Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)
  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 cldinstance
    86.  
      csconfig cldprovider
    87.  
      csconfig meter
    88.  
      csconfig throttle
    89.  
      duplicatetrace
    90.  
      importtrace
    91.  
      jbpSA
    92.  
      jnbSA
    93.  
      ltid
    94.  
      manageClientCerts
    95.  
      mklogdir
    96.  
      nbauditreport
    97.  
      nbcatsync
    98.  
      NBCC
    99.  
      NBCCR
    100.  
      nbcertcmd
    101.  
      nbcertupdater
    102.  
      nbcldutil
    103.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    104.  
      nbcplogs
    105.  
      nbdb_admin
    106.  
      nbdb_backup
    107.  
      nbdb_move
    108.  
      nbdb_ping
    109.  
      nbdb_restore
    110.  
      nbdb_unload
    111.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    112.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    113.  
      nbdc
    114.  
      nbdecommission
    115.  
      nbdelete
    116.  
      nbdeployutil
    117.  
      nbdevconfig
    118.  
      nbdevquery
    119.  
      nbdiscover
    120.  
      nbdna
    121.  
      nbemm
    122.  
      nbemmcmd
    123.  
      nbexecute
    124.  
      nbfindfile
    125.  
      nbfirescan
    126.  
      nbftadm
    127.  
      nbftconfig
    128.  
      nbgetconfig
    129.  
      nbhba
    130.  
      nbholdutil
    131.  
      nbhostidentity
    132.  
      nbhostmgmt
    133.  
      nbhypervtool
    134.  
      nbjm
    135.  
      nbkmsutil
    136.  
      nboraadm
    137.  
      nborair
    138.  
      nbpem
    139.  
      nbpemreq
    140.  
      nbperfchk
    141.  
      nbplupgrade
    142.  
      nbrb
    143.  
      nbrbutil
    144.  
      nbregopsc
    145.  
      nbreplicate
    146.  
      nbrestorevm
    147.  
      nbseccmd
    148.  
      nbsetconfig
    149.  
      nbsnapimport
    150.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    151.  
      nbsqladm
    152.  
      nbstl
    153.  
      nbstlutil
    154.  
      nbstop
    155.  
      nbsu
    156.  
      nbsvrgrp
    157.  
      resilient_clients
    158.  
      restoretrace
    159.  
      stopltid
    160.  
      tl4d
    161.  
      tl8d
    162.  
      tl8cd
    163.  
      tldd
    164.  
      tldcd
    165.  
      tlhd
    166.  
      tlhcd
    167.  
      tlmd
    168.  
      tpautoconf
    169.  
      tpclean
    170.  
      tpconfig
    171.  
      tpext
    172.  
      tpreq
    173.  
      tpunmount
    174.  
      verifytrace
    175.  
      vltadm
    176.  
      vltcontainers
    177.  
      vlteject
    178.  
      vltinject
    179.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    180.  
      vltopmenu
    181.  
      vltrun
    182.  
      vmadd
    183.  
      vmchange
    184.  
      vmcheckxxx
    185.  
      vmd
    186.  
      vmdelete
    187.  
      vmoprcmd
    188.  
      vmphyinv
    189.  
      vmpool
    190.  
      vmquery
    191.  
      vmrule
    192.  
      vmupdate
    193.  
      vnetd
    194.  
      vxlogcfg
    195.  
      vxlogmgr
    196.  
      vxlogview
    197.  
      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