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Additional Setup

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vopie Files

The

vopie

processes use the following files during authentication.

hashed (public key) Files

The

hashed

files contain the authentication challenges that the local system

presents to remote systems. These files are as follows:

Windows NT, 98, 95:

install_path

\NetBackup\var\auth\vopie\hashed\

localhost\remotehost.txt

UNIX:

/usr/openv/var/auth/vopie/hashed/

localhost/remotehost.txt

Macintosh

:System Folder:Preferences:

NetBackup:var:auth:vopie:hashed:auth:

localhost:remotehost.txt

Where:

• localhost is the local system.

• remotehst contains the challenges for the remote system named remotehost.

There is a remotehost

.txt

file for each remote system that can be authenticated.

Only root on the local system can read or write these files.

unhashed (secret key) Files

The

unhashed

files contains the secret key that NetBackup uses when it

responds to challenges from remote systems. These files are as follows:

Windows NT, 98, 95:

install_path

\NetBackup\var\auth\vopie\unhashed\

localhost

remotehost

.txt

UNIX:

/usr/openv/var/auth/vopie/unhashed/

localhost

remotehost

.txt

Macintosh

NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT

Summary of Contents for GFN 13820

Page 1: ... 2 Windows NT Server May 1999 P N 100 000984 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 2: ...registered trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation in the United States and other countries VERITAS Volume Manager VERITAS File System VERITAS NetBackup VERITAS HSM VERITAS Media Librarian CVM VERITAS Quick I O and VxSmartSync are trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation Other products mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders NetBackup 3 2...

Page 3: ...rator Interface 6 Starting the NetBackup Administration Interface 6 NetBackup Administration Window 7 Shortcut Menus 9 Changing the Window to a Toolbar 9 To Hide the Toolbar 10 Setting Up NetBackup An Overview 10 2 Managing Storage Units 13 The Storage Unit Management Window 14 Menu Bar 15 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Wind...

Page 4: ...xample 2 Storage Units on eel 20 To Add a Media Manager Storage Unit 21 General Properties Media Manager Storage Units 23 Storage Unit Type 23 On Demand Only 23 Storage Unit Type Properties Media Manager Storage Units 23 NetBackup Media Server 24 Robot Type 24 Robot Number 24 Density 24 Number of Drives 24 Maximum Fragment Size 25 Maximum Multiplexing Per Drive 25 Adding Disk Type Storage Units 25...

Page 5: ...ntroduction to NetBackup Classes 34 Parts of a Class Definition 34 General Attributes 34 Client List 35 File List 35 Schedules 35 Example Classes 36 Planning Guidelines for Classes 38 Planning Worksheet 44 The Backup Policy Management Window 49 Menu Bar 50 Toolbar 52 Tree and Detail Views 52 Status Bar 53 Shortcut Menus 53 Customizing the Window 53 Choosing the Master Server for Backup Policies 53...

Page 6: ...iority 64 Keyword Phrase optional 64 Active 65 Backup Network Drives 65 True Image Restore Information 65 With Move Detection 66 Example of a True Image Restore 66 Notes On True Image Restores and Move Detection 68 Follow NFS 69 Cross Mount Points 69 Compression 69 Encryption 70 Individual File Restore From Raw 70 Block Level Incremental 70 Allow Multiple Data Streams 70 When to Use Allow Multiple...

Page 7: ...h Rules for Windows 3 1 Clients 87 File Path Rules for OS 2 Clients 88 File Path Rules for NetWare Clients That Do Not Use Targets 88 File Path Rules for NetWare Clients That Use Targets 90 File Path Rules for Macintosh Clients 90 File Path Rules for Extension Clients 92 File List Directives General Discussion 92 Directives for All Class Types except Database Extensions 93 Directives for Specific ...

Page 8: ...e 2 115 Example 3 117 Example 4 118 Example 5 119 Example 6 120 Special Considerations for User Schedules 121 Planning User Backup and Archive Schedules 121 Creating Separate Classes for User Schedules 122 To Use a Specific Class and User Schedule 124 Changing Classes 124 To Change a Single Class 124 To Copy or Move Class Information Between Servers 127 To Change Multiple Classes in the Composite ...

Page 9: ...gs to Consider 139 Demultiplexing 140 Using Multiple NetBackup Servers 141 Configuring Slave Servers 141 Software on Each Server 144 NetBackup Catalogs 144 NetBackup Services 144 Administration Utilities 144 To Add Slave Servers 145 Dynamic Host Name and IP Addressing 147 Setting up Dynamic IP Addresses and Host Names 149 Configuring the NetBackup Master Server 150 Configuring a Dynamic Windows NT...

Page 10: ...onfiguration Files 159 methods txt 159 methods_allow txt 160 methods_deny txt 161 names_allow txt 162 names_deny txt 163 Library Files 163 Authentication Commands 164 bpauthsync 164 vopie_util 164 vopied Daemon 164 vopie Files 165 hashed public key Files 165 unhashed secret key Files 165 temp File 167 To Configure Authentication 167 Example 1 Typical Configuration 167 NetBackup 3 2 System Administ...

Page 11: ...176 What NetBackup Servers Can I Use 177 Do I Specify A Storage Unit 177 What are the Requirements for Backup Media 177 How Do I Know If a Catalog Backup Succeeded 177 How Do I Restore The Catalog Backups 178 Precautions to Observe 178 Configuring Catalog Backups 178 Attributes Tab 180 Backup Server 180 Last Media Used 180 Media 1 and Media 2 Areas 180 Schedule Tab 182 Files Tab 184 Adding a New P...

Page 12: ...ase Manager Service 193 NetBackup Device Manager Service 193 NetBackup Volume Manager Service 194 NetBackup Client Service 194 Performing Manual Backups 194 Remote Administration 195 Notify Scripts 197 backup_notify cmd 199 backup_exit_notify cmd 199 bpstart_notify bat 200 bpend_notify bat 202 dbbackup_notify cmd 206 diskfull_notify cmd 206 restore_notify cmd 207 session_notify cmd 208 session_sta...

Page 13: ... Disabling Database Indexing 218 Improving Search Performance 218 Load Balancing 219 Adjust Backup Load on Server 219 Adjust Backup Load on Server Only During Specific Time Periods 220 Adjust Backup Load on Client 220 Reduce Time To Back Up Clients 220 Give Preference To a Class 220 Adjust Load Between Fast and Slow Networks 220 Limit the Backup Load Produced By One or More Clients 220 Maximize Us...

Page 14: ...ication 234 Verifying Backup Images 235 Verification Results Dialog Box 238 Importing Backup Images 239 Notes About Importing Backup Images 239 Import Results Dialog Box 245 Monitoring NetBackup Activity 246 The Activity Monitor Window 247 Menu Bar 248 Toolbar 251 Tabs 251 Status Bar 251 Shortcut Menus 252 Customizing the Window 252 Choosing the Master Server to Monitor 252 Monitoring Jobs 252 To ...

Page 15: ... Process 265 NetBackup Reports 266 The Reports Window 267 Menu Bar 268 Toolbars 269 Report Contents 269 Status Bar 269 Shortcut Menus 270 Customizing the Window 270 Choosing the Master Server for the Reports 270 Running a Report 270 Report Settings 271 Start and End 271 Client 272 Server 272 Media ID 272 Volume Pool 272 Verbose Listing 272 To Print a report 272 To Save a Report 273 NetBackup 3 2 S...

Page 16: ...Contents Report 281 Images on Media Report 285 Media Logs Report 288 Media Summary Report 289 Media Written Report 289 A NetBackup Commands 291 bparchive 292 bpauthsync 297 bpbackup 300 bpbackupdb 307 bpclclients 312 bpclinfo 319 bpclsched 329 bpclschedrep 340 bpduplicate 345 bpexpdate 352 bpimagelist 359 bpimport 367 bplabel 373 bplist 376 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT...

Page 17: ...24 How to Update NetBackup After Host Name Changes 424 Special Considerations For Domain Name Service DNS 425 Automatic Backup Scheduling 426 Building the Worklist Queue 426 Prioritizing the Worklist 428 Factors Affecting Backup Time 429 Total data 429 Transfer rate 430 Device delays 430 Determining NetBackup Transfer Rate 430 Network Transfer Rate 431 Network Transfer Plus End of Backup Processin...

Page 18: ...39 Volume Database 439 Media Catalog 440 Media States 440 How NetBackup Selects Media in a Robot 441 Spanning Media 443 How NetBackup Uses Media in Standalone Drives 443 Media Selection Using Standalone Drive Extensions 443 Disabling Standalone Drive Extensions 444 Spanning Media 444 Keeping Standalone Drives in the Ready State 445 Media Format 445 Non QIC Tape Format 445 QIC Tape Format 446 Fragm...

Page 19: ... Boxes 464 Interpreting the Initial Settings 464 Changing the Settings 465 Shortcut Menus 465 Getting Help on the Settings 466 Required Permissions 466 Master Server Properties Dialog Box 466 General Tab 466 Server Sends Mail 466 Client Sends Mail 466 E mail Address for Administrator of this NetBackup Client 466 Logging Enabled 467 Universal Settings Tab 467 File Browse Timeout 467 Restore Retries...

Page 20: ...Reports 472 Compress Catalog After 473 How Long to Keep TIR Information 473 Maximum Physical Drives Used for Backup by the Master Media Server Cluster 473 Retention Periods Tab 474 Note on Redefining Retention Periods 475 Servers Tab 476 Host 476 Master Server 477 Additional Servers 477 Add to All Lists 477 Remove From All lists 477 Select as Master server in All Lists 477 General Server Tab 477 D...

Page 21: ...nitial Browse Search Limit 481 Disallow Client Browse and Restore 481 Disallow Client Restore 481 Backup Start Notify Timeout 481 Backup End Notify Timeout 482 Media Tab 482 Allow Media Overwrite 482 Allow Multiple Retentions Per Media 483 Disallow Backups Spanning Media 483 Disable Standalone Drive Extensions 483 Disable Job Logging 484 Media ID Prefix 484 Media Unmount Delay 484 NetBackup 3 2 Sy...

Page 22: ...9 From IP Address 489 To IP Address 489 Bandwidth 489 Add Range 490 Remove Range 490 Restore Tab 490 Alternate Restore Failover Machines 491 Select Machine 491 Add to the Lists 491 Remove From the Lists 491 UNIX Server Tab 492 Apollo Restore Timeout 492 Maximum Restore Apollo Arg Characters 492 NFS Access Timeout 492 Media Server Properties Dialog Box 492 Client Properties Dialog Box 492 NetBackup...

Page 23: ... 494 Class 494 Schedule 495 Client Name Tab 495 Client Name 495 Windows Client Tab 495 Wait Time Before Clearing Archive Bit 496 Perform Incrementals Based on Archive Bit 496 Time Overlap 496 Communications Buffer Size 497 Perform Default Search 497 Case Sensitive Exclude List 497 Virus Scan Tab 497 Backup 499 Perform Virus Scan 499 Clean Infected File 499 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guid...

Page 24: ...ze 502 Busy File Timeout 502 Individual Drive Snapshots 502 Global Drive Snapshots 502 Use All Available Drives 503 Excluded Drives 504 Exclude Tab 504 Client 505 Class 505 Delete Class 505 Schedule 505 Files and Directories 505 Add List Item 505 Edit List Item 506 Delete List Item 506 Include Tab 506 Files and Directories 507 Add List Item 507 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Window...

Page 25: ...erver 512 Troubleshooting General Level 512 Troubleshooting TCP Level 512 Encryption Tab 513 Encryption Permissions 513 Encryption Strength 513 Encryption Keys 514 Encryption Libraries 514 UNIX Client Tab 515 Hosts 515 Add to the Lists 515 Remove From the Lists 516 UNIX Client 2 Tab 516 Do Not Reset File Access Time 516 Megabytes of Memory 516 Locked File Action 517 Wait 517 Skip 517 Busy Files Ta...

Page 26: ...Process Busy Files 517 File Action 518 Working Directory 518 Operator E mail Address 518 Retry Count 518 Action Taken on Busy File 518 Glossary 521 Index 537 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 27: ...led C VERITAS by default Audience This guide is intended for system administrators and assumes a good working knowledge of the Windows NT operating system on the platform where the product is used In this guide a system administrator is defined as a person with Windows NT system administrator privileges and responsibilities A client user is anyone that uses the client interfaces to back up archive...

Page 28: ...r can direct restores to a client from the master server Appendix D NetBackup Properties explains how to set NetBackup properties for NetBackup servers and clients The Glossary explains terms that you will frequently encounter when using and discussing NetBackup Related Documents Other documents that will be useful are listed below For a complete list of documents pertaining to NetBackup see the N...

Page 29: ...ent NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide Windows NT Server Provides troubleshooting information for configuration with a Windows NT NetBackup master server NetBackup for Windows NT UNIX Supplement Provides information that will be useful if your configuration includes UNIX clients or slave servers Conventions The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this guide Typeface Usage Ex...

Page 30: ...e packages contact VERITAS Customer Support US Customers 1 800 342 0652 International Customers 1 650 335 8555 Fax 650 335 8428 VERITAS Customer Support can also be reached through electronic mail at support veritas com NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 31: ...NetBackup An Overview Overview NetBackup provides high performance backups and restores for a variety of client systems including Microsoft Windows NetWare IBM OS 2 UNIX and Macintosh Administrators can set up schedules for automatic unattended backups for clients across the network These backups can be full or incremental and are managed entirely by the NetBackup server NetBackup 3 2 System Admin...

Page 32: ... Server software is on the system that manages the storage devices Client software is on the system that requires the backup or archive A server can also be a client NetBackup servers and clients can be any one of a number of computer systems as described in the data sheets and release notes for the product NetBackup supports both master and slave servers The master server manages the backups arch...

Page 33: ... For detailed information on administering Media Manager see the Media Manager System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server Storage Units The device that stores the backup data for NetBackup is called a storage unit A storage unit is a logical grouping of one or more storage devices of a specific type and density The storage devices can be tape drives or a directory on a magnetic disk Tape drive...

Page 34: ...ocation in the NetBackup media database The operating system manages the actual writing of data Backup Policies Classes A NetBackup class defines the backup policies for a specific group of one or more clients that have similar backup needs NetBackup can have a single class that includes all clients or many classes some of which can include only one client A NetBackup client must be in at least on...

Page 35: ...How often automatic backups occur Retention How long NetBackup retains the data that is backed up by this schedule Storage unit The storage unit on which to save the data that is backed up according to this schedule optional and overrides the storage unit specified at the class level Volume pool The volume pool to use when saving the backup data optional and overrides the volume pool specified at ...

Page 36: ...ups to ensure recovery in case of a server disk crash NetBackup Administrator Interface On a Windows NT system the administrator can perform most tasks through a Windows based interface program There are also several special operations that require entering a command in an MS DOS window These commands are explained in Appendix A Starting the NetBackup Administration Interface Note It is possible t...

Page 37: ...n icon for each major area of NetBackup administration Clicking an icon starts the associated utility The menus contain commands to start these same utilities and to perform other functions as explained in Table 1 Menu Bar Icons to start the main utilities NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 38: ...erface program on the NetBackup server See the NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows for information on using this interface Reports Displays the Reports window which has commands for generating reports about various NetBackup activities Activity Monitor Starts the NetBackup Activity Monitor which allows you to monitor NetBackup jobs and also provides limited control over their execution Device...

Page 39: ...er NetBackup windows that may be open Images Import Imports backups whose retention period is expired or are from another NetBackup server Verify Verifies that the contents of a backup matches the records in the NetBackup catalog Duplicate Duplicates NetBackup images View Contains commands for changing the NetBackup Administration window to a toolbar Return to the window view by positioning the po...

Page 40: ...en press the right mouse button to display the shortcut menu 2 On the shortcut menu click Auto Hide 3 Drag the toolbar to the edge of the window The toolbar expands to full width or height along the edge of the window 4 Click in the window and the toolbar disappears 5 To redisplay the toolbar point to the edge of your screen where you hid the toolbar For example if it is at the bottom of your scre...

Page 41: ...n update its catalogs with the new setup information 5 Verify the NetBackup catalog backup configuration see Backing Up the NetBackup Catalogs on page 176 a Specify the media to use b Make any necessary changes to the backup paths The default paths to the catalogs are added automatically 6 Define the storage units as explained in Chapter 2 Managing Storage Units 7 Define the backup policies classe...

Page 42: ...12 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server 1 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 43: ... Media Manager also controls the mounting of volumes in the storage devices Disk A disk type storage unit consists of a directory on magnetic disk that stores the backup or archive data The following is an example path in a Windows NT file system D NetBackup backups A disk type storage unit is useful for testing and during busy periods because it allows quick backups NDMP NDMP storage units are co...

Page 44: ...ement window has tools for managing NetBackup storage units To display it click Storage Unit Management in the NetBackup Administration window The following topics provide an overview of the Storage Unit Management window Menu Bar Toolbars Tree and Detail Views Status Bar Shortcut Menus Customizing the Window Menu Bar Tool Bars Tree View Detail View Status Bar NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s ...

Page 45: ...ary for a new storage unit New Window Creates another Storage Unit Management window Change Server Displays a dialog box where you can specify the NetBackup master server that has the configuration you want to modify Exit Closes this window Edit Contains commands for finding items in the list View Contains commands for specifying your display preferences for the window Help Help Topics Provides on...

Page 46: ...To manage and view the storage unit configuration on another master server change to that server as explained in Choosing the Master Server for Storage Units on page 17 The Edit and View menus have commands that make it easier to use the lists The Edit menu has commands for finding items and is useful if you are managing many NetBackup servers and storage units The View menu has commands for sorti...

Page 47: ... configuration you want to manage The name of that server appears in the status bar at the bottom of the window To manage the configuration on another NetBackup master server 1 On the Storage Unit menu click Change Server 2 In the Change Master Server dialog box specify the name of the NetBackup server where you want to manage the storage unit configuration 3 Click OK If you encounter problems see...

Page 48: ...number that is used for the robotic control on the other server see Example 2 Storage Units on eel on page 20 3 For standalone drives on a server add one storage unit per drive density For example if a server has multiple 1 4 inch qscsi drives add a storage unit that includes all of them NetBackup chooses the drive to use when it sends a backup to this storage unit If there are standalone drives o...

Page 49: ...ple Storage Unit Configuration Example 1 Storage Unit on whale The Windows NT NetBackup master server named whale has a Tape Stacker 8MM TS8 robot with one drive that attaches directly to whale The following information is required for NetBackup to recognize this drive as a storage unit NetBackup Media Server whale Robot Type TS8 Tape Stacker 8MM Robot Number 4 Tape Drive 1 4 SCSI Tape Drive 1 4 S...

Page 50: ...units QSCSI tape drives The two QSCSI drives are of the same density and therefore must be in the same storage unit If they were different densities they would each have to be a separate storage unit NetBackup Media Server eel Robot Type None Robot Number Not applicable Number of Drives 2 Density qscsi 1 4 Inch Cartridge 8 mm tape drives in robot 5 The drives in the Tape Library 8MM are in a stora...

Page 51: ...lts a Click New on the Storage Unit menu The Add a New Storage Unit dialog box appears b Proceed to Step 5 4 To add the storage unit by copying and then modifying the properties of an existing storage unit proceed as explained below a Select the storage unit from those listed in the left or right pane of the Storage Unit Management window b On the Storage Unit menu click Copy The Copy a Storage Un...

Page 52: ... any spaces between characters 6 Click OK A dialog box appears as shown below Notice that the name in the title bar is the one that you just entered 7 Complete the entries on the General Properties and Storage Unit Type Properties tabs as explained in the following topics General Properties Media Manager Storage Units Storage Unit Type Properties Media Manager Storage Units 8 Click OK to add the s...

Page 53: ...dule requests it Clear the box default to make the storage unit available to any class or schedule Note If you make all storage units on demand only designate a specific storage unit for each class or schedule Otherwise NetBackup will be unable to find a storage unit to use Storage Unit Type Properties Media Manager Storage Units The figure below shows the Storage Unit Type Properties tab NetBacku...

Page 54: ...Number For a robotic storage unit this is the same robot number used in the Media Manager configuration see the Media Manager System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server Density Specifies the media density that the storage unit will be using Click the box and select from the list Number of Drives Specifies the number of drives that NetBackup can use at one time from this storage unit Type a num...

Page 55: ... values greater than 1 NetBackup sends concurrent multiple backups from one or several clients to a single drive and multiplexes the backups onto the media See Multiplexing on page 135 for more information Adding Disk Type Storage Units This section explains how to configure a NetBackup storage unit that resides in a directory in a disk partition Before using a disk storage unit configure the disk...

Page 56: ...ed as explained below a Select the storage unit from those listed in the left or right pane of the Storage Unit Management window b On the Storage Unit menu click Copy The Copy a Storage Unit dialog box appears 5 Type a unique name for the new storage unit This is the name that you use when specifying a storage unit for classes and schedules It is best to choose a name that describes the type of s...

Page 57: ...Units Storage Unit Type Specifies the type of storage that this storage unit supports Click the Storage Unit Type box and select Disk from the list On Demand Only Specifies whether the storage unit is available only on demand that is only when a class or schedule requests it Clear the box to make the storage unit available to any class or schedule On demand only is the default for a new disk type ...

Page 58: ...re below shows the Storage Unit Type Properties tab for disk storage units NetBackup Media Server Specifies the name of the server that is controlling the disk Enter the same name used in the NetBackup server list Absolute Pathname to Directory Specifies the absolute pathname to the file system that will store the backups You can use any location on the disk providing there is sufficient space ava...

Page 59: ... the default The Maximum Fragment Size setting is normally used to ensure that the backup does not exceed the maximum size allowed by the file system To specify no fragmentation type 0 For more information see Fragmented Backups on page 446 Note If you change the fragment size you can still restore backups that were written with the previous fragment size Changing Storage Unit Attributes Note We s...

Page 60: ...ltiple storage units and change each of them 4 On the Storage Unit menu click Change A dialog box appears as shown below The name in the title bar is the one that you just selected 5 After making your changes click OK to confirm them Deleting Storage Units Note Deleting a storage unit from the NetBackup configuration does not prevent you from restoring files that were written to that storage unit ...

Page 61: ...f the Storage Unit Management window In the right pane you can select multiple storage units and delete all of them in one operation 4 On the Storage Unit menu click Delete The Delete a Storage Unit dialog box appears so you can confirm or cancel the deletion 5 If any classes use the storage unit that you deleted modify those classes to use another storage unit NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s...

Page 62: ...32 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server 2 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 63: ...nts into groups according to their backup and archiving requirements and then configure a class for each group This chapter explains how to configure classes The first two topics introduce classes and give guidelines for planning them The remaining topics have detailed configuration instructions NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide fo...

Page 64: ...mple Whether the class is active Class type type of clients it can include Priority that NetBackup gives to jobs in this class relative to other classes Storage unit and volume pool for backups of clients in this class A storage unit or volume pool on the schedule overrides the general attribute setting A complete list of general attributes is provided later in this chapter Active Class type File ...

Page 65: ...cessed serially for each client It is possible however to back up more than one client in parallel A related item is the exclude list You can create this list on each client to specify files that you do not want to include in automatic backups of that client The exclude list does not apply to user backups and archives Schedules Schedules control the backups for the class For example there can be s...

Page 66: ...ects be backed up for the clients named mars jupiter and neptune This class has daily and weekly schedules All backups go to 8 mm tape Example class 2 has different scheduling requirements One difference is that the monthly backups go to DLT tape Example class 2 also has a schedule for user backups NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide...

Page 67: ... occur between 6 pm and 6 am Retain 1 month Weekly Fulls Mondays Store on 8 mm tape C D Projects Example Class 1 Full Every month Retain 1 year Monthly Full Sundays Store on DLT Backup Retain 1 year User Backup Any day Store on 8 mm C D Projects File List Schedules Client List File List Schedules Client List and 6 am Can occur between 6 pm and 6 am Can occur between 8 pm and 5 pm tape Tape Tape Ne...

Page 68: ...e the same types of files at similar levels of importance In some instances you can create a class for each group and this will be adequate for defining your classes In other cases you will have to further subdivide the clients based on their backup requirements as explained in later this procedure The table below is the initial grouping for our example We assume these clients are in same work gro...

Page 69: ... classes for them even if other factors such as schedules are the same In our example see below we create a separate class S2 for D h002 R D and D h002 Desdoc on mercury because those files go on DLT tape Other files on mercury go on 8 mm tape If it is necessary to keep backups for some files on separate media create a class that specifies a unique volume pool for those backups Then add the media ...

Page 70: ...ur example see the table below we place C on mercury in a different class S3 The C drive on the workstations is also placed in a separate class WS2 How long backups have to be retained Each schedule has a retention setting that determines how long NetBackup keeps files that are backed up by the schedule Because the schedule backs up all the files in the file list it is best if all files have simil...

Page 71: ...nly to MS Window NT classes Class Clients Files Frequency of Change Desired Storage Auto1 Backup Frequency S1 mercury D User D h001 E h002 Projects high 8 mm DI WF MF S2 mercury E h002 R D high DLT DI WF MF S3 mercury C low 8 mm DI MF S4 mercury E h002 Desdoc high DLT DI WF MF QF WS1 mars jupiter neptune pluto D User D Programs D User D Programs D User D Programs D Util D User D Programs D Util hi...

Page 72: ... 2 gigabytes The variable that is easiest to control here is the amount of data in the backup NetBackup imposes no limits on backup size but try to keep backups to less than 2 gigabytes In addition to reducing backup time shorter backups mean usually mean less time to recover files that are near the end of the backup In our example it so happens that backing up D User D h001 and E h002 Projects on...

Page 73: ...y of Change Desired Storage Auto1 Backup Frequency S1 mercury D User D h001 high 8 mm DI WF MF S2 mercury E h002 R D high DLT DI WF MF QF S3 mercury C low 8 mm DI MF S4 mercury E h002 Desdoc high DLT DI WF MF S5 mercury E h002 Projects high 8 mm DI WF MF WS1 mars jupiter neptune pluto D User D Programs D User D Programs D User D Programs D Util D User D Programs D Util high 8 mm DI WF MF WS2 mars ...

Page 74: ...heet that will be useful for planning Following the blank copy is a completed example The previous procedure on planning and the remaining topics in this chapter provide information about the items on the worksheet NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 75: ...Specify label ___________________________ Active y n Class Type __________ Maximum jobs per class _______ Job priority ____ True Image Recovery y n n y specify label ______________________ Backup Network Drives y n Applies only to MS Windows NT classes Class Planning Worksheet sheet 1 Keyword phrase _____________________________________ With move detection y n Allow Multiple Data Streams y n NetBa...

Page 76: ..._________ _______ ____________ _______ Monday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Tuesday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Wednesday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Thursday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Friday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Satur...

Page 77: ... Class Type ________________ Maximum jobs per class _______ Job priority ____ True Image Recovery y n n y specify label ______________________ Backup Network Drives y n Applies only to MS Windows NT classes Class Planning Worksheet sheet 1 Keyword phrase _____________________________________ W2 on server mercury mars NT jupiter NT neptune NT pluto NT C TS_8 backups MS Windows NT 99 none 0 With mov...

Page 78: ...__ _______ ____________ _______ Tuesday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Wednesday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Thursday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Friday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Saturday ____________ _______ ____________ _______ ____________ _______ Start Time...

Page 79: ...the NetBackup Administration window The topics below provide an overview of the Backup Policy Management Classes window Menu Bar Toolbar Tree and Detail Views Status Bar Shortcut Menus Customizing the Window Figure 3 Backup Policy Management Classes Window Menu Bar Tool Bar Tree View Status Bar Detail View NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator...

Page 80: ...ion of the window Activate Activates the class that is selected in the left pane of the window A class must be active for NetBackup to execute automatic backups or allow user backups or archives This setting has no effect on restores Deactivate Deactivates the selected class see Activate above Manual Backup Displays a dialog box where you can start a manual backup of schedules and clients for a sp...

Page 81: ...o the selected class attributes client list file list or schedule Clipboard Displays contents of the clipboard New Displays a dialog box where you can specify criteria for a new class schedule client or file Change Displays a dialog box where you can specify changes to the selected class attributes client file or schedule Delete Deletes the selected class client file or schedule In addition there ...

Page 82: ... right pane shows information about all classes on the master server that you are currently managing If you select Composite of all classes the right pane shows the attributes schedules files and clients for all classes If you select a class in the tree the right pane shows the general attributes schedules files and clients for that class If you expand the class in the tree and then select Attribu...

Page 83: ...stomize on the View menu and on the Toolbars tab select Show Tooltips Shortcut Menus Clicking the right mouse button when the pointer is over a pane in the window displays a shortcut menu with commands that apply to what is currently selected Customizing the Window The View menu has options for customizing the window to suit your preferences For example the Customize command opens a dialog box wit...

Page 84: ...The Backup Policy Management Classes window appears 2 Choose the master server where you want to add the class see Choosing the Master Server for Backup Policies on page 53 3 To add the new class by starting with the standard defaults click in the left pane to give that pane the focus then click New Class on the Class menu The Add a New Class dialog box appears 4 To add the new class by copying an...

Page 85: ...e Edit the Class Before Creating a New One option is set on the Preferences tab of the Customize dialog box NetBackup displays the dialog box on Figure 4 Complete the dialog box as explained in Step 7 If the above Preferences option is not set NetBackup creates the new class with default general attributes but no schedules clients or files To complete the class configuration use the procedures lis...

Page 86: ...The right pane shows the attributes schedules files and clients for the new class Use the online help or refer to the following topics for instructions on completing each tab Setting the General Class Attributes on page 57 Adding Clients to a Class on page 73 starting with Step 4 Specifying the List of Files to Back Up on page 75 starting with Step 5 Defining Schedules on page 101 NetBackup 3 2 Sy...

Page 87: ... box appears when you first create the class A similar dialog box appears if you change the attributes for a class Figure 5 Class Attributes The attributes you can specify depend on the type of class you are configuring and the options that are installed For example Encryption is available only with the NetBackup Encryption option The following topics explain all the general attributes NetBackup 3...

Page 88: ...ave only NetBackup for MS SQL Server clients NetWare Use when the class will have only nontarget NetBackup Novell NetWare clients that is running a Microsoft Windows interface NDMP Use when the class will have only NetBackup for NDMP clients This class is available only when the NetBackup NDMP option is installed and configured See the NetBackup for NDMP System Administrator s Guide OS 2 Use when ...

Page 89: ...r DataTools SQL BackTrack System Administrator s Guide DB2 Use when the class will have only NetBackup for DB2 clients See the NetBackup for DB2 System Administrator s Guide FlashBackup Use when the class will have only NetBackup FlashBackup clients This class is available only when the NetBackup FlashBackup option is installed and configured See the NetBackup FlashBackup System Administrator s Gu...

Page 90: ... demand only Has available drives Has media available in the required volume pool Example Assume that all schedules but one can use a Tape Stacker 8MM The schedule that is the exception requires a Tape Library DLT Here you specify Tape Stacker 8MM at the class level and specify the following on the schedules Oracle Use when the class will have only NetBackup for Oracle clients See the NetBackup fo...

Page 91: ... not available for example because it is down for maintenance backups will not run for classes and schedules that require the storage unit If your NetBackup configuration has several storage units and you want a class to use more than one but not all of the storage units perform the following When you configure volumes in Media Manager define a volume pool and volumes that only the desired storage...

Page 92: ...es the archive volume pool select Override Class Volume Pool and then specify archive for the pool name Notes on Volume Pools This setting is optional for Media Manager type storage units and is not available for Disk type storage units It is possible to configure a scratch pool from which NetBackup can automatically transfer volumes when another volume pool has no media available See the Media Ma...

Page 93: ... or using compression UNIX clients only A special case exists when backing up a client that is on the same machine as the server Here network loading is not a factor because you do not use the network Client and server loading however is still a factor Multiplexing If you use multiplexing set Maximum Jobs per Class high enough to support the specified level of multiplexing Lower values can limit m...

Page 94: ...ty The default is 0 Keyword Phrase optional Specifies a keyword phrase that NetBackup will associate with all backups or archives for this class Users on Windows NT and UNIX clients can then optionally list or restore only the backups that have this phrase associated with them see the appropriate NetBackup user s guide The user interfaces on other NetBackup clients do not support keyword phrases Y...

Page 95: ...ork drives or backup of CD ROM drives True Image Restore Information Note The True Image Restore Information attribute applies only to Standard MS Windows NT OS 2 SAP and NetWare classes Specifies that NetBackup will start collecting the information required to restore directories to contain what they had at the time of any selected full or incremental backup Files that were deleted before that ti...

Page 96: ...hive bit is unchanged but C spec doc is new in the C spec directory and is backed up A directory named C security dev is renamed as C security devices Here the archive bit is unchanged but C security devices is a new directory and is backed up NetBackup starts collecting information required for move detection beginning with the next full or incremental backup for the class This first backup after...

Page 97: ...ored directory has only the files and directories that existed at the time of the incremental backup on 12 04 1995 file1 file2 file4 Day Type of Backup Files Backed Up in C user doc 12 01 1995 Full file1 file2 dirA fileA dirB fileB file3 12 02 1995 Incremental file1 file2 dirA fileA 12 03 1995 Incremental file1 file2 dirA fileA 12 04 1995 User backup file1 file2 dirA fileA dirC fileC file4 12 04 1...

Page 98: ...e image restore information Adding move detection requires even more additional space You can set the period of time that NetBackup keeps the true image restore information by using the How Long to Keep TIR Information global attribute See How Long to Keep TIR Information on page 473 Incremental backups are slower for a class where true image restore information is being collected You can perform ...

Page 99: ... in the file list or by the user in the case of a user backup or archive Clear the box to prevent the back up or archive of NFS mounted files Cross Mount Points Note The Cross Mount Points attribute applies only to UNIX clients in Standard SAP or NDMP classes Controls whether NetBackup crosses file system boundaries during a backup or archive on UNIX clients Compression Note Compression applies on...

Page 100: ...idual files from full or incremental raw partition backups that are performed for clients in this class If you select this box NetBackup starts saving the information necessary to restore individual files from raw partition backups that are subsequently performed Block Level Incremental Note Available with VERITAS Oracle Edition Specifies block level incremental backups for clients in this class A...

Page 101: ...separate data stream that runs concurrently with streams from other devices can significantly reduce backup times Note For best performance use only one data stream to back up each physical device on the client Multiple concurrent streams from a single physical device can adversely affect backup times Drive A Drive B stream stream stream stream Client Drive A Drive B stream stream NetBackup Client...

Page 102: ...ch stream as a separate job Use the job details view to determine the files that are in a stream job Reduce Administration More Backups With Fewer Classes When a configuration contains large file servers with many file systems and volumes Allow Multiple Data Streams can be configured to provide more backups with fewer classes than are otherwise required Tuning Allow Multiple Data Streams The two a...

Page 103: ...on is four jobs In this instance a total of eight data streams could run concurrently The maximum jobs settings also limit the maximum number of streams Maximum Jobs Per Client global attribute Maximum Jobs Per Class class attribute Maximum Jobs This Client see Client Attributes Tab on page 485 The maximum job settings are interdependent as follows If Maximum Jobs This Client is not set the lowest...

Page 104: ...at has the configuration you are going to change see Choosing the Master Server for Backup Policies on page 53 3 Find the class name in the left pane of the Backup Policy Management Classes window and double click Clients under that name The dialog box on Figure 6 appears The title bar shows the name of the class where you are adding the clients Figure 6 Adding Clients to a Class bpclient NetBacku...

Page 105: ...ware and Operating System list box and pick from the list Be certain to add only clients with hardware and operating systems that this class supports For example do not add a Novell NetWare client to an MS Windows NT class 7 To add another client click New and repeat the above steps If this is the last client click OK to close the dialog box Specifying the List of Files to Back Up The file list fo...

Page 106: ...ferent files on a client according to different rules For example you can have a different set of schedules Using multiple classes can also reduce the backup time When all of a client s files are in the same file list NetBackup processes them serially and this can take a long time when there are many files If the files are divided between different classes NetBackup can process the classes in para...

Page 107: ...rent times or set Maximum Jobs Per Client to 1 Another way to reduce backup time is to use a single class that has Allow Multiple Data Streams enabled and then add NEW_STREAMS directives to the file list For example NEW_STREAM file_a file_b file_c NEW_STREAM file_d file_e file_f This produces two concurrent data streams One has file_a file_b and file_c The other has file_d file_e and file_f For mo...

Page 108: ... that has the configuration you are going to change see Choosing the Master Server for Backup Policies on page 53 3 Find the class name in the left pane of the Backup Policy Management Classes window and double click Files under that name The dialog box on Figure 7 appears The title bar shows the name of the class that will be backing up the files Figure 7 Specifying Files for Automatic Backups Ne...

Page 109: ...of the following ways Type the name of the path in the box Click Folder to select a folder Click File to select a file The entry appears in the file list and is selected highlighted 7 Add more entries by clicking either Add or Insert To add an entry to the end of the list click Add and type the entry To insert entries use the Up and Down buttons or the mouse or keyboard to select the point in the ...

Page 110: ...ciated NetBackup option is installed For example adding NetBackup for EMC makes the Split Mirror class type and its directives available The NetBackup guide for each option explains how to use any special directives that apply In addition some options provide templates that contain the required directives If the template is installed it can be selected in the add and change files dialog boxes Figu...

Page 111: ... Streams is enabled To Type and Add the Directives 1 Select the point in the file list where you want to insert or add the directive To insert the entry above the selection point click insert To add the entry at the end of the list click Add 2 Type the name of the directive in the Folder File or Directive text box The entry appears in the file list as you type it NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator...

Page 112: ...p 3 or Step 4 3 To add selected directives to the file list a Select the point in the list where you want to insert or add the directive To insert the entry above the selection point click insert To add the entry at the end of the list click Add b Click the arrow in the right of the Folder File or Directive text box and select the directive from the list The entry appears in the file list c Repeat...

Page 113: ...ystems If a path is not found NetBackup logs a trivial TRV or warning WRN message but can still end the backup with a status code 0 success This is desirable because it eliminates error status codes for files that are not expected to be on a client However it means you must check the logs or use the check_coverage script to ensure that files are not missed due to bad or missing file list entries T...

Page 114: ...message still appears ensure there are no trailing spaces in the paths File Path Rules for Windows NT 98 and 95 Clients The following describes the conventions to use when specifying backups for Windows NT clients File Backups Enter one pathname per line Start all pathnames with the drive letter followed by a colon and a backslash The drive letter can be either upper or lower case c Precede each c...

Page 115: ...es that are not backed up include floppy disks CD ROMs and drives that are located on remote systems but mounted on your system through the network The following is an example file list that uses the Windows NT 98 and 95 conventions c d workfiles e Special status c tests exe Windows NT Disk Image Backup On Windows NT clients you can back up a logical disk drive as a disk image That is NetBackup ba...

Page 116: ...drive to ensure that no changes occur during the backup If there are open files on the logical drive a disk image backup is not performed Windows NT 98 or 95 Registry Backup Backup for Disaster Recovery To ensure successful recovery in case of a disk failure always back up the entire registry That is back up the directory that contains the entire registry On Windows NT this directory is systemroot...

Page 117: ...er recovery As mentioned above do not include HKEY entries in the same class file list used to back up the entire registry However if you want the ability to restore individual keys within the registry create a separate class and then specify the desired HKEYs in the file list for that class The following is an example HKEY entry for a class file list HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Remember you cannot perform...

Page 118: ...epares the data for back up or restore by the SMDR There are different types of TSAs depending on the data For example there are TSAs for NetWare file systems and DOS workstations Target Service The NetWare entity that has the data being handled by the selected TSA For example with the DOS TSA tsasms com it is a DOS Workstation In the case of a NetWare file system TSA it is the system with the Net...

Page 119: ...pper and lower case letters as they appear in the actual pathname on the client Wildcard usage is the same as when specifying files for Windows NT clients To back up all NetBackup for NetWare clients that are in this class enter a slash by itself on a line To back up an entire NetBackup for NetWare client enter a slash followed by the client name and a slash TILE The following example backs up SYS...

Page 120: ...lowing example backs up the targets NETWARE SYSTEM and BINDERY NETWARE SYSTEM BINDERY File Path Rules for Macintosh Clients The following explains how to map your Macintosh file and folder names to the names required in the class file list Other syntax rules are also explained Enter one pathname per line Specify the Macintosh paths as follows volume folders file Where volume is the name of the Mac...

Page 121: ...raphics Checklist Upper and lower case letters in the pathname must match those in the actual pathname on the client Macintosh HD Graphics Macintosh file and folder names can contain the space character Wildcard usage is the same as for Windows NT clients For example BackMeUp This example refers to the folders or files named BackMeUp at the top level of all the mounted volumes on the Macintosh To ...

Page 122: ...that comes with the separately priced extension product Those products include the following NetBackup for AFS NetBackup FlashBackup NetBackup for EMC NetBackup for Oracle and other database extensions File List Directives General Discussion The file list for a class can contain directives that cause NetBackup to perform specific actions when processing the files in the list NetBackup performs the...

Page 123: ...ample Oracle and Sybase This directive can be used with or without multiple data streams and the rules for using it are explained in ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES on page 99 Directives for Specific Class Types Some directives apply to specific class types and can appear only in file lists for those classes NetBackup passes class specific directives to the clients along with the file list The clients then perfo...

Page 124: ...SET_ALL These directives control the way that NetBackup creates backup streams Note For best performance use only one data stream to back up each physical device on the client Multiple concurrent streams from a single physical device can adversely affect backup times NEW_STREAM The NEW_STREAM directive is recognized only if Allow Multiple Data Streams is set for the class If this directive is used...

Page 125: ...ed by the end of the file list Note In the following examples we assume that each stream is from a separate physical device on the client Multiple concurrent streams from a single physical device can adversely affect backup times For example consider the file list below NEW_STREAM D Program Files C Winnt NEW_STREAM C users D DataFiles This file list has two data streams The NEW_STREAM at the top o...

Page 126: ... which preprocesses the list and splits the backup into streams as follows If wild cards are used the expansion of the wild cards results in one stream per wild card expansion If the file list contains the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive NetBackup backs up the entire client but splits each drive volume Windows NT or file system UNIX into its own backup stream see ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES on page 99 If the file...

Page 127: ...ss interval is set to four hours and a schedule has a frequency of less than four hours Here it is possible for a new stream to be omitted from the next backup because the preprocessing interval has not expired when the backup is due Too short an interval can cause preprocessing to occur often enough to increase backup time to an unacceptable level A short interval is most likely to be a problem w...

Page 128: ...list has the following entries D Program Files C Doc C Projects For this file list NetBackup generates three streams one for each of the directories Preprocessing is done on the server instead of the client Example 2 Assume the file list has the following entries D Program Files C Winnt C users For this file list NetBackup generates One stream for the D Program Files directory One backup for the C...

Page 129: ...y runs preprocessing on the client to make necessary changes to the streams see Setting the Preprocess Interval for Auto Discovery on page 97 If Allow Multiple Data Streams is not enabled NetBackup backs up the entire client but includes all volumes and file systems in the same stream In all cases the following rules also apply to this directive The client must be running NetBackup 3 2 or later Th...

Page 130: ...he class UNSET Unsets a class specific directive so it is not passed with any additional streams The directive that was unset can be defined again later in the file list and included in the current or a later stream UNSET_ALL UNSET_ALL has the same effect as UNSET but unsets all class specific directives that have been defined up to this point in the file list Excluding Files From Automatic Backup...

Page 131: ...the exclude and include lists are specified when adding the targets See the NetBackup user s guide for the client Macintosh and OS 2 clients do not support exclude and include lists For UNIX clients see the NetBackup for Windows NT Server UNIX Supplement Defining Schedules Each class must have a set of schedules The procedures in this section explain how to define them The process is the same for ...

Page 132: ... Figure 9 appears The title bar shows the name of the class to which you are adding the schedules Figure 9 Adding a Schedule 4 On the Schedules tab click New This sets the values in all the boxes to their defaults 5 Specify the attributes for the schedule as explained in Schedule Attributes on page 103 6 To add another schedule click New and repeat the above steps If this is the last schedule clic...

Page 133: ...ups occur automatically according to the criteria in the schedule Cumulative Incremental Backup Backs up all files that are specified in the file list for the class and have changed since their last successful full backup If no prior backup has been done all files are backed up These backups occur automatically according to the criteria in the schedule Differential Incremental Backup Backs up all ...

Page 134: ...s For more information on configuring schedules for this type of backup see the NetBackup for Informix System Administrator s Guide Automatic Full Backup An automatic full backup that applies only to NetBackup for Informix clients For more information on configuring schedules for this type of backup see the NetBackup for Informix System Administrator s Guide Backup Policy A backup type that applie...

Page 135: ...lass always assign a longer retention period to full backups than to incrementals Otherwise it may not be possible to restore all your files Archive schedules normally use a retention period of infinite Mixing Retention Levels on Backup Volumes NetBackup s default action when selecting volumes for backups is to check the retention level not period for each backup and store it on a volume that has ...

Page 136: ...s schedule until the following Monday To set the frequency click in the Frequency box and either type a number or use the arrows to select a value Click the box that is on the right under Frequency to select units of hours days or weeks Backup Frequency Determines Schedule Priority If more than one automatic schedule is due for a client within a class the backup frequency determines the schedule N...

Page 137: ...ses any available storage unit Override Class Volume Pool Specifies whether to use the class volume pool or another one for this schedule To override the class volume pool select the box Choose the volume pool by clicking the box below the attribute and selecting from the list of previously configured volume pools You can also type a pool name in the box and then configure it in Media Manager To u...

Page 138: ...ant the backup window to open The unlabeled box in the lower left corner of the Schedules tab Figure 10 indicates the day and time corresponding to the current position of the pointer As you move the pointer the value changes The time is in hours and minutes using the 24 hour clock For example 1 am is 01 00 and 11 pm is 23 00 12 pm is 00 00 Figure 10 Completed Schedule bpschednew NetBackup 3 2 Sys...

Page 139: ...Start box and set it to the day where the window opens Then use the up and down arrows to set the Start and End times Specify enough time to allow all clients in the class to complete their backups Also allow extra time in case the schedule starts late due to factors such as devices not being available Otherwise all backups may not be able to start The figure below shows two full backup schedules ...

Page 140: ...ccessive days To Copy a Backup Window to Another Day 1 Click on an existing backup window to select it 2 Press the Ctrl key and drag to copy the window to another day Note If there are blank days immediately following the selected window clicking Duplicate will also duplicate the selected backup window on those days Duplication stops when it reaches a day that already has a schedule defined For ex...

Page 141: ...p Schedules You can have backups occur automatically on every day of the week or only on certain days You can also specify a different backup window for each day The days of the week to choose for backups depends on how you want to distribute the backup load For example to have all backups occur on Saturday create a backup window only for Saturday The best times for automatic backups are usually n...

Page 142: ... backup for a client does not complete on one day NetBackup retries it on the next day This ensures that a retry occurs promptly in case of a failure or lack of time during the first session The day of the week when a client is backed up changes if its backup rolls over to the next day In this example schedule full backups can occur on any day of the week but only once every seven days NetBackup 3...

Page 143: ...til it does successfully complete NetBackup can attempt the backup on each subsequent day because the schedule lets backups occur on any day but only once during any seven day period If the backup completes on Tuesday NetBackup waits seven days from Tuesday for the next backup C C 7 days m t w th f s s m t w th 7 days m t w th f s s m t w th fail C C NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for ...

Page 144: ... begins with a full backup on a Tuesday and completes successfully the next full backup occurs on the following Tuesday seven days later If the backup fails on Tuesday NetBackup must wait until the following Tuesday before trying again C C 7 days m t w th f s s m t w th 7 days m t w th f s s m t w th fail C NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrato...

Page 145: ...dules that have a backup window every day recommended method If the backup does not complete on one day NetBackup tries it again the next day Daily Incremental Backup Schedules NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 146: ...em Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server 3 Weekly Full Backup Schedules Monthly Full Backup Schedules NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 147: ... 117 3 Quarterly Backups Example 3 The following is an example of using different backup windows depending on the day NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 148: ... to time elapsed since the last backup and more than one backup can occur for a client during the backup window This mode is useful when you want to perform backups twice or more daily In the following schedule the backup window spans 7 days and the frequency is 12 hours A backup is due every 12 hours NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Gu...

Page 149: ... hours This allows NetBackup to continue running backups until 8 am Monday morning Because the frequency is three days backups are due again when the schedule starts on the following Friday If a failure occurs the administrator can run a manual backup on Monday and the automatic backup is still due on Friday NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrat...

Page 150: ...nged since the last full backup This puts more files in each incremental than are present for a differential but it makes restores easier If a restore is required on Saturday the Sunday tape and the Saturday tape are needed to do the restore If this were a differential incremental then all tapes Sunday through Saturday would be needed Full Backups NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Win...

Page 151: ... backs up the selected files and then deletes them from the local disk if the backup is successful In this manual references to backups also apply to the backup portion of archive operations unless otherwise noted Planning User Backup and Archive Schedules When planning user backup and archive schedules consider the following Best times to perform backups With user backups the best time slot is du...

Page 152: ...xpires it can be difficult or impossible to restore the archives or backups Retention Requirements It is usually best to set the retention period for archives to infinite since the disk copy of the files is automatically deleted Creating Separate Classes for User Schedules If you decide to create separate classes for user backups or archives the considerations are similar to those for automatic ba...

Page 153: ... client named mars begins a backup of files NetBackup processes this request as follows 1 Finds a class that includes mars in its client list and has a user backup schedule that allows a backup to start at 14 00 2 pm 2 Performs the backup The following class and schedule meets the criteria for the above request Class Client Desired Storage Best Backup Time Retention User1 mercury mars jupiter nept...

Page 154: ... file You can also use the Configure NetBackup window to specify the class and schedule see Backups Tab on page 494 Changing Classes This section contains the following topics on changing an existing class To Change a Single Class To Copy or Move Class Information Between Servers To Change Multiple Classes in the Composite View Note We suggest that you make changes only during periods when you are...

Page 155: ...the master server that you are currently managing To Add New Schedules Files or Clients 1 In the right pane of the window click in the section for the item for example the Files section 2 On the Edit menu click New 3 In the Add dialog box specify the criteria for the item that you are adding for example a file path 4 If you are adding more than one item click Add to make the addition without closi...

Page 156: ... On the Edit menu click Delete Note Deleting a client from the NetBackup configuration does not delete NetBackup client software from the client Previous backups for that client can also be recovered up until their expiration date To Copy or Move Items You can copy or cut and paste the following Copy and paste but not cut attributes Copy and paste but not cut entire classes Copy cut and paste Sche...

Page 157: ... the items then click clients schedules or files under that class Note If there are items with the same name they are replaced with the contents of the clipboard when you paste in the next step If there are schedules that do not match the class type they are deleted or renamed the action is indicated in a dialog box 5 On the Edit menu click paste To Copy or Move Class Information Between Servers Y...

Page 158: ...the attributes schedules files and clients that are in all classes 4 In the right pane select what you want to change 5 Edit the selections by clicking the desired command on the Edit menu See the next two topics Editing in Composite View Using the Composite Change Dialog Boxes Editing in Composite View The editing commands that are available depend on what is selected NetBackup 3 2 System Adminis...

Page 159: ...ollowing states Selected checked if the attribute is selected for all selected machines Clear if the property is clear on all selected machines Gray check if the property is set differently on the selected machines Selection Editing Capability Attributes Change one or more classes or Copy single class Schedules Change Files No editing except for sorting and moving Clients Cut Copy Change or Delete...

Page 160: ...box Select the check box to set the property on all selected machines Clear the check box to clear the property on all selected machines Set the box to a gray check to leave the property unchanged At any time you can Cancel changes by clicking the Cancel button Click OK to apply all changes and close the dialog box Getting Help on the Settings For help on a specific setting click the at the top of...

Page 161: ...ecause the default is appropriate or a site does not use the feature The topics included here are NetBackup Properties Multiplexing Using Multiple NetBackup Servers Configuring Slave Servers Dynamic Host Name and IP Addressing Bandwidth Limiting Enhanced Authentication NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 162: ...the dialog box shows the one where you want to change the properties To change master servers a On the File menu click Change Server b In the Change Master Server dialog box specify the master server c Click OK If you encounter problems see Remote Administration on page 195 3 In the left pane of the window select the master server and then click a Properties command on the File menu The Master Ser...

Page 163: ...operties To change master servers a On the File menu click Change Server on the File menu b In the Change Master Server dialog box specify the master server c Click OK If you encounter problems see Remote Administration on page 195 4 In the left pane click to the left of the master server to expand it Then click Media Servers The list of media servers appears in the right pane 5 Select the media s...

Page 164: ...f you encounter problems see Remote Administration on page 195 3 In the left pane click to the left of the master server to expand it Then click Clients The list of clients appears in the right pane 4 Select the clients whose properties you are changing and click a Properties command on the File menu The Client Properties dialog box appears 5 Click the tab with the properties you want to change an...

Page 165: ...equired to complete backups The following are situations where multiplexing can improve backup performance Slow clients This includes instances where NetBackup is using software compression which normally reduces client performance Multiple slow networks The parallel data streams take advantage of whatever network capacity is available Many short backups for example incrementals In addition to pro...

Page 166: ...this value for each storage unit see Chapter 2 Managing Storage Units The number can range from 1 through 32 where 1 is the default and specifies no multiplexing Choose a value based on the ability of your CPU to handle parallel jobs Because extra buffers are required memory is also important If the server cannot perform other tasks or runs out of memory or processes reduce the Maximum Multiplexin...

Page 167: ...g on a schedule the maximum jobs that NetBackup starts never exceeds the storage unit s maximum multiplexing per drive When NetBackup multiplexes jobs it continues to add jobs to a drive until the number of jobs on the drive matches either of the following This schedule s maximum multiplexing If the limit is reached for a drive NetBackup starts sending jobs to another drive In the figure below whe...

Page 168: ...hed for this drive Jobs from clients B1 B2 and B3 start on drive 1 Storage unit max mpx is reached for this drive Jobs from clients A1 and A2 finish on drive 1 Jobs for B1 B2 and B3 are still running however so Job from client A5 starts on drive 1 This is the last job for schedule A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 9 9 13 Assume Schedule A begins first note that the schedules can be in the same or different cla...

Page 169: ...ckup client Usually its setting does not affect multiplexing However to illustrate its effect consider a case where there are jobs from different schedules on the same client and all are going to the same storage unit In this case it is possible for the maximum number of jobs permitted on the client to be reached before the multiplexing limit is reached for the storage unit If this occurs it preve...

Page 170: ...ministration interface do not include the mpx option on that command Example Assume you multiplexed clients A B and C to media ID MPX001 This can be done in a single duplicate operation The general procedure is as follows 1 Select the clients and media ID MPX001 Ensure that the date and time range covers the period of the multiplexed backup 2 Click Search NetBackup lists the backups that were crea...

Page 171: ...dependent You can also create a configuration where one server is the master and the other is a slave see the next topic Configuring Slave Servers NetBackup lets you set up a cluster of NetBackup servers where one server is the master and the others are slaves The master server controls all backup scheduling and the slaves provide additional storage NetBackup Workstations Server A NetBackup Server...

Page 172: ...wing the data to be backed up without transferring it over the network It also distributes the backup load between the master and the slave servers Two important points to remember about master and slave servers There can be only one master server in a cluster A NetBackup server is always either a master or a slave but cannot be both The figure on the next page shows where the software is installe...

Page 173: ...kup administration interface from a NetBackup server or an administration client a Windows NT client that has the Administration interface program installed 1 1 1 User interface Volume Media Manager NetBackup Configuration Image Error Media Catalogs Device Device Device NetBackup Media Device Media Manager Device NetBackup Media Device Media Manager Admin Interface 1 NetBackup 3 2 System Administr...

Page 174: ...guring Volumes To simplify administration it is recommended that you use only one server as a volume database host and add all your volumes on that host Multiple configurations make administration more complicated and it is not possible to merge the volume information later Note Regardless of which server is the volume database host the one that has the drive always requests the media If the media...

Page 175: ...or nonrobotic drive configured in Step 2 Always add the volumes on the server that you specified as the volume database host for the devices in Step 2 See the Media Manager System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server for instructions on adding volumes Note Defining a separate volume pool for volumes used on the slave server can simplify administration 4 On the master server make the following c...

Page 176: ... clients make this change on the Servers tab in the NetBackup Configuration dialog box To open this dialog box start the user interface on the client and click Configure on the Actions menu this also applies to NetWare nontarget clients On Macintosh clients add a SERVER entry to the bp conf file On NetWare target clients add a SERVER entry to the bp ini file For more information see the NetBackup ...

Page 177: ...kup altnames feature The following steps are required to support configurations that use dynamic IP addressing for NetBackup Read all sections of this topic prior to making any changes to your configuration 1 Configure your network to use a dynamic IP addressing protocol like DHCP NetBackup requires that IP addresses of clients have a network host name Be sure to define network host names for the ...

Page 178: ...mic NetBackup Macintosh client a Modify the bp conf file so it includes a CLIENT_NAME entry with the correct NetBackup client name for the machine b Modify the mac conf file so it includes a DYNAMICNOTIFY entry to periodically notify the NetBackup master server of the machine s NetBackup client name and current network host name 6 Make changes on each dynamic NetBackup UNIX client a Modify the bp ...

Page 179: ...ic IP addresses and host names might be 123 123 123 70 dynamic00 123 123 123 71 dynamic01 123 123 123 72 dynamic02 123 123 123 79 dynamic09 Assign a unique NetBackup client name to each NetBackup client that might use one of these dynamic IP addresses The NetBackup client name assigned to a client is permanent and should not be changed The client name assigned to NetBackup clients with dynamic IP ...

Page 180: ...ommand is in the directory install_path NetBackup bin admincmd To create a dynamic client entry use bpclient exe add client client_name dynamic_address 1 where client_name is the NetBackup client name The dynamic_address 1 argument means that the client uses dynamic IP addressing You can create entries with dynamic_address 0 for static IP addressing but that is unnecessary and will adversely affec...

Page 181: ...bpclient L All The output is similar to the following Client Name nbclient01 Current Host Hostname NULL IP Address 0 0 0 0 Connect on non reserved port no Dynamic Address yes Client Name nbclient02 Current Host Hostname NULL IP Address 0 0 0 0 Connect on non reserved port no Dynamic Address yes Client Name nbclient20 Current Host Hostname NULL IP Address 0 0 0 0 Connect on non reserved port no Net...

Page 182: ...NT 98 or 95 client see Announce DHCP Interval on page 512 For example to notify the server every hour set this option to 60 The server is not notified if the default value of 0 is used For a DHCP client a good value to use is one half of the lease period On the client stop and restart the NetBackup Client service to have the changes take effect Configuring a Dynamic Macintosh NetBackup Client If n...

Page 183: ... the directory usr openv netbackup bin The format of the bpdynamicclient command is bpdynamicclient last_successful_hostname file_name When bpdynamicclient starts up it checks for the existence of file_name If file_name does exist bpdynamicclient determines if the host name written in the file is the same as the current network host name of the machine If the host names match bpdynamicclient exits...

Page 184: ...ient is one half of the lease period Bandwidth Limiting The bandwidth limiting feature lets you restrict the amount of network bandwidth consumed by one or more NetBackup clients on a network The actual limiting occurs on the client side of the backup connection This feature only restricts bandwidth during backups Restores are unaffected Read This First NetBackup does not currently support bandwid...

Page 185: ...er of active backups increase or decrease on a subnet NetBackup dynamically adjusts the bandwidth limiting on that subnet If additional backups are started the NetBackup server instructs the other NetBackup clients running on that subnet to decrease their bandwidth setting Similarly bandwidth per client is increased if the number of clients decreases Changes to the bandwidth value occur on a perio...

Page 186: ...another For example if you specify LIMIT_BANDWIDTH 111 222 333 1 111 222 333 255 500 LIMIT_BANDWIDTH 111 222 333 5 111 222 333 255 500 the ranges overlap and bandwidth limiting results are unpredictable You can specify a range of addresses in one entry and an address for a specific client in other entries If a client is covered by an entry that specifies its exact IP address and by another entry t...

Page 187: ...LIMIT_BANDWIDTH 111 222 333 111 111 222 333 111 300 If you set the bandwidth higher for an individual client than it is for the range NetBackup ignores that setting and uses the value for the range In this case the client gets its share of the bandwidth specified for the network If the bandwidth limit for an individual client is equal to or lower than the value for the range the client uses the lo...

Page 188: ...on The authentication method that NetBackup uses is called vopie VERITAS One time Passwords In Everything There are two levels of authentication host and user First the hosts authenticate one another Then if the user attempting the connection is a non root user on UNIX or a non administrator on Windows NT the user is authenticated as well Authentication takes place after a NetBackup connection has...

Page 189: ...e authentication software Some of them may have to be modified during configuration methods txt methods_allow txt methods_deny txt names_allow txt names_deny txt These files are in the following locations Windows NT 98 95 install_path NetBackup var auth directory UNIX usr openv var auth directory Macintosh System Folder Preferences NetBackup var auth folder methods txt The methods txt file defines...

Page 190: ...en checks its methods_allow txt file to determine if that method is allowed for the system that is attempting the connection If an entry in this file matches the host and method the method is allowed Otherwise NetBackup checks the methods_deny txt file see next topic The following is an example file All hosts in the ourcompany com domain and host name bob theircompany com can use the vopie method ...

Page 191: ...methods that NetBackup servers and clients cannot use NetBackup checks this file only if the methods_allow txt file does not have a matching entry for the host and method see previous topic If a matching entry is found in methods_deny txt the method is not allowed and authentication is not used Otherwise the method is used and authentication proceeds The following is an example file All hosts in t...

Page 192: ...ent than the NetBackup client name In the above instances when a client or server attempts a connection NetBackup checks the names_allow txt file to determine if the network host name for the connection correlates to a NetBackup name If a match is found the connection is allowed Otherwise NetBackup checks the names_deny txt file see next topic If NetBackup client and server names correlate to thei...

Page 193: ... a matching entry is found in names_deny txt the name is not allowed and authentication fails Otherwise the name is used and authentication proceeds The following is an example file The entry below prevents the name fred to be used for hosts in the theircompany com domain fred theircompany com The entry below prevents any names from being used for hosts with IP addresses in the 12 123 53 network A...

Page 194: ...his command generates the secret key for the local system and also the information that must be placed into the hashed file on systems that want to access this one It is in the following directory install_path NetBackup bin Windows NT usr openv bin UNIX For more information see vopie_util vopied Daemon The vopie daemon vopied manages the authentication of nonroot users on Windows NT and UNIX clien...

Page 195: ... txt Where localhost is the local system remotehst contains the challenges for the remote system named remotehost There is a remotehost txt file for each remote system that can be authenticated Only root on the local system can read or write these files unhashed secret key Files The unhashed files contains the secret key that NetBackup uses when it responds to challenges from remote systems These ...

Page 196: ...ocal system Also do not NFS mount them on UNIX or place them on a network drive on Windows NT The bpauthsync command synchronizes the information between the hashed files on the local host with the unhashed files on remote systems This enables the remote host to offer the correct response when it is challenged The following figure illustrates this exchange between Windows NT systems unhashed hosta...

Page 197: ...hentication The NetBackup install process installs the necessary files and commands The administrator then uses commands to set up the files so they contain the proper authentication information 2 Execute the install_path NetBackup bin admincmd bpauthsync command on the master server This command sets up authentication files on the NetBackup servers and clients For more information see Examples fo...

Page 198: ...ent by executing the following on the master server all on one line install_path NetBackup bin admincmd bpauthsync methods methods_allow C tmp ma txt servers clients The information in C tmp ma txt is written in the methods_allow txt files on the servers and clients Example 2 Disable Authentication for a Client To disable authentication for the client named cat in the previous figure 1 Push an emp...

Page 199: ...hat all systems below are configured for authentication except for the client named cat To add authentication for cat 1 On the master server copy the methods_allow txt to a temporary file For example C tmp ma txt 2 Add an entry for the new client to the temporary file vopie cat 3 Synchronize the methods files on the servers and the new client by executing the following on the master server all on ...

Page 200: ...allow txt file to the other servers by executing the following all on one line install_path NetBackup bin admincmd bpauthsync methods servers This disables authentication for the failed client so the servers can communicate with it during recovery 4 Reinstall the operating system Windows NT or UNIX and NetBackup 3 2 or later on the failed client by following the instructions in the troubleshooting...

Page 201: ...ample 5 Restore Authentication on Master Server Assume that authentication was configured on all servers and clients and the disk fails on the master server shark If the NetBackup database backup was written to a storage unit on the master server shark proceed as follows 1 On the master server recover the disk and install NetBackup 3 2 or later as explained in the troubleshooting guide 2 Restore a...

Page 202: ...the bprecover command to restore the database files 4 Restore all files to the master server including those in the install_path NetBackup var auth directory 5 On the slave server add back the entry for the master server from the methods_allow txt file 6 Synchronize all servers and clients by executing the following on the master server all on one line install_path NetBackup bin admincmd bpauthsyn...

Page 203: ...ectories for bprd bpdbm bpcd On the client create activity log directories for bpbackup bprestore bpbkar 3 Retry the operation and check the logs NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 204: ...174 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server 4 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 205: ...ng NetBackup Servers Managing NetBackup Services Performing Manual Backups Remote Administration Notify Scripts Client Management Load Balancing Server Independent Restores Duplicating Verifying and Importing Backup Images Monitoring NetBackup Activity NetBackup Reports NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 206: ...ntrol of Media Manager Back up the NetBackup catalogs on a regular basis to ensure that you can restore your regular backups in case there is a problem with the disk that contains the catalogs Where are the Catalog Files The NetBackup catalogs reside both on master and slave servers NetBackup chooses default locations for them during installation see Files Tab on page 184 If you move these files c...

Page 207: ...to the drive What are the Requirements for Backup Media You can use either a path on a disk storage unit or removable media that is configured under Media Manager The following special requirements apply to removable media They must be in the NetBackup volume pool They cannot be currently assigned to NetBackup for backups In addition you must manually track catalog backup media separately because ...

Page 208: ... you are using slave servers manually alter the NetBackup catalog configuration to include the catalogs on the slave servers Back up your NetBackup catalogs often If these files are lost you lose information about backups and configuration changes that were made between the time of the last NetBackup catalog backup and the time that the disk crash occured Do not use methods other than NTFS compres...

Page 209: ...ter servers see Choosing the Master Server for Backup Policies on page 53 3 On the File menu click Configure NetBackup Catalog Backup A dialog box appears 4 Specify the properties on each tab of the dialog box as explained in the topics below Attributes Tab on page 180 Schedule Tab on page 182 Files Tab on page 184 5 Click OK NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 ...

Page 210: ...up Database Manager services Last Media Used Shows the media ID for Media Manager media or absolute pathname for disk that has the last NetBackup catalog backup The value in this field is the value that you specified for either Media 1 or Media 2 These are the media that NetBackup alternates between for catalog backups Media 1 and Media 2 Areas Specifies the media to use for the NetBackup catalogs...

Page 211: ... the volume itself is not actually altered until the next time it is used for a backup The Allocated field shows when the media was allocated for NetBackup catalog backups Notes on the Media ID To delete the media for Media 1 or Media 2 set the value in the Media Type box to None Do not use backspace to leave the Media ID box blank If you delete a volume from the catalog backup configuration Media...

Page 212: ...span a tape volume All the backup data must fit on one tape Therefore it is EXTREMELY important to choose a media density that can hold all the data to be backed up Pathname Disk Media type For disk media this is the path to the directory where you want to store the catalog backup Type the path in the box For example C dbbackup The path must be to a directory on the master server NetBackup creates...

Page 213: ...on that results in at least one successful backup of a client This is the recommended method for automatic backups A backup DOES NOT occur after a manual backup or a user backup or archive After any successful Backup Archive Backs up the catalogs after any session that results in the creation of at least one successful backup or archive This includes scheduled manual and user operations NetBackup ...

Page 214: ...solute Pathname text box For the proper format see Absolute Pathnames for Catalogs on the Master Server on page 185 Absolute Pathnames for Catalogs on Slave Servers on page 185 Changing an Existing Path 1 Click on the path in the Absolute Pathname list This copies the name to the text box 2 Change the pathname NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administr...

Page 215: ...n this directory have NetBackup scheduling information error logs and all information about files backed up from client workstations install_path volmgr database The files in this directory have the information about the media and devices being used in the configuration If you are backing up the NetBackup catalogs to a slave server prefix each pathname with the name of the master server master_nam...

Page 216: ... for Backup Policies on page 53 3 On the File menu click the Backup NetBackup Catalog command A confirmation dialog box appears 4 Click OK to start the backup The backup is saved to the least recently used of Media 1 and Media 2 Note If the volume for the catalog backup is not in a robot a mount request occurs and all catalog backups must wait for the mount before they can proceed For a scheduled ...

Page 217: ...ate the maximum number of files that exist at any given time For example assume that you schedule full backups every seven days with a retention period of four weeks and differential incremental backups daily with a retention period of one week Here the number of file paths you must allow space for is four times the number of files in a full backup plus one week s worth of incrementals The followi...

Page 218: ...ength of the file s full pathnames and file information If you are unsure of the length use 150 averages from 100 to 150 are common Using the results from the examples in step 3 yields 8400 x 150 12 000 x 150 2988 kilobytes 1024 bytes in a kilobyte Note If you use database indexing multiply the number in Step 4 by 1 5 see Indexing the Image Database to Reduce Restore Times on page 217 5 Add 10 to ...

Page 219: ...abyte Adding 15 megabytes for error logs results in a final uncompressed catalog space requirement of 705 88 megabytes Table 4 Example Reference Table for Catalog Requirements Class Schedule Backup Type Retention Number of Files S1 Daily Monthly Incremental Full 1 month 1 year 1000 64 000 S2 Daily Monthly Incremental Full 1 month 1 year 1000 70 000 S3 Daily Weekly Monthly Incremental Full Full 1 w...

Page 220: ...he Services tab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor to stop the NetBackup Request Manager and NetBackup Database Manager services This prevents jobs from starting and the database from being modified while you are performing this procedure 4 Create a file named ALTPATH in the image catalog directory For example if NetBackup is installed in its default location and the client name is mars the path to...

Page 221: ...ckup Catalog Backup configuration see Files Tab on page 184 In the above example you would add E NetBackup alternate_db images mars CAUTION Failure to add the alternate image directory to the catalog backup configuration can result in loss of backup data if there is a disk failure 9 Start the NetBackup Request Manager and NetBackup Database Manager services by using the Services tab in the NetBack...

Page 222: ...ager service c Start the NetBackup Request Manager service This starts the NetBackup Database Manager service Slave Server 1 Start the system The required NetBackup services start automatically if they are set up to do so If they are not set to start automatically a Start the NetBackup Client service b Start the NetBackup Device Manager service This automatically starts the NetBackup Volume Manage...

Page 223: ...rations This includes times when you are modifying a class NetBackup Device Manager Service The NetBackup Device Manager service ltid starts the robotic control processes and also controls the reservation and assignment of volumes When there is a request for a volume the NetBackup Volume Manager service finds the volume and the NetBackup Device Manager has the robot mount it If the desired volume ...

Page 224: ... a connection is made starts the necessary NetBackup programs Performing Manual Backups You can perform a manual backup for an entire class selected clients or selected automatic backup schedules A manual backup is useful for situations such as Testing a configuration When workstations miss their regular backups Before installing new software to preserve the old configuration Preserving records be...

Page 225: ... back up If you do not select any schedules NetBackup uses the schedule with the highest retention level If you do not select any clients NetBackup backs up all clients User schedules do not appear in the schedules list and cannot be manually backed up because they do not have a file list 5 Click OK to start the backup Remote Administration NetBackup permits remote administration from any NetBacku...

Page 226: ...ministration interface provides either a change server or change host command in all windows and dialog boxes where remote administration applies For example assume you are running the interface on slater and want to add a class to the configuration on the server named trout 1 In the Backup Policy Management window click Change Server on the Class menu 2 Type trout in the Change Master Server dial...

Page 227: ...the new server entry is used by all NetBackup processes that require it stop and restart the NetBackup services on trout 3 If you have problems changing servers with Media and Device Management or the Device Monitor verify that the NetBackup Volume Manager service is running on that server 4 If you cannot access devices on the remote host it may be necessary to add a SERVER entry to the vm conf fi...

Page 228: ...nd are in install_path NetBackup bin On a Windows NT client you can run only the bpstart_notify bat and bpend_notify bat scripts These scripts are not supplied with the software You must create them on the client per the criteria in the bpstart_notify bat and bpend_notify bat discussions For further information refer to the comments in the scripts CAUTION If you use either the bpstart_notify or bp...

Page 229: ...s script to do site specific processing when an individual backup has completed from the perspective of the client Media Manager and the image database NetBackup passes the following parameters to the script For example backup_exit_notify cmd freddie production fulls FULL 0 Parameter Description clientname Name of the client from the NetBackup catalog classname Class name from the NetBackup catalo...

Page 230: ...ipts For example bpstart_notify pif The bat suffix as shown in the examples applies only to Windows NT systems To create a bpstart_notify script that applies only to a specific class or class and schedule combination add a classname or classname schedulename suffix to the script name The following script applies only to a class named days install_path netbackup bin bpstart_notify days bat The foll...

Page 231: ...ts For example if you had one of each they could be bpstart_notify class bat and bpend_notify class schedule bat When the backup starts NetBackup passes the following parameters to the script Parameter Description 1 Name of the client from the NetBackup catalog 2 Class name from the NetBackup catalog 3 Schedule name from the NetBackup catalog 4 One of the following FULL INCR CINC UBAK UARC 5 Statu...

Page 232: ... to pass the file name and then expects the script to create the file in the same directory as the script If the script applies to a specific class and schedule the results file must be named install_path netbackup bin BPSTART_RES class schedule If the script applies to a specific class the results file must be named install_path netbackup bin BPSTART_RES class If the script applies to all backups...

Page 233: ...only to a class named days install_path netbackup bin bpend_notify days bat The following script applies only to a schedule named fulls that is in a class named days install_path netbackup bin bpend_notify days fulls bat The first script affects all scheduled backups in the class named days The second script affects scheduled backups in the class named days only when the schedule is named fulls Fo...

Page 234: ...wing parameters to the script Parameter Description 1 Name of the client from the NetBackup catalog 2 Class name from the NetBackup catalog 3 Schedule name from the NetBackup catalog 4 One of the following FULL INCR CINC UBAK UARC 5 Status of the operation and is same as sent to the NetBackup server This is 0 for successful backups and 1 for partially successful backups If an error occurs the stat...

Page 235: ... install_path netbackup bin BPEND_RES class schedule If the script applies to a specific class the results file must be named install_path netbackup bin BPEND_RES class If the script applies to all backups the results file must be named install_path netbackup bin BPEND_RES An echo 0 6 statement is one way for the script to create the file NetBackup deletes the existing results file before calling ...

Page 236: ...ID to which the database backup was done diskfull_notify cmd The diskfull_notify cmd script runs on the NetBackup server that has the storage unit The disk media manager bpdm calls this script if it encounters a disk full condition when writing a backup to a disk type storage unit The default action is to sleep five minutes and retry the write file being written is kept open by the active bpdm Par...

Page 237: ... the script when it is finished sending data to the client during a restore regardless of whether data is actually sent NetBackup passes the following parameters to this script For example restore_notify cmd bptm bilbo_0695316589 duplication Parameter Description programname Name of the program always bpdm pathname Path to the file being written Parameter Description programname Name of the progra...

Page 238: ...pecific processing prior to starting the first backup NetBackup passes no parameters to this script userreq_notify cmd The userreq_notify cmd script runs on the master server and is called by NetBackup each time a request is made to List files that are in backups or archives Start a backup archive or restore NetBackup passes the following parameters to this script For example userreq_notif cmd bac...

Page 239: ...ator can change many client properties by using the NetBackup Administration interface on the master server For more information see NetBackup Properties on page 132 Server Directed Restores An administrator can use the Backup Archive and Restore interface on the NetBackup master server to direct restores to any client providing NetBackup on the client is configured to permit them See Appendix C S...

Page 240: ...client s short host name such as mercury rather than a longer form such as mercury null com On Windows NT 98 and 95 clients includes NetWare nontarget the client name is on the General tab of the NetBackup configuration dialog box To display this dialog box start the NetBackup user interface on the client and click Configure on the Actions menu On NetWare target clients the client name is in the b...

Page 241: ... named oscar 1 The administrator creates the following file on the master server install_path NetBackup db altnames No Restrictions 2 The user on freddie changes the NetBackup client name setting on freddie to oscar Allowing a Single Client to Perform Alternate Client Restores The administrator can give a single client permission to restore backups belonging to other clients by creating an empty f...

Page 242: ...ame in the peername file For example assume that a user on a Windows NT client named freddie wants to restore files backed up by a client named oscar 1 The administrator creates the following file on the master server install_path NetBackup db altnames freddie 2 The administrator enters the name oscar on a separate line in the freddie file 3 The user on freddie changes the NetBackup client name se...

Page 243: ...g client wants to restore install_path is the path where you have installed the NetBackup software By default this path is C VERITAS Note You must have the necessary permissions in order to perform the following steps Example 1 Assume you must restore files to restore_client that were backed up from backed_up_client The restore_client and backed_up_client names are those specified by the NetBackup...

Page 244: ...s example network restore requests coming from the clients alf cheech and chong are routed through the TCP gateway Because the gateway uses its own peername rather than the client host names for connection to the NetBackup server NetBackup refused the requests This means that clients cannot restore even their own files To correct this situation proceed as follows 1 Determine the peername of the ga...

Page 245: ...ve these two clients access to NetBackup file restores but exclude alf See Allowing Alternate Client Restores of Specific Client s Files on page 212 Note that this example requires no changes on the clients Example 3 If the files cannot be restored by using the method in Example 2 perform the following steps 1 On the master server set the NetBackup configuration option VERBOSE 2 Create the activit...

Page 246: ...d the backed up client name to the file install_path NetBackup db altnames peername This lets restore client access only the backups created on backed up client 7 On restore client change the NetBackup client name setting to match what is specified on backed up client Remember that on UNIX clients the contents of HOME bp conf supercedes those of usr openv netbackup bp conf 8 Restore the files from...

Page 247: ...earch at C payroll smith The default is 9 client_name is the name of the client whose backups you want to index The default is all clients Execute this command once to activate indexing for a client Once activated indexing is done automatically each night when NetBackup does its cleanup for the previous day s activities Database Index Examples To index a client named mars to index level 5 five lev...

Page 248: ...me INDEX The indexing level resides in a file named install_path NetBackup db images clientname INDEXLEVEL Note If you are collecting true image restore information the INDEX files will take much more space for incrementals Disabling Database Indexing To stop NetBackup from generating new INDEX files for a client delete the INDEXLEVEL file NetBackup continues to use existing INDEX files To stop us...

Page 249: ...p images for a client Load Balancing NetBackup provides ways to balance loads between servers clients classes and devices These features are explained in the following topics When making changes remember that these settings are interactive and compensating for one problem can cause another The best approach to configuring these attributes is to use the defaults unless you anticipate or encounter a...

Page 250: ...ultiplexing Another possibility is to increase the number of jobs that the server can perform concurrently for the class or classes that are backing up the clients Give Preference To a Class Increase the number of Maximum Jobs Per Class attribute for the preferred class relative to other classes Or increase the priority for the class Adjust Load Between Fast and Slow Networks Increase the number o...

Page 251: ...failover and disaster recovery capabilities NetBackup has a master and slave server architecture that allows storage devices to be located on multiple servers can be either separate storage devices or a shared robot For successfully completed backups the NetBackup image catalog stored on the master server contains an entry that defines the server master or slave to which each backup was written In...

Page 252: ...olume database exists on the NetBackup master server The NetBackup master server is available at time of restore Robotic control is on a NetBackup server that is available at the time of the restore Master Server Drive 2 Drive 3 Control Slave Server 1 Slave Server 2 NetBackup Media Catalog NetBackup Media Catalog NetBackup Media Catalog NetBackup Image Catalog Media Manager Volume Database Drive 1...

Page 253: ...Backup master server is available at time of restore Robotic control if applicable is on a NetBackup server that is available at the time of the restore Drive 2 Control Drive 1 Robot 1 Master Server NetBackup Media Catalog NetBackup Image Catalog Media Manager Volume Database Slave Server 1 NetBackup Media Catalog Control Drive 1 Robot 2 Slave Server 2 NetBackup Media Catalog Drive 1 Standalone Dr...

Page 254: ...ring a robot each has connected drives One of the servers will soon be disconnected or replaced Two or more servers each have their own robots One of the server s robots has run out of media capacity for future backups while plenty of empty slots exist on another server s robot The actual steps used in the process vary depending on whether the original media server is still available If the Host t...

Page 255: ...me steps again switching the host names on the commands Method 2 Overriding the Media Server NetBackup allows the administrator to force restores to a specific media server regardless of where the files were backed up For example if files were backed up on media server A a restore request can be forced to use media server B This method requires administrator intervention For further information se...

Page 256: ...y the media in a specific media spanning group run the following command from the NetBackup master server From a Windows NT NetBackup server as administrator from the MSDOS prompt cd installpath NetBackup bin bpimmedia exe spangroups U mediaid media_id To display all media in all spanning groups omit mediaid media_id from the command Duplicating Verifying and Importing Backup Images Duplicating Ba...

Page 257: ... type storage units Nonmultiplexed backups Note Do not use the duplicate feature while a NetBackup catalog backup is running This results in the catalog backup not having information about the duplication The duplicate operation requires a minimum of two drives one to read the original and another on which to create the copy NetBackup does not verify in advance whether the storage units and drives...

Page 258: ...ses to satisfy restore requests see Restoring from Duplicated Backups on page 233 To Duplicate Backup Images 1 In the NetBackup Administration window click Duplicate on the Images menu The NetBackup Duplicate Images dialog box appears 2 If there is more than one NetBackup master server ensure that the name in the lower right of the dialog box is for the server that has the backups you want to dupl...

Page 259: ... duplicates only the fragments that exist on the specified volume Pathname For a disk storage unit select the check box and specify the file path that includes the originals Date time range Range of dates and times that includes all the backups that you want to duplicate The default range is determined by the Interval for Status Reports global attribute The default for that attribute is the 24 hou...

Page 260: ...uplication as follows Type of backup Type of schedule that created the backups you are duplicating To change the value type a schedule type in the box or click the button and select from the list To specify all leave the box blank Source copy number NetBackup allows only two copies You can create a duplicate from either copy 1 or 2 However if a copy 1 and copy 2 already exist and are not expired N...

Page 261: ...e that meet the criteria you specified a Click Search No duplication is done at this point NetBackup searches for backups that meet the criteria The results of the search appear in the Search Results box For example if you used the defaults for the selection criteria the list shows all the media IDs that NetBackup has used for backups b In the Search Results box select the backups that you want to...

Page 262: ...re currently viewing appears in the Folder filename of results box The End of duplication results section shows the contents of the selected log file For an operation that is still in progress this section is updated as the operation proceeds To view an entire log file click Full View The following figure shows an example verification log file NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows...

Page 263: ...or mount of media id ODL01A on server eel 09 59 15 INF Waiting for positioning of media id ODL07B on server eel 09 59 17 INF Beginning duplication on server eel of client giskard image copy 2 09 59 22 INF Waiting for positioning of media id ODL01A on server eel 09 59 25 INF Beginning duplicate on server eel of client giskard 10 00 05 INF Duplicate of backupid giskard_0784364892 successful 10 00 07...

Page 264: ...ll not work A multiplexed group is a set of backups that were multiplexed together during a single multiplexing session When duplicating multiplexed backups the multiplex settings of the destination storage unit and the original schedule are ignored However if multiple multiplexed groups are duplicated the grouping within each multiplexed group is maintained This means that the duplicated groups w...

Page 265: ... NetBackup Administration window click Verify on the Images menu The Verify Images dialog box appears 2 If there is more than one NetBackup master server ensure that the name in the lower right of the dialog box is for the server that has the backups you want to verify To change master servers a Click the icon at the left of the title bar to display the system menu b On the system menu click Chang...

Page 266: ...ey exist in part on the specified volume Pathname For a disk storage unit select the check box and specify the file path that has the desired backups Date time range Range of dates and times that includes all the backups you want to verify The default range is determined by the NetBackup global attribute Default Interval for Status Reports The default for that attribute is the 24 hour period prior...

Page 267: ...on of the dialog box select the backups that you want to verify If you do not select any backups NetBackup verifies all the backups in the list 7 Click Verify to start verifying your selections 8 To view the results click the Results button The Verification Results dialog box appears Type of backup Type of schedule that created the backups you are verifying To change the value type a schedule type...

Page 268: ...re currently viewing appears in the Folder filename of results box The End of verification results section shows the contents of the selected log file For an operation that is still in progress this section is updated as the operation proceeds To view an entire log file click Full View The following figure shows an example verification log file NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Window...

Page 269: ...tion period is one week its new expiration date is on November 21 1999 Notes About Importing Backup Images The media contents and image list reports contain entries for the duplicates NetBackup does not direct backups to imported volumes To import from a volume that has the same media ID as an existing volume for example A00001 on this server first duplicate the existing volume to another media ID...

Page 270: ...the media IDs that have the backups to Media Manager on the server where you are going to import the backups see the Media Manager System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server 2 In the NetBackup Administration window click Import on the Images menu The Import Images dialog box appears This is the dialog where you will make your selections and start the import operation 3 If there is more than on...

Page 271: ...ges In the Media host box specify the name of the host that has the volume you are going to import In the Media ID to import box enter the Media ID of the volume that has the backups you are importing 5 Click OK to start the process of reading the catalog information from the source volume The result of this step is a list from which you can select what to import no importing occurs at this stage ...

Page 272: ...lass MNTclass and schedule full done on 11 29 96 13 50 17 13 08 30 INF Recreating copy 1 fragment 1 information for image 13 13 35 INF Found existing image information for client code class MNTclass and schedule full done on 12 08 96 23 01 52 13 13 37 INF Cannot import client code class MNTclass and schedule full copy 1 fragment TIR already exists Skipping this image Import phase 1 started Sat Mar...

Page 273: ...ail with a message similar to Import of backupid failed fragments are not consecutive 8 In the Import Images dialog box complete the Search or Import criteria as explained in Table 7 For example NetBackup uses this criteria to generate a list of backups from which you can select what you want to import NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s G...

Page 274: ...ludes all the backups that you want to import The default range is determined by the Default Interval for Status Reports global attribute The default for that attribute is the 24 hour period prior to the From date and time Class name Class for which the selected backups were performed To change the value type a name in the box or click the button and select from the list To specify all leave the b...

Page 275: ... file select it from this list The name of the log file that you are currently viewing appears in the Folder filename of results box The End of import results section shows the contents of the selected log file For an operation that is still in progress this section is updated as the operation proceeds To view an entire log file click Full View The following figure shows an example verification lo...

Page 276: ...n Start and stop NetBackup services providing you have the necessary Windows NT permissions Monitor NetBackup processes You can also kill some of these processes if you have the necessary Windows NT permissions The following topics describe the Activity monitor and how to use it The Activity Monitor Window Choosing the Master Server to Monitor Monitoring Jobs To Monitor NetBackup Services To Monit...

Page 277: ...Administration window The Activity Monitor window appears The following topics provide an overview of the window Menu Bar Toolbar Tabs Status Bar Shortcut Menus Customizing the Window Menu Bar Tool Bar Tabs Status Bar NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 278: ...nt directory Save As Saves the contents of the job window to a file with the path and name that you specify Print Displays a dialog box where you can enter the specifications for printing the job list Print Preview Displays the report as it appears when printed Print Setup Displays a print setup dialog box where you can select a printer and printer connection Send Sends the current listing through...

Page 279: ... Kill command is not available Kill All Backups Kills all uncompleted backup jobs Stop Service Stops services that you have selected in the Services list Start Service Starts services that you have selected in the Services list Copy Copies the selected reports to the clipboard so you can paste them into a file Select All Selects the entire listing In addition this menu has commands for finding ite...

Page 280: ...out Sort Displays a dialog box where you can specify sort criteria for the columns Customize Displays the Customize dialog box where you can customize the toolbars and set other display preferences Refresh Updates the job information To set the automatic refresh rate click Customize on the View menu and set Refresh Rate on the Preferences tab Stop Refresh Stops a refresh operation This is useful i...

Page 281: ... each tab The Edit menu has commands for finding items and is useful if you are managing many hosts and storage units The View menu has commands for sorting and changing the layout and appearance of the lists Status Bar The status bar appears at the bottom of the window You can choose whether to display it by clicking Status Bar on the View menu The right side of the status bar shows different inf...

Page 282: ... monitor activity The name of the server you are currently monitoring appears in the status bar at the bottom of the window To monitor activity on another NetBackup master server proceed as follows 1 On the File menu click Change Master Server A dialog box appears 2 In the dialog box specify the name of the NetBackup master server that you want to monitor 3 Click OK The name of the master server t...

Page 283: ...queue as retries because the previous attempt was unsuccessful Done Completed jobs Status NetBackup status code that indicates the completion status There is no value until the job is done A status of zero 0 means that the job completed successfully Any other completion value for status indicates a problem To get the text that describes the status double click on the job Class Name of the class th...

Page 284: ... image If the job is backing up many files not all of them necessarily appear in this column over the course of the backup Instead each of the first 25 files appear and after that only every 25th file until 500 files have been backed up After 500 files every 500th file appears Comp Estimated Percentage of the job that is complete For backups it is based on the size of the previous backup for the s...

Page 285: ...e job list click the right mouse button and choose Kill on the shortcut menu Note To kill all uncompleted backup jobs in the jobs list click Kill All Backups on the Edit menu To Save Job Information Note NetBackup saves the job information in a tab delimited format that most spreadsheets can use 1 On the File menu click Save or Save As The Save dialog box appears 2 Select the drive and directory w...

Page 286: ...at you want to copy 2 On the Edit menu click Copy or press Ctrl c 3 Paste the selected text into the other document for example an Excel document To Monitor Detailed Status on Backup or Archive Jobs 1 In the job list select the backup or archive jobs for which you want detailed status Detailed status is not available for restore jobs or for queued or requeued backup jobs 2 On the View menu click D...

Page 287: ... in the Queued Re Queued or Active state Print the detailed job information by clicking Print Job Detail Dialog Box Description The Job Detail dialog box has detailed job information about a selected backup or archive job The top of the dialog box shows the Job ID and the state When the job is complete the state changes to Done NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 ...

Page 288: ...aster server Master server for the class and client that are being backed up Class See Table 9 Class type Type of class to which the client belongs For example MS Windows NT or Standard Schedule See Table 9 Schedule type Type of schedule controlling the backup For example Full or Cumulative Incremental Priority Priority for the class as specified by the Priority class attribute Owner See Table 9 G...

Page 289: ...ob PID See Table 9 St Unit See Table 9 Media Server See Table 9 Started Time when this attempt began Elapsed Elapsed time for this attempt Ended Time when this attempt ended KB sec See Table 9 Status Events that have occurred up to this point For example this box has entries for when the client connects to the server and when the server begins writing data When the job is complete the last line sh...

Page 290: ...wing figure Table 12 explains each column Current files written Files that have been written to the media up to this time Kbytes Last Written present only for active jobs Number of bytes written for the last backup of the clas and schedule Files Last Written present only for active jobs Number of files written for the last backup of the class and schedule Current File present only for active jobs ...

Page 291: ...Pausing Service Type Microsoft s Service Type Startup Microsoft s Start Type Start Name Microsoft s Start Name Binary Pathname Pathname of the program that performs this service Controls Accepted What this process allows can it be stopped started and so on Win32 Exit Code Windows exit code NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Wind...

Page 292: ...n the NetBackup Administration window click Activity Monitor The Activity Monitor window appears and is open to the Jobs tab 2 Choose the master server where you want to monitor processes see Choosing the Master Server to Monitor on page 252 3 Click the Processes tab in the Activity Monitor window The window now appears as in the following figure Table 13 explains each column Service Specific Exit...

Page 293: ...tal User Time Amount of processor time in seconds that this process has spent in user mode Privileged Time Percent of processor time that this process has spent in privileged mode Total Privileged Time Amount of processor time in seconds that this process has spent in privileged mode Processor Time Percentage of processor time since the last refresh that all of the threads of this process have use...

Page 294: ... in time Pool Paged Bytes Number of bytes in the Paged Pool a system memory area where space is acquired by operating system components as they accomplish their tasks Pool Non paged Bytes Number of bytes in the Non paged Pool a system memory area where space is acquired by operating system components as they accomplish their tasks Page File Bytes Current number of bytes this process has used in th...

Page 295: ... where the process is running 1 Select the process or processes 2 On the Edit menu click Kill Handle Count Total number of handles currently open by this process Table 13 Processes List Column Meaning NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 296: ...lems Report All Log Entries Report Media Lists Report Media Contents Report Images on Media Report Media Logs Report Media Summary Report Media Written Report These reports show status or problem information for NetBackup servers or clients The remainder of this section explains how to obtain and interpret the reports NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System A...

Page 297: ...ation window The following topics provide an overview of this window Menu Bar Toolbars Report Contents Status Bar Shortcut Menus Customizing the Window Menu Bar Tool Bars Status Bar Report Contents NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 298: ...ou can enter the specifications for printing a report Print Preview Shows how the printed pages will appear Print Setup Displays a dialog box where you can enter specifications for the printer Send Sends the active document through electronic mail This command displays a mail window with the active document attached to it When you ready click the Send button to send the message Exit Closes this wi...

Page 299: ...reports Status Bar The status bar appears at the bottom of the window You can choose whether to display it by clicking Status Bar on the View menu If you run a report the status bar shows various report settings If you position the pointer over a menu command or toolbar button the status bar shows help information Reports Contains commands for generating each type of report Clicking a command open...

Page 300: ... master server choose the one where you want to run reports The name of the current server appears in the status bar at the bottom of the window To run a report on another NetBackup master server 1 On the File menu click Change Master Server A dialog box appears 2 In the dialog box specify the name of the NetBackup master server from which you want the reports 3 Click OK If you encounter problems ...

Page 301: ...t appears in each type of report Figure 14 Report Settings Dialog Box Report Settings You can specify the following criteria for building your report Not all of these settings are available for every report type Start and End Specify the time period that you want the report to cover Default start time is one day before the report was run Default end time is the time the report is run NetBackup 3 2...

Page 302: ...s currently selected and its media servers appear in the list Media ID For media types of reports specify the media ID or ALL The Media Contents report requires a specific ID Volume Pool For a media summary report specify the volume pool name or ALL Verbose Listing For the media summary report click Verbose Listing to have NetBackup provide more details To Print a report 1 On the File menu in the ...

Page 303: ...ocument for example an Excel document Report Descriptions Backup Status Report The Backup Status report shows status and error information on jobs completed within the specified time period If an error has occurred a short explanation of the error is included Table 15 explains the columns in the report Table 15 Backup Status Report Column Meaning Master Server Master server that controlled the bac...

Page 304: ... client that was backed up Status Completion status code If the status code is 0 the operation succeeded If status is not 0 the backup was not entirely successful See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for an explanation of status codes Process Process that returned the status Description Message describing the status Table 16 Client Backups Report Field Meaning Master Server Master server that c...

Page 305: ...ndicates how long NetBackup will keep a record of this backup see Retention on page 104 Elapsed Time How much time the backup required Expiration Date Date when NetBackup will expire its record of this backup Expiration Time Time when NetBackup will expire its record of this backup Encrypted Yes if the backup is encrypted Encryption and decryption is possible only with the NetBackup Encryption opt...

Page 306: ...ield is reserved for future use and always shows No File Restore Raw Individual file restore from raw It is set by the corresponding class attribute if it applies Image Dump Level Applies to NDMP backups 0 indicates a full backup and greater than 0 indicates an incremental backup File System Only This field is reserved for future use and always shows No Object Descriptor This field is reserved for...

Page 307: ...the client Schedule Name of the schedule that was used to back up the client Server Media server that is controlling the media used for the backup Severity Severity level of the status info informational only error an error occurred Type Type of status Client Name of the client that was backed up Status Completion status code If the status code is 0 the operation succeeded If status is not 0 the b...

Page 308: ...edule Name of the schedule that was used to back up the client Server Media server that is controlling the media used for the backup Severity Severity level of the status info informational only error an error occurred Type Type of status Client Name of the client that was backed up Status Completion status code If the status code is 0 the operation succeeded If status is not 0 the backup was not ...

Page 309: ...anager Retention Level Retention level for the backups on this volume An asterisk after the retention level number means that the volume can have multiple retention levels When there are multiple retention levels the number shown was the first level assigned of Images Total number of backups on the volume Valid images Valid images Number of nonexpired backups on the volume For example if the volum...

Page 310: ...volume will not be used for further backups until retention periods for all backups on it have expired You can still restore from the media Frozen The volume is no longer used for backups However the information about it is frozen permanently and you can still restore from the volume expired backups must be imported first Full The volume is full and no more backups are written to it Imported The b...

Page 311: ...ps 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 Header Size Optical header size in bytes Sector Size Optical sector size in bytes Last Offset Optical offset of the last header Media Server Host where the volumes...

Page 312: ...when the backup expires Expiration Time Time of day when the backup expires Retention level Period of time that NetBackup retains the backup An asterisk after the retention level number means that the volume can have backups with different retention levels and that the number shown was the first level assigned Copy Number Shows the copy number 1 or 2 Fragment Greater than 1 only if the backup is s...

Page 313: ...f day when the last restore was done from this volume Media KBytes Total number of kilobytes on this volume Media Images Number of images on the volume Media Valid Images Number of valid unexpired 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 Media Retention Level...

Page 314: ...xpired You can still restore from the media Frozen The volume is no longer used for backups However the information about it is frozen permanently and you can still restore from the volume expired backups must be imported first Full The volume is full and no more backups are written to it Imported The backup was imported MultiRetlev The volume contains backups of more than one retention level MPX ...

Page 315: ...ck size can vary between backups on the same volume Header Type A bit field as follows Empty header Last header HP800 WORM special TIR header BMAP header Class Type Type of client that was backed up Sched Type Type of schedule that produced the backup full differential incremental cumulative incremental or user directed Flags Can contain one or more of the following Compression Encryption TIR true...

Page 316: ...p is compressed 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 Fragment Number Number of the fragment TIR if the fragment is part of a true image backup Client Type A number that corresponds t...

Page 317: ... the data blocks used to write the backup When multiplexing is used the block size can vary between backups on the same volume 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 Media Date Date that the media was allocated for use by NetBackup Media Time Time that the media was allocated for use by Net...

Page 318: ... back up the client Schedule Name of the schedule that was used to back up the client Server Media server that is controlling the media used for the backup Severity Severity level of the status info informational only error an error occurred Type Type of status Client Name of the client that was backed up Status Completion status code If the status code is 0 the operation succeeded If status is no...

Page 319: ... can show up only if you run the report between the time the volume expires and the next backup is done Media Written Report The Media Written report identifies volumes that were used for backups within the specified time period This report does not show volumes used for duplication if the original was created prior to the specified time period Table 23 explains the columns in the report Table 23 ...

Page 320: ...media was written KBytes Total number of kilobytes on this volume Retention Level Retention level for the backups on this volume Table 23 Media Written Report Continued Column Meaning NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 321: ...er can choose either arg1 or arg2 but not both Italics indicate that the information is user supplied For example the user supplies class schedule and filename in the following command bpbackup c class s schedule filename An ellipses means that you can repeat the previous parameter For example consider the following command bpbackup S master_server master_server filename Here the S option requires...

Page 322: ...parchive works in the foreground and returns completion status after a specified time period bparchive writes its informative and error messages to a progress log file You must create this file prior to the execution of the bparchive command and then specify it with the L progress_log option If bparchive cannot archive any of the requested files or directories you can use the progress log to deter...

Page 323: ...r_server Specifies the name of the NetBackup master server The default is the server designated as current on the Server tab of the NetBackup Configuration dialog box To display this dialog box start the user interface on the client and click Configure on the Actions menu t class_type Specifies the class type as follows 0 Standard 3 Apollo wbak 4 Oracle 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 10 NetWare 11 Dat...

Page 324: ... timeout status The archive however still completes on the server If you use w without specifying the wait time or if you specify a value of 0 NetBackup waits indefinitely for the completion status help Displays a synopsis of command usage when it is the only option on the command line k keyword_phrase Specifies a keyword phrase that NetBackup associates with the image created by this archive oper...

Page 325: ...ere filepath is the path to the file you are archiving For example c Programs c winnt c documents old_memos To archive files that have spaces or returns in the names use this format filepathlen filepath Where filepath is the path to the file you are archiving and filepathlen is the number of characters in the file path For example 11 c Programs 8 c winnt 22 c documents old memos filenames Names on...

Page 326: ...xample 3 To associate the keyword phrase Archive My Home Directory 01 01 97 to the archive of the directory c home kwc and use a progress log named c home kwc arch log enter the following all on one line bparchive k Archive My Home Directory 01 01 97 L c home kwc arch log c home kwc FILES install_path NetBackup logs bparchive log NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup ...

Page 327: ...d sets up authentication files on NetBackup servers and clients according to the options that are specified on the command OPTIONS verbose Issue additional messages methods Push the methods_allow txt and methods_deny txt files to the specified clients and servers names Push the names_allow txt and names_deny txt files to the specified clients and servers vopie Synchronize the VOPIE key files betwe...

Page 328: ...he local copy of the names_deny txt file to push to the servers and clients If this option not included NetBackup uses the install_path NetBackup var auth names_deny txt file clients client1 client2 clientN Names the clients to synchronize with the servers If this option is not specified no clients are synchronized If the option is specified without listing any client names all unique client names...

Page 329: ...h NetBackup var auth methods txt install_path NetBackup var auth methods_allow txt install_path NetBackup var auth methods_deny txt install_path NetBackup var auth names_allow txt install_path NetBackup var auth names_deny txt install_path NetBackup var auth vopie SEE ALSO vopied vopie_util NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Wind...

Page 330: ...ses the files that you list on the command line or in the file that you specify with the f listfile option A file path can be a file or directory name If the named files include a directory bpbackup backs up all files and subdirectories of that directory starting at the directory itself An immediate manual backup of a client see the second form of the command shown above This variation requires th...

Page 331: ...s bpbackup with write access bpbackup creates an activity log file in this directory that can be used for troubleshooting OPTIONS c class Names the class to use for the backup If this option is not specified the action depends on the type of backup as follows For a user backup NetBackup uses the first class it finds that includes the client and a user backup schedule For an immediate manual backup...

Page 332: ...ver designated as current on the Servers tab of the NetBackup Configuration dialog box To display this dialog box start the user interface on the client and click Configure on the Actions menu t class_type Specifies the class type as follows 0 Standard 3 Apollo wbak 4 Oracle 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 10 NetWare 11 DataTools SQL BackTrack 12 Auspex FastBackup 13 MS Windows NT 14 OS 2 15 MS SQL Ser...

Page 333: ...g a wait time or if you specify a value of 0 NetBackup waits indefinitely for the completion status help Displays a synopsis of command usage when it is the only option on the command line k keyword_phrase Specifies a keyword phrase that NetBackup associates with the image being created by this backup operation You can then restore the image by specifying the keyword phrase with the k option on th...

Page 334: ...ath Where filepath is the path to the file you are backing up For example c Programs c winnt c documents old_memos To back up files that have spaces or returns in the names use this format filepathlen filepath Where filepath is the path to the file you are backing up and filepathlen is the number of characters in the file path For example 11 c Programs 8 c winnt 22 c documents old memos filenames ...

Page 335: ..._co i h diablo S hoss t 0 L c home hrp prog Example 4 The following command all on one line associates the keyword phrase Backup My Home Directory 01 01 97 to the user backup of the directory c home kwc The progress log is c home kwc bkup log bpbackup k Backup My Home Directory 01 01 97 L c home kwc bkup log c home kwc Example 5 The following command all on one line associates the keyword phrase C...

Page 336: ...stem Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server A bpbackup FILES install_path NetBackup logs bpbackup log NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 337: ...es a destination the backup is stored there Otherwise the backup is stored at the default location for NetBackup database backups You can specify the default set of databases and the backup destination The default paths to the NetBackup image databases are part of the NetBackup configuration bpbackupdb uses the set of configured NetBackup database paths as the default value for the path option The...

Page 338: ...provides information on restoring the NetBackup databases if a disaster recovery is required OPTIONS You can either specify a list of NetBackup image databases with the following options or default to the databases specified in the NetBackup configuration dpath disk_path tpath tape_device_path opath optical_device_path tpath specifies a tape raw device path as the destination for the backup opath ...

Page 339: ...ckupdb backs up the databases configured by NetBackup for database backups as well as any database listed by the path option v Selects verbose mode This option causes bpbackupdb to log additional information for debugging purposes The information goes into the NetBackup administration daily activity log This option is meaningful only when NetBackup has activity logging enabled install_path netback...

Page 340: ...s example backs up the NetBackup databases to the tape device Tape1 example bpbackupdb tpath Tape1 EXIT STATUS bpbackupdb returns the following exit values 0 The backup succeeded Non zero The backup failed DIAGNOSTICS If bpbackupdb succeeds it logs one of the following messages NB database backup to path destination SUCCEEDED NB database backup to media id destination SUCCEEDED NB database backup ...

Page 341: ...nistrator reporting the results of the backup FILES install_path NetBackup db install_path NetBackup logs admin log mmddyy install_path Volmgr database SEE ALSO bprecover NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 342: ...e hardware hardware os os priority priority DESCRIPTION bpclclients will do one of the following Produce a listing of clients Add a new client to a class Delete a list of clients from a class Modify an existing client in a class For the add delete and modify options bpclclients returns to the system prompt immediately after it submits the client change request to NetBackup To determine whether the...

Page 343: ...If the command line contains neither a class_name nor the allunique option the listing contains client information for all classes L List in long format There is no two line header at the top of the listing the header is embedded in the line for each client The line for each client includes the following fields Client HW OS Pri the header Client name Hardware type Operating system Priority There a...

Page 344: ...omma delimited list of host names If this option is present each master server in the list executes the bpclclients command Each master server in the list must allow access by the system issuing the bpclclients command If an error occurs for any master server processing terminates at that point If bpclclients is producing a listing the listing is the composite of the information returned by all th...

Page 345: ...dware os priority Add a client to the class If the local system already has the maximum number of clients defined an error is returned The maximum number of clients is configured in the file install_path NetBackup db Class_att_defs The installation default for the maximum number of clients is unlimited Specify the host name hardware type and operating system see the definitions below priority is n...

Page 346: ...or the hardware and os options must form a valid combination priority priority Not implemented EXAMPLES Example 1 While running on the master server hat list the clients known to hat hat bpclclients The output returned will look like the following Hardware OS Client C910_920 IRIX5 boris C910_920 IRIX6 hat Novell NetWare marge PC WindowsNT marmot HP9000 800 HP UX10 20 squash PC WindowsNT tiger This...

Page 347: ...he command is all on one line hat bpclclients twoclass M serv1 serv2 add marmot C910_920 IRIX6 Example 4 Delete the clients marmot and vole from the class twoclass on the master servers serv1 and serv2 the command is all on one line hat bpclclients twoclass M serv1 serv2 delete marmot vole Example 5 While running on the master server hat list client information for class BackTrack on the master se...

Page 348: ...all_path NetBackup logs admin in the form bpclclients EXIT status exit status If an error occurred a diagnostic precedes this message FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin install_path NetBackup db class class_name clients SEE ALSO bpclinfo NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide...

Page 349: ...rver DESCRIPTION bpclinfo initializes modifies or displays the attribute values for a NetBackup class Only root can execute this command OPTIONS The options used with bpclinfo depend on the form of bpclinfo being used The first form of bpclinfo displays a class The following options apply to this form class_name L l U List information for this class This is a required option L specifies a long lis...

Page 350: ...listing contents into a customized report format A short listing contains the following information for the specified class Line 1 INFO client_type follow_nfs_mounts client_compress priority proxy_client client_encrypt max_jobs_per_client max_jobs_per_class cross_mount_points max_frag_size active collect_tir_info block_incr ext_sec_info i_f_r_f_r streaming ci_unused1 Line 2 KEY keyword Line 3 BCMD...

Page 351: ...f the information returned by all the master servers in this list bpclinfo queries each of these master servers The master server returns information from its class database For the class definition form of bpclinfo the class is created or modified on each master server in the list The default is the master server for the system running bpclinfo v Selects verbose mode This option causes bpclinfo t...

Page 352: ...es attributes for the class to their default values except for those attributes set by options on the current command line modify modifies attributes for the class Attributes that are not explicitly set by options on the current command line do not change their values t class_type There are a number of class types The default is Standard The types other than Standard are for special purpose backup...

Page 353: ...lable This allows the class to use any storage unit which has the attribute On Demand Only set to No If the class needs to use a specific storage unit or the storage unit desired has the attribute On Demand Only set to Yes then specify the storage unit If NULL is specified the residence for the schedule is set or reset to Any_available The class residence determines the residence for the class sch...

Page 354: ...er of concurrent jobs that NetBackup allows for this class max_jobs is greater than or equal to 0 The default is 99 multiple_streams flag 0 disabled or 1 enabled Allow Multiple Data Streams If 1 allow multiple Data Streams If 0 do not allow multiple Data Streams keyword keyword phrase The value will be associated with all backups created using this class The keyword phrase can be used to link rela...

Page 355: ...ecting additional information beginning with the next full or incremental backup for the class If 0 NetBackup does not keep track of true image recovery information If 1 NetBackup collects TIR information If 2 NetBackup collects TIR information and tracks client files compress flag 0 disabled or 1 enabled Specifies whether to compress files or not If 1 the files selected are compressed by the clie...

Page 356: ...e behavior of this attribute varies somewhat depending on the setting of the Cross Mount Points attribute Refer to the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server for more details This attribute does not affect Apollo clients These clients always behave as though the attribute were enabled Therefore you should avoid putting NFS mounted files in the file list for classes containing Apo...

Page 357: ...ag Size 0 MB unlimited Residence tstunit Volume Pool NetBackup EXAMPLE 2 To set the attributes of class tstclass back to their default values perform the following bpclinfo tstclass set bpclinfo tstclass L Class Type Standard 0 Active yes Follow NFS Mounts no Cross Mount Points no Client Compress no Collect TIR Info no Class Priority 0 Ext Security Info no File Restore Raw no Client Encrypt no Max...

Page 358: ...0 0 0 0 NULL 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NULL KEY my temp directory BCMD NULL RCMD NULL RES mkbunit NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL POOL NetBackup NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin install_path NetBackup db class class_name info SEE ALSO NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for...

Page 359: ...o one of the following Add a new schedule to a class Delete one or more schedules from a class Delete all the schedules from a class List one or all schedules in a class For the add and delete options bpclsched returns to the system prompt immediately after it submits the schedule change request to NetBackup To determine whether the change was successful run bpclsched again to list the updated sch...

Page 360: ...the master servers in the M list If the command fails for any of the master servers execution stops at that point To modify an existing NetBackup schedule use the NetBackup command bpclschedrep This command requires administrator privileges OPTIONS These options are common to all forms of bpclsched class_name The name of the class that contains the schedules The class must exist before the executi...

Page 361: ...abled install_path NetBackup logs admin directory defined The remaining options depend on the form of bpclsched The first form of blclsched adds a schedule to the named class The following options apply to this form of bpclsched add sched_label suboptions Add a single schedule to the named class The suboptions for the add option explained below These are attributes of the schedule being added The ...

Page 362: ...making any changes with this command Otherwise backups could expire sooner than you expect resulting in loss of data 0 1 week 1 2 weeks 2 3 weeks 3 1 month 4 2 months 5 3 months 6 6 months 7 9 months 8 1 year 9 Infinity freq frequency The frequency determines how often backups run for this schedule This value represents the number of seconds between backups for this schedule This frequency does no...

Page 363: ...ult value of NetBackup window start duration Specifies when NetBackup can run the backups for this schedule Every day of the week has the same window start is the time at which the backup window opens for this schedule This is the number of seconds since midnight This is an integer between 0 and 86399 there are 86400 seconds in a day duration is the length of time that the window remains open The ...

Page 364: ...eport format U The list type is user This listing is similar to the long type listing but it has fewer entries Most attribute values are descriptive terms rather than numbers label sched_label List the attributes for this schedule in the named class The default is to list information for all schedules for the named class EXAMPLES Example 1 In this example bpclsched lists the information for schedu...

Page 365: ...pe User Backup Retention Level 0 1 week Maximum MPX 1 Residence specific storage unit not required Volume Pool same as class volume pool Daily Windows Sunday 00 00 00 Sunday 24 00 00 Monday 00 00 00 Monday 24 00 00 Tuesday 00 00 00 Tuesday 24 00 00 Wednesday 00 00 00 Wednesday 24 00 00 Thursday 00 00 00 Thursday 24 00 00 Friday 00 00 00 Friday 24 00 00 Saturday 00 00 00 Saturday 24 00 00 Example 2...

Page 366: ...096 00 00 120 00 00 Friday 000 00 00 024 00 00 120 00 00 144 00 00 Saturday 000 00 00 024 00 00 144 00 00 168 00 00 Example 3 This example adds a new schedule full_2 to the class tstclass on beaver and then lists the new schedule in Long mode These commands run on the system hat bpclsched tstclass M beaver add full_2 bpclsched tstclass M beaver label full_2 L Schedule full_2 Type FULL 0 Frequency ...

Page 367: ...e schedule information for class tstclass bpclsched tstclass L Schedule full Type FULL 0 Frequency 1 day s 86400 seconds Retention Level 0 1 week u wind o d 0 0 Incr Type DELTA 0 Incr Depends none defined Max Frag Size 0 MB unlimited Maximum MPX 1 Residence specific storage unit not required Volume Pool same as class volume pool Daily Windows Day Open Close W Open W Close Sunday 000 00 00 024 00 0...

Page 368: ... Open W Close Sunday 000 00 00 024 00 00 000 00 00 024 00 00 Monday 000 00 00 024 00 00 024 00 00 048 00 00 Tuesday 000 00 00 024 00 00 048 00 00 072 00 00 Wednesday 000 00 00 024 00 00 072 00 00 096 00 00 Thursday 000 00 00 024 00 00 096 00 00 120 00 00 Friday 000 00 00 024 00 00 120 00 00 144 00 00 Saturday 000 00 00 024 00 00 144 00 00 168 00 00 Example 6 In this example bpclsched adds a new sc...

Page 369: ...4 00 00 Tuesday 23 00 00 Tuesday 24 00 00 Wednesday 23 00 00 Wednesday 24 00 00 Thursday 23 00 00 Thursday 24 00 00 Friday 23 00 00 Friday 24 00 00 Saturday 23 00 00 Saturday 24 00 00 FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin install_path NetBackup db class class_name schedule SEE ALSO bpclschedrep NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide fo...

Page 370: ...isted This command requires administrator privileges OPTIONS class_name The name of the class that contains the schedule This class has been previously created sched_label The name of the schedule to be changed This schedule has been previously created freq backup_frequency The backup frequency controls how much time can elapse between successful automatic backups for clients on this schedule Freq...

Page 371: ...label Specifies the label of the storage unit to be used for storing the backups created according to this schedule If NULL is specified the residence for the schedule defaults to the residence of the class which contains this schedule If the residence value is a storage unit label the residence for the schedule becomes that storage unit overriding the residence for the class Run bpstulist to disp...

Page 372: ...n be reassigned st sched_type Specifies the type of backup this schedule performs Schedule types fall into two main categories automatic and user Automatic schedules define the windows during which the NetBackup scheduler can initiate a backup for this class User schedules define the windows during which a user can initiate a backup or archive The values for schedule type are FULL full backup INCR...

Page 373: ...rep command Each master server in the list must allow access by the system issuing the bpclschedrep command If an error occurs for any master server processing terminates at that point The schedule attributes will be modified on all the master servers in this list v Selects verbose mode This option causes bpclschedrep to log additional information for debugging purposes The information goes into t...

Page 374: ... days Retention Level 1 2 weeks Maximum MPX 1 Residence specific storage unit not required Volume Pool same as class volume pool Daily Windows Sunday 22 00 00 Sunday 24 00 00 Monday 23 00 00 Monday 24 00 00 Tuesday 23 00 00 Tuesday 24 00 00 Wednesday 23 00 00 Wednesday 24 00 00 Thursday 23 00 00 Thursday 24 00 00 Friday 23 00 00 Friday 24 00 00 Saturday 22 00 00 Saturday 24 00 00 FILES install_pat...

Page 375: ...ate command can also change the primary copy in order to enable restoring from a duplicated backup The primary copy is used to satisfy restore requests and is initially the original copy Multiplexed duplications can be created by using the mpx option Refer to the discussion of the mpx option for more information The duplicated backup has a separate expiration date from the original Initially the e...

Page 376: ...duplicated pb Previews the duplication but does not perform the duplication Similar to the p option but does not display information about the backups PM Displays information on the backups to be duplicated according to the option settings but does not perform the duplication This format first displays the backup IDs that cannot be duplicated and why for example because the backup already has two ...

Page 377: ...e specified schedule The default is all schedules L output_file Specifies the name of a file in which to write progress information The default is to not use a progress file dp destination_pool_name Specifies the volume pool for the duplicates Netbackup does not verify that the media ID selected for the duplicate copy is not the same media ID where the original resides Therefore to avoid the possi...

Page 378: ...Specifies the end of the range of dates and times that include all backups to duplicate The s option specifies the start of the range ct class_type Search for backups created by the specified class type The default is any class type Valid values are AFS Apollo wbak Auspex FastBackup DataTools SQL BackTrack DB2 FlashBackup Informix On BAR NDMP Oracle Macintosh MS Exchange Server MS Windows MS Windo...

Page 379: ... executed on a slave server then the master for that slave is the default backupid backup_id Specifies the backup ID of a single backup to duplicate or for which to change the primary copy id media_id Search the image database for backups to duplicate that are on this media ID If the original is fragmented between different media IDs NetBackup duplicates only the fragments that exist on the specif...

Page 380: ...fied all backups are duplicated using non multiplexed duplication For more information on multiplexing see the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server npc new_primary_copy Allows the primary copy to be changed The value can be 1 or 2 The backupid option must be specified with this option EXAMPLES Example 1 The following command all on one line lists backups with a copy number of 1...

Page 381: ...le except multiplexed backups are duplicated using multiplexed duplication bpduplicate dstunit unit1 Bidfile C tmp bidfile mpx L C tmp bpdup ls FILES install_path NetBackup db images install_path NetBackup logs admin SEE ALSO NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 382: ...NetBackup maintains a database of backup image information and a database of media information Both an image record in the image database and a media ID in the media database contain an expiration date The expiration date is the date and time when NetBackup removes the record for a backup or media ID from the corresponding database The bpexpdate command allows the expiration date and time of backu...

Page 383: ...database and deassigns the media IDs in the Media Manager database The media is then available to be used again You can use the NetBackup Images on Media report to determine if there are assigned media that no longer contain valid backups backupid Changes the expiration of a single backup If the date is zero the backup is removed from the image database If the backup is on removable media and the ...

Page 384: ...emovable media from the media database when that media no longer contains valid backups and also deassigns the media ID in the Media Manager database backupid backup_id Specifies the backup ID of the backup that is affected by the expiration date change The d option must be included with this option This option can also be used to specify a backup ID for the recalculate option In this case the d o...

Page 385: ...edia ID BU0001 from the media database and all corresponding backups from the image database bpexpdate ev BU0001 d 0 host eel You can use the NetBackup Media List report to determine which server s media database has the volume force Prior to executing the specified operation bpexpdate queries before starting the operation This option forces bpexpdate to carry out the operation without querying th...

Page 386: ...ption Levels range from 0 to 9 The new expiration date is determined by adding the configured retention level value to the backup s creation date Either the backupid or class option must be specified with this option sched type Specifies the schedule type and is valid with the recalculate option When specified the expiration is recalculated based on the retention level for all backups created with...

Page 387: ... or expected result EXAMPLES Example 1 The following command executed on the master server removes media ID BU0002 from the media database and deassigns the media ID in the Media Manager database It also expires associated image records in the image database bpexpdate ev BU0002 d 0 Example 2 The following command all on one line changes the expiration of copy 2 of backupid classA_0904219764_FULL T...

Page 388: ...re found the command removes them from the media database and deassigns them in the Media Manager database bpexpdate deassignempty host cat FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin install_path NetBackup db media install_path NetBackup db images SEE ALSO NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administra...

Page 389: ...he NetBackup database and produces a report on the status of the NetBackup images It will produce one of two types of reports Report images satisfying a set of criteria if media is absent Report on removable media satisfying a set of criteria if media is present bpimagelist shows a list of previously archived or backed up files according to the options that you specify You can choose the file or d...

Page 390: ...st report the report lists the information for each media ID as a series of attribute value pairs and the density value is provided as both a descriptive term and a number l Report in Short mode This produces a terse listing This option is useful for scripts or programs that rework the listing contents into a customized report format idonly Produce an abbreviated listing For an image listing the l...

Page 391: ...strator s Guide Windows NT Server for more information ONLY_PRE_IMPORT Include only images that have completed phase one of an import INCLUDE_TIR Include images that were created by true image recovery backups Refer to the bpclinfo command description or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server for more information on this topic ONLY_TIR Include only images that were created by...

Page 392: ...e master servers This is a comma delimited list of hostnames If this option is present each master server in the list executes the bpimagelist command If an error occurs for any master server processing continues with the next entry in the list The report is the composite of the information returned by all the master servers in this list bpimagelist queries each of these master servers The master ...

Page 393: ...hh mm ss Specifies the start and end date range for the listing d specifies a start date and time for the listing The resulting list shows only images in backups or archives that occurred at or after the specified date and time Use the following format mm dd yy hh mm ss The valid range of dates is from 01 01 70 00 00 00 to 01 19 2038 03 14 07 The default is midnight beginning the current day e spe...

Page 394: ...ifies a schedule type for the image selection The default is any schedule type Valid values are FULL full backup INCR differential incremental backup CINC cumulative incremental backup UBAK user backup UARC user archive NOT_ARCHIVE all backups except user archive class name Searches for backups to import in the specified class The default is all classes Other options help Prints a synopsis of comm...

Page 395: ... Server IBM000 01 06 99 01 06 hat AEK800 01 06 99 03 01 hat C0015 01 06 99 02 01 hat 143191 01 05 99 23 00 hat This example lists all images written today hat 27 C VERITAS NetBackup bin admincmd bpimagelist U Backed Up Expires Files KB C Sched Type Class 01 27 99 01 08 02 03 99 1122 202624 N Full Backup 3590Grau 01 27 99 01 01 02 03 99 1122 202624 N Full Backup IBM3590class 01 27 99 03 01 02 03 99...

Page 396: ...e 01 05 99 U Media ID Last Written Server IBM000 01 05 99 01 13 hat 143191 01 05 99 23 00 hat AEK800 01 05 99 03 07 hat C0015 01 05 99 02 06 hat FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin log mmddyy install_path NetBackup db images SEE ALSO bparchive bpbackup bprestore NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 397: ...have expired or are from another Netbackup server The import operation consists of two steps Step 1 is performed with the first form of the command shown above create_db_info option and recreates database entries for the backups that are on the specified media Step 2 is performed with the second form of the command shown above and imports the backups from the media The expiration date for imported...

Page 398: ...media IDs that were processed by step 1 of the import operation A backup ID that begins on a media ID that was not processed by step 1 is not imported A backup that ends on a media ID that was not processed by step 1 will be incomplete server name Specifies the name of the media host The volume database on this host must have a record of the media ID that contains the backups to be imported The de...

Page 399: ... Selects verbose mode When specified the debug and progress logs display more information client name The host name of the client for which the backups were performed The default is all clients M master_server Specifies the master server that manages the media database that has the media ID If this option is not specified the default is one of the following If the command is executed on a master s...

Page 400: ... The syntax for startdate is mm dd yy hh mm ss The e option specifies the end of the range Default is 24 hours prior to the current date and time e enddate Specifies the end of the range of dates and times that include all backups to import The syntax for enddate is mm dd yy hh mm ss The s option specifies the end of the range Default is the current date and time ct class_type Search for backups c...

Page 401: ...y number of the backups to import You can import copy 1 or 2 or both The default is both backupid backup_id Specifies the backup ID of a single backup to import EXAMPLES Example 1 The following command all on one line creates database information for backups on media ID A00000 The media server hostname is cat The progress file is tmp bpimport ls bpimport create_db_info id A00000 server cat L tmp b...

Page 402: ...st be executed prior to this command bpimport PM s 11 01 98 e 11 10 98 Example 3 The following command imports the backups specified in the tmp import images file The progress is entered in the tmp bpimport ls file bpimport Bidfile tmp import image L tmp bpimport ls FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin install_path NetBackup db images SEE ALSO NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT S...

Page 403: ...e following are some facts about using this command The ev and d options are required The p option is required if the evsn media ID is not in the NetBackup volume pool If the data already on the media is in a recognized format and the o option is not specified bplabel prompts you to confirm the overwrite Data format recognition works only if the first block on a variable length media is less than ...

Page 404: ...rompts for permission to overwrite media that meets any of the following conditions Contains a NetBackup media header Is NetBackup catalog backup media Is in TAR CPIO DBR AOS VS or ANSI format p volume_pool_name This option is required if the media ID is defined in the Media Manager volume database but is not in the NetBackup volume pool volume_pool_name must specify the correct pool u device_numb...

Page 405: ...rive_name The drive must contain media and be ready By using this option manual operator assignment is not required The name for the drive can be obtained from the Media Manager configuration NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 406: ... files that you have read access to You also must own or have read access to all directories in the file paths You can list files that were backed up or archived by another client only if you are validated to do so by the NetBackup administrator If you create directory install_path NetBackup logs bplist with write access bplist creates an activity log file in this directory that you can use for tr...

Page 407: ...he Actions menu t class_type Specifies the class type as follows 0 Standard 3 Apollo wbak 4 Oracle 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 10 NetWare 11 DataTools SQL BackTrack 12 Auspex FastBackup 13 MS Windows NT 14 OS 2 15 MS SQL Server 16 MS Exchange Server 17 SAP 18 DB2 19 NDMP 20 FlashBackup 21 Split Mirror 20 AFS The default is 3 Apollo on Apollos and 0 Standard on other clients NetBackup 3 2 System Adm...

Page 408: ... details r Lists disk images that were backed up The default is to list file systems T Lists directories in true image backups The default is to list non true image backups unix_files Lists the files and directories in UNIX format For example C users test nt_files Lists the files and directories in Windows NT format For example C users test s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss Specifies the sta...

Page 409: ...inds all three instances of the file tmp junk test abc 123 xxx test abc 123 xxx yyy zzz test help Displays a synopsis of command usage when it is the only option on the command line keyword keyword_phrase Specifies a keyword phrase for NetBackup to use when searching for backups or archives from which to restore files The phrase must match the one that was previously associated with the backup or ...

Page 410: ...ns Use upper case for the drive letter For example C NetBackup log1 EXAMPLES Example 1 To list recursively in long format the files that were backed up in D WS_FTP LOG bplist l D WS_FTP LOG rwx bjm bjm 64 Oct 10 1997 D WS_FTP LOG rwx bjm bjm 64 Oct 10 1997 D WS_FTP LOG rwx bjm bjm 64 Oct 10 1997 D WS_FTP LOG Example 2 To list with details the files that were backed up and associated with all or pa...

Page 411: ...y and with details the files that were backed up on drive D of Windows NT client slater and associated with all or part of the keyword phrase Win NT enter the following bplist keyword Win NT C slater t 13 R l D FILES install_path NetBackup logs bplist log NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 412: ...cally suspends or freezes media If this happens the reason is logged in the NetBackup Problems report If necessary you can use the bpmedia unfreeze or unsuspend options to reverse this action OPTIONS freeze Freezes the specified media ID When an active NetBackup media ID is frozen NetBackup stops directing backups and archives to the media All unexpired images on the media continue to be available...

Page 413: ... resides If you do not specify oldserver the system where the command is being executed is considered to be the old server The movedb option is most meaningful in configurations where masters and slaves are sharing a robotic library and have access to all the media in the robot If this is not the case at a minimum all NetBackup servers must use the same Media Manager volume database so the media c...

Page 414: ...only meaningful when running with activity logging turned on that is when the install_path NetBackup logs admin directory exists Example movedb Assume that the master server is HOSTM with HOSTS1 and HOSTS2 being slaves The following command all on one line executed on HOSTM moves the media catalog entry for media ID DLT001 from HOSTS1 to HOSTS2 and updates the NetBackup image catalog bpmedia moved...

Page 415: ... the NetBackup media This command requires administrator privileges bpmedialist produces one of four reports Media List Report Media List mlist report provides information on either a single volume or all volumes in the NetBackup media database This report does not apply to disk storage units The report lists for each volume in the report the volume s media Id media server and other attributes Thi...

Page 416: ...x040 the media ID is active and multiple retention levels are in effect The l option produces a report in Short mode Each media ID occupies one line of the report The fields on this line are listed below The section on the Media List Report in the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server describes the fields in detail Any fields listed below that are not documented in that section ...

Page 417: ...t does not apply to disk storage units Note that if you attempt to abort the command by entering ctl C the storage unit may stay in use for some time after the break if the media requested are still being mounted or positioned Each entry in the report appears as that area of the storage unit is read The l format for the Media Contents report produces one line for each backup ID containing the fiel...

Page 418: ...elds are significant only if version is 2 Media Count count Report The Media Count report shows a count of the number of UP devices matching all the criteria specified The robot type and the robot number are mandatory criteria for this report The U format provides a title Number of UP devices for rt rn value The l format provides only the value OPTIONS Report type Options NetBackup 3 2 System Admi...

Page 419: ...ult is a full report which includes a breakdown of active and non active media reporting on each media ID s status within these categories U Report in user mode This is the default report mode The report includes a banner listing the column titles and the report style is descriptive rather than terse L Report in long mode This format produces the report with the most complete information For insta...

Page 420: ...is media ID only This is a required option for the Media Contents report For the Media List report this option is optional and by default all media IDs are included in that report The media ID can be provided in either upper or lower case The media ID must be six or fewer characters and must be in the NetBackup media database that is assigned from the NetBackup volume pool h host_name host_name is...

Page 421: ...nt each master server in the list executes the bpmedialist command If an error occurs for any master server processing continues with the next entry in the list The report is the composite of the information returned by all the master servers in this list bpmedialist queries each of these master servers Each master server in the list must allow access by the system issuing the bpmedialist command ...

Page 422: ... 1 month 4 2 months 5 3 months 6 6 months 7 9 months 8 1 year 9 Infinity rn Report on the robot using this robot number This is a required option when the count option is used The robot number can be obtained from the Media Manager device configuration Read the Media Manager System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server for rules concerning the use of this number rt robot_type Report on a robot o...

Page 423: ...tion goes into the NetBackup administration daily activity log This option is meaningful only when NetBackup has activity logging enabled install_path NetBackup logs admin directory defined EXAMPLES Example 1 This example produces a media report for all media Ids defined for the master server of the local system and any slave servers bpmedialist Server Host hat id rl images allocated last updated ...

Page 424: ... 12 23 98 01 07 hcart 7657728 0 9 12 30 98 01 07 N A L00104 0 9 12 11 98 01 09 12 21 98 01 04 hcart 5429504 0 5 12 28 98 01 04 N A Example 2 This example produces a media count report for robot type TLD and robot number 0 bpmedialist count rt TLD rn 0 ALLOW_MULT_RET_PER_MEDIA 0 Number of UP devices for TLD 0 2 Example 3 This example produces a media contents report for media ID AEK802 The report i...

Page 425: ...eport for master servers hat and duo bpmedialist M hat min ov com duo min ov com Server Host hat min ov com id rl images allocated last updated den kbytes restores vimages expiration last read STATUS 143191 0 51 12 03 98 23 02 01 11 99 23 04 hcart 1436686 2 9 01 18 99 23 04 01 08 99 10 26 144280 0 9 11 25 98 11 06 12 01 98 23 03 hcart 290304 0 0 12 08 98 23 03 01 12 99 16 10 EXPIRED FROZEN AEK800 ...

Page 426: ...12 08 98 14 57 01 12 99 08 07 dlt 9788072 4 28 01 19 99 08 07 12 31 98 15 42 Example 5 In this example bpmedialist reports which of two hosts has a given media ID configured Since the host hat does not have A00004 configured in its media database it reports the requested media ID was not found in the NetBackup media database or Media Manager volume database The host duo does have A00004 configured...

Page 427: ...ration last read STATUS A00004 0 0 11 16 97 05 31 N A 4mm 0 0 0 N A N A FROZEN FILES install_path NetBackup logs admin install_path NetBackup db media mediaDB SEE ALSO NetBackup Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 428: ..._number opath optical_device_path stdout dhost destination_host v Note Ensure that the NetBackup Client service is running on any system that is being recovered DESCRIPTION bprecover initiates the NetBackup catalog restore utility and recovers catalogs that were backed up by using the procedures described in the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server Use bprecover only if catalog...

Page 429: ...mm cartridge dlt dlt cartridge dlt2 dlt cartridge alternate hcart 1 2 Inch cartridge hcart2 1 2 Inch cartridge alternate dtf DTF cartridge qscsi 1 4 in cartridge dpath disk_path tpath tape_path Specifies a raw device path If ev and d are not specified you must use dpath or tpath to specify a raw device path The NetBackup Device Manager and Volume Manager services do not have to be active when you ...

Page 430: ...ored Normally catalogs are restored to the host where the data originated as displayed with the l option The d option makes it possible to restore the catalog to another host The NetBackup client or server software must be installed on the destination host and the NetBackup Client service must be running CAUTION Use the dhost option with EXTREME caution since it can overwrite existing catalogs on ...

Page 431: ...se Example 2 List the backup header information from media ID 000001 which is density dlt cd D VERITAS NetBackup bin admincmd bprecover l ev 000001 d dlt Database Backup Information from 000001 Created 03 31 97 05 50 51 Server bphost Block size 32768 Path IMAGE1 D VERITAS Netbackup db IMAGE2 D VERITAS Volmgr database Example 3 Recover the D VERITAS NetBackup db files from disk path D apps dbbackup...

Page 432: ...ne as in example 4 cd D VERITAS NetBackup bin admincmd bprecover r tpath Tape1 Recover bphost D VERITAS NetBackup db y n n n Recover bphost D VERITAS Volmgr database y n n y Recovering bphost D VERITAS Volmgr database ERRORS If errors occur during the recover operation NetBackup writes error messages to the MS DOS command window when you execute the bprecover command FILES install_path NetBackup l...

Page 433: ... 403 bprecover A NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide Windows NT Server for information on disaster recovery NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 434: ...works in the foreground and returns completion status after a specified time period The bprestore command restores the file from the most recent backups within the time period you specify bprestore overwrites any file of the same name that already exists on the local client disk unless you include the K option It is also possible to restore files that were backed up or archived on another client C...

Page 435: ...m archives A or backups B The default is B K Specifying this option causes bprestore to keep existing files rather than writing over them when restoring files with the same name The default is to overwrite existing files Note The l H y options apply only when restoring UNIX files to a UNIX system l H y Specifying l renames the targets of UNIX links by using the R rename_file option in the same way...

Page 436: ... renames C users fred to C usr fred2 change C users fred to C users fred2 C client Specifies a client name to use for finding backups or archives from which to restore files This name must be as it appears in the NetBackup database The default is the current client name D client Specifies a destination client This can be done by an administrator on the master server in order to direct the restored...

Page 437: ...FS The default is 3 on Apollos and 0 Standard on other clients C class Specifies the class for which the backups or archives were performed s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss Specifies the start and end date range for the listing The bprestore command restores only files from backups or archives that occurred within the specified start and end date range NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s G...

Page 438: ...ault is the current date and time If you do not specify either s or e bprestore restores the most recently backed up version of the file T Specifies a true image restore where only files and directories that existed in the last true image backup are restored This option is useful only if true image backups were performed If this option is not specified all files and directories meeting the specifi...

Page 439: ... within the brackets matches one of the range of characters separated by the The keyword phrase can be up to 128 characters in length All printable characters are permitted including space and period The phrase must be enclosed in double quotes or single quotes The default keyword phrase is the null empty string f listfile Specifies a file listfile containing a list of files to be restored and can...

Page 440: ...time and end_date_time are the decimal number of seconds since 01 01 70 00 00 00 datetime is the same as the command line mm dd yy hh mm ss The start and end date and time specified on the command line is used unless a line in listfile overrides it The dates may change from line to line The following is an example that uses filepathlen filepath 11 C programs 8 C winnt 22 C documents old memos file...

Page 441: ...kups that are associated with a keyword phrase that contains My Home Directory and use a progress log named d kwc bkup log enter the following all on one line bprestore k My Home Directory L d kwc bkup log C kwc Example 4 To restore the D drive on the Windows NT client slater from the backups that are associated with a keyword phrase that contains My Home Dir and use a progress log named c kwc bku...

Page 442: ... To restore the hard link named home kwc linkback to alternate path home kwc linkback_alt on that client execute bprestore H R home kwc rename home kwc linkback FILES install_path NetBackup logs bprestore log NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 443: ...hen you install NetBackup on a Windows NT client or UNIX client the installation process adds entries for vopied to C WINNT system32 drivers etc services on Windows NT and etc services and etc inetd conf on UNIX The services entry looks like this vopied 13783 tcp vopied The inetd conf entry on UNIX looks like this vopied stream tcp nowait root usr openv bin vopied vopied OPTIONS standalone Availab...

Page 444: ...directory resides The default is install_path NetBackup logs Windows NT usr openv logs UNIX To enable logging create a vopied directory in the path directory before starting vopied For example install_path NetBackup logs vopied severity mask Specifies the type of messages to be logged mask is the sum of zero or more of these values 1 Unknown 2 Debug 4 Information 8 Warning 16 Error 32 Critical The...

Page 445: ...etBackup Commands 415 vopied A NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 446: ...on method on the local system Typically vopie_util is used to synchronize the vopie key files between two systems OPTIONS log_dir path Specifies the directory where the vopie_util log directory resides The default is install_path NetBackup logs Windows NT usr openv logs UNIX To enable logging create a vopie_util directory in the path directory before starting vopie_util For example C VERITAS NetBa...

Page 447: ...during authentication If the sequence seed and hash options described below are not specified the hashed key file data matches any secret key unhashed Updates the unhashed secret key file A secret key is randomly generated and written to the unhashed key file The unhashed file contains the responses that the system returns when challenged by another system The corresponding hashed key file data is...

Page 448: ...ed unhashed blue The public key hashed file information for red is displayed red 0167 jp0167 0aa47eae2d86231d This information can be ignored in this example b Create a public key file on red that will match any secret key on blue vopie_util local_name red hashed blue 2 On system blue a Create a secret key file on blue by executing vopie_util local_name blue unhashed red The public key hashed file...

Page 449: ...y executing the following all on one line vopie_util local_name yellow hashed green 0209 fz9365 f852019bde05e92f b Create a secret key file on yellow by executing vopie_util local_name yellow unhashed green The public key hashed file information for yellow is displayed yellow 0468 yq0860 82723984b43bf474 green uses this key when it issues challenges 3 On system green create a public key file on gr...

Page 450: ...420 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server A vopie_util NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 451: ...ackup Automatic Backup Scheduling Factors Affecting Backup Time Determining NetBackup Transfer Rate Guidelines for Setting Retention Periods Guidelines for Setting Backup Frequency Incremental Backups Determining Backup Media Requirements Media Management Concepts NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 452: ...t up correctly in DNS WINS or the local Systemroot system32 drivers etc hosts file if necessary Note Sometimes placing the system host name and IP address in the Systemroot system32 drivers etc hosts file accelerates name lookups Qualifying Host Names A major consideration when configuring host names is the extent to which you qualify them In many cases using a computer s short host name is adequa...

Page 453: ...e client s configured name If you add a client to more than one class always use the same configured name in all cases Otherwise the client cannot view all files backed up on its behalf and file restores are complicated because both user and administrator action is required to restore from some of the backups Image Catalog A subdirectory in the image catalog is created for a client when a backup i...

Page 454: ...ster server to make a connection to the slave How to Update NetBackup After Host Name Changes Note Do not change the host name of either a master or slave server This practice is not recommended because it can be necessary to import all previously used media to the server before you can use it under the new host name Follow these steps to update the NetBackup configuration if a client s host name ...

Page 455: ...er to force the desired translation of NetBackup client host names Each line in the host xlate file has three elements a numeric key and two hostnames Each line is left justified and each element of the line is separated by a space character key hostname_from_ client client_as_known_by_server Where key is a numeric value used by NetBackup to specify the cases where translation is to be done Curren...

Page 456: ...ration as danr eng aaa com and this name is also known to network services on the master server Automatic Backup Scheduling The following topics explain how NetBackup determines the order in which automatic backups occur for each client This information is for reference only but will be useful in evaluating problems with your schedules Building the Worklist Queue When the backup window opens for a...

Page 457: ...ckups for this schedule while the window is open do not start a backup after the window closes but do not terminate a backup that is in progress when the window NOTES If more than one schedule for this class is due for a client the backups from the schedule that is backed up least often are the ones added Given equal frequencies a full backup schedule takes precedence over an incremental backup sc...

Page 458: ...ass but their schedules have different retention periods Also assume that the Ant job is the most overdue However a tape is mounted that has the same retention level as Beetle Here the Beetle job runs first because it can be stored on a tape that is already mounted thus making the most efficient use of resources If there is another drive of the correct type available a tape will be mounted on that...

Page 459: ...e to back up files can also give you an indication of how long it takes to recover them The following formula shows the major factors that affect backup time Backup Total data x Compression Factor Device Delays Time Transfer rate optional Total data The amount of data you must back up depends on the size of the files for each client in the class you are backing up It also depends on whether it is ...

Page 460: ...ant factor Clients can process larger files faster than smaller ones You can back up 20 files that are 1 megabyte in size faster than 20 000 files that are 1 kilobyte in size Speed with which the server can process the data Like client speed server speed also varies with the hardware platform and depends on the other applications running on the platform The number of concurrent backups being perfo...

Page 461: ...ries report and calculate the time from the message begin writing backup id xxx to the message successfully wrote backup id xxx Then divide this time in seconds into the total bytes transferred as recorded in the All Log Entries report to calculate the transfer rate Total Transfer Rate This transfer rate includes the time for loading and positioning the media as well as the end of backup processin...

Page 462: ...38 Elapsed Time 001 27 32 Expiration Time 05 05 94 23 07 38 Compressed no Kilobytes 1161824 Number of Files 78210 Using the backup data from the example reports above you get the following three rates Network Transfer Rate 1161824 Kbytes at 230 325 Kbytes per second Network Transfer Plus End of Backup Processing Rate 23 10 30 00 35 07 01 24 30 5070 seconds 1161824 Kbytes 5070 229 157 Kbytes per se...

Page 463: ...ies with longer retention requirements in a separate class allows you to schedule longer retention times for them without keeping all the others for the longer time period Another consideration for data retention is off site storage of the backup media This protects against fires or other disasters that occur at the primary site Set the retention period to infinite for backups you must retain for ...

Page 464: ...ps increases restoration time because of the effort required to merge those incrementals when restoring files and directories When setting the frequency for full backups Choose longer times between full backups for files that seldom change This uses fewer system resources It also does not significantly increase recovery time because there should be smaller incremental backups Choose shorter times ...

Page 465: ... table compares the retention requirements for differential and cumulative incremental backups Type Retention Requirement Comments Differential longer It is necessary to have the last full backup and all the differential incrementals that have occurred since the last full backup in order to ensure that all files can be restored Therefore all the differentials must be kept until the next full backu...

Page 466: ...e differential incrementals occur more often Type Backup Time Restore Time Comments Differential Shorter Longer Less data in each backup but all differential incrementals since the last full backup are required for a restore This results in a longer restore time Cumulative Longer Shorter More data in each backup but only one cumulative incremental is required for a complete restore in addition to ...

Page 467: ...figure on the Actions menu and go to the General tab If the Perform Incrementals Based on Archive Bit box is checked incrementals for this client are based on the state of each file s archive bit The operating system sets the bit whenever a file is changed and it remains set until cleared by NetBackup The conditions under which NetBackup clears the bit depends on the type of backup being performed...

Page 468: ...kup If you install or copy files from another computer the new files retain the datetime stamp of the originals If the original date is before the last backup date on this computer then the new files are not be backed up until the next full backup Determining Backup Media Requirements To efficiently manage your backup environment you must know the amount of media that is required for both daily an...

Page 469: ...it contains fewer large backups The size of the tape marks vary depending on the media type A large number of small files will also have a higher percentage of overhead in the backup because each file requires an extra 512 bytes for catalog information on the tape or disk If you have many different volume pools ensure that enough media is defined in each one to accommodate the data Media Managemen...

Page 470: ...olume so it is available for reassignment at a future date Note Volumes for backups of the NetBackup catalogs are a special case and do not appear in the media catalog You must track the media IDs for these volumes separately so you can find them in case the media catalog is damaged They do appear however in the Media Manager volume catalog Media States The following media states apply to volumes ...

Page 471: ...the bpmedia command to manually freeze or unfreeze volumes When an active NetBackup volume is FROZEN Backups are still available for restores if they are expired you must import them first The volume is unavailable for future backups The volume never expires even when the retention period ends for all backups that are on the media This means that the media ID is never deleted from the NetBackup me...

Page 472: ...t find a mounted volume that satisfies the above conditions it checks its media catalog for any volume that is suitable 3 If the media catalog does not have a suitable volume NetBackup searches the volume catalog for one that meets all of the following criteria Is the correct media type Is for the correct robot type if applicable Is located in the requested robotic peripheral if applicable Resides...

Page 473: ...ive operations Media Selection Using Standalone Drive Extensions When the standalone drive extensions feature is enabled NetBackup tries to use whatever labeled or unlabeled media happens to be in a standalone drive This capability is enabled by default during installation The selection process is as follows 1 If a backup is requested and an appropriate standalone drive does not contain a volume N...

Page 474: ...specified the default prefix is A For example A00000 Media Manager adds the requested volume pool to the volume configuration if the backup class specifies a volume pool Disabling Standalone Drive Extensions You can disable the standalone drive extensions by adding the DISABLE_STANDALONE_DRIVE_EXTENSIONS option to the registry This causes NetBackup to use the same method to select media for standa...

Page 475: ..._UNLOAD in the install_path NetBackup Volmgr directory When NetBackup detects the presence of this file it prevents Media Manager from ejecting the tape after an operation completes The tape does eject if end of media EOM is reached It is possible for more than one standalone drive to be ready and contain suitable media If that occurs drive selection occurs in logical drive index number order For ...

Page 476: ...aders EH so the format nonmultiplexed backups is MH BH Image BH Image BH Image To append backup images to QIC media NetBackup positions to the end of data EOD and then starts the next backup For the multiplexed format see Multiplexing Format on page 447 Fragmented Backups For fragmented backups the media format is the same as described for QIC and non QIC tapes except that NetBackup breaks the bac...

Page 477: ...ed backups and the first fragment on the next tape begins with the buffer of data where the end of media occurred First tape MH BHn Image frag 1 Next tape MH BHn Image frag2 EH On the first tape NetBackup does not write an EH and terminates the tape with two tape marks Multiplexing Format The tape format for multiplexed backups is MH BH1 BHn Data Where MH is the Media Header 1024 bytes is a Tape M...

Page 478: ...ote Automatic labeling does not occur if the media was last used for NetBackup catalog backups It also does not occur if the media contains data from a recognized non NetBackup application and you are not using the NetBackup configuration option ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE In either of these instances you must label the media by using the bplabel command Mounting and Unmounting Media For robots Media Ma...

Page 479: ... device to DOWN A volume is also set to SUSPENDED if the write failure occurs in a is such that future positioning attempts will be unreliable Write failures are frequently caused by a tape device with dirty heads or deteriorating media If investigation shows that the suspend or down action was incorrect you can reverse it by 1 Using the bpmedia command to unsuspend the volume 2 Using the NetBacku...

Page 480: ...450 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server B NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 481: ...he table below Client Type Location of Setting To Prevent Server Directed Restores Microsoft Windows NT 98 or 95 General tab in NetBackup Configuration dialog box on the client click Configure on the Actions menu to display this dialog box Clear Allow server directed restores box UNIX usr openv netbackup bin bp conf Add DISALLOW_SERVER _ FILE_WRITES Macintosh NetBackup 3 1 Admin Configuration File...

Page 482: ...to the master server as administrator 2 Start the NetBackup Administration Program IBM OS 2 c veritas netbackup bp ini Delete Allow_Server_ Write Client Type Location of Setting To Prevent Server Directed Restores NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 483: ...up Client Window appears 4 Open a Restore window 5 Follow these instructions to set up an alternate client restore a Select Specify NetBackup Machines from the Restore menu NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 484: ... Restore Options dialog box appears b Select the server that you are using and click MAKE CURRENT In this example we select conan c Select the Source Clients tab NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 485: ...ect files for restore 7 Click Restore The Restore Marked Files dialog box appears 8 Follow these instructions to restore to an alternate path a In the Restore Marked Files dialog box select the Use alternate path check box b Enter the alternate restore path in the Restore to folder box The path in the Restore from folder box and the Restore to folder box must use the format required by the clients...

Page 486: ...v netbackup Macintosh Format Example folder folder NetBackup 3 1 Admin Configuration Files Dist Microsoft Windows NetWare Non Target Format Example NT 98 or 95 drive directory c Veritas NetBackup NetWare Target Format Example target volume data_path SYS MARGE veritas netbackup IBM OS 2 Format Example drive directory c veritas netbackup NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetB...

Page 487: ...57 C c Enter the path to which you want to restore the files on hawk 9 Click START RESTORE to start the restore NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 488: ...458 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server C NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 489: ... NetBackup Window How to Change Settings in the Properties Dialog Boxes Master Server Properties Dialog Box Media Server Properties Dialog Box Client Properties Dialog Box Also see NetBackup Properties on page 132 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 490: ...etBackup window allows administrators to set NetBackup properties on local and remote systems To display this window click Configure NetBackup on the Start menu in the NetBackup Administration window NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 491: ... properties appear in this dialo box Properties that do not appear include Bandwidth Busy File Failover Servers Include Exclude Client Database Retention Periods and Global Attributes Use the Properties Read Write command to change these properties Print Setup Displays a dialog box where you can enter specifications for printing the configuration properties for the servers or clients that are sele...

Page 492: ...dialog box where you can specify a client on which to edit the properties Media Server Displays a dialog box where you can specify a media server on which to edit the properties Copy Copies selected data to the clipboard Find Commands for finding items in the window Select All Selects all clients or servers in the pane that has the focus Rescan Host Retrieves the latest information from the select...

Page 493: ...h in the tree view the detail view shows all media servers for the master server Selecting one or more media servers in the detail view and clicking one of the Properties commands on the File menu displays a Media Server Properties dialog box where you can set the properties for the selected servers If you select the Clients branch in the tree view the detail view shows the list of clients for tha...

Page 494: ... For example the Customize command opens a dialog box with options for adding more toolbars or adding buttons to existing toolbars See the online help for more information on Customize and other commands on the View menu Note Note you can also access the server properties dialog boxes by selecting and right clicking on servers in the Storage Management window The client properties dialog box can b...

Page 495: ...ty unchanged If the property has only a check box Select the check box to set the property on all selected machines Clear the check box to clear the property on all selected machines Set the box to a gray check to leave the property unchanged At any time you can Cancel changes made since the last apply by clicking the Cancel button Apply your changes by clicking the Apply button This applies chang...

Page 496: ... menu and add shark to the Servers tab Master Server Properties Dialog Box General Tab The General tab defines general properties for NetBackup servers and clients The following topics explain the settings on this tab Server Sends Mail Specifies that the server send the mail to the address specified in the Administrator e mail address box This is useful if the client cannot send the mail Client Se...

Page 497: ...te large amounts of information Universal Settings Tab The Univeral Settings tab defines properties that apply to both servers and clients The following topics explain the settings on this tab File Browse Timeout Specifies the number of seconds for the client to wait for a response from the NetBackup master server when listing files If this time is exceeded the user receives a socket read failed e...

Page 498: ...e extension clients VERITAS suggests that you set the client read timeout to a value greater than 5 minutes A setting of 15 minutes has been found to be adequate for many installations For other clients leave it at the default unless problems are encountered Disallow Server File Writes Prevents the NetBackup server from creating or modifying files on the NetBackup client For example this prevents ...

Page 499: ...an change them if necessary The following topics explain the settings on this tab E mail Address for NetBackup Administrator Specifies the address 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 Specify the address of the NetBackup administrator The de...

Page 500: ...constraints the default is 1 Number of storage devices NetBackup can perform concurrent backups to separate storage units or to drives within a storage unit For example a single Media Manager storage unit supports as many concurrent backups as it has drives A disk storage unit is a directory on disk so the maximum number of jobs depends on system capabilities Server and client speed Tape Drive 1 T...

Page 501: ... and server loading however is still a factor Wakeup Interval Specifies how often in minutes the scheduler checks schedules for backups that are due Long wakeup intervals can cause the scheduler to start too late in a backup window to complete all the backups for a schedule The minimum setting is 1 minute The default is 10 minutes Schedule Backup Attempts Note This attribute does not apply to user...

Page 502: ...the requested media to be mounted positioned and ready on backups and restores Use this timeout to eliminate excessive waits when it is necessary to manually mount media for example when robotic media is out of the robot or off site The default value for Media Mount Timeout is 0 no timeout If you do not specify 0 the value must be 5 minutes or greater When restoring backups or archives that were w...

Page 503: ...in the install_path NetBackup db images directory and keeps it for the number of days specified by this global attribute Keeping the information on disk speeds up restores If a user requests a true image restore after the information has been deleted from disk NetBackup retrieves the required information from the media The only noticeable difference to the user is a slight increase in total restor...

Page 504: ... each level The list in the upper half of the dialog box shows the current definition for the 10 possible levels of retention 0 through 9 The Schedule Count column indicates how many schedules are using each level If you change the retention period for a level it affects all schedules that use that level The procedure for changing retention periods is as follows 1 Select the retention level that y...

Page 505: ...saved changes to the global attributes 6 To save your changes and update the configuration click one of the following Apply Saves changes and leaves the dialog box open so you can make further changes This also saves changes to the global attributes OK Saves changes since the last time you clicked Apply and closes the dialog box This also saves changes to the global attributes Note on Redefining R...

Page 506: ...ections of the list box on this tab and shows the NetBackup servers that the host recognizes Change the lists as follows To add a name to all lists see Add to All Lists on page 477 To delete a name from all lists see Remove From All lists on page 477 To change the master server in all lists see Select as Master server in All Lists on page 477 Right clicking when the pointer is in the Hosts Master ...

Page 507: ...rompts you for confirmation before making the deletion To select delete confirmation click Customize on the View menu in the Configuration NetBackup dialog box and go to the Preferences tab in the Customize dialog box Select as Master server in All Lists Specifies the master server for all machines in the Servers That Can Access These Machines Box To select the master server either type a name in ...

Page 508: ...etting Allow FlashBackup Specifies that FlashBackup classes are supported The NetBackup FlashBackup option must be installed to use this setting Allow Split Mirror Specifies that SplitMirror classes are supported The NetBackup for EMC option must be installed to use this setting Media Host Override Forces restores to go to a specific server regardless of where the files were backed up For example ...

Page 509: ...ck box Also see Server Independent Restores on page 221 From Specifies the media server that performed the original backup and to which a restore request will normally go To Specifies the media server to which the restore request is being forced to go GDM Tab The GDM properties tab defines the global data managers that can perform administration on the master servers that were selected when you op...

Page 510: ...ton Remove From All Lists Specifies names to remove from the lists To add a name either type it in the box or click the browse button and select one Use commas or spaces to separate names Then click the button Timeouts Tab The Timeout properties tab defines timeout settings The following topics explain the settings on this tab Client Connect Timeout Specifies the number of seconds that the server ...

Page 511: ...the browse starts with the earliest of the set of last full backups Disallow Client Browse and Restore Denies list and restore requests for all clients if List Restore on the Client Attributes tab is set to Not specified By default Disallow client browse and restore is not selected Also see List Restore on page 487 Disallow Client Restore Denies restore requests for all clients if List Restore on ...

Page 512: ...ckup format CPIO cpio format DBR a VERITAS backup format that is no longer used MTF1 Backup Exec TAR tar format To disable overwrite protection select the desired format For example select CPIO to permit NetBackup to overwrite the cpio format By default NetBackup does not overwrite any of the above formats on removable media and logs an error if an overwrite attempt occurs This format recognition ...

Page 513: ...retention levels on media It applies to media in both robotic and nonrobotic drives By default the check box is clear and each volume can contain backups of only a single retention level Disallow Backups Spanning Media Prevents backups from spanning media If the end of media is encountered and this option is present the media is set to FULL and the operation terminates abnormally applies to both r...

Page 514: ...NetBackup for Oracle When you specify this option the media unload is delayed for the specified number of seconds after the requested operation has completed This delay reduces unnecessary media unmounts and media positioning in cases where the media is requested again a short time later To change the delay select the check box and specify the new value in the text box The delay can range from 0 t...

Page 515: ...s Tab The Client Attributes tab permits you to change properties for the clients of the master server that was selected when you opened this dialog box The following topics explain the settings on this tab Client Database List Box Lists the clients that are in the client database on the master server that was selected when you opened this dialog box The client must be in this database before you c...

Page 516: ...obal attribute and Maximum Jobs Per Class class attribute settings as follows If Maximum Data Streams is 0 default the lowest value of Maximum Jobs Per Client and Maximum Jobs Per Class is the limiting factor If Maximum Data Streams is nonzero then NetBackup ignores Maximum Jobs Per Client and uses the lowest value of Maximum Data Streams and Maximum Jobs Per Class as the limiting factor Connect o...

Page 517: ...stores Selecting Disallow client restore changes the default to deny lists If you select both the Disallow client browse and restore and Disallow client restore NetBackup behaves as though only Disallow client browse and restore is selected See Disallow Client Browse and Restore and Disallow Client Restore on page 481 Free Browse Used with a corresponding setting on the client to specify whether u...

Page 518: ...leave the setting for this client at the default Allow 2 On the client change the setting to Use and give the selected users read access to the Use key To Deny Lists and Restores For All Users On a Client 1 On this tab change the setting for the client to Deny 2 On the client leave the setting at the default Allow Server Setting Client Setting List and Restore Automatic Backups Allow default Allow...

Page 519: ...the settings on this tab For more on bandwidth limiting see Bandwidth Limiting on page 154 Bandwidth Settings For These Machines Lists the clients in the range of IP addresses that were added From IP Address Specifies the beginning of the IP address range of the clients and networks to which the entry applies For example 10 1 1 2 To IP Address Specifies the end of the IP address range of the clien...

Page 520: ...n a restore is requested one of the servers is temporarily inaccessible In these instances inaccessible means that the connection between bprd on the master server and bptm on the media server through bpcd fails Possible reasons for the failure are Media server is down Media server is up but bpcd on the media server is not responding for example if the connection is refused or access is denied Med...

Page 521: ...for more than one other server Select Machine Selects the NetBackup server for which you want to provide failover protection If this server is inaccessible for a restore NetBackup uses one of those you have designated as alternate restore failover machines To specify a name either click the arrow and select from the list or click the browse button and select from Network Neighborhood Add to the Li...

Page 522: ...llo clients and specifies the maximum number of characters to allow on an rbak command By default the maximum number of characters is 9000 Change this value only if problems are encountered NFS Access Timeout Specifies the number of seconds that the backup process waits when processing the mount table before considering an NFS file system unavailable By default the timeout period is five seconds M...

Page 523: ...llowable value is zero There is no maximum allowable value Default is 3 days Any value less than 0 is set to 3 days Timeouts Tab This tab has NetBackup timeout properties for clients The following topics explain the settings on this tab User Directed Timeout Applies to Microsoft Windows clients and specifies the number of seconds that are allowed between the time that a user makes a backup or rest...

Page 524: ...r user backups of this client If you set this value to any default NetBackup uses the first user backup schedule in the first class that it finds with both the client name and a user backup schedule To specify a schedule select the check box and enter the name in the text field On UNIX clients BPBACKUP_SCHED in a user s HOME bp conf file takes precedence if it exists User Archives Class Specifies ...

Page 525: ...t match the name used by the class that is backing up the client The only exception is for an alternate client restore where the name must match that of the client whose files are being restored see Permitting Restores From Alternate Clients on page 274 The client name is initially set during installation If the value is not specified NetBackup uses the name set in the Network application in the c...

Page 526: ...t if the file is successfully backed up within the number of seconds indicated by Wait Time Before Clearing Archive Bits A cumulative incremental or user backup has no effect on the archive bit Clear this check box to have NetBackup include a file in an incremental backup only if the datetime stamp for the file has been changed since the last backup For a differential incremental backup NetBackup ...

Page 527: ...de List Applies to Microsoft Windows clients and makes the exclude and include lists case sensitive Using case sensitive include and exclude lists can improve performance Clear the check box to make the lists not case sensitive default Case sensitive means that when comparing the contents of the exclude and include file to the files that are being backed up a match occurs only when the capitalizat...

Page 528: ...us protection software that is already installed on the system Other anti virus software can slow down NetBackup s virus scanning process It can also cause unnecessary alerts or unexpected warning messages New viruses constantly appear so it is important to keep the protection signature files up to date VERITAS recommends that you down load these files every 30 days The procedure is as follows 1 S...

Page 529: ...ded because a restore can then propagate the virus to other systems unless Perform Virus Scan is selected for restores The activity log is updated with the infected file name and its associated virus name Restore Perform Virus Scan Perform virus scanning and detect infected files By default infected files are neither cleaned nor restored The activity log on the client is updated with the total num...

Page 530: ...hronized after a restore and the application will not work With Open File Manager all files are backed up as they exist at a single point in time so relationships are maintained and these problems cannot occur The following summarizes the sequence of events during a backup with Open Transaction Management 1 Before the backup begins Open Transaction Manager waits for a quiet period to occur when no...

Page 531: ...tarted If the data has changed it is read from the cache If the data is unchanged it is read directly from the disk If the request is from an application other than NetBackup the data is read directly from disk in all instances because the snapshot is not required The following topics explain the settings on this tab Enable OTM during backups Enables open transaction management Cache File Specifie...

Page 532: ...occur If this time expires the backup proceeds but without open transaction management The default is 60 seconds Individual Drive Snapshots Specifies that Open Transaction Manager take a snapshot of each drive and back it up before proceeding to the next drive For example assume that drives C and D are being backed up Here Open Transaction Manager 1 Takes a snapshot of drive C backs it up and disc...

Page 533: ...lient has four drives C D E and F The class file list contains directives that split the client backup into two streams each of which is an independent backup Drives C and D are in one backup and drives E and F are in the other backup The server attempts to start both backups at the same time If Individual drive snapshots or Global drive snapshots are selected the following occurs 1 The drive C an...

Page 534: ...xclude lists on Microsoft Windows clients An exclude list names files and folders that you want to exclude from automatic backups The Files Directories box shows the lists for clients that were selected when you opened the dialog box If multiple clients were selected a scroll bar is present at the bottom of the list box Move the bar to display the list for the desired client you can modify only on...

Page 535: ...t applies To display lists that already exist for specific classes click in the box and select the class name Delete Class Deletes all lists for the specified class Schedule Specifies the schedule if any to which the list applies To display existing lists for schedules click in the box and select from the list Files and Directories Shows the lists on the clients that were selected when you opened ...

Page 536: ...List Item Deletes the selected item from the list 1 Select the item in the list 2 Click Delete List Item Include Tab The Include tab allows you to create and modify the include lists on Microsoft Windows An include list adds back in files or folders that were excluded by the exclude list This is useful for example if you want to exclude all files in a directory but one The Files Directories box sh...

Page 537: ...include lists when adding the targets see the NetBackup user s guide for the client NetWare NonTarget Macintosh and OS 2 clients do not support exclude and include lists Files and Directories Shows the include lists on the clients that were selected when you opened this dialog box If multiple clients were selected move the scroll bar at the bottom of the box to show the list for the desired client...

Page 538: ... Item to add files and directories to this list 4 Click OK If you are modifying an exclude or include list for an existing class and schedule click the class box and select the class Then click the schedule box and select the schedule The list for that combination appears in the Files Directories box Which List is Used If there is More Than One If there is more than one exclude or include list for...

Page 539: ...abc fun ny name In the exclude list precede them with a backslash as in C abc fun ny name Note A backslash acts as an escape character only when it precedes a special or wildcard character as in the above example This means that NetBackup normally interprets a backslash literally and it is a legal character to use in pathnames Spaces are considered legal characters Do not include extra spaces unle...

Page 540: ...ing syntax rules apply only to UNIX clients Do not use patterns with links in the names For example assume home is a link to usr home and home doc is in the exclude list The file is still backed up in this case because the actual directory path usr home doc does not match the exclude list entry home doc Blank lines or lines beginning with a pound sign are ignored Example of an Exclude List for a W...

Page 541: ...s to Microsoft Windows clients and specifies the port that the NetBackup client uses to communicate with the NetBackup server The default is 13782 Note If you change this port number remember that it must be the same for all NetBackup servers and clients that communicate with one another NetBackup Request Service Port BPRD Applies to Microsoft Windows clients and specifies the port for the client ...

Page 542: ...ackup client For example if the archive bits cannot be reset on some files this setting limits the number of times the message appears in the logs on the server By default there is no limit Troubleshooting General Level Applies to Microsoft Windows clients and controls the amount of information that NetBackup writes to the BPCD logs Supported values are 0 1 or 2 The higher the level the more infor...

Page 543: ...Backup master server Do not change the setting or create it manually unless it has been accidentally deleted If it is necessary to change this setting select the check box and click the desired button Denied Specifies that the client does not permit encrypted backups If the server requests an encrypted backup it is an error This option is the default for a client that has not been configured for e...

Page 544: ... been accidentally deleted The default value is On Windows NT 98 and 95 systems install_path NetBackup bin keyfile dat Where install_path is the folder where NetBackup is installed and by default is C VERITAS On UNIX systems usr openv netbackup keyfile On Macintosh systems System Folder Preferences NetBackup keyfile If it is necessary to change the setting select the check box and specify the new ...

Page 545: ...ensions are already in a compressed format and does not attempt to compress them The following topics explain the settings on this tab Hosts Shows the NetBackup servers that were selected when the dialog box was opened Endings Shows the extensions that cannot be compressed on the clients that were selected when you opened this dialog box Add to the Lists Specifies file extensions to add Files with...

Page 546: ...are and administration scripts that examine a file s access time DO NOT use this setting if you are using Storage Migrator on the disk because it causes the atime for files to be updated every time they are backed up This makes it appear as if the files are frequently used and stops Storage Migrator from selecting them for migration Megabytes of Memory Specifies how much memory is available to use...

Page 547: ...ently have mandatory locking set by another process and will also log a message to this effect Wait is the default setting Busy Files Tab The Busy Files properties tab has settings that determine what occurs when NetBackup encounters a busy file during a backup of a UNIX client except Apollo clients The following topics explain the settings Host Shows the host that has this configuration Process B...

Page 548: ...action is set to Send e mail By default the mail recipient is the administrator On a UNIX client the value in the user s HOME bp conf file takes precedence if it exists Retry Count Specifies the number of times to attempt the backup The default retry count is 1 Action Taken on Busy File Directs the action that NetBackup performs on busy files when busy file processing is enabled by selecting Proce...

Page 549: ...busy file A repeat count can be specified to control the number of backup attempts The default repeat count is 1 Ignore Directs NetBackup to not include the file in busy file processing NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 550: ...520 NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Windows NT Server D NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

Page 551: ... install configure and manage the operation of a system network or application administration client A Windows NT NetBackup client that has the administration interface software installed and can be used to administer NetBackup servers alternate client restore Restores files to a different client than the one from which they were backed up alternate target restore On a Novell NetWare server platfo...

Page 552: ...opying and saving files and directories to storage media For example the backup is complete This term can also refer to the collection of data that NetBackup saves for a client during a backup or archive For example duplicate the backup also see image Backup is two words when used as a verb For example back up the file backup archive and restore interface The name of the NetBackup Microsoft Window...

Page 553: ...n status errors and the files and directories in the stored backup images CDF Context dependent file which is a type of directory structure on a Hewlett Packard system class Defines the backup policy for a group of one or more clients that have similar backup requirements client The system with the files to back up archive or restore client user interface The program used to perform user backups a...

Page 554: ... Media Manager databases contain configuration information on the robots devices and volumes that are under control of Media Manager debug logs See activity logs device delays Delays caused by the device that are beyond the control of the storage application An example is the time required to position tape under the read and write heads device monitor A Media Manager administration utility that pr...

Page 555: ...ditional security by encrypting backup data on the client This capability is available only with the NetBackup Encryption option exclude list A list that designates files or directories to exclude from automatic backups expiration image The date and time when NetBackup stops tracking a backup image EVSN External volume serial number This is an identifier written on a media cartridge or canister so...

Page 556: ...tion attributes that affect all classes Global Data Manager A separately priced option that provides an interface with a tree view where you can select master servers to administer The server where the option is installed is called a Master of Masters GNU tar A public domain version of the UNIX tar program goodies directory A directory containing programs scripts and other files that are not forma...

Page 557: ...backup and differential incremental backup inode A UNIX data structure that defines the existence of a single file install_path Directory where NetBackup and Media Manager software is installed The default on Windows NT is C VERITAS and on UNIX it is usr openv jbpSA A Java based interface for performing user backups archives and restores jnbSA A Java based interface for administration of NetBackup...

Page 558: ...ded with UNIX computer systems and applications Master of Masters A NetBackup server that has an interface with a tree view where you can select master servers to administer The Master of Masters requires the Global Data Manager option master server NetBackup server that provides administration and control for backups and restores of client data media Physical magnetic tapes optical disks or magne...

Page 559: ...ice that runs on clients and servers and listens for connections from NetBackup servers and clients in the network When a connection is made this service starts the necessary programs NetBackup configuration options On UNIX servers and on UNIX and Macintosh clients these settings are made in the bp conf file On NetWare target and OS 2 clients they are in the bp ini file On Windows NT servers and M...

Page 560: ...arts the scheduler and receives requests from clients NetBackup Volume Manager service The NetBackup Windows NT service that runs on a master or slave server and finds requested volumes The process is vmd NIS Network information service NFS Network file system nonrobotic See standalone ODL Optical disk library OSF and Motif A set of specifications for user interface design partitions The logical p...

Page 561: ...Backup records events that occur during user operations QIC Quarter inch cartridge tape queued job A job that has been added to the list of jobs to be performed raw partition backup Bit by bit backup of a partition of a disk drive on UNIX On Windows NT this is called a disk image backup rbak The program that DomainOS clients use to read data from tape during a restore registry A Microsoft Windows ...

Page 562: ...estore operations server directed restore Using the client interface on the master server to restore files to any client Only the administrator can perform this operation server independent restore Restoring files by using a NetBackup server other than the one that was used to write the backup server list The list of servers that a NetBackup client or server refers to when establishing or verifyin...

Page 563: ...ce where NetBackup or Storage Migrator stores files It can be a robot or consist of one or more single tape drives that connect to the same host SUSPENDED media state If a volume is SUSPENDED NetBackup can restore from it but cannot use it for backups NetBackup retains a record of the Media ID until the last backup image on the volume expires symbolic link On a UNIX system this is a pointer to the...

Page 564: ...4MM A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the NetBackup release notes TL8 Tape Library 8MM A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the NetBackup release notes TIR See true image restore tpconfig A Media Manager administration utility for configuring ...

Page 565: ... configured within Media Manager to be used by a single application and are protected from access by other applications and users wakeup interval The time interval at which NetBackup checks for backups that are due wbak The program that DomainOS clients use to write data on tape wildcard characters A character that can be used to represent other characters in searches WORM media Write once read ma...

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Page 567: ...196 Administrator definition xxvii Administrator defined streaming mode 95 AFS class type 59 All log entries report 277 ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES file list directive 99 Allow block level incrementals 478 Allow flashbackup 478 Allow media overwrite 482 Allow multiple data streams file list directives 94 set class attribute 70 tuning 72 when to use 71 Allow multiple retentions per media 483 Allow NDMP 478 Al...

Page 568: ...ifying 108 backup_exit_notify script 199 backup_notify script 199 Backups overview 3 across mount points 69 activating class 65 automatic introduction to 1 backup status report 273 backup_exit_notify script 199 backup_notify script 199 balancing load 219 best times for user directed 121 bpend_notify script NT 98 95 client 202 bpstart_notify script NT 98 95 client 200 catalogs NetBackup 176 definit...

Page 569: ... files operator e mail address 518 Busy files retry count 518 C Case sensitive exclude list 497 Catalog backup automatic 176 backup server 180 delay to compress 473 disk path 182 file paths adding 184 NT master 185 slave server 185 last media used 180 manual backup 186 media ID 181 media type 180 overview 176 precautions 178 recovery 178 setting media density 182 setting schedules 182 space requir...

Page 570: ...roperty setting 495 Client properties 134 Client Read Timeout 468 Client sends mail 466 Client user definition xxvii Client NetBackup definition 523 user interface 523 Clients NetBackup definition 2 adding to class 74 choosing class type 58 deleting from class 126 exclude list 100 host names changing 424 setting 75 maximum jobs 470 moving image catalog 190 software 2 using for administration 196 C...

Page 571: ...panning media 483 Disallow client browse and restore 481 Disallow client restore 481 Disallow server file writes 468 Disaster recovery 178 Disk overhead for catalogs 439 diskfull_notify script 206 Disk image backup definition 525 specifying 85 DLT definition 525 DNS see Domain Name Service Do not reset file access time 516 Domain Name Service hostnames 425 Done job 253 Drive standalone see Standal...

Page 572: ...rmat 446 Free browse 487 freeze media 441 Frequency see Backup frequency Frozen media state definition 441 unfreezing 441 Full media state 440 G GDM Global Data Manager properties 479 Global attributes for NetBackup 469 Gravity stacker 445 H Hashed file 165 Hide administration toolbar 10 Host names changing client name 424 changing server name 424 client peername 423 correct use 422 short 423 host...

Page 573: ... script 469 Manual backups class 194 NetBackup catalogs 186 Master server see Server NetBackup Master server properties 132 Maximum concurrent jobs disk storage unit 29 Maximum data streams for client 486 Maximum error messages for server 512 Maximum fragment size disk storage unit 29 media manager storage unit 25 Maximum jobs per class setting 62 Maximum jobs per client specifying 470 Maximum phy...

Page 574: ...r client 139 overhead 447 schedule max per drive 137 set for schedule 107 storage unit max per drive 136 tape format 447 when to use 135 N Names see Host names names_allow txt file 162 names_deny txt file 163 nbmail cmd script 469 NDMP class type 58 storage units 13 NetBackup administration window 7 NetBackup catalogs see Catalog backup NetBackup Client service 194 definition 529 overview 194 NetB...

Page 575: ...orm default search 497 Performance measuring see Transfer rate reducing search time 217 Permission change NetBackup properties 466 user directed restore 451 Planning classes 38 storage units 18 user schedules 121 worksheet 44 Power down NetBackup servers 191 Prelabeling media 444 Preprocess interval 97 Primary copy changing 233 definition 228 Print job information 256 report 272 Priority for a cla...

Page 576: ...s clients 87 restore_notify script 207 server directed 451 server independent 221 setting client permissions 487 to alternate clients 210 Retention level see Retention period Retention period caution for setting 122 definition 532 for automatic schedules 104 guidelines for setting 433 mixing on media 105 precautions for setting 105 redefining 474 user schedule 122 Retry backups 471 restores 467 Re...

Page 577: ...r monitoring 252 select for reports 270 slave 2 141 software 2 Services monitoring 260 NetBackup Catalog Manager 193 NetBackup Client 194 NetBackup Device Manager 193 NetBackup Request Manager 193 NetBackup Volume Manager 194 overview 192 Session NetBackup 532 session_notify script 208 session_start_notify script 208 Shortcut menus 9 Slave connect timeout 480 Slave server see Server NetBackup Sour...

Page 578: ...lient connect 480 client read 468 slave_connect 480 Timeout overlap 496 Toolbars NetBackup Administration 9 viewing and customizing 16 tpconfig definition 534 Transfer rate 277 430 Tries backup 471 Troubleshooting general level setting 512 Troubleshooting TCP level setting 512 True image restore configuration 65 definition 534 move detection 66 time to keep information 473 Type of backup 103 U Unf...

Page 579: ...ait time to clear archive bit 496 Wakeup Interval specifying 471 Wildcard characters escaping 509 in exclude lists 509 mac clients 91 windows NT 98 95 clients 85 Working directory for busy files 518 Worklist prioritizing 428 Worksheet planning 44 WORM media definition 535 NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT NetBackup 3 2 System Administrator s Guide for Windows NT ...

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