NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

Last Published:
Product(s): NetBackup (10.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup commands
    2.  
      Navigating multiple menu levels
    3.  
      NetBackup command conventions
    4.  
      NetBackup Media Manager command notes
    5.  
      IPV6 updates
  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.  
      bpcleanrestore
    22.  
      bpclient
    23.  
      bpclimagelist
    24.  
      bpclntcmd
    25.  
      bpclusterutil
    26.  
      bpcompatd
    27.  
      bpconfig
    28.  
      bpdbjobs
    29.  
      bpdbm
    30.  
      bpdgclone
    31.  
      bpdown
    32.  
      bpduplicate
    33.  
      bperror
    34.  
      bpexpdate
    35.  
      bpfis
    36.  
      bpflist
    37.  
      bpgetconfig
    38.  
      bpgetdebuglog
    39.  
      bpimage
    40.  
      bpimagelist
    41.  
      bpimmedia
    42.  
      bpimport
    43.  
      bpinst
    44.  
      bpkeyfile
    45.  
      bpkeyutil
    46.  
      bplabel
    47.  
      bplist
    48.  
      bpmedia
    49.  
      bpmedialist
    50.  
      bpminlicense
    51.  
      bpnbat
    52.  
      bpnbaz
    53.  
      bppficorr
    54.  
      bpplcatdrinfo
    55.  
      bpplclients
    56.  
      bppldelete
    57.  
      bpplinclude
    58.  
      bpplinfo
    59.  
      bppllist
    60.  
      bpplsched
    61.  
      bpplschedrep
    62.  
      bpplschedwin
    63.  
      bppolicynew
    64.  
      bpps
    65.  
      bprd
    66.  
      bprecover
    67.  
      bprestore
    68.  
      bpretlevel
    69.  
      bpschedule
    70.  
      bpschedulerep
    71.  
      bpsetconfig
    72.  
      bpstsinfo
    73.  
      bpstuadd
    74.  
      bpstudel
    75.  
      bpstulist
    76.  
      bpsturep
    77.  
      bptestbpcd
    78.  
      bptestnetconn
    79.  
      bptpcinfo
    80.  
      bpup
    81.  
      bpverify
    82.  
      cat_convert
    83.  
      cat_export
    84.  
      cat_import
    85.  
      configureCerts
    86.  
      configureMQ
    87.  
      configurePorts
    88.  
      configureWebServerCerts
    89.  
      create_nbdb
    90.  
      csconfig cldinstance
    91.  
      csconfig cldprovider
    92.  
      csconfig meter
    93.  
      csconfig reinitialize
    94.  
      csconfig throttle
    95.  
      duplicatetrace
    96.  
      importtrace
    97.  
      jbpSA
    98.  
      jnbSA
    99.  
      ltid
    100.  
      mklogdir
    101.  
      nbauditreport
    102.  
      nbcallhomeproxyconfig
    103.  
      nbcatsync
    104.  
      NBCC
    105.  
      NBCCR
    106.  
      nbcertcmd
    107.  
      nbcertupdater
    108.  
      nbcldutil
    109.  
      nbcloudrestore
    110.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    111.  
      nbcplogs
    112.  
      nbcredkeyutil
    113.  
      nbdb_admin
    114.  
      nbdb_backup
    115.  
      nbdb_move
    116.  
      nbdb_ping
    117.  
      nbdb_restore
    118.  
      nbdb_unload
    119.  
      nbdb2adutl
    120.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    121.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    122.  
      nbdc
    123.  
      nbdecommission
    124.  
      nbdelete
    125.  
      nbdeployutil
    126.  
      nbdevconfig
    127.  
      nbdevquery
    128.  
      nbdiscover
    129.  
      nbdna
    130.  
      nbemm
    131.  
      nbemmcmd
    132.  
      nbfindfile
    133.  
      nbfirescan
    134.  
      nbfp
    135.  
      nbftadm
    136.  
      nbftconfig
    137.  
      nbgetconfig
    138.  
      nbhba
    139.  
      nbholdutil
    140.  
      nbhostidentity
    141.  
      nbhostmgmt
    142.  
      nbhypervtool
    143.  
      nbidpcmd
    144.  
      nbimageshare
    145.  
      nbinstallcmd
    146.  
      nbjm
    147.  
      nbkmiputil
    148.  
      nbkmscmd
    149.  
      nbkmsutil
    150.  
      nboraadm
    151.  
      nborair
    152.  
      nbpem
    153.  
      nbpemreq
    154.  
      nbmlb
    155.  
      nbperfchk
    156.  
      nbplupgrade
    157.  
      nbrb
    158.  
      nbrbutil
    159.  
      nbregopsc
    160.  
      nbreplicate
    161.  
      nbrepo
    162.  
      nbrestorevm
    163.  
      nbseccmd
    164.  
      nbserviceusercmd
    165.  
      nbsetconfig
    166.  
      nbsmartdiag
    167.  
      nbsnapimport
    168.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    169.  
      nbsqladm
    170.  
      nbstl
    171.  
      nbstlutil
    172.  
      nbstop
    173.  
      nbsu
    174.  
      nbsvrgrp
    175.  
      netbackup_deployment_insights
    176.  
      resilient_clients
    177.  
      restoretrace
    178.  
      stopltid
    179.  
      tldd
    180.  
      tldcd
    181.  
      tpautoconf
    182.  
      tpclean
    183.  
      tpconfig
    184.  
      tpext
    185.  
      tpreq
    186.  
      tpunmount
    187.  
      verifytrace
    188.  
      vltadm
    189.  
      vltcontainers
    190.  
      vlteject
    191.  
      vltinject
    192.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    193.  
      vltopmenu
    194.  
      vltrun
    195.  
      vmadd
    196.  
      vmchange
    197.  
      vmcheckxxx
    198.  
      vmd
    199.  
      vmdelete
    200.  
      vmoprcmd
    201.  
      vmphyinv
    202.  
      vmpool
    203.  
      vmquery
    204.  
      vmrule
    205.  
      vmupdate
    206.  
      vnetd
    207.  
      vssat
    208.  
      vwcp_manage
    209.  
      vxlogcfg
    210.  
      vxlogmgr
    211.  
      vxlogview
    212.  
      W2KOption
  3.  
    Index

Name

nbholdutil — run the utility that places and removes holds on backup images

SYNOPSIS

nbholdutil -create -holdname hold_name [-reason "string"] -filepath filepath | -backupid backup_ID -primarycopy | -allcopy

nbholdutil -add -holdid hold_id | -holdname hold_name [-reason "string"] -filepath filepath | -backupid backup_ID -primarycopy | -allcopy

nbholdutil -list [-holdid hold_id] | [-holdname hold_name] | [-backupid backup_ID -primarycopy | -allcopy] [-U [-include_extended_info]]

nbholdutil -list -holdname hold_name -U -include_extended_info > bid.txt

nbholdutil -delete -holdid hold_id] | -holdname hold_name [-force] [-reason "string"]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\goodies

DESCRIPTION

The nbholdutil utility places holds on backup images. The holds provide a mechanism to override existing retention levels. These holds ensure that backup images and associated media are retained until the holds are released.

nbholdutil performs the following operations:

  • -create creates a hold on one or more holds for backup images.

  • -add adds one or more images to an existing hold.

  • -list outputs a list of all holds. This operation also creates the backup ID (BID) file.

  • -delete deletes one or more holds.

Only authorized users can run this command.

nbholdutil cannot hold an incremental backup image with zero files. If either a differential or cumulative incremental backup has zero (0) files in the backup image, nbholdutil fails with EXIT STATUS = 1401.

OPTIONS

-allcopy

Includes all copies of the specified backup image.

-backupid backup_ID

Specifies the backup ID of the backup image.

-filepath filepath | -primarycopy | -allcopy

Specifies the file path to the backup image.

-force

Bypasses a prompt to confirm the release of the hold. This option is useful in a script because it allows the release operations to continue without waiting for a response to the prompt.

-holdname hold_name

Specifies a unique name for the hold.

-include_extended_info > bid.txt

Provides more details regarding the images on hold and creates a backup (BID) in which to store the information.

-primarycopy

Includes only the primary copy of the specified backup image.

-reason "string"

Indicates the reason for performing this command action. The reason text string that you enter is captured and appears in the audit report. Enclose the string with double quotes ("...") and the string cannot exceed 512 characters. It cannot begin with a dash character (-) nor contain a single quotation mark (').

-U

Reports in user format which includes additional user information.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Create a hold that is called legal_case1. The backup image ID is win81.sky.com_1307425938. The -allcopy option indicates that the hold includes all copies of the selected backup image. If this option is not included, this operation holds only the primary copy of the selected backup image.

# nbholdutil -create -holdname legal_case1 -backupid
win81.sky.com_1307425938 -allcopy