Veritas NetBackup™ for MariaDB Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    1.  
      About NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    2.  
      Features of NetBackup for MariaDB
    3.  
      The NetBackup for MariaDB Agent package
    4.  
      About the NetBackup for MariaDB Agent license
    5.  
      NetBackup for MariaDB documentation
  2. Installing the NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    1.  
      Planning the Installation of NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    2.  
      Verifying the operating systems and the platforms
    3.  
      Installing prerequisites for NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    4.  
      Post-installation requirements for NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    5.  
      Describing the NetBackup for MariaDB Agent package
    6.  
      Installing NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
    7.  
      Authenticating the password
    8.  
      Uninstalling the NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
  3. Configuring the NetBackup for MariaDB
    1.  
      The nbmariadb.conf configuration file
    2.  
      Configuring NetBackup for MariaDB backups with DataStore policies
  4. The NetBackup for MariaDB backups and restores
    1.  
      About MariaDB backups
    2.  
      Performing MariaDB backups
    3.  
      Validating the backup information
    4.  
      Querying the backups
    5.  
      Deleting backup information from the NetBackup catalog files
    6.  
      About restoring MariaDB backups
    7.  
      Performing the restores for MariaDB databases
    8.  
      Redirected restores
    9.  
      Disaster recovery
  5. Troubleshooting for NetBackup for MariaDB
    1.  
      Troubleshooting errors when using NetBackup for MariaDB
  6. Appendix A. About NetBackup for MariaDB commands and conventions
    1.  
      About NetBackup for MariaDB commands
    2.  
      About NetBackup for MariaDB command conventions
  7. Appendix B. The NetBackup for MariaDB commands
    1.  
      nbmariadb -o backup
    2.  
      nbmariadb -o restore
    3.  
      nbmariadb -o query
    4.  
      nbmariadb -o delete

About NetBackup for MariaDB commands

This section describes the commands, options, and parameters that are available to run the nbmariadb operations. Each command contains a brief description, required parameters, and optional parameters for the respective operations. The NetBackup for MariaDB supports only those commands, options, and parameters that are mentioned in this document.

Observe for the following:

  • You must provide the parameters in the nbmariadb.conf file or on the nbmariadbcommand line.

  • The parameter values that you provide on the command line takes precedence over the nbmariadb.conf file.

  • Specify the operation type -o on the nbmariadb command line.

  • Specify the parameters and options for the respective operation on the nbmariadb command line or in the nbmariadb.conf file.

    The parameters on the command line takes precedence over the nbmariadb.conf file.

The NetBackup for MariaDB command options

Table: The nbmariadb command options

Options

Description

-C

Configures the NetBackup client name for redirected restores.

-h

Displays the Help usage, when it is the only option on the nbmariadb command line.

-id

Configures the specified backup using the backup image name.

-l

Configures the MariaDB library path.

-o

Configures the operation type (backup, restore, query, and delete).

-P

Configures the DataStore policy.

-portnum

Configures the database server port number that identifies the MariaDB instance on which the backup or restore is performed.

-s

Configures the NetBackup schedule.

-S

Configures the NetBackup master server.

-t

Configures the target directory to restore the data.

-u

Configures the database user name.

-z

Configures the LVM snapshot size.