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Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2021-06-07

Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)

Name

view_exportimport — The view_exportimport script is used to import, export, alias, or merge your CSV, TSV, or XML files. You can create CSV, TSV, or XML files that describe the views that you want to create. You can then import the CSV, TSV, or XML file into OpsCenter by using this utility.

SYNOPSIS

view_exportimport {-i|-e|-m|-a} {-f <file name>} {-type <xml|csv|tsv} {-host <host name>} {-port <port number>} {-usr <user name>} {-pass <password>} {-domain <domain>} {-domaintype <type>} [-l <logfile name>] [-v <Level #>]

DESCRIPTION

You can use the OpsCenter console to create views, but you may find it faster and more convenient to create CSV, TSV, or XML files that describe the views that you want to create. You can then import the CSV, TSV, or XML file into the OpsCenter database. This script lets you import, export, alias, or merge a CSV, TSV, or XML file.

Note:

You can also use the View Builder GUI to import, export, merge, or alias a CSV, TSV, or XML file. See the View Builder help for more information.

See the Appendix titled Creating views using CSV, TSV, and XML files for detailed information on how to create CSV, TSV, or XML files.

OPTIONS

-i

Imports the view structure as defined in the XML, CSV, or TSV file into the OpsCenter database. It can import multiple views at a time.

-e

Exports the entire view structure existing in the OpsCenter database into XML, CSV, or TSV files. You can update these XML, CSV, or TSV files according to the business needs and then import these files in the OpsCenter database.

This option exports all the views that are present in the OpsCenter database.

-m

Merge multiple objects simultaneously that are saved in XML, CSV, or TSV file. Note that the source hosts and destination hosts that you merge must be of the same type (primarieservers/mediaservers/clients).

A merge objects file (XML, CSV, or TSV) contains the following object details:

First column	DB ID of the resultant object
Second column	Primary display name of the resultant object
Third column	DB ID of the object that is merged
Fourth column	Primary display name of the object that is merged

Here is a typical example of a file that contains details of objects to be merged:

First Column	Second Column	Third Column	Fourth Column
1500	host1	1000	host1.veritas.com
2100	host2.abc.com	2355	host2
4000	host3	3000	10.209.19.10

First Column

Second Column

Third Column

Fourth Column

1500

host1

1000

host1.veritas.com

2100

host2.abc.com

2355

host2

4000

host3

3000

10.209.19.10

Note:

After successfully merging the two objects, the object being merged (second object in a record) is deleted and the resultant object is retained. However all aliases that are designated for both objects - object being merged and resultant object - are retained and assigned to the resultant object.

-a

Using the -a option, you can give an alternate name to a host. You can alias multiple hosts simultaneously that are saved in XML, CSV, or TSV file.

Caution:

The alias names should be compatible with your hosts' DNS names. Alternatively, they should be compatible with the names by which they are known to applications such as NetBackup. For example: If you use an alias that is unknown to NetBackup, the explorer stops collecting information from the NetBackup host. It attempts to collect data from a host with the alias name.

A host alias file (XML, CSV, or TSV) typically contains the following details:

First column

DB ID of the object

Second column

Primary display name of the resultant object

Third column

Alias to be created for the host.

You can create multiple aliases for a host, which you can add in the subsequent columns.

Here is a typical example of a file that contains aliases to be created for hosts:

First Column	Second Column	Third Column	Fourth Column	Fifth Column
1500	host1	host1.diablo.com	host1.veritas.com
2100	host2	host2.river.com	10.100.22.55	host2.veritas.com
4000	host3	host3.tunnel.com

-f <file name and path>

Path of the XML, CSV, or TSV file to be used for import, export, merge, alias. Note that the file name is case-sensitive.

In case of export, information from the OpsCenter database is exported. Hence, you need to specify the name or path of the file that gets exported in <file name and path>.

--type <xml | csv | tsv>

Type of file format (Default: xml)

--host <host name>

Host name of the OpsCenter server to connect to (default: localhost)

--port <port number>

OpsCenter Server port number (default: 1556)

--usr <user name>

The username for connecting to the OpsCenter server (default: admin)

--pass <password>

The password for connecting to the OpsCenter server (default: password)

--domain <domain>

The domain to which the user belongs (default: OpsCenterUsers)

--domaintype <type>

Domain type. For example: vx/nt/nis etc. (default: vx)

-l <logfile name>

Specify name of the log file that is generated.

-v [Level #]

Specify the logging level [0:Off, 1:Severe, 2:Warning, 3:Info, 4:Config, 5:Fine, 6:Finer, 7:Finest, 8:All]

--h|-?|--help

Shows the CLI usage statement and exits.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE1

Run the following command on Windows to import the import-add-object.xml file in the OpsCenter database:

INSTALL_PATH\OpsCenter\server\bin>view_exportimport.bat -i -f "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\import-add-object.xml" --type xml --host win2k8r2.abc.veritas.com --port 1556 --usr admin --pass password --domain OpsCenterUsers --domaintype vx

Run the following command on UNIX to import the import-add-object.xml file in the OpsCenter database:

<INSTALL_PATH>/SYMCOpsCenterServer/bin/view_exportimport.sh -i -f "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\import-add-object.xml" --type xml --host win2k8r2.abc.veritas.com --port 1556 --usr admin --pass password --domain OpsCenterUsers --domaintype vx

EXAMPLE2

Run the following command on Windows to export all the OpsCenter views as importviews.xml file in C::

INSTALL_PATH\OpsCenter\server\bin>view_exportimport.bat -e -f "C:\importviews.xml" --type xml --host win2k8r2.abc.veritas.com --port 1556 --usr admin --pass password --domain OpsCenterUsers --domaintype vx

Run the following command on UNIX to export all the OpsCenter views as importviews.xml file in opt directory:

/opt/SYMCOpsCenterServer/bin/view_exportimport.sh -e -f "/opt/importviews.xml" --type xml --host win2k8r2.abc.veritas.com --port 1556 --usr admin --pass password --domain OpsCenterUsers --domaintype vx