Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.2)
Platform: 5220,5230,5240,5330,5340
  1. Overview
    1.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    2. Logging on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      1.  
        Command limitations on appliances that are not configured
    3.  
      Using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    4. About the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu command views
      1.  
        About the commands under the Appliance view
      2.  
        About the commands under the Manage view
      3.  
        About the commands under the Monitor view
      4.  
        About the commands under the Network view
      5.  
        About the commands under the Reports view
      6.  
        About the commands under the Settings view
      7.  
        About the commands under the Support view
  2. Appendix A. Main > Appliance commands
    1.  
      Appliance > Master
    2.  
      Appliance > Media
    3.  
      Appliance > Management
    4.  
      Appliance > Remove
    5.  
      Appliance > ShowDedupPassword
    6.  
      Appliance > ShowIdentity
    7.  
      Appliance > Status
  3. Appendix B. Main > Manage > FibreChannel commands
    1.  
      Manage > FibreChannel > Clean
    2.  
      Manage > FibreChannel > Configure
    3.  
      Manage > FibreChannel > Reset
    4.  
      Manage > FibreChannel > Scan
    5.  
      Manage > FibreChannel > Show
    6.  
      Manage > FibreChannel > Statistics
  4. Appendix C. Main > Manage > HighAvailability commands
    1.  
      Manage > HighAvailability > AddNode
    2.  
      Manage > HighAvailability > GetAssetTag
    3.  
      Manage > HighAvailability > RemoveNode
    4.  
      Manage > HighAvailability > Setup
    5.  
      Manage > HighAvailability > Status
    6.  
      Manage > HighAvailability > Switchover
  5. Appendix D. Main > Manage > Libraries commands
    1.  
      Manage > Libraries > Configure
    2.  
      Manage > Libraries > Deny
    3.  
      Manage > Libraries > Down
    4.  
      Manage > Libraries > Inventory
    5.  
      Manage > Libraries > List
    6.  
      Manage > Libraries > Requests
    7.  
      Manage > Libraries > Reset
    8.  
      Manage > Libraries > Resubmit
    9.  
      Manage > Libraries > Up
  6. Appendix E. Main > Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS commands
    1.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_CSI_HOSTPORT
    2.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_SEL_SOCKET
    3.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_SSI_HOSTNAME
    4.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_SSI_INET_PORT
    5.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_SSI_SOCKET
    6.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_TCP_RPCSERVICE
    7.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ACS_UDP_RPCSERVICE
    8.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > API_BARCODE_RULES
    9.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > TestACS
    10.  
      Manage > Libraries > Advanced > ACS > ViewVMconf
  7. Appendix F. Main > Manage > License commands
    1.  
      Manage > License > Add
    2.  
      Manage > License > List
    3.  
      Manage > License > ListInfo
    4.  
      Manage > License > Remove
  8. Appendix G. Main > Manage > MountPoints commands
    1.  
      Manage > MountPoints > List
    2.  
      Manage > MountPoints > Mount
    3.  
      Manage > MountPoints > Unmount
  9. Appendix H. Main > Manage > NetBackup CLI commands
    1.  
      Manage > NetBackupCLI > Create
    2.  
      Manage > NetBackupCLI > Delete
    3.  
      Manage > NetBackupCLI > List
    4.  
      Manage > NetBackupCLI > PasswordExpiry
  10. Appendix I. Main > Manage > OpenStorage commands
    1.  
      Manage > OpenStorage > Install
    2.  
      Manage > OpenStorage > List
    3.  
      Manage > OpenStorage > Readme
    4.  
      Manage > OpenStorage > Share
    5.  
      Manage > OpenStorage > Uninstall
  11. Appendix J. Main > Manage > Software commands
    1.  
      Manage > Software > Cancel
    2.  
      Manage > Software > Delete
    3.  
      Manage > Software > Download
    4.  
      Manage > Software > DownloadProgress
    5.  
      Manage > Software > Firmware
    6.  
      Manage > Software > Install
    7.  
      Manage > Software > List
    8.  
      Manage > Software > LiveUpdateClients
    9.  
      Manage > Software > Readme
    10.  
      Manage > Software > Rollback
    11.  
      Manage > Software > Share
    12.  
      Manage > Software > UpgradeStatus
  12. Appendix K. Main > Manage > Storage commands
    1.  
      Manage > Storage > Add
    2.  
      Manage > Storage > Create
    3.  
      Manage > Storage > Delete
    4.  
      Manage > Storage > Edit
    5.  
      Manage > Storage > Monitor
    6.  
      Manage > Storage > Move
    7.  
      Manage > Storage > Remove
    8.  
      Manage > Storage > Resize
    9.  
      Manage > Storage > Scan
    10.  
      Manage > Storage > Show
    11.  
      Manage > Storage > Erase
  13. Appendix L. Main > Manage > Tapes commands
    1.  
      Manage > Tapes > Cleaning
    2.  
      Manage > Tapes > Delete
    3.  
      Manage > Tapes > Eject
    4.  
      Manage > Tapes > Freeze
    5.  
      Manage > Tapes > Inventory
    6.  
      Manage > Tapes > List
    7.  
      Manage > Tapes > ListNetBackupMedia
    8.  
      Manage > Tapes > Suspend
    9.  
      Manage > Tapes > Unfreeze
    10.  
      Manage > Tapes > Unsuspend
  14. Appendix M. Main > Manage > Certificates commands
    1.  
      Manage > Certificates > Generate
    2.  
      Manage > Certificates > Delete
  15. Appendix N. Main > Monitor commands
    1.  
      Monitor > Beacon
    2.  
      Monitor > MemoryStatus
    3.  
      Monitor > NetBackup
    4.  
      Monitor > NetworkStatus
    5.  
      Monitor > SDCS
    6.  
      Monitor > Top
    7.  
      Monitor > Uptime
    8.  
      Monitor > Who
    9.  
      Monitor > Hardware
  16. Appendix O. Main > Network commands
    1.  
      Network > Configure
    2.  
      Network > Date
    3.  
      Network > DNS
    4.  
      Network > Gateway
    5.  
      Network > Hostname
    6.  
      Network > Hosts
    7.  
      Network > IPv4
    8.  
      Network > IPv6
    9.  
      Network > LinkAggregation
    10.  
      Network > NetStat
    11.  
      Network > NTPServer
    12.  
      Network > Ping
    13.  
      Network > SetProperty
    14.  
      Network > Show
    15.  
      Network > TimeZone
    16.  
      Network > TraceRoute
    17.  
      Network > Unconfigure
    18.  
      Network > VLAN
    19.  
      Network > WANOptimization
  17. Appendix P. Main > Network > Security (IPsec) commands
    1.  
      Network > IPsec > Configure
    2.  
      Network > IPsec > Delete
    3.  
      Network > IPsec > Export
    4.  
      Network > IPsec > Import
    5.  
      Network > IPsec > Provision
    6.  
      Network > IPsec > Refresh
    7.  
      Network > IPsec > Show
    8.  
      Network > IPsec > Unconfigure
  18. Appendix Q. Main > Reports commands
    1.  
      Reports > Deduplication
    2.  
      Reports > Process
  19. Appendix R. Main > Settings commands
    1.  
      Settings > Cloud
    2.  
      Settings > Deduplication
    3.  
      Settings > FibreTransport
    4.  
      Settings > iSCSI > Initiator
    5.  
      Settings > iSCSI > Interface
    6.  
      Settings > iSCSI > Target
    7.  
      Settings > LogForwarding
    8.  
      Settings > LifeCycle
    9.  
      Settings > LiveUpdateServer
    10.  
      Settings > NetBackup
    11.  
      Settings > Password
    12.  
      Settings > Share
    13.  
      Settings > SNMP polling
    14.  
      Settings > Sysctl
    15.  
      Settings > SystemLocale
  20. Appendix S. Main > Settings > Alerts commands
    1.  
      Settings > Alerts > CallHome
    2.  
      Settings > Alerts > Email
    3.  
      Settings > Alerts > Hardware
    4.  
      Settings > Alerts > SNMP
  21. Appendix T. Main > Settings > Notifications view commands
    1.  
      Settings > Notifications > LoginBanner
  22. Appendix U. Main > Settings > Security commands
    1.  
      Settings > Security > Authorization
    2.  
      Settings > Security > Authentication > ActiveDirectory
    3.  
      Settings > Security > Authentication > Kerberos
    4.  
      Settings > Security > Authentication > LDAP
    5.  
      Settings > Security > Authentication > LocalUser
    6.  
      Main > Settings > Security > Ports
    7.  
      Main > Settings > Security > STIG
    8.  
      Main > Settings > Security > FIPS
  23. Appendix V. Main > Support commands
    1.  
      Support > Checkpoint
    2.  
      Support > Cleanup > RemoveShelfEntries
    3.  
      Support > Cleanup > ResetDIMMErrors
    4.  
      Support > Collect
    5.  
      Support > DataCollect
    6.  
      Support > Disk
    7.  
      Support > Errors
    8.  
      Support > FactoryReset
    9.  
      Support > FibreTransport
    10.  
      Support > InfraServices
    11.  
      Support > iostat
    12.  
      Support > IPMI
    13.  
      Support > KillRemoteCall
    14.  
      Support > Logs
    15.  
      Support > Maintenance
    16.  
      Support > Messages
    17.  
      Support > NBDNA
    18.  
      Support > nbperfchk
    19.  
      Support > NBSU
    20.  
      Support > Processes
    21.  
      Support > RAID
    22.  
      Support > Reboot
    23.  
      Support > RecoverStorage
    24.  
      Support > Service
    25.  
      Support > ServiceAllowed
    26.  
      Support > Show
    27.  
      Support > Shutdown
    28.  
      Support > Storage ClearReservations
    29.  
      Support > Storage Reset
    30.  
      Support > Storage SanityCheck
    31.  
      Support > Test

About the commands under the Support view

From the Main > Support view you can perform the following functions:

  • Collect appliance logs and data for support interactions through the DataCollect command.

  • Manage system checkpoints and IPMI operations.

  • Gather disk information.

  • Display NetBackup errors.

  • Create and Manage checkpoints.

  • Reset the appliance to factory default settings.

  • Show the appliance logs.

  • Display the messages file.

  • Restart your appliance.

  • Turn off your appliance.

  • Share, unshare, and set the level of debug logs.

  • Display debugging information from the Vxlog files.

  • Restart a service on a host.

  • Upload a set of log files that are based on a timed duration of four hours.

  • Create and send a .tar file of the logs based on the job ID.

  • Create and send a .tar file of the logs based on the time the log files were created.

  • Test the current status of the various appliance components.

The following table summarizes all of the commands that are available in the NetBackup Support view.

Table: Main > Support view commands

Command

Explanation

CheckPoint

Manage system checkpoints.

Cleanup

Clean or reset specific appliance monitoring data.

See Support > Cleanup > RemoveShelfEntries.

DataCollect

Gather the device logs.

Disk

Gather and displays information about the local disk layout and usage.

See Support > Disk.

Errors

Display the problem entries from the previous day in the NetBackup logs.

FactoryReset

Reset the appliance to factory default settings.

See Support > FactoryReset .

InfraServices

Display and control the infrastructure services.

See Support > InfraServices .

iostat

Monitor the system input and output device loading

IPMI

Manage the IPMI operations.

KillRemoteCall

Terminate remote calls on peer compute nodes.

Logs

From this command you can perform the following tasks:

  • Browse the different appliance logs.

  • Set the level of debug logs

  • Export or remove CIFS and NFS shares for the logs.

  • Upload the NetBackup log files for your appliance to Support. The files that you send can be based on the job ID, the time that the log files were taken, or the default-based duration.

  • Display debugging information from the VXlog files.

See Support > Logs.

Maintenance

Enable you to open an interactive shell menu that you can use to troubleshoot or manage underlying operating system tasks.

See Support > Maintenance.

Messages

Display the message file.

See Support > Messages .

NBDNA

Create and remove network traces with the NetBackup Domain Network Analyzer (NBDNA) utility.

See Support > NBDNA .

Nbperfchk

Measure the read and write speeds of a disk array.

NBSU

Manage NetBackup supported data files.

See Support > NBSU .

Processes

Display the status of the current processes.

See Support > Processes .

Reboot

Restart the system.

See Support > Reboot .

RecoverStorage

View or purge any storage recovered during a reimage.

Service

Stop or restarts a service on an appliance Linux host.

ServiceAllowed

Set specific components of a Primary or an Expansion Storage Shelf to the Service Allowed mode so that service can be performed on those units.

See Support > ServiceAllowed.

Shutdown

Power the system off.

See Support > Shutdown .

Storage

Use this command to perform the following tasks:

Test

Test the current status of the various appliance components.

See Support > Test.