Veritas NetBackup™ for PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for PostgreSQL
    1.  
      About NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    2.  
      Features supported by NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    3.  
      The NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent package
    4.  
      About the License for NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
  2. Installing the NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    2.  
      Verifying the operating systems and platforms
    3.  
      Installing prerequisites for NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    4.  
      Post-installation requirements for NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    5.  
      Describing the NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent package
    6.  
      Installing the NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
    7.  
      Authenticating the password
    8.  
      Uninstalling the NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
  3. Configuring NetBackup for PostgreSQL
    1.  
      The nbpgsql.conf configuration file
    2.  
      Configuring PostgreSQL backups with DataStore policies
  4. NetBackup for PostgreSQL backup and restore
    1. About PostgreSQL backups
      1.  
        The postgresql.conf configuration file
    2.  
      Performing PostgreSQL backups
    3.  
      Validating the PostgreSQL backups
    4.  
      Querying the PostgreSQL backups
    5.  
      Deleting backup information from the NetBackup catalog files
    6.  
      About PostgreSQL restore
    7.  
      Performing the PostgreSQL restores
    8.  
      Redirected restores
    9.  
      Recovering the restores
    10.  
      Disaster recovery
  5. Troubleshooting for PostgreSQL
    1.  
      Troubleshooting errors when using NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
  6. Appendix A. NetBackup for PostgreSQL commands and conventions
    1.  
      About NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent commands
    2.  
      NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent command conventions
  7. Appendix B. NetBackup for PostgreSQL commands
    1.  
      nbpgsql -o backup
    2.  
      nbpgsql -o restore
    3.  
      nbpgsql -o query
    4.  
      nbpgsql -o delete

Name

nbpgsql -o restore — restores the backup files from the NetBackup server.

SYNOPSIS

nbpgsql -o restore -S master_server -t target_directory [-id db_backup_id] [-Cclient_name]

Description

The nbpgsql command restores the backup file using -t and -S as the required parameters. The -id and -C are optional parameters.

On Linux systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/NBPostgreSQLAgent/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path/NBPostgreSQLAgent/

Options

-C

Specifies the client name.

-id

Specifies the backup image name.

-S

Configures the NetBackup master server.

-t

Configures the target directory where the backups are restored.