Veritas NetBackup™ for MySQL Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1)

Name

nbmysql -o backup — runs the backup from the NetBackup client.

SYNOPSIS

nbmysql -o backup

-S master_server_name

-P policy_name

-s schedule_name

(Linux) -l mysql_library_path

(LVM) -z snapshot_size

[-p database_server_port]

[-u database_server_user]

Description

This command invokes the backup operation from the NetBackup client using the NetBackup DataStore policy name and the schedule type. The parameter -S, -s and -P are required parameters for Windows. The parameters -l and (LVM) -z are required parameters for Linux. The -p and -u are the optional parameters.

On Linux systems, the directory path is /usr/NBMySQLAgent/

On Windows, the directory path is install_path\NBMySQLAgent\

Options

-l

(Linux) Configures the MySQL library directory.

-p

Configures the database port number that identifies the MySQL instance on which the backup is performed.

-P

Configures the NetBackup DataStore policy name.

-S

Configures the NetBackup server name.

-s

Specifies the schedule name that you have configured for the DataStore policy.

-u

Configures the database user name.

-z

(LVM backups) Specifies the LVM snapshot size.