Netbackup Cheat Sheet

Master Server Daemons/Processes

Request daemon	bprd
Scheduler	bpsched (started with bprd)
Netbackup database manager	bpdbm (started with bpsched)
Job Monitor	bpjobd (started with bpdbm)

Media Server Daemons/Processes

Communications daemon	bpcd
Backup and restore manager	bpbrm (started with bpcd)
Tape Manager	bptm (started with bpbrm)
Disk Manager	bpdm (started with bpbrm)
Media Manager	ltid
Bar code reader	avrd (started with ltid)
Remote device management/ controls volume database	vmd (started with ltid)
Roboticdaemon (one on each media server) talks to tldcd	tldd (started with ltid)
Robotic control daemon talks to the robot directl via scsi	tldcd (started with ltid)

Catalogs

Master Server
Information about backed-up files	image - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Storage Unit, Global Configuration, Catalog backup configuration.	config - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Backup Policy information	class - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Job status information	jobs - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Netbackup logs with error and status information	error - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Information on volumes, volume pools, scratch pool and volume groups	volume - /opt/openv/volmgr/database
Media Server
Tracks assigned volumes (media that has data them)	media - /opt/openv/netbackup/db
Information about devices managed by the media server	device - /opt/openv/volmgr/database

Log and Information Files

Netbackup and Patch versions	/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/version
Media Version	/opt/openv/volmgr/version
Patch Level history	/opt/openv/netbackup/patch/patch.history
Buffer size	/opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS
Number of buffers	/opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS
Network Buffer Size	/opt/openv/netbackup/NET_BUFFER_SZ (default = 32)
Java GUI authorisation	/opt/openv/java/auth.conf
Catalog type (binary or ASCII)	/opt/openv/netbackup/db/config/cat_format.cfg
Netbackup and media manager parameter files	/opt/openv/netbackup/bp.conf /opt/openv/volmgr/vm.conf
Corrupt Database image files (5.0 and above)	/opt/openv/netbackup/db.corrupt

Server Commands

Check license details	/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key
Start Netbackup	netbackup start /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd (master) /opt/openv/volmgr/bin/vmd (media)
Stop Netbackup (does not disconnect GUI sessions)	netbackup stop /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprdreq -terminate (master) /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm -terminate (master)
Stop Netbackup and kill all GUI sessions	/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill_all
Start the GUI	/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA
Scan for tape devices	sgscan (solaris) ioscan (HPUX)
Display all Netbackup processes	bpps -a
lists servers errors	bperror -U -problems -hoursago bperror -U -backstat -by_statcode -hoursago
display information on a error code	bperror -statuscode [-recommendation]
Reread bp.conf file without stopping Netbackup	bprdreq -rereadconfig
Check database consistency	bpdbm -consistency 1 bpdbm -consistency 2 Check for the below lines: Bad image header Does not exist
Netbackup Recovery
Device catalog is intact	bprecover -l -m -d dlt (listing) bprecover -r -m -d dlt (recovering)
Device catalog is gone or corrupted	bprecover -l -tpath (listing) bprecover -r -tpath (recovering)
Disk backups	bprecover -l -dpath (listing) bprecover -r -dpath (recovering)

Volume Commands

Tape Drive and Inventory Commands
List drive status, detail drive info and pending requests	vmoprcmd
List the tape drive status	vmoprcmd -d ds
List the pending requests	vmoprcmd -d pr
Control a tape device	vmoprcmd [-reset][-up][-down]
List all changes in the robot(but do not update)	vmupdate -recommend -rt tld -rn 0 vmcheckxxx -rt tld -rn 0 -recommend
Empty the robot and re-inventory (using barcodes)	vmupdate -rt tld -rn -rh -vh -nostderr -use_barcode_rules -use_seed -empty_ie
Tape Media Commands
List all pools	vmpool -listall -bx
List tapes in pool	vmquery -pn -bx
List all tapes in the robot	vmquery -rn 0 -bx |grep 'TLD' | sort +4
List cleaning tapes	vmquery -mt dlt_clean -bx
List tape volume details	vmquery -m
Delete a volume from the catalog	vmdelete -m
Change a tapes expiry date	vmchange -exp 12/31/06 23:59:58 -m
Change a tape's media pool	vmchange -p -m

 Media commands

List the storage units	bpstulist -U
Freeze or unfreeze media	bpmedia [-freeze][-unfreeze] -ev
List media details	bpmedialist -ev
List media contents	bpmedialist -U mcontents -m
List backup Image Information	bpimagelist -backupid
Expire client images	bpimage -cleanup -allclients
Expire a tape	bpexpdate -d 0 -ev -force
List all netbackups jobs	bpdbjobs -report [-hoursago]
Move media from one media server to another	bpmedia -movedb -newserver -oldserver

Tape/Robot commands

List tape drives	tpconfig -d
List cleaning times on drives	tpclean -L
clean a drive	tpclean -C
change a drives cleaning frequency	tpclean -F
set a drives cleaning time to zero	tpclean -M
Move tapes within robot using robtest	robtest commands that can be used are as follows: s s (show slots) s d (show drives) s i (show load port) m s250 d5 (move tape from slot 250 into drive 5) uload d5 (unload tape from drive 5) m d5 s250 (move tape from drive 5 to slot 250) m s250 i1 (mov tape from slot 250 to load port 1)
List load port tapes	echo "s i q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
List all slot contents	echo "s s q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
List tape drive contents	echo "s d q" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
Move a tape in s100 to drive 1	echo "m s100 d1" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0
Move a tape to load port 1	echo "m s100 i1" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t4l0

Archiving Commands

list archive info	bpcatlist -client all -before Jul 01 2006 bpcatlist -client all -before Aug 01 2006
archive and remove images	bpcatlist -before Jul 01 2006 | bpcatarc | bpcatrm
restore archive files	bpcatlist -before Jul 01 2006 | bpcatres

Client commands

test client connectivity

bpclntcmd [-ip ] bpclntcmd [-hn ] bpclntcmd [-pn] bpclntcmd [-sv]

NetBackup Tutorial: Steps to verify device configuration using "robtest"

NetBackup Tutorial: Steps to verify device configuration using "robtest"

The process to absolutely verify that the drive path mapping is correct on all of the media servers is a bit time consuming, but will ensure that everything is correct. 

Step 1 
Please note that this test cannot be run while VERITAS NetBackup (tm) is attempting backups, restores, duplicates, or any other actions that involve the robot and drives. 

Step 2 
Acquire the output of " /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpconfig -d " from each of the media servers. This is the drive configuration within NetBackup for each server. 

Netbackup (CLI) Important Commands (Useful Commands) and Explanations

Being a NetBackup backup administrator we should know minimum commands to manage our regular tasks with a simple CLI commands, here I listed few which should know by every NetBackup administrator.

Master Server

1) Check the license details
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key

2) Stop and Start the netabackup services

WINDOWS:

Stop the NetBackup Services. 

\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpdown /f /v

start the NetBackup Services.

\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpup /f /v

UNIX:
i) /etc/init.d/netbackup stop (start)       —>  graceful stop and start
ii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all    —> Stop backup including GUI sessions, ungraceful
iii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all —> Start the backup                   

iv) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd      —> starts the master server
v) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vmd           —> starts the media server
vi) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA        —> Starts the GUI sessions

15 Must Know Windows Run Commands - Updated

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We will show up you 15 awesome Run commands that’d helps you to bypass a series of clicks, thereby making things faster in your daily usage of Windows.

Upgrade from Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller to Windows Server 2008

Introduction

I have been using Windows Server 2003 for years and I believe its time to shift and try using Windows Server 2008, I have downloaded RC0 and decided to Upgrade my Domain Controller, which is also a DNS & DHCP Server to Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition RC0. In this article, I will show you step by step how to perform an in-place upgrade for a Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 To Windows Server 2008 RC0

Note: This article was written when Windows Server 2008 was still RC0. Changes might occur later once the product is RTM'd Upgrade Steps

1. On you Windows Server 2003 DC, insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD, and then open command prompt and run the following commands, make sure first to browse to the adprep directory inside the Windows 008 DVD , in my case case, the F drive is the DVD Drive letter, so to browse to the adprep directory I would write the following inside cmd:cd f:\sources\adprerp
   
   
   adprep/ forestprep

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Useful VMware Commands

Restart management services:	Service mgmt-vmware restart
Find DNS servers:	Cat /etc/resolv.conf
Check ESX version:	esxupdate query
Restart vmware management:	service vmware-vpxa restart service mgmt- vmware restart
vdf –h	view partion info (disk space etc)
ls –larth	list files in a directory in by GB, MB (easy to see file sizes)
ls –larth *delta*	as above but only show files with “delta” in the name
List registered VMs:	vmware-cmd –l (gives machine id)
Check if VM powered on (e.g.):	vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/4a006885-0aed81dd-0cdc-002219b72e1d/Exchange01/Exchange01.vmx getstate
Check if VM powered on (e.g.):	Type ifconfig to check the current IP address. esxcfg-vswif -i x.x.x.x vswif0 Example esxcfg-vswif -i 10.0.1.3 vswif0
Check jumbo frames are working	Vmkping –s 9000
ifconfig	Display IP information

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