NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.1)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup commands
    2.  
      Navigating multiple menu levels
    3.  
      NetBackup command conventions
    4.  
      NetBackup Media Manager command notes
    5.  
      IPV6 updates
  2. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
    1.  
      acsd
    2.  
      add_media_server_on_clients
    3.  
      backupdbtrace
    4.  
      backuptrace
    5.  
      bmrc
    6.  
      bmrconfig
    7.  
      bmrepadm
    8.  
      bmrprep
    9.  
      bmrs
    10.  
      bmrsrtadm
    11.  
      bp
    12.  
      bparchive
    13.  
      bpbackup
    14.  
      bpbackupdb
    15.  
      bpcatarc
    16.  
      bpcatlist
    17.  
      bpcatres
    18.  
      bpcatrm
    19.  
      bpcd
    20.  
      bpchangeprimary
    21.  
      bpcleanrestore
    22.  
      bpclient
    23.  
      bpclimagelist
    24.  
      bpclntcmd
    25.  
      bpclusterutil
    26.  
      bpcompatd
    27.  
      bpconfig
    28.  
      bpdbjobs
    29.  
      bpdbm
    30.  
      bpdgclone
    31.  
      bpdown
    32.  
      bpduplicate
    33.  
      bperror
    34.  
      bpexpdate
    35.  
      bpfis
    36.  
      bpflist
    37.  
      bpgetconfig
    38.  
      bpgetdebuglog
    39.  
      bpimage
    40.  
      bpimagelist
    41.  
      bpimmedia
    42.  
      bpimport
    43.  
      bpinst
    44.  
      bpkeyfile
    45.  
      bpkeyutil
    46.  
      bplabel
    47.  
      bplist
    48.  
      bpmedia
    49.  
      bpmedialist
    50.  
      bpminlicense
    51.  
      bpnbat
    52.  
      bpnbaz
    53.  
      bppficorr
    54.  
      bpplcatdrinfo
    55.  
      bpplclients
    56.  
      bppldelete
    57.  
      bpplinclude
    58.  
      bpplinfo
    59.  
      bppllist
    60.  
      bpplsched
    61.  
      bpplschedrep
    62.  
      bpplschedwin
    63.  
      bppolicynew
    64.  
      bpps
    65.  
      bprd
    66.  
      bprecover
    67.  
      bprestore
    68.  
      bpretlevel
    69.  
      bpschedule
    70.  
      bpschedulerep
    71.  
      bpsetconfig
    72.  
      bpstsinfo
    73.  
      bpstuadd
    74.  
      bpstudel
    75.  
      bpstulist
    76.  
      bpsturep
    77.  
      bptestbpcd
    78.  
      bptestnetconn
    79.  
      bptpcinfo
    80.  
      bpup
    81.  
      bpverify
    82.  
      cat_convert
    83.  
      cat_export
    84.  
      cat_import
    85.  
      configureCerts
    86.  
      configureMQ
    87.  
      configurePorts
    88.  
      configureWebServerCerts
    89.  
      create_nbdb
    90.  
      csconfig cldinstance
    91.  
      csconfig cldprovider
    92.  
      csconfig meter
    93.  
      csconfig reinitialize
    94.  
      csconfig throttle
    95.  
      duplicatetrace
    96.  
      importtrace
    97.  
      jbpSA
    98.  
      jnbSA
    99.  
      ltid
    100.  
      mklogdir
    101.  
      msdpcldutil
    102.  
      nbauditreport
    103.  
      nbcallhomeproxyconfig
    104.  
      nbcatsync
    105.  
      NBCC
    106.  
      NBCCR
    107.  
      nbcertcmd
    108.  
      nbcertupdater
    109.  
      nbcldutil
    110.  
      nbcloudrestore
    111.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    112.  
      nbcplogs
    113.  
      nbcredkeyutil
    114.  
      nbdb_admin
    115.  
      nbdb_backup
    116.  
      nbdb_move
    117.  
      nbdb_ping
    118.  
      nbdb_restore
    119.  
      nbdb_unload
    120.  
      nbdb2adutl
    121.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    122.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    123.  
      nbdc
    124.  
      nbdecommission
    125.  
      nbdelete
    126.  
      nbdeployutil
    127.  
      nbdevconfig
    128.  
      nbdevquery
    129.  
      nbdiscover
    130.  
      nbdna
    131.  
      nbemm
    132.  
      nbemmcmd
    133.  
      nbfindfile
    134.  
      nbfirescan
    135.  
      nbfp
    136.  
      nbftadm
    137.  
      nbftconfig
    138.  
      nbgetconfig
    139.  
      nbhba
    140.  
      nbholdutil
    141.  
      nbhostidentity
    142.  
      nbhostmgmt
    143.  
      nbhypervtool
    144.  
      nbidpcmd
    145.  
      nbimageshare
    146.  
      nbinstallcmd
    147.  
      nbjm
    148.  
      nbkmiputil
    149.  
      nbkmscmd
    150.  
      nbkmsutil
    151.  
      nboraadm
    152.  
      nborair
    153.  
      nbpem
    154.  
      nbpemreq
    155.  
      nbmlb
    156.  
      nbperfchk
    157.  
      nbplupgrade
    158.  
      nbrb
    159.  
      nbrbutil
    160.  
      nbreplicate
    161.  
      nbrepo
    162.  
      nbrestorevm
    163.  
      nbseccmd
    164.  
      nbserviceusercmd
    165.  
      nbsetconfig
    166.  
      nbsmartdiag
    167.  
      nbsnapimport
    168.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    169.  
      nbsqladm
    170.  
      nbstl
    171.  
      nbstlutil
    172.  
      nbstop
    173.  
      nbsu
    174.  
      nbsvrgrp
    175.  
      netbackup_deployment_insights
    176.  
      resilient_clients
    177.  
      restoretrace
    178.  
      stopltid
    179.  
      tldd
    180.  
      tldcd
    181.  
      tpautoconf
    182.  
      tpclean
    183.  
      tpconfig
    184.  
      tpext
    185.  
      tpreq
    186.  
      tpunmount
    187.  
      verifytrace
    188.  
      vltadm
    189.  
      vltcontainers
    190.  
      vlteject
    191.  
      vltinject
    192.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    193.  
      vltopmenu
    194.  
      vltrun
    195.  
      vmadd
    196.  
      vmchange
    197.  
      vmcheckxxx
    198.  
      vmd
    199.  
      vmdelete
    200.  
      vmoprcmd
    201.  
      vmphyinv
    202.  
      vmpool
    203.  
      vmquery
    204.  
      vmrule
    205.  
      vmupdate
    206.  
      vnetd
    207.  
      vssat
    208.  
      vwcp_manage
    209.  
      vxlogcfg
    210.  
      vxlogmgr
    211.  
      vxlogview
    212.  
      W2KOption
  3.  
    Index

Name

create_nbdb — create NBDB database manually

SYNOPSIS

create_nbdb [-drop current_data_directory] [-sz small | medium | large] [-dba new_password] [-data data_directory] [-index index_directory] [-tlog log_directory] [-mlog log_mirror_directory] [-scripts db_scripts_directory] [-out db_scripts_output_directory] [-db_server |-server db_server_name] [-db_home pathname] [-staging staging_directory] [-noemm] [-force]

create_nbdb -upgrade [-scripts db_scripts_directory] [-out db_scripts_output_directory] [-db_server |-server db_server_name] [-db_home pathname]

create_nbdb -drop_only [current_data_directory] [-db_server |-server db_server_name] [-db_home install_path] [-force]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to create the NetBackup database (NBDB) manually. This command can be used to drop the existing NBDB database, and to re-create it by using the non-default parameters that were used during installation. A user can perform the following actions:

  • Change the default location of the data, index, and transaction log files.

  • Change the size of the pre-allocated database files.

  • Add an additional mirrored transaction log for increased database protection.

  • Create the catalog configuration file (vxdbms.conf) from the information in the bp.conf file.

  • Upgrade the NBDB.

OPTIONS

Without any options, the create_nbdb command verifies the version of an existing database and is used during upgrades. If a database does not exist, it creates it by using default parameters.

-data data_directory

Used to identify the directory of the main database files. If the pathname data_directory includes an embedded space, put the entire pathname in quotes. For example:

create_nbdb -data "Program Files\NetBackup\bin\data"
-db_home install_path

Specifies the location of the database directory. The default directory is /usr/openv/db ..\Veritas\NetBackupDB.

-dba new_password

A new, randomly generated password is set during NetBackup installation. Use this option to set the password for the NBDB and the BMRDB databases for all DBA and application accounts. To change only the password for an existing database, use nbdb_admin -dba new_password. The password needs to be an ASCII string. Non-ASCII characters are not allowed in the password string.

-drop

Drops the existing NBDB database and creates a fresh empty database.

-drop_only

Drops the existing NBDB database.

-force

Performs the operation without user interaction.

-index index_directory

Used to identify the directory of the index database files.

-mlog log_mirror_directory

Used to create a mirrored log for increased database protection.

-noemm

Indicates that this server is not the EMM server (used to upgrade the BMR server).

-out db_scripts_output_directory

Specifies the destination directory where create_nbdb sends the output results of running the upgrade scripts.

-scripts db_scripts_directory

Specifies the location of the database upgrade scripts.

-server db_server_name

Specifies the name of the database server.

-staging staging_directory

Specifies the location of the staging directory that is used during catalog backup and recovery.

-sz small | medium | large

Changes the size of the pre-allocated database files. During installation, the default size that is used is small.

-tlog log_directory

Identifies the location of the transaction log.

-upgrade

Upgrades the NetBackup database (NBDB).

SEE ALSO

See nbdb_backup.

See nbdb_move.

See nbdb_ping.

See nbdb_restore.

See nbdb_unload.