Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
- Introduction
- Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
Name
bp — start NetBackup menu interface for users
SYNOPSIS
[-a | -ra | -b | -r | -rr | -o | -ro | -s | -rs | -i | -ri | -k | -rk | -rti | -p | -rp | -2 | -r2] [-verbose]
[ -b |-a | -r | -ra] [-verbose]
The directory path to this command is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/
DESCRIPTION
This command operates only on UNIX systems.
The bp command starts a menu interface that lets users archive, back up, and restore files, directories, or raw partitions from their client workstations. You can run this interface from any character-based terminal (or terminal emulation window) where you have a termcap or a terminfo definition.
The bp online Help provides detailed operating instructions.
OPTIONS
The startup menu depends on the options that are used with the bp command. If you run the bp command without specifying an option, the utility starts at the main menu. To start the utility at a secondary menu, specify one of the following options:
- -a
Starts bp in the Archive of Files and Directories menu.
- -ra
Starts bp in the Restore Archives menu.
- -b
Starts bp in the Backup of Files and Directories menu.
- -r
Starts bp in the Restore Backups menu.
- -rr
Starts bp in the Restore Raw Partitions Backups menu.
- -o
Starts bp in the Backup Oracle DB menu.
- -ro
Starts bp in the Restore Oracle DB menu.
- -s
Starts bp in the Backup Sybase DB menu.
- -rs
Starts bp in the Restore Sybase DB menu.
- -i
Starts bp in the Backup Informix DB menu.
- -ri
Starts bp in the Restore Informix DB menu.
- -rti
Starts bp in the Restore True Image Backups menu.
Note that the following options apply only to the NetBackup Enterprise Server.
- -p
Starts bp in the Backup SAP DB menu.
- -rp
Starts bp in the Restore SAP DB menu.
- -2
Starts bp in the Backup DB2 DB menu.
- -r2
Starts bp in the Restore DB2 DB menu.
- -k
Starts bp in the Backup SQL-BackTrack DB menu.
- -rk
Starts bp in the Restore SQL-BackTrack DB menu.
- -verbose
Provides a verbose response.
FILES
/usr/openv/netbackup/help/bp/* /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bp/* /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf