also instruct nbpem to process policy updates immediately.

When the nbpemreq command runs, nbpem is affected, which slows down policy processing. Because the nbpemreq output may change from release to release, Veritas does not recommend using nbpemreq in scripts.

OPERATIONS

-due

Provides data about the clients or policies that are scheduled to run by the time specified. The data that is displayed is based on the current time and a future date. Time is indicated bymm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss or by a UNIX timestamp.

-jobs

Provides nbpem information about the state of current jobs and jobs that have run in the previous 30 minutes. nbpem manages all running jobs and keeps history on each job for 30 minutes after the job completes.

-M servername...

Allows nbpemreq to be executed on one or more master servers. The command is executed on each master sequentially in the order that is listed on the command line. When -M is not specified, the default value is the local host.

-persisted

Provides internal information about the contents of the nbpem persistence database file, which contains information about the jobs that are currently running. If nbpem is interrupted, NetBackup knows which jobs to run when nbpem restarts.

-policies

Provides nbpem internal data about the specified policies that includes static data from the policy definition and dynamic information about job scheduling.

-predict | -predict_all

Helps determine when a policy is to be run. The displayed information is based on the current time and a future date. Time is indicated by mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss or by a UNIX timestamp.

This option also helps determine why a policy has not run. The difference between the options is the output format and the amount of data presented. It shows the backups that are eligible to run, but it does not indicate which jobs are to run at a specific time. It checks for an open window for the backup, but does not reflect any of the exclude dates that might be set for the schedule.

-resume_scheduling

Resumes the nbpemreq the scheduling activity that a -suspend_scheduling option has interrupted.

-subsystems

Provides nbpem internal information about the internal subsystem operations. The amount of information that is presented for each subsystem depends on the specified depth. Each subsystem contains varying layers of information.

-suspend_scheduling

Suspends the nbpemreq scheduling activity. You can use this option to suspend scheduled backups.

-updatepolicies

Instructs nbpem to reread the existing policy configuration. Normally, nbpem checks for changes based on the policy update interval that is part of the Global Attributes host properties. The default is 10 minutes. After you run this command, the prompt is simply returned.

OPTIONS

all | job_id...

Lists all jobs or the job that job_id specifies.

-client_filter client...

Filters on the name of a specific client or clients.

depth [ list | all | subsystem_id...]

Specifies the level of detail to be produced for the various output options. Depth is an integer value starting at zero (least amount of output) and goes up (more output). The maximum depth value and the specific content of each depth level varies from output option to output option. The information differs from the information that is presented by using the -subsystems option.

-depth value

Displays all 36 subsystems, or the specified subsystems. Separate the subsystems with spaces, not commas. For example:

# nbpemreq depth 3 8 12
-policy_filter policy...

Filters on the name of a specific policy or policies.

screen

Sends the output to stdout. Command output is always directed to the log files even if the screen option is not used. A maximum of 1 MB of data can be written to stdout.

-unixtime

Specifies the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds.

SEE ALSO

See nbpem.