Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
- Introduction
- Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
- acsd
- add_media_server_on_clients
- backupdbtrace
- backuptrace
- bmrc
- bmrconfig
- bmrepadm
- bmrprep
- bmrs
- bmrsrtadm
- bp
- bparchive
- bpbackup
- bpbackupdb
- bpcatarc
- bpcatlist
- bpcatres
- bpcatrm
- bpcd
- bpchangeprimary
- bpclient
- bpclimagelist
- bpclntcmd
- bpclusterutil
- bpcompatd
- bpconfig
- bpdbjobs
- bpdbm
- bpdgclone
- bpdown
- bpduplicate
- bperror
- bpexpdate
- bpfis
- bpflist
- bpgetconfig
- bpgetdebuglog
- bpimage
- bpimagelist
- bpimmedia
- bpimport
- bpinst
- bpkeyfile
- bpkeyutil
- bplabel
- bplist
- bpmedia
- bpmedialist
- bpminlicense
- bpnbat
- bpnbaz
- bppficorr
- bpplcatdrinfo
- bpplclients
- bppldelete
- bpplinclude
- bpplinfo
- bppllist
- bpplsched
- bpplschedrep
- bppolicynew
- bpps
- bprd
- bprecover
- bprestore
- bpretlevel
- bpschedule
- bpschedulerep
- bpsetconfig
- bpstsinfo
- bpstuadd
- bpstudel
- bpstulist
- bpsturep
- bptestbpcd
- bptestnetconn
- bptpcinfo
- bpup
- bpverify
- cat_convert
- cat_export
- cat_import
- configurePorts
- create_nbdb
- csconfig cldinstance
- csconfig cldprovider
- csconfig meter
- csconfig throttle
- duplicatetrace
- importtrace
- jbpSA
- jnbSA
- ltid
- manageClientCerts
- mklogdir
- nbauditreport
- nbcatsync
- NBCC
- NBCCR
- nbcertcmd
- nbcertupdater
- nbcldutil
- nbcomponentupdate
- nbcplogs
- nbdb_admin
- nbdb_backup
- nbdb_move
- nbdb_ping
- nbdb_restore
- nbdb_unload
- nbdbms_start_server
- nbdbms_start_stop
- nbdc
- nbdecommission
- nbdelete
- nbdeployutil
- nbdevconfig
- nbdevquery
- nbdiscover
- nbdna
- nbemm
- nbemmcmd
- nbexecute
- nbfindfile
- nbfirescan
- nbftadm
- nbftconfig
- nbgetconfig
- nbhba
- nbholdutil
- nbhostidentity
- nbhostmgmt
- nbhypervtool
- nbjm
- nbkmsutil
- nboraadm
- nborair
- nbpem
- nbpemreq
- nbperfchk
- nbplupgrade
- nbrb
- nbrbutil
- nbregopsc
- nbreplicate
- nbrestorevm
- nbseccmd
- nbsetconfig
- nbsnapimport
- nbsnapreplicate
- nbsqladm
- nbstl
- nbstlutil
- nbstop
- nbsu
- nbsvrgrp
- resilient_clients
- restoretrace
- stopltid
- tl4d
- tl8d
- tl8cd
- tldd
- tldcd
- tlhd
- tlhcd
- tlmd
- tpautoconf
- tpclean
- tpconfig
- tpext
- tpreq
- tpunmount
- verifytrace
- vltadm
- vltcontainers
- vlteject
- vltinject
- vltoffsitemedia
- vltopmenu
- vltrun
- vmadd
- vmchange
- vmcheckxxx
- vmd
- vmdelete
- vmoprcmd
- vmphyinv
- vmpool
- vmquery
- vmrule
- vmupdate
- vnetd
- vwcp_manage
- vxlogcfg
- vxlogmgr
- vxlogview
- W2KOption
Name
bpconfig — modify or display global configuration attributes for NetBackup
SYNOPSIS
[-cd seconds] [-ha hours] [-kl days] [-kt days] [-ma [address]] [-sto seconds] [-mj number] [-period hours] [-prep hours] [-to seconds] [cleanup_int hours] [cleanup_wait minutes] [-tries times] [-wi minutes] [-pui minutes] [-v] [-M master_server,...]
[-L | -l | -U [-v] [-M master_server,...]]
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 bpconfig command modifies or displays the NetBackup global configuration attributes. These attributes affect operations for all policies and clients. With the exception of the NetBackup administrator's email address, the default values for these attributes are adequate for most installations.
See "About specifying the locale of the NetBackup installation" in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.
For implications of setting the attribute values, see NetBackup Global Attributes in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
The following describes the two forms of bpconfig:
The first form of bpconfig modifies one or more of the NetBackup global configuration attributes. At least one option that changes a NetBackup global configuration attribute must be on the command line.
The second form of bpconfig displays the current settings of the NetBackup global configuration attributes. See DISPLAY FORMATS for more detail.
Errors are sent to stderr. A log of the command activity is sent to the NetBackup admin log file for the current day.
OPTIONS
- -cd seconds
Specifies the number of seconds that is the Compress Catalog Interval. When seconds is an integer, an image compresses after this number of seconds has elapsed since the creation of the image. The range of values is 86400 to 2147472000. The default is zero (0), which means no compression is done.
Use the bpimage command to decompress the images.
- -cleanup_int hours
Specifies the minimum period of time (in hours) that can elapse without a catalog cleanup. The default value is 12 (hours). Since cleanup cannot run during a catalog backup, large 24x7 environments that run long catalog backups may need a shorter cleanup interval (e.g., three hours). Regardless of the value of this option, the image database is automatically cleaned up at the end of a session of scheduled backups.
This option appears in the output display as Image DB Cleanup Interval (see examples).
- -cleanup_wait minutes
Specifies the interval (in minutes) between image database catalog cleanup operations. The default value is 60 (minutes). If multiple backups occur during this cleanup wait interval, NetBackup only initiates one cleanup operation in this time period. The range of values is zero (0) to 720.
- -ha hours
Specifies the number of hours ago that is the beginning of the time range for selecting NetBackup report entries. The end of the time range is the current time. For example, if hours ago is 24 and if you request a Backup Status report at 10:00 a.m., the report includes the following: All backups that ran from 10:00 a.m. yesterday until 10:00 a.m. today.
This value is used to calculate the time range for general reports and media reports. General reports include Backup Status, Client Backups, Problems, and All Log Entries. Media reports include Media List, Media Summary, Media Contents, Images on Media, and Media Log Entries.
Hours Ago is a positive integer in the range of 1 to 32767. The default value is 24 (hours).
- -kl days
The number of days to keep logs. This number determines how long the NetBackup master server keeps its Error database and debug logs.
NetBackup derives its Backup Status, Problems, All Log Entries, and Media Log Entries reports from the Error database.
This value limits the period that these reports can cover. The range of values is 1 to 24855. The default is 28 days. A value of zero (0) turns logs off.
Note:
This attribute has no effect on remote media servers or clients (remote media servers apply only to NetBackup Enterprise Server).
- -kt days
The number of days to Keep True-image-recovery (TIR) data. This value determines how long to keep TIR information for those policies that specify the collection of TIR information. The range of values is 1 to 24855. The default is one (1) day. A value of zero (0) turns off the TIR information.
- -L
The list type is long. See the section DISPLAY FORMATS for more detail.
- -l
The list type is short. This option is the default if the command line has no list-type option (for instance, if you enter bpconfig and a carriage return). See the section DISPLAY FORMATS for more detail.
- -M master_server,...
The master server where the global configuration attributes reside.
- -ma [address]
The mail address for the NetBackup administrator. NetBackup sends notification of failed automatic backups, the manual backup operations that the administrator directs, and automatic database backups to this email address. The default is NULL (no email address).
If no address is provided, the current setting of the Admin Mail Address is cleared. Notification is not sent by email to the NetBackup administrator.
- -mj number
Specifies the maximum jobs per client. This number is the maximum number of jobs that a client can perform concurrently. It must be a positive integer. The range values are 1 to 32767. The default value is 1.
- -period hours
The time interval that is associated with the configured number of tries for a backup (see -tries). This interval is the period in hours during which NetBackup tries a backup job for a client/policy/schedule combination for as many tries as configured. The hours must be a positive integer. The range values are 1 to 24. The default value is 12 hours.
Note:
This attribute does not apply to user-directed backups and archives.
- -prep hours
Specifies the preprocessing interval. This interval is the minimum time in hours between client queries to discover new paths when NetBackup uses auto-discover-streaming mode.
The default Preprocess Interval value is four (4) hours. If the preprocessing interval changes, change it back to the default by specifying -prep -1. The preprocessing interval can be set to preprocess immediately by specifying 0 as the preprocess interval for auto discovery on the bpconfig command line. The maximum Preprocessing Interval is 48 hours.
For more information, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
- -pui minutes
Specifies the policy update interval, which is how often NetBackup policy updates are processed. The default value is 10 minutes. The range of values is 1 to 1440 (minutes).
- -sto seconds
The multihosted-media-mount timeout. This timeout is the time in seconds that NetBackup waits for a shared medium to be mounted, positioned, and ready on backups and restores. Use this timeout to eliminate excessive waits if another server uses a shared medium. The default is 0, which means no timeout (unlimited wait time).
For more details about multihosted drives, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
- -to seconds
Specifies the media-mount timeout. This timeout is the time in seconds that NetBackup waits for the requested media to be mounted, positioned, and ready on backups and restores. Use -to to eliminate excessive waits when you need to mount media manually (for example, when robotic media is out of the robot or off site).
The default is 0, which means no timeout (unlimited wait time). If seconds is not 0, its value range is 1 to 32,767 seconds.
- -tries times
The number of retries for a backup during the configured time period (see -period). For a given combination of client, policy, and schedule, NetBackup tries to run a backup job the specified number of times. This option limits the number of backup tries if repeated failures occur.
Note:
This attribute does not apply to user-directed backups and archives.
Values for -tries range from 1 to 32767. The default is two tries. If defaults are used for both -tries and -period, NetBackup tries the backup two times in 12 hours.
- -U
The list type is user. See DISPLAY FORMATS for more detail.
- -v
Selects verbose mode for logging. This option is meaningful only if it runs with the debug log function on. Therefore, the following directory must be defined:
On UNIX systems:
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/adminOn Windows systems:
install_path\NetBackup\logs\admin- -wi minutes
Job Retry Delay. Specifies how often NetBackup retries a job. The default value is 10 minutes. The range of values is 1 to 1440 (minutes).
DISPLAY FORMATS
bpconfig uses the following three different formats to display the current values of the NetBackup global configuration attributes:
User Display Format (-U)
The NetBackup graphical user interface uses this display format. This option produces a list with one global attribute per line. Each line has the form global attribute descriptor: value. This list is similar to the -L format, except that the global attribute descriptors are more explicit.
The following is an example of the user display format:
# bpconfig -U Admin Mail Address: Job Retry Delay: 1 minutes Max Simultaneous Jobs/Client: 1 Backup Tries: 2 time(s) in 12 hour(s) Keep Error/Debug Logs: 28 days Max drives this master: 0 Keep TrueImageRecovery Info: 1 days Compress DB Files: (not enabled) Media Mount Timeout: 0 minutes (unlimited) Display Reports: 24 hours ago Preprocess Interval: 0 hours Image DB Cleanup Interval: 12 hours Image DB Cleanup Wait Time: 60 minutes Policy Update Interval: 10 minutesLong Format (-L)
If the command line contains -L, the display format is long. This option produces a list with one global attribute per line, in the format global attribute descriptor: value. The fields are as follows:
The following example shows the long format:
# bpconfig -L Mail Admin: *NULL* Job Retry Delay: 1 minutes Max Jobs/Client: 1 Backup Tries: 2 in 12 hours Keep Logs: 28 days Max drives/master: 0 Compress DB Files: (not enabled) Media Mnt Timeout: 0 minutes (unlimited) Shared Timeout: 0 minutes(unlimited) Media Int Timeout: 0 minutes (unlimited) Display Reports: 24 hours ago Keep TIR Info: 1 days Prep Interval: 0 hours DB Clean Interval: 12 hours DB Clean Wait Time: 60 minutes Policy Update Interval:10 minutesShort Format (-l)
If the bpconfig command line contains -l or contains no list-format option, the display format is short, which produces a terse listing. This option is useful for the scripts or the programs that rework the list into a customized report format. The list layout is a single line that contains the values for all global attributes. The time units follow the attributes in parentheses for the attributes that are expressed in units of time. The attributes appear in the following order with blanks between them:
The following is an example of the short format:
# bpconfig -l *NULL* 1 12 1 2 28 0 0 0 0 1 24 1 0 2 10 60The display fields for the -l display are interpreted as follows:
NetBackup administrator email address has not been set.
Job Retry Delay is 1 minute.
Time period is 12 hours.
Maximum simultaneous jobs per client is 1.
Tries per period is 2.
Keep logs for 28 days.
Maximum drives this master is 0.
Compress Catalog Interval is 0 seconds; 0 denotes no compression.
Media mount timeout is 0 seconds; 0 denotes unlimited.
Multihosted-media-mount timeout is 0 seconds; 0 denotes unlimited.
Postprocess images flag is 1 (immediate).
Display reports from 24 hours ago.
Keep TIR information for one (1) day.
Preprocessing interval is zero (0) hours.
Catalog database cleanup interval is two (2) hours.
Catalog database cleanup wait time is 10 minutes.
Policy update interval is 60 minutes.
RETURN VALUES
An exit status of zero (0) means that the command ran successfully. Any exit status other than zero (0) means that an error occurred.
If the administrative log function is enabled, the exit status is logged in the administrative daily log under the log directory:
Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\admin
UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/admin
It has the following form:
bpconfig: EXIT status = exit status
If an error occurred, a diagnostic precedes this message.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 - While the master server kiwi runs, display the global attribute settings on the master server plim:
# bpconfig -U -M plim Admin Mail Address: ichabod@null.null.com Job Retry Delay: 10 minutes Max Simultaneous Jobs/Client: 1 Backup Tries: 1 time(s) in 8 hour(s) Keep Error/Debug Logs: 6 days Max drives this master: 0 Keep TrueImageRecovery Info: 1 days Compress DB Files: (not enabled) Media Mount Timeout: 30 minutes Display Reports: 24 hours ago Preprocess Interval: 0 hours Image DB Cleanup Interval: 12 hours Image DB Cleanup Wait Time: 60 minutes Policy Update Interval: 10 minutes
Example 2 - Set the Compress Catalog Interval to 604800 seconds, so that NetBackup compresses images more than seven days old:
# bpconfig -cd 604800 #bpconfig -U Admin Mail Address: *NULL* Job Retry Delay: 10 minutes Max Simultaneous Jobs/Client: 1 Backup Tries: 2 time(s) in 12 hour(s) Keep Error/Debug Logs: 28 days Max drives this master: 0 Keep TrueImageRecovery Info: 2 days Compress DB Files: older than 7 day(s) Media Mount Timeout: 0 minutes (unlimited) Display Reports: 24 hours ago Preprocess Interval: 0 hours Image DB Cleanup Interval: 12 hours Image DB Cleanup Wait Time: 60 minutes Policy Update Interval: 10 minutes
Example 3 - Set the Media Mount Timeout to 1800 seconds.
# bpconfig -to 1800 # bpconfig -U Admin Mail Address: sasquatch@wapati.edu Job Retry Delay: 10 minutes Max Simultaneous Jobs/Client: 1 Backup Tries: 1 time(s) in 12 hour(s) Keep Error/Debug Logs: 3 days Max drives this master: 0 Keep TrueImageRecovery Info: 24 days Compress Image DB Files: (not enabled) Media Mount Timeout: 30 minutes Display Reports: 24 hours ago Preprocess Interval: 0 hours Image DB Cleanup Interval: 12 hours Policy Update Interval: 10 minutes
FILES
UNIX systems:
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/admin/* /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config/behavior
Windows systems:
install_path\NetBackup\db\config\behavior install_path\NetBackup\logs\admin\*
SEE ALSO
See bpimage.
For more details about multihosted drives, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.