Veritas NetBackup™ for Sybase Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to NetBackup for Sybase
- Installing NetBackup for Sybase
- Planning the installation of NetBackup for Sybase
- Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
- NetBackup server and client requirements
- Sybase server software requirements
- Requirements for using NetBackup for Sybase in a NetBackup cluster
- About the license for NetBackup for Sybase
- Copying the NetBackup for Sybase library to each Sybase instance
- Running the sybase_config script
- Adding new Sybase instances
- Configuring NetBackup for Sybase
- About NetBackup for Sybase configuration
- About configuring a backup policy for Sybase
- About the backup, restore, and load scripts for NetBackup for Sybase on UNIX
- About the backup, restore, and load scripts for NetBackup for Sybase on Windows
- Modifying the backup script for NetBackup for Sybase on Windows
- sybase_mdb_backup.cmd script
- Additional information for editing the backup script for NetBackup for Sybase on Windows
- Modifying the restore script for NetBackup for Sybase on Windows
- sybase_mydb_restore.cmd script example for NetBackup
- Additional information for editing the restore script for NetBackup for Sybase on Windows
- Modifying the NetBackup for Sybase load script
- NetBackup for Sybase environment variables
- NetBackup for Sybase configuration or bp.conf file settings
- Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service for NetBackup for Sybase
- About striped dumps and loads with NetBackup for Sybase
- Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings in Host Management
- About permissions for NetBackup for Sybase log files (UNIX)
- Configuring the Maximum jobs per client
- Performing a manual backup
- Using NetBackup for Sybase
- Troubleshooting NetBackup for Sybase
- NetBackup debug logs and reports
- Enabling the debug logs for a NetBackup for Sybase client automatically (Windows)
- Enabling the debug logs manually (UNIX)
- About the bphdb directory on the Windows database client
- About the bphdb directory on the UNIX database client
- About the sybackup directory on the UNIX database client
- About the sybackup directory on the Windows database client
- Setting the debug level on a UNIX client
- About NetBackup server reports
- Sybase Backup Server log and messages
- Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
- Minimizing the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
- Delays in completion of backup jobs
- NetBackup debug logs and reports
- Appendix A. Register authorized locations
NetBackup for Sybase configuration or bp.conf file settings
When a NetBackup for Sybase on UNIX operation is initiated, NetBackup searches the configuration files for the policy, server, and schedule definitions in the following order:
$SYBASE_HOME/bp.conf
/usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf
When a NetBackup for Sybase operation on Windows is initiated, NetBackup searches for the policy, server, and schedule definitions in the following order:
-SERV, -POLICY, and -SCHED options on the Sybase DUMP command.
NetBackup client configuration.
To edit this configuration, choose and click on the tab.
In case of conflicts, the order of precedence is as follows:
Command line options
Script variables
Environment variables
(UNIX clients) $USER/bp.conf
/usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf (UNIX clients) or the NetBackup client configuration (Windows clients)
Built-in variables
NetBackup uses a policy or schedule configured in the NetBackup client configuration for all backups on the client, including file system and Sybase database backups. For this reason, if a policy or schedule that is not a Sybase policy is configured in the NetBackup client configuration, use the -POLICY and -SCHED options on the Sybase DUMP command to specify the correct policy or schedule.
More information is available on how to specify a policy or schedule on the Sybase DUMP command.
If NetBackup fails to find policy and schedule definitions, NetBackup for Sybase defaults to the first policy and schedule with the appropriate policy type.
The following topics explain how to enable the bp.conf files.
See Creating a $SYBASE_HOME/bp.conf file on the UNIX client.
See Specifying options in /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf on the UNIX client.