Version Information Version: How can you determine which version of NetBackup is running on your machine? UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/version Windows C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\version Patch: Determine patch revision by looking in the following directory: Windows install_path\VERITAS\Patch UNIX ??? Installation Process Asks for local or remote install? Asks for key -- if no key, only the console installs With key, select master or media server install Install proceeds.... Asks: Any additional keys? Asks: Launch NB Admin console now? When the console starts for the first time, you can: config storage devices config volumes config catalog backup create backup policy Upgrades Before you upgrade the NetBackup software on the master server: - Back up your NetBackup catalogs - Verify that the catalog backup was successful Upgrade systems in following order - Master server - Media servers, if any (NBU Enterprise only) - NetBackup Remote Adminstration Console, if any - NetBackup clients - Any NetBackup Add-on products Make certain that Netbackup release level on the server is at least that on the clients. Older versions of server software can encounter problems with newer clients. Netbackup Processes bpbrm - backup/restore manager manages client and media manager processes and uses the error status from both to determine the final status of backup or restore operations bpbkar - backup/archive manager generates the backup images *bprd* - client communicates with bprd on the master when you browse the database during a restore operation. *bpdbm* - database manager that manages the configuration error and other databases (Netbackup Catalogs) *bpjobd*- maintains the NetBackup job catalog. Continuously communicates and pushes Netbackup job activity to the Activity Monitor. bpdm - disk media manager manages transfer of images between client and OS disk manager on the server to which the disk attaches bptm - tape media manager used when the storage unit is media manager Manages transfer of images between client and the storage device as well as managing the media database and provides information for the media list report screen. bpcd - starts Netbackup client daemon and lets Netbackup start programs on remote hosts bypassing /.rhosts entries. bphdb - starts the Netbackup hot-database backup program bpblr - Block Level restore program calls VfMS mapping methods. Used for restoring Netbackup for EMC FastTrax images bpsched - scheduler uses policy information from the Netbackup configuration databases to determine when to start what clients and which storage units to use. * these three processes are running after master server install!! Media Manager Processes ltid - Logical tape interface, also called Device Manager. Handles device requests to mount or unmount media volumes, translates the requests into commands to control physical robots and drives. Determines the location of requested media by sending a request to vmd. vmd - media manager daemon normally started by ltid. Provides support for media management and device configurations. Manages the Volume Catalog and handles media requests. txxd - individual robotic control daemons that handle robotic drive requests for each type of robot. txxcd - handles robotic arm requests for TLD and TLB avrd - started by ltid and controls automatic volume assignment and label scanning. Media States Description Reason Method of Change FULL Capacity bpexpdate or GUI SUSPENDED Errors bpmedia FROZEN Format bpmedia/bplabel ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE GUI erase IMPORTED From another cluster bpexpdate ACTIVE Current images bpexpdate or GUI AVAILABLE currently unassigned MPX multiplexed images DBBACKUP Contains NetBackup bpduplicate/bpexpdate Catalogs Important Commands bparchive - communicates with bprd on master server when a user starts an archive bpbackup - communicates with bprd on master server when a user starts a backup bprestore - communicates with bprd on master server when a user starts a restore bpdbjobs - use this program to display the activity monitor or to clean up the NetBackup jobs database jnbSA - admin console on UNIX jbpSA - backup, archive, restore interface on UNIX nbconsole.exe - admin console on windows nbwin.exe - backup archive restore interface on windows bpconfig - modifies or displays global configuration settings bpgetconfig - helper program for backuptrace and restoretrace to obtain configuration information (most detailed) Managing Catalog Bakups The bpbackupdb command - Use to back up one or more catalogs - Fails if any items cannot be backed up - Use absolute pathname - If you have defined two tapes/disks for catalog backups, subsequent jobs alternate between the two destinations Manual catalog backup - Right click on Catalog on Master and seclect "Backup Netbackup Catalog" Other important commands bprecover - recovers the catalog to a server and can enable catalogs to be redirected to a standby server bpsyncinfo - find out status of catalog backup and media used etc General practices - How many copies of bpbackupdb can run simultaneously? -1- - What does the dbbackup_notify script do? Runs after every catalog backup. You could add any events or activity to this script and it will execute the commands after every catalog backup Startup/Shutdown bpup - Starts NetBackup services on Windows systems (-f) force startup with no confirmation (-a) start Advanced Reporter (-c) start client (-d) start NetBackup Database (-m) start Media Manager (-n) start Netbackup Services (-s) start the server and NOT the client (Media Manager and Advanced Reporter) bpdown - Stop NetBackup services on Windows systems (-f) force shutdown with no confirmation (-a) shutdown Advanced Reporter (-c) shutdown client (-d) shutdown NetBackup Database (-m) shutdown Media Manager (-n) shutdown Netbackup server and NOT the client (-s) shutdown the server (NetBackup and Media Manager) (-r) shutdown the robotic control daemon bp.kill_all script to stop processes gracefully and preserve system resources Volume Manager Commands vmadd - add volumes to volume database -m -mt -h -rcl -b -d vmchange - change media information in the Media Manager DB vmdelete - delete volumes from the volume database vmopercmd - perform operator functions on drives -down Sets drive to the DOWN state if not assigned -up Sets drive to UP in Automatic Volume Recognition (AVR) mode. This is the normal mode for all drives -upopr Sets the drive to UP in Operator (OPR) mode. This mode is normally used only for security reasons. -reset Resets the specified drive, terminating the drive assignment and taking control away from the assigned user. vmpool - manage volume pools vmcheckxxx - report media contents of a robotic library vmupdate - Inventory the media contents of a robotic library and update the volume database. tpconfig - tape configuration utility Utilities robtest - test communication and functionality of attached robotics tpreq - request a tape volume for mounting and associate a file name with the assigned drive tpunmount - removes a tape volume from a drive and tape file from the the directory. Removes volume from drive by calling tpreq tpconfig - define robots and drives tar - tape archive tpclean - manages tape cleaning Global Attributes Properties - The Global Attributes properties apply to currently selected master servers. The Global Attributes properties affect all operations for all policies and clients. The default values are adequate for most installations but can be changed. Setting up e-mail notification - Inform of success or failure of user-directed operations - May eliminate the need for checking logs and reports To Set up: On UNIX client: - edit user's bp.conf file on the client (NOTE: each user on the client [including root} has an individual bp.conf file.) - Add USEMAIL=user@domain On Global Settings tab for Master Administrator's E-mail Address - The Administrator's E-mail Address property specifies the address(es) where NetBackup sends notifications of scheduled backups, administrator-directed manual backups, or NetBackup catalog backups. The notification of catalog backups includes the media ID that was used. - Multiple addresses can be indicated, but need to be separated by commas. Default: no address. - On Windows NetBackup servers, it may be necessary to configure the install_path\NetBackup\bin\nbmail.cmd script in addition to specifying the above address. This is necessary because on Windows servers, NetBackup performs the notification by passing the specified E-mail address, subject and message to the script. The script then uses the mailing program that you specified in the script to send E-mail to the user. See the comments in the script for configuration instructions. Default: nbmail.cmd does not send E-mail. On Universal Settings tab on Master Client Administrator's E-mail - The Client Administrator's E-mail property specifies the E-mail address of the administrator on the client and is the address where NetBackup sends status on the outcome of automatic or manual backup operations for the client. By default, no E-mail is sent. To enter multiple addresses or E-mail aliases, separate entries with commas. Policies - Atributes | Schedules | Clients | Files - Attributes * Type * Destination [ Policy Storage Unit | Policy Volume Pool ] * Limit jobs per policy (checkbox) * Job priority {higher # greater priority} Options + Active + Allow frozen image clients + Follow NFS + Cross Mount Points + Collect true image restore information - with move detection + Compression + Encryption - Individual file restore from raw - Collect disaster recover information + Block level incremental + Allow multiple data streams Advanced Client (if installed) - Perform block level incremental backups + Perform Snapshot backups - Retain snapshots for instant recovery - Perform offhost backup [ use alternate client | Use data mover ] > Advanced Snapshot Options - Method [ auto | VSP | VSS | vxvm ] - Parameters - Schedules + Type of backup - Full - Cumulative incremental - Differential incremental - User backup - User archive + Retention period + Frequency vs. calendar - Clients + Name of each client to be served by this policy + OS of client - Files + Pathnames + Directives - NEW_STREAM - ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES - SYSTEM_STATE [only valid w/Win2K or WinXP] NOTE:System_state:\ is included in the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive + Exclude list - exclude_list.policy_name schedule + Include list - include_list.policy_name schedule Storage Unit commands: bpstuadd - Create NBU storage unit group or storage unit bpastudel - Delete NBU storage unit or storage unit group bpstulist - Display one or all of the Netbackup storage units bpsturep - Replace selected storage unit attributes tpconfig - defining robots and drives tpconfig ûd Install_path\volmgr\database or /usr/openv/volmgr/database Network communications In terms of network communications, which services are required in order for NetBackup to operate correctly? Name resolution Reverse name resolution Which tools (commands) can you use? ping nslookup bpclntcmd ûip (will return the hostname resolving to the IP) bpclntcmd ûhn (will return the IP resolving to the hostname) bpclntcmd ûsv (displays Netbackup version # on master svr) bpclntcmd -pn (initiates query to master server and returns information to the requesting client) Example: bpclntcmd -pn expecting response from server rabbit.friendlyanimas.com dove.friendlyanimas.com dove 123.146.167.3 57141 Where - expecting response from erver rabbit.friendlyanimals.com is the master server entry from the server list on the client. - dove.friedlyanimals.com is the connection name (peername) returned by the master server. The master server obtained this name through gethostbyaddress(). - dove isthe client name configured in the Netbackup policy client list. - 123.146.167.3 is the IP addr of the client connection at the master server. - 57141 is the port number of the connection on the client. Multiple Data Streams - provides a mechanism for increasing concurrency of backup operations of client. Three places where number of streams is controlled > max jobs parameter per policy > Directives included in the file list of the policy > Global parameter, including max jobs per client Multiplexing û sends concurrent backups from one or several clients to a single storage device Can improve backup performance when: > Slow clients > Multiple slow networks > Many short backups > Reduce impact of multiplexing by demultiplexing images > set max fragment size on storage unit to a non zero value > enable fast tape positioning on drives Use bptm logs for tuning Maintenance Commands bpverify - verify backups created by NetBackup by reading backup volume and comparing the contents to the NetBackup catalog. It reads the first block in image verifying that the image is readable only one backup can be verified at a time. bpduplicate - allows a copy of a backup to be created and can also promote a copy to primary in order to enable restoring from a duplicated backup. bpimport - Import NetBackup and Backup Excec backups that are expired or are from another NetBackup or Backup Exec server. Scripts script path - install_path\netbackup\bin\goodies check_coverage - check_coverage will tell what mount points are covered on a client under a specific policy get_license_key - License key utility available_media - lists all media ID assignments in current Netbackup domain dbbackup_notify - script called after all DB have been backed up Notify Scripts Master Media Client Session_start_notify diskfull_notify bpstart_notify backup_exit_notify backup_notify bpend_notify session_notify restore_notify dbbackup_notify usereq_notify Activity Monitor Jobs JobID Type Job State Status Policy Schedule Client Media Server Start Time Storage Unit End Time Attempt Operation Kilobytes Files Services Server Service Status Startup Windows Exit Code Binary Path Name Processes Name Server PID Processor Time Total Processor Time Working Set Elapsed Time Drives Drive Name Type Control Recorded Media ID External Media ID Ready Writable Comment Drive Use History Server Reports Status of Backups Client Name of client backed up Date Date backup occurred Description Message describing status JobID JobID corresponding to the backup that appears in Activity Monitor Master Svr Netbackup Server that is controlling the media used for the backup Policy Name of Policy that was used to back up the client Schedule Name of Schedule that was used to back up the client Status Completion status of the backup. If status other than 0, click the hyperlink to open the Troubleshooter. Time Time of Day the backup occurred Client Backups Backup Date Date that the backup began. Backup ID Identifier that NetBackup assigns when it performs the backup. Backup Time Time of day that the backup began. Client Name of the client that was backed up. Compressed Yes indicates that the backup was compressed. Elapsed Time How much time the backup required to complete. Expiration Date Date when NetBackup will expire the record of this backup. Expiration Time Time when NetBackup will expire the record of this backup. Encrypted Yes, if the backup is encrypted. Encryption and decryption is possible only with the NetBackup Encryption option. Extended Security Information This field is reserved for future use and always displays No. File Restore Raw Individual file restore from raw. This is set by the corresponding policy attribute, if it applies. File System Only This field is reserved for future use and always displays No. Image Dump Level Applies to NDMP backups. 0 indicates a full backup and greater than 0 indicates an incremental backup. Image Type Regular: Image from a scheduled or user-directed backup. Pre-imported: Image for which phase 1 of the import process has been completed. Imported: Image that has been imported into the NetBackup database on this server. Keyword Keyword that the user associates with this image at the time of the backup. Kilobytes Number of kilobytes in the backup. Master Server Master server that controlled the backup. Multiplexed Yes indicates that the backup was multiplexed. Number of Files Number of files in the backup. Object Descriptor This field is reserved for future use and is always empty. Policy Name of the policy that was used to back up the client. Policy Type Type of policy (for example, Standard, MS-Windows-NT, and so on). Primary Copy Primary copy shows which copy (1 or 2) NetBackup uses to satisfy restore requests. Retention Period Retention period for the backups on this volume. An asterisk after the retention period number means that the volume can have multiple retention levels. When there are multiple retention levels, the number shown was the first level assigned. Schedule Name of the schedule that was used for the backup. Schedule Type Type of schedule used for the backup: - Full - Incr (differential incremental) - Cinc (cumulative incremental) - UBackup (user backup) - UArchive (user archive) True Image Restore Available Yes indicates that NetBackup is collecting true image restore information for this policy and it is possible to perform a true image restore of the directories in the backup. Problems Report Client Name of the client that was backed up. Date Date that the backup occurred. Description Message describing the status. Master Server Master server that controlled the backup. Media Server NetBackup server that is controlling the media used for the backup. Policy Name of the policy that was used to back up the client. Process Process that returned the status. Schedule Name of the schedule that was used to back up the client. Severity Severity level of the status: info = informational only. error = an error occurred. Status Completion status of the backup. If the status code is 0, the operation succeeded. If the status code is not 0, click the hyperlink to open the Troubleshooter. Time Time of day that the backup occurred. Type Type of status. All Log Entries Client Name of the client that was backed up. Date Date that the backup occurred. Description Message describing the status. Master Server Master server that controlled the backup. Media Server NetBackup server that is controlling the media used for the backup. Policy Name of the policy that was used to back up the client. Process Process that returned the status. Schedule Name of the schedule that was used to back up the client. Severity Severity level of the status: info = informational only. error = an error occurred. Status Completion status of the backup. If the status code is 0, the operation succeeded. If the status code is not 0, click the hyperlink to open the Troubleshooter. Time Time of day that the backup occurred. Type Type of status. Media Lists Images Total number of backups on the volume. Allocated Date Date that Media Manager allocated the volume. Allocated Time Time that Media Manager allocated the volume. Density Density of the device that produced the backups on this volume. Expiration Date Date when the backups on the volume expire. Expiration Time Time when the backups on the volume expire. Header Size Optical header size in bytes. KBytes Total number of kilobytes on this volume. Last Offset Optical offset of the last header. Last Read Date Date when the last restore was done from this volume. Last Read Time Time of day when the last restore was done from this volume. Last Written Date Date when the volume was last used for backups. Last Written Time Time when the volume was last used for backups. Master Server Master server that controlled the backup. Media ID Media ID that is assigned when the volume is added to Media Manager. Media Server Server where the volumes reside. Applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server: It is possible to have more than one if the master server has media servers and ALL was selected for the server. Number of Restores Number of times this volume has been used for restores. Partner ID For an optical disk, this is the media ID of the volume on the other side of the platter. Retention Period Retention period for the backups on this volume. An asterisk after the retention period number means that the volume can have multiple retention levels. When there are multiple retention levels, the number shown was the first level assigned. Sector Size Optical sector size in bytes. Status The messages that commonly appear here are: Suspended: The volume cannot be used for further backups until retention periods for all backups on it have expired. At that time, the suspended volume is deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigned from NetBackup. (The bpmedia command can also be used to manually suspend or unsuspend volumes.) A suspended volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, the backups first require importing. Frozen: The volume is unavailable for future backups. A frozen volume never expires, even after the retention period ends for all backups on the media. This means that the media ID is never deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and remainsassigned to NetBackup. (The bpmedia command can also be used to manually freeze or unfreeze volumes.) A frozen volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, the backups first require importing. Full: The volume is full and no more backups are written to it. NetBackup sets FULL status if it encounters an end of media (EOM) during a backup. A full volume is unavailable for future backups until the retention period expires for all backups that are on it. At that time, the volume is deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigned from NetBackup. Imported: The backup was imported to this server. The volume cannot be used for further backups until retention periods for all backups on it have expired. At that time, the imported volume is deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigned from NetBackup. An imported volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, the backups first require importing. MultiRetlev: The volume contains backups of more than one retention level. MPX: The volume allows multiplexed backups. Valid images Valid images. Number of nonexpired backups on the volume. For example, if the volume has 50 backups but only 10 are valid, then the other 40 have expired. If the volume has any multiplexed backups, this field contains MPX. VM Pool A number that corresponds to the volume pool for the media. 0 = None 1 = NetBackup For other numbers, find the media ID in the volume list on the volume database host for the media ID. This list shows the volume pool for each volume. Media Contents Allocated Date Date when Media Manager allocated the volume. Allocated Time Time of day when Media Manager allocated the volume. Backup ID Identifier that NetBackup assigns when it performs the backup. Block Size Shows the number of bytes in the fragment and applies only to optical disk. Copy Number Shows the copy number (1 or 2). Creation Date Date when NetBackup created the backup. Creation Time Time of day when NetBackup created the backup. Expiration Date Date when the backup expires. Expiration Time Time of day when the backup expires. File Number Position of the file, where file 1 is the first. If the volume contains multiplexed backups, it can have multiple files with the same number. Fragment Number Greater than 1 only if the backup is split across multiple volumes or if the storage unit maximum fragment size is exceeded. Media ID Media ID that contains this backup. The media ID isthe same for all backups since the Media Contents can be run on only a single Media ID. Images on Media Backup ID Identifier that NetBackup assigns when it performs the backup. Blockmap Indicates whether this fragment is a blockmap (Yes or No). Block Size Size of the data blocks used to write the backup. When multiplexing is used, the block size can vary between backups on the same volume. Client Name of the client that was backed up. Compressed Yes if the backup is compressed. Copy Number Greater than 1 only if there are multiple copies. Density Density of the device that produced the backup. Device Written On Device where the backup was written. This is the drive index configured in Media Manager. Encrypted Yes if the backup is encrypted. Encryption and decryption is possible only with the NetBackup Encryption option. Expiration Date Date that the retention period for the backup ends. Expiration Time Time that the retention period for the backup ends. File Number File number on the media. Fragment Number Number of the fragment. TIR if the fragment is part of a true-image backup. Kilobytes Size of the fragment in kilobytes. This value does not include the space for tape headers between backups. A fragment size of 0 is possible in a multiplexed backup. Retention Period Retention period for the backups on this volume. An asterisk after the retention period number means that the volume can have multiple retention levels. When there are multiple retention levels, the number shown was the first level assigned. Master Server Name of the master server that controlled the backup. Media Date Date that the media was allocated for use by NetBackup. Media ID Media ID of the volume that has the backup image. For disk, it is a pathname. Media Server Server with the database that has this information. Media Time Time that the media was allocated for use by NetBackup. Media Type Type of media and can be removable (Rmed) or disk (Disk). Multiplexed Indicates whether this image is multiplexed (Yes or No) Number of Files Number of files in the backup. Offset Applies only to optical disk and is the byte offset on the media where the backup image begins. Ignore this value for tapes and magnetic disk. Policy NetBackup policy for which the backup was created. Policy Type Type of policy (for example, Standard, MS-Windows-NT, and so on). Remainder Bytes written beyond kilobytes filed. Size of fragment is exactly: Kilobytes*1024 + Remainder. Schedule Name of the schedule that produced the backup. Schedule Type Type of schedule that produced the backup: Full (full backup) Incr (differential incremental) Cinc (cumulative incremental) Ubackup (user backup) Uarchive (user archive) Media Logs Client Name of the client that was backed up. Date Date that the backup occurred. Description Message describing the status. Master Server Master server that controlled the backup. Policy Name of the policy that was used to back up the client. Process Process that returned the status. Schedule Name of the schedule that was used to back up the client. Media Server NetBackup server that is controlling the media used for the backup. Severity Severity level of the status: info = informational only error = an error occurred. Status Completion status of the backup. If the status code is 0, the operation succeeded. If the status code is not 0, click the hyperlink to open the Troubleshooter. Time Time of day that the backup occurred. Media Summary Before running the Media Summary report, select the following report settings, then click Run Report: Media Servers Volume Pool Verbose Listing The Media Summary report summarizes active and nonactive volumes for the specified server according to expiration date. It also shows how many volumes are at each retention level. In verbose mode, the report shows each media ID and its expiration date. Nonactive media are those with a status of FULL, FROZEN, SUSPENDED, or IMPORTED. Other volumes are considered active. The only expired volumes that appear in this report are those that are FROZEN. NetBackup deletes other expired volumes from its media catalog when it runs backups. An expired volume with other status can show up only if you run the report between the time the volume expires and the next backup is done. Media Written Host NetBackup server that has the volume database with the records for this volume. KBytes Total number of kilobytes on this volume. Last Written Date Date when the media was last written. Last Written Time Time when the media was last written. Master Server Master server that controlled the backup. Media ID Media ID that is assigned when the volume is added to Media Manager. Retention Period Retention period for the backups on this volume. An asterisk after the retention period number means that the volume can have multiple retention levels. When there are multiple retention levels, the number shown was the first level assigned. Times Written Number of times this media was written. Status Codes 6 - job failed to backup requested files > check rights on files > read problem report > check agent backup scripts 15 - file failed to close, read problems report 48 - client hostname cound not be found > check the bp.conf file > check the /etc/hosts (or DNS resolution) 54 - timed out connecting to the client > job may already be running > verify the /etc/inetd.conf file 71 - files in file list do not exist, check policy file list 84 - media write error > check bptm log > clean tape drive > replace the tape 96 - unable to allocate new media > Physical tapes are in the drive > media is in the volume pool > retention level on media is different than the backup > media status may be IMPORTED, FROZEN, SUSPENDED RESERVED for catalog backups, or FULL 196 - client backup not attempted because the backup window closed 198 - no active policies contain schedules of the requested type for this client. 213 - no storage unit available for use > no storage unit available for use > storage unit may be "on demand only" > check the Maximum Concurrent Drives attribute 219 - the required storage unit is not available > required STU not available > STU does not exist > STU and robot number do not match > media server is offline or not communicating > disk storage units are full > all drives in storage unit are in DOWN state Misc Information - Alternate restore failover is a list of alternate media servers that can perform a restore. - Total Image Restore --> needed for synthetic backups - Drive Status = READY Drive is up with loaded volume (tape in drive) - Default Wakeup Interval = 10 min (Detects any scheduled jobs) - Vault - Installs on Master Server only + license key - Three things to do to enable multiplexing and multistreaming 1) For the storage unit -- set the max. multiplex per drive 2) for the client, use the NEW_STREAM directive 3) Policy -> Schedule -> Attribute.........set media multiplexing - A robot and stand-alone drive CANNOT be in the same storage unit. - Patch Master and all of the sudden Oracle hot backups fail, what needs to be done? > - Offhost Backup Shifts the burden of backup processing onto a separate backup agent, greatly reducing the impact on the clients's computing resources ordinarily caused by a local backup. - Flashbackup A policy type that combines the speed of raw-partition backups with the ability to restore individual files. - Snapshot A point-in-time disk image of the clients data for "hot" backups. NetBackup backs up the data from the snapshot image, not directly from the client's primarydata. This allows client operations to continue without interruption during the backup. A Snapshot is REQUIRED for ALL features of Advanced Client. - Instant Recovery This feature makes backups available for instant recovery from disk. Instant Recovery combines snapshot technology (the snapshot is created without interrupting user access to data) with the ability to do rapid disk- based restores. The snapshot is retained on disk as well as backed up to storage. - Alternate restore failover is a list of alternate media servers that can perform a restore. - You've removed a drive (library attached to a ?) media server. Now after a reboot, all of the drives are "UP" but when you insert media into a drive ALL of the drives go down. Why does this happen? - What happens with SSO if you remove the server which is controlling the robot? How do you make another media server control the robot? DP-022W 1. NetBackup Installation - Launch.exe Install Paths ò install path\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup (NetBackup) ò install path\Program Files\VERITAS\Volmgr (Media Manager) ò install path\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\var (License Keys) ò install path\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin (Console program) 2. Where to set maximum fragment size = Storage Unit NetBackup Admin Console/NetBackup Management/Storage Units 3. Vm.conf listed as SCRATCH_POOL = Scratch Media manager conf file with entries that include servers that manage local devices and default media ID prefixes 4. Synthetic backups used when there is a moderate of change in the filesystem 5. True Image Restore Policy ûAttributes - select "Collect True Image Restore Information" 6. Instant Recovery Policy-Attributes û Advance client - select perform snapshot backup û or - retain snapshots for instant recovery (disk only) 7. Where are Retention levels set? set in -Policy-Schedules-Attributes 25 retention levels 8. Where are Volume Pool? NBU Server/Media and Device Mgmt/Media also Policy-schedules-sele¼ct override policy volume pool 9. Drive Status READY means drive is up and with loaded volume tape in the drive) 10. Tpconfig Add/configure robots, configure tape drives, delete robot/drives, display robot/drive configuration 11. Storage Unit Commands= Bpstuadd- command line interface for configuring devices Bpstulist- command used to display & manage storage units & groups Bpstudel- command used to delete a storage unit Bpsturep- command used to modify storage units and groups 12. Vmoprcmd display drive status up drive-down drive-reset drive; assign/deny/resubmit request 13. Vmoprcmd -up drive up 14. Vmcheckxxx Report media contents of the robotic library check and compare volume configuration with robot configuration 15. Vmupdate perform inventory of media contents of the library and update of the volume database (catalog) from the robots content 16. NBU 5.0 Default Wakeup Interval 10 min to detect if there are any schedule jobs 17. Where to find client version info? ò Admin console help û About NetBackup ò On client-click Backup, Archive. Restore- about Veritas NetBackup ò installpath\Veritas\NetBackup\ve¼rsion.txt 18. How to get a client to use a different media pool? Policy/ schedules/ override policy volume pool 19. MSSQL Backup Requirements needs account with MSSQL admin rights, verify ODBC 20. NetBackup Vault installs on Master Server only with NBU install , but needs to be licensed 21. You can Preview Vault Session vltrun -preview without ejecting tapes 22. NetBackup 5.0 will support media servers/clients one major release backward. Media Servers & Clients can be v4.5 23. Bp clientcmd bpclntcmd -sv Netback version on master or client 24. Bp clientcmd bpclntcmd -pn Gives DNS name, server name, ip address, and port 25. Bp clientcmd bpclntcmd -hn Enable you to specify a hostname 26. Bp clientcmd bpclntcmd - ip Enables you to specify an ip address for lookup 27. When does a volume become suspended? ò When write failures occur or if volume exceeds the number of mounts. ò Available for restore but not for backups or archives until last image expires. 28. When does a volume become frozen? ò When NBU sense a format other than NetBackup. ò Not mounted for backup or archives, but can restore from frozen. ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE in bp.conf to overwrite & re use 29. Daemons/processes running after you install NBU Master? ò bprd ò bpdbm ò bpjobd ò nbdbd ò bpsched ò vmd 30. Upgrading NBU Master ò Read release notes ò Backup all catalogs ò Backup all patches, scripts,& .conf entries ò Stop all processes ò Identify release level of clients 31. Backup NBU Catalogs NetBackup Admin Console / select Catalog / right-click / Backup NetBackup Catalog 32. Verify that catalog backups are successful ò check status in the activity monitor ò dbbackup_notify script ò reports utility ò media log reports 33. VSP Each volume will have a corresponding VSP cache file 34. Install NBU w/autoplay disabled û run Launch.exe program 35. Remote Install of NBU Clients - ò run launch.exe ò click netbackup installation ò start Netbackup client installation ò 'select from available computers on the network' 36. Why reboot NetBackup Server? ò Add new devices ò Install database agents ò Increased available shared memory ò Changing operating systems settings 37. Tpreq Request a tape volume for mounting and associate a file name with the assigned drive 38. tpreq and tpunmount are user commands for requesting tape mounts and unmounts for configured drives. 39. VXassist snapstart create snapshot mirror of a designated drive 40. VXassist snapshot create a snapshot of a primary volume before a split 41. FMR fast mirror resync, used in conjunction with Instant Recovery 42. Multistreaming multiple clients to multiple drives 43. Multiplexing Multiple clients to one drive 44. Status Code 150 operator aborted job 45. Status Code 71 no files or folders found 46. Status Code 196 backup window closed 47. Status Code 198 no active policy with schedule for this type of client 48. Status Code 59 access to client not allowed 49. Status Code 41 network connection timed out 50. Status Code 96 unable to allocate media 51. Status Code 1 partially successful backup / open or locked files / permissions 52. Media Catalog information of backups to the volumes where they are stored MEDIA SERVER - CONTAINS TAPES THAT HAVE BEEN USED 53. Volume Catalog volumes that have NetBackup catalog backups that do not appear in the Media catalog HISTORY OF ALL TAPES 54. SSO SAN compatibility support.veritas.¼com (SSO Tested Device List for NetBackup)