NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  1. Using logs
    1.  
      About logging
    2.  
      Logging properties
    3.  
      Logging levels
    4.  
      Log retention and log size
    5. Changing the logging levels
      1.  
        Set the Media Manager debug logging to a higher level
      2.  
        Changing the logging level on Windows clients
    6. About unified logging
      1.  
        Gathering unified logs for NetBackup
      2.  
        Types of unified logging messages
      3.  
        File name format for unified logging
      4.  
        Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging
      5.  
        About changing the location of unified log files
      6.  
        About rolling over unified log files
      7.  
        About recycling unified log files
      8.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      9.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
      10.  
        Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs
      11.  
        Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs
      12.  
        Accessibility of the unified logs
    7. About legacy logging
      1.  
        UNIX client processes that use legacy logging
      2.  
        PC client processes that use legacy logging
      3.  
        File name format for legacy logging
      4.  
        Directory names for legacy debug logs for servers
      5.  
        Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device management
      6.  
        How to control the amount of information written to legacy logging files
      7.  
        Limit the size and retention of legacy logs
      8.  
        Accessibility of the legacy logs
    8.  
      Setting retention limits for logs on clients
    9.  
      UNIX logging with syslogd
    10.  
      Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer
  2. Backup process and logging
    1.  
      Backup process
    2. NetBackup process descriptions
      1.  
        Backup and restore startup process
      2.  
        Backup and archive processes
      3.  
        Backups and archives - UNIX clients
      4.  
        Multiplexed backup process
    3.  
      About backup logging
    4.  
      Sending backup logs to Technical Support
  3. Media and device processes and logging
    1.  
      Media and device management startup process
    2.  
      Media and device management process
    3.  
      Shared Storage Option management process
    4.  
      Barcode operations
    5.  
      Media and device management components
  4. Restore process and logging
    1.  
      Restore process
    2.  
      UNIX client restore
    3.  
      Windows client restore
    4.  
      About restore logging
    5.  
      Sending restore logs to Technical Support
  5. Advanced backup and restore features
    1.  
      SAN Client Fiber Transport backup
    2.  
      SAN Client Fiber Transport restore
    3.  
      Hot catalog backup
    4.  
      Hot catalog restore
    5. Synthetic backups
      1.  
        Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups
      2.  
        Creating legacy log directories to accompany problem reports for synthetic backup
  6. Storage logging
    1.  
      NDMP backup logging
    2.  
      NDMP restore logging
  7. NetBackup Deduplication logging
    1.  
      Deduplication backup process to the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP)
    2.  
      Client deduplication logging
    3.  
      Deduplication configuration logs
    4.  
      Universal share logs
    5.  
      Media server deduplication/pdplugin logging
    6.  
      Disk monitoring logging
    7.  
      Logging keywords
  8. OpenStorage Technology (OST) logging
    1.  
      OpenStorage Technology (OST) backup logging
    2.  
      OpenStorage Technology (OST) configuration and management
  9. Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) and Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.) logging
    1.  
      About storage lifecycle policies (SLPs) and Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.)
    2.  
      Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) duplication process flow
    3.  
      Automatic Image Replication (A.I.R.) process flow logging
    4.  
      Import process flow
    5.  
      SLP and A.I.R. logging
    6.  
      SLP configuration and management
  10. NetBackup secure communication logging
    1.  
      About NetBackup secure communication logging
    2.  
      Tomcat logging
    3.  
      NetBackup web services logging
    4.  
      Command-line logging
    5.  
      NetBackup cURL logging
    6.  
      Java logging
    7.  
      Embeddable Authentication Client (EAT) logging
    8.  
      Authentication Services (AT) logging
    9.  
      vssat logging
    10. NetBackup proxy helper logging
      1.  
        Originator ID 486
    11. NetBackup proxy tunnel logging
      1.  
        Originator ID 490
    12.  
      PBX logging
  11. Snapshot technologies
    1.  
      Snapshot Client backup
    2.  
      VMware backup
    3.  
      Snapshot backup and Windows open file backups
  12. Locating logs
    1.  
      Overview of NetBackup log locations and processes
    2.  
      acsssi logging
    3.  
      bpbackup logging
    4.  
      bpbkar logging
    5.  
      bpbrm logging
    6.  
      bpcd logging
    7.  
      bpcompatd logging
    8.  
      bpdbm logging
    9.  
      bpjobd logging
    10.  
      bprd logging
    11.  
      bprdproxy logging
    12.  
      bprestore logging
    13.  
      bptestnetconn logging
    14.  
      bptm logging
    15.  
      daemon logging
    16.  
      ltid logging
    17.  
      nbemm logging
    18.  
      nbjm logging
    19.  
      nbpem logging
    20.  
      nbproxy logging
    21.  
      nbrb logging
    22.  
      NetBackup Vault logging
    23.  
      NetBackup web services logging
    24.  
      NetBackup web server certificate logging
    25.  
      PBX logging
    26.  
      reqlib logging
    27.  
      Robots logging
    28.  
      tar logging
    29.  
      txxd and txxcd logging
    30.  
      vnetd logging
  13. Using the Log collection utility
    1. About the Log collection utility
      1.  
        Configuring RBAC roles for Log collection administrators
      2.  
        Create a custom role for a log collection administrator
    2.  
      Add a record and collect logs
    3.  
      View log records and log collection status
    4.  
      Download logs for a log record
    5.  
      Delete a log record
  14. NetBackup Administration Console logging
    1.  
      NetBackup Administration Console logging process flow
    2.  
      Enabling detailed debug logging for the NetBackup Administration Console
    3.  
      Setting up a secure channel between the NetBackup Administration Console and bpjava-*
    4.  
      Setting up a secure channel between the NetBackup Administration Console and either nbsl or nbvault
    5.  
      NetBackup Administration Console logging configuration on NetBackup servers and clients
    6.  
      Logging Java operations for the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
    7.  
      Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting NetBackup Administration Console issues
    8.  
      Undo logging

About the Log collection utility

The Log collection utility is a helpful tool that can shorten the time that is required to collect debug logs and other information.

The Log collection utility is a helpful tool that can shorten the time that is required to set up and collect debug logs and other information. Because this utility automatically performs a number of functions, you can avoid the problems that are associated with manually logging into NetBackup hosts, creating log directories, and changing logging levels.

Limitations

Note the following limitations for the Log collection utility:

  • The Log collection utility does not support Cloud Scale environments.

  • NetBackup does not collect logs from any agentless hosts where the NetBackup client is not installed. For example, any agentless hosts that are used for the VMware, Cloud Object Store, DBPaaS, and BigData workloads, or any NetBackup Snapshot Manager or Malware scan host. However, logs are available for the hosts that are designated as the server or host to use for backups, including a "backup host" or an "access host".

  • NetBackup does not collect logs for malware scan jobs. The logs are only collected from the primary server (if selected) or the selected media servers and not from any clients.

  • Only the web UI log records are available in the NetBackup web UI. The Alta View and the Administration Console log records are not visible in the NetBackup web UI.

Requirements

Note the following requirements and operational notes when you use the Log collection utility:

  • Use the Log collection utility only under the guidance of Cohesity Technical Support.

  • To use the Log collection utility you must have the RBAC Administrator role. Or, you must have a role with permissions to collect logs. To collect logs for specific jobs, you must also have permissions to view jobs.

    See Configuring RBAC roles for Log collection administrators.

  • You can only collect logs for one log record at a time. If another log collection process is running, wait for it to complete. You can then select a different log record and select Collect logs.

  • In NetBackup 11.1 NetBackup creates the log directories and adjusts the verbosity of logging levels.