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

nbstlutil — run the NetBackup storage lifecycle policies utility

SYNOPSIS

nbstlutil active [-lifecycle name] [-destination name] [-before mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -after mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss]

nbstlutil inactive -lifecycle name | -destination name [-reactivation_time mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -duration hours] [-before mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -after mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss]

nbstlutil inactive -lifecycle name -destination name [-reactivation_time mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -duration hours] [-before mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -after mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss]

nbstlutil list_import_conf [-l|-U|-b|-json| -json_compact] [-lifecycle name] [-all_pending_images] [destination name] [-target_domain name]

nbstlutil cancel [-lifecycle name | -destination name] [-version number] [-before mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -after mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss] [-nowarn]

nbstlutil active | inactive | cancel -backupid id_value

nbstlutil diskspaceinfo [-stype server_type]

nbstlutil list [-l | -U | -b] [-rt I | IC | ICF | ICFS] [-lifecycle name [-version number] [-destination name] | -lifecycle_only | -backupid value | -jobid value] [-client name] [-mediaid value] [-mediaserver name] [-storageserver name] [-image_state value] | -copy_state value | -frag_state value | -image_incomplete | -image_inactive | -copy_incomplete | -copy_inactive] [-copy_type value] [-policy name] [-before mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss | -after mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss]

nbstlutil pendimplist

nbstlutil redo -backupid value -slpindex value

nbstlutil repllist [-l] [-U] [-sincetime timeval]

nbstlutil report [-lifecycle name [-version number]] [-client name] [-mediaid value] [-mediaserver name] [-storageserver name]

nbstlutil stlilist [-l] [-U] [[[-lifecycle name] [-destination name]] | -backupid value] [-client name] [-mediaid value] [-mediaserver name] [-image_state value | -image_incomplete | -image_inactive] [-copy_type value]

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 nbstlutil command provides a way for users to intervene in storage lifecycle policy (SLP) operations. The following are the utility functions:

active

Activates processing of the secondary operations that have been suspended within a storage lifecycle policy. Operations that qualify as secondary are duplication, replication, and import from snapshot. Existing images and newly created images are activated. The -lifecycle, -version, -destination, -before, -after, and -backupid options identify the secondary operations.

  • If neither the -lifecycle option nor the -destination is specified, nbstlutil resumes the processing of all secondary operations for all storage lifecycle policies.

  • If only a storage lifecycle policy (-lifecycle) is specified, nbstlutil resumes the processing of all secondary operations for that storage lifecycle policy only.

  • If only a destination is specified, nbstlutil resumes the processing of all secondary operations that use the specified destination for all storage lifecycle policies.

You suspend secondary operations when you run the nbstlutil inactive command.

cancel

Permanently cancels storage lifecycle policy processing according to how the -lifecycle, -before, -after, and -destination options are used:

  • If the -lifecycle option and the -destination option are both used, nbstlutil permanently cancels processing for the existing images that the options identify.

  • If neither of the options is used, nbstlutil permanently cancels all pending copies for all existing images that the storage lifecycle policies manage.

  • If only a storage lifecycle policy (-lifecycle) is specified, nbstlutil permanently cancels all pending copies of the existing images that it manages.

  • If only a destination is specified, nbstlutil permanently cancels all pending copies that are bound for that destination, for all storage lifecycle policies.

Any new images that are created after this command are processed normally. If all pending copies of an image are canceled, that image is marked as complete. The destination name is the name of a storage unit or a storage unit group that is used in a storage lifecycle policy.

diskspaceinfo

Reports on the space that is used by all disk volumes or only the disk volumes that the specified type uses.

inactive

Suspends processing of secondary operations within a storage lifecycle policy, but retains the image information so that processing can resume later. Secondary operations are duplication, replication, and import from snapshot. Existing images and newly created images are suspended. The -lifecycle, -before, -after, and -destination options identify the secondary operations.

  • If the -lifecycle option and the -destination option are both used, nbstlutil suspends processing for the existing images that the storage lifecycle policy and destination options identify.

  • If only a storage lifecycle policy (-lifecycle) is specified, nbstlutil suspends all secondary operations for that storage lifecycle policy.

  • If only a destination is specified, nbstlutil suspends all secondary operations that use the specified destination for all storage lifecycle policies.

The inactive option uses an accompanying reactivation option that lets you select when the inactive secondary operations can resume processing.

list

Shows the contents of an image list. It lists images that reference an SLP. You can specify the SLP name to filter the image list. This option is primarily a debugging tool, but support may use the information to troubleshoot problems.

list_import_conf

Lists the images that have been replicated to a target domain but the corresponding import confirmation message has not been received. By default, only those images waiting for confirmation longer than the configured threshold are listed. If the -all_pending_images option is selected, all waiting images are listed regardless of waiting time.

pendimplist

Lists all images in the pending import state. These are replication events that are received but not yet imported successfully. Because the image import function does not import images with a backup time in the future, these images remain pending until the backup time has passed.

redo

Repeats an SLP operation on an image. If a non-NetBackup action loses, damages, or destroys an image copy, redo lets you recreate the copy. If the original source copy is no longer available, the redo fails.

report

Shows a rollup of incomplete copies of lifecycle managed images.

repllist

Shows the status for completed replication copies.

stlilist

Shows the status for incomplete copies of lifecycle managed images.

OPTIONS

-after mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss

Restricts the SLP secondary operation to only those backups started after the specified date-time.

-all_pending_images

All waiting images are listed regardless of waiting time.

-b

Lists only the backup IDs.

-backupid value

Specifies the backup ID whose images are to be processed.

-before mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss

Restricts the SLP secondary operation to only those backups started before the specified date-time.

-client name

Restricts the listing of images for storage lifecycle operations to only those on the client that is specified by name.

-copy_inactive value

Selects the images for which one or more copies are marked as inactive in the NetBackup database. This option is used primarily for debugging.

-copy_incomplete value

Selects the images for which one or more copies are not marked as duplication complete in the NetBackup database. This option is used for debugging.

-copy_state value

Selects the images with the specified copy state in the NetBackup database. This option is used primarily for debugging. Valid values for copy state are as follows:

  • 1 - NOT_STARTED

  • 2 - IN_PROCESS

  • 3 - COMPLETE

  • 9 - NOT_STARTED | INACTIVE

  • 10 - IN_PROCESS | INACTIVE

-copy_type value

Selects a copy type filter for the list commands (list and stlilist). Valid values are the following:

  • 0 - Backup

  • 1 - Duplication

  • 2 - Snapshot

  • 3 - Duplication to remote master (replica)

  • 4 - Import

-destination name

Selects the images that are scheduled to be duplicated to the storage unit or storage unit group that is specified by name.

-duration hours

Sets the amount of time in hours after the lifecycle images are inactivated before reactivation begins. The number of hours must be in whole integers (1,2,...). This option is used only with the inactive option.

-frag_state value

Selects the images with the specified fragment state in the NetBackup database. This option is used for debugging. Valid values for frag state are as follows:

  • 1 - ACTIVE

  • 2 - TO_BE_DELETED

  • 3 - ELIGIBLE_FOR_EXPIRATION

-image_inactive value

Selects the images that are marked as inactive in the NetBackup database. This option is used for debugging.

-image_incomplete value

Selects the images that are not marked as lifecycle complete in the NetBackup database. This option is used for debugging.

-image_state value

Selects the images with the specified image state in the NetBackup database. This option is used primarily for debugging. The valid values for image state are as follows:

  • 1 - NOT_STARTED

  • 2 - IN_PROCESS

  • 3 - COMPLETE

  • 9 - NOT_STARTED | INACTIVE

  • 10 - IN_PROCESS | INACTIVE

-jobid value

Restricts the output listing of images for storage lifecycle operations to only those that the specified job ID value has created. -jobid can be used only with the list option.

-json

Produces output in expanded readable json format.

-json_compact

Produces output in compressed json format.

-l

Produces a condensed parsable output of the listing.

-lifecycle name

Selects only lifecycle managed image list.

-mediaid value

Restricts the listing of images for storage lifecycle operations to only those on the media ID that value specifies.

-mediaserver name

Restricts the listing of images for storage lifecycle operations to only those on the media that name specifies.

-nowarn

Skips the interactive warning message.

-policy name

Restricts the processing of images to those that the specified backup policy (name) has created. -policy can be used only with the list option.

-reactivation_time mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss

Sets the time in mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format when you want the copies or SLPs that you are inactivating to be reactivated. The inactive option can use this option or the -duration option to reactivate inactivated copies or SLPs.

-rt I | IC | ICF | ICFS

Selects the record types to be listed. The possible values are:

  • I - list only image records.

  • IC - list image and copy records.

  • ICF - list image, copy, and fragment records.

  • ICFS - list image, copy, fragment, and snapshot records.

-sincetime timeval

Shows the status of completed replication copies from the specified timeval to the present. This option is used with the repllist function.

-slpindex value

Specifies the SLP operation to be repeated. -slpindex can be used only with the redo operation.

-storageserver name

Restricts the listing of images for storage lifecycle operations to only those on the storage server that name specifies.

-stype server_type

Specifies a string that identifies the storage server type. The server_type value can originate from one of the following sources:

  • Veritas provided storage. Possible values are AdvancedDisk and PureDisk.

  • Third-party disk appliances. The vendor supplies the server_type string.

  • Cloud storage. Possible values are amazon, att, azure, and rackspace. The cloud stype values reflect the cloud storage provider. Cloud storage stype values can also incorporate a suffix (for example, amazon_crypt). Possible suffixes are:

    • _raw: The NetBackup backup image is sent to the cloud in raw format. Use this option if you do not want to compress or encrypt data before sending to cloud storage.

    • _rawc: Compresses the data before it is written to the cloud storage.

    • _crypt: Encrypt the data using AES-256 encryption before writing the data to cloud storage. You must have KMS configured in NetBackup to use this option.

    • _cryptc: Compress and encrypt the data before writing to cloud storage.

The storage server type is case sensitive.

-target_domain name

Selects for output only those records that pertain to the named target domain.

-U

Produces user-readable output of the listing.

-version number

Restricts the list output to only images that are controlled by the specified SLP version. It must be used with the -lifecycle option.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Displays the information about a lifecycle in-process image.

# nbstlutil -list -backupid dollhouse_1287744229 -U
Image:
 Master Server            : dollhouse
 Backup ID                : dollhouse_1287744229
 Client                   : dollhouse
 Backup Time              : 1287744229 (Fri Aug 24 16:13:49 2012)
 Policy                   : pol-slp-2bkup-70-level
 Client Type              : 13
 Schedule Type            : 0
 Storage Lifecycle Policy : slp-pol-2backup-70-level
 Storage Lifecycle State  : 2 (IN-PROCESS)
 Time In Process          : 1287744327 (Fri Aug 24 16:15:27 2012)
 Data Classification ID   : 85AA96DF9781453289A41745DD240A48 (Platinum)
 Version Number           : 0
 OriginMasterServer       : (none specified)
 OriginMasterServerID     : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
 Import From Replica Time : 0 (Thu Jan 01 05:30:00 1970)
 Required Expiration Date : 0 (Thu Jan 01 05:30:00 1970)
 Created Date Time        : 1287744297 (Fri Aug 24 16:14:57 2012)

 Copy:
   Master Server       : dollhouse
   Backup ID           : dollhouse_1287744229
   Copy Number         : 1
   Copy Type           : 0   
   Expire Time         : 1288953829 (Fri Nov 02 16:13:49 2012)
   Expire LC Time      : 1288953829 (Fri Nov 02 16:13:49 2012)
   Try To Keep Time    : 1288953829 (Fri Nov 02 16:13:49 2012)
   Residence           : PDDE-Stu
   Copy State          : 2 (IN-PROCESS)
   Job ID              : 0
   Retention Type      : 0 (FIXED)
   MPX State           : 0 (FALSE)
   Source              : 0
   Destination ID      : *NONE*
   Last Retry Time     : 0

   Fragment:
     Master Server     : dollhouse
     Backup ID         : dollhouse_1287744229
     Copy Number       : 1
     Fragment Number   : 1
     Resume Count      : 0
     Media ID          : @aaaad
     Media Server      : dollhouse
     Storage Server    : (none specified)
     Media Type        : 0 (DISK)
     Media Sub-Type    : 6 (STSDYNAMIC)
     Fragment State    : 1 (ACTIVE)
     Fragment Size     : 5120
     Delete Header     : 1
     Fragment ID       : @aaaad

The output displays "(none specified)" for blank fields.

Example 2 - Display the contents of an image list in condensed parsable format.

# nbstlutil list -l
V7.0 I abc.example.com abc_1225727 abc 1225727 Pol_SLPTest1 0 0 SLP_Test1 2      \
1225727 *NULL*
V7.0 C abc.example.com abc_1225727 1   2147483 1225735 AdvDisk1 3 0 0 0 0
V7.0 F abc.example.com abc_1225727 1   1 0 @ab abc.example.com *NULL* 0 6 1  \
32768 1 @ab
V7.0 C abc.example.com abc_1225727 2   2147483 1225735 AdvDisk2 3 0 0 0 0

Example 3 - Display the information for an incomplete lifecycle image in user-readable output.

# nbstlutil stlilist -U
Image abc_1225727928 for Lifecycle SLP_Test1 is IN_PROCESS
  Copy to abc-tape1 is IN_PROCESS
  Copy to AdvDisk3 is NOT_STARTED