Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup commands
    2.  
      Navigating multiple menu levels
    3.  
      NetBackup command conventions
    4.  
      NetBackup Media Manager command notes
  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.  
      bpclient
    22.  
      bpclimagelist
    23.  
      bpclntcmd
    24.  
      bpclusterutil
    25.  
      bpcompatd
    26.  
      bpconfig
    27.  
      bpdbjobs
    28.  
      bpdbm
    29.  
      bpdgclone
    30.  
      bpdown
    31.  
      bpduplicate
    32.  
      bperror
    33.  
      bpexpdate
    34.  
      bpfis
    35.  
      bpflist
    36.  
      bpgetconfig
    37.  
      bpgetdebuglog
    38.  
      bpimage
    39.  
      bpimagelist
    40.  
      bpimmedia
    41.  
      bpimport
    42.  
      bpinst
    43.  
      bpkeyfile
    44.  
      bpkeyutil
    45.  
      bplabel
    46.  
      bplist
    47.  
      bpmedia
    48.  
      bpmedialist
    49.  
      bpminlicense
    50.  
      bpnbat
    51.  
      bpnbaz
    52.  
      bppficorr
    53.  
      bpplcatdrinfo
    54.  
      bpplclients
    55.  
      bppldelete
    56.  
      bpplinclude
    57.  
      bpplinfo
    58.  
      bppllist
    59.  
      bpplsched
    60.  
      bpplschedrep
    61.  
      bppolicynew
    62.  
      bpps
    63.  
      bprd
    64.  
      bprecover
    65.  
      bprestore
    66.  
      bpretlevel
    67.  
      bpschedule
    68.  
      bpschedulerep
    69.  
      bpsetconfig
    70.  
      bpstsinfo
    71.  
      bpstuadd
    72.  
      bpstudel
    73.  
      bpstulist
    74.  
      bpsturep
    75.  
      bptestbpcd
    76.  
      bptestnetconn
    77.  
      bptpcinfo
    78.  
      bpup
    79.  
      bpverify
    80.  
      cat_convert
    81.  
      cat_export
    82.  
      cat_import
    83.  
      configurePorts
    84.  
      create_nbdb
    85.  
      csconfig
    86.  
      duplicatetrace
    87.  
      importtrace
    88.  
      jbpSA
    89.  
      jnbSA
    90.  
      ltid
    91.  
      mklogdir
    92.  
      nbauditreport
    93.  
      nbcatsync
    94.  
      NBCC
    95.  
      NBCCR
    96.  
      nbcertcmd
    97.  
      nbcertupdater
    98.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    99.  
      nbcplogs
    100.  
      nbdb_admin
    101.  
      nbdb_backup
    102.  
      nbdb_move
    103.  
      nbdb_ping
    104.  
      nbdb_restore
    105.  
      nbdb_unload
    106.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    107.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    108.  
      nbdc
    109.  
      nbdecommission
    110.  
      nbdelete
    111.  
      nbdeployutil
    112.  
      nbdevconfig
    113.  
      nbdevquery
    114.  
      nbdiscover
    115.  
      nbdna
    116.  
      nbemm
    117.  
      nbemmcmd
    118.  
      nbexecute
    119.  
      nbfindfile
    120.  
      nbfirescan
    121.  
      nbftadm
    122.  
      nbftconfig
    123.  
      nbgetconfig
    124.  
      nbhba
    125.  
      nbholdutil
    126.  
      nbhypervtool
    127.  
      nbjm
    128.  
      nbkmsutil
    129.  
      nboraadm
    130.  
      nbpem
    131.  
      nbpemreq
    132.  
      nbperfchk
    133.  
      nbplupgrade
    134.  
      nbrb
    135.  
      nbrbutil
    136.  
      nbregopsc
    137.  
      nbreplicate
    138.  
      nbrestorevm
    139.  
      nbseccmd
    140.  
      nbsetconfig
    141.  
      nbsnapimport
    142.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    143.  
      nbsqladm
    144.  
      nbstl
    145.  
      nbstlutil
    146.  
      nbsu
    147.  
      nbsvrgrp
    148.  
      resilient_clients
    149.  
      restoretrace
    150.  
      stopltid
    151.  
      tl4d
    152.  
      tl8d
    153.  
      tl8cd
    154.  
      tldd
    155.  
      tldcd
    156.  
      tlhd
    157.  
      tlhcd
    158.  
      tlmd
    159.  
      tpautoconf
    160.  
      tpclean
    161.  
      tpconfig
    162.  
      tpext
    163.  
      tpreq
    164.  
      tpunmount
    165.  
      verifytrace
    166.  
      vltadm
    167.  
      vltcontainers
    168.  
      vlteject
    169.  
      vltinject
    170.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    171.  
      vltopmenu
    172.  
      vltrun
    173.  
      vmadd
    174.  
      vmchange
    175.  
      vmcheckxxx
    176.  
      vmd
    177.  
      vmdelete
    178.  
      vmoprcmd
    179.  
      vmphyinv
    180.  
      vmpool
    181.  
      vmquery
    182.  
      vmrule
    183.  
      vmupdate
    184.  
      vnetd
    185.  
      vxlogcfg
    186.  
      vxlogmgr
    187.  
      vxlogview
    188.  
      W2KOption

Name

bptestnetconn — test and analyze various configurations and connections

SYNOPSIS

bptestnetconn [-v] -h | -b | -l

bptestnetconn [-v] [-i | -frap] [-s | -H hostname]

bptestnetconn [-v] [-c[service_name] [-o time_value] [-t time_value]] [ -H hostname | -s ]

bptestnetconn -6 [-u]

bptestnetconn [-v] [-w[webappname] [-O port] [-T timeout] [-e retrycount]] [-s | -H hostname]

 

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

bptestnetconn performs several tasks that help you analyze DNS and connectivity problems with any specified list of hosts, including the server list in the NetBackup configuration. To help troubleshoot connectivity problems between the services that use CORBA communications, bptestnetconn can perform and report on CORBA connections to named services. The command can also perform and report the responsiveness of the NetBackup Web Service. It sends VxUL log messages to OID396 for easy perusal. The vxlogcfg command controls the log verbosity.

OPTIONS

-6 or --afcheck

Checks the configuration for IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY requirements.

-a or --all

Reports all times. This option has the same effect as -fr. This condition is the default.

-b or --confchecker

Verifies that bp.conf (UNIX) or the NetBackup registry entry (Windows) exists.

-c or --connect service_name

Reports the connectToObject times to service. Some CORBA service examples are EMM/EMMServer, NBFSMCLIENT/FSM.ClientClusterMgr, nbrmms/DiskPollingService.DPS nbrmms/STSEventService, and nbsvcmon/NBSvcMon (default). Type this option with no spaces between -c and service_name.

-e or --retrycount retry_count

Specifies the number of retries that are performed in case of web service connection failures. The default value of this parameter is 5.

-f or --flkup

Reports all forward DNS lookup times for the specified host or hosts.

-h or --help

Displays this help message.

-H hostname

Specifies a single host name of the system, IPv4 address, or name of a file containing a list of such names, one per line.

-i or --ipservers

Lists the IP addresses of all servers in the NetBackup configuration.

-l or --listservers

Lists all servers in the NetBackup configuration.

-O or --port port_number

Specifies the web service port to which the command connects. The default web service port is the PBX port, port number 1556.

-o or --objconntimeout time_value

Specifies the timeout in seconds for NetBackup level retries in case of CORBA errors.

-p or --prefnet

Includes how PREFERRED_NETWORK affects connections to the specified hosts or servers in the output display.

-r or --rlkup

Reports all reverse DNS lookup times for the specified host or hosts.

-s or --servers

Looks up all NetBackup servers in the configuration.

-T or --wsconntimeout time_value

Specifies the web service connection timeout in seconds. The CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT specified in the NetBackup configuration is used by default.

-t or --orbconntimeout time_value

Specifies the TCP timeout, the socket level time out for establishing the TCP/IP connection. Specify -t larger than -o to distinguish between TCP/IP and CORBA errors. Otherwise, all failures time out after retries_timeout seconds (-o time_value).

-u or --update

Updates the bp.conf (UNIX) or the Host Properties (Windows) based on the action of the --afcheck operation. This option is used only as part of installation.

-v or --verbose

Reports in verbose mode. The reverse lookup report shows which servers are media servers, EMMSERVER (if not local), and if any server is also the PREFERRED_NETWORK or CLUSTERNAME.

-w or --web webappname

Reports the web service responsiveness. The supported names for the webappname value are the default nbwmc/netbackup and nbwmc/security. Type this option with no spaces between -w and webappname.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - List all the servers in the NetBackup configuration.

# bptestnetconn -l
               knothead.example.com
                         www.google.com
               r2d2.starwars.galaxy.com
                      whoknows.what.com
                                  zebra
                           lawndartsvm2
                           lawndartsvm1

Example 2 - List all the non-default settings.

# bptestnetconn -b
CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW (min)               = 2024           [0]
CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW (max)               = 4048           [0]
CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT                 = 30             [300]
SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT                 = 10             [30]
DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS (daemon port)  = vnetd          [Automatic]
CONNECT_OPTIONS                        = [configured] 
PREFERRED_NETWORK                      = knothead       [NULL]
FIREWALL_IN                            = [configured]
REVERSE_NAME_LOOKUP                    = PROHIBITED     [ALLOWED]  

Example 3 - Report all forward DNS lookup times for all NetBackup servers in the configuration.

# bptestnetconn -f -s
----------------------------------------------------------------------
FL:               knothead.example.com -> 10.80.73.101     :      0 ms [local]
FL:                         www.google.com -> 74.125.19.106    :      0 ms
FL:               r2d2.starwars.galaxy.com -> 0.0.0.0          :      4 ms
FL:                      whoknows.what.com -> 209.139.193.224  :      0 ms [cluster/ri]
FL:                                  zebra -> 10.80.120.103    :      0 ms
FL:                           lawndartsvm2 -> 10.80.74.153     :      0 ms
FL:                           lawndartsvm1 -> 10.80.74.154     :      0 ms
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Slow (>5 sec) or/and failed forward lookups:
                        r2d2.starwars.galaxy.com :      0 sec [FAILED]
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total elapsed time: 0 sec

Example 4 - Report all reverse DNS lookup times for all NetBackup servers in the configuration.

# bptestnetconn -r -s
----------------------------------------------------------------
RL:     10.80.73.101 -> knothead.example.com                 :      0 ms
RL:    74.125.19.106 -> nuq04s01-in-f106.1e100.net               :    156 ms MISMATCH
RL:    **LKUP FAIL** -> r2d2.starwars.galaxy.com                 :      0 ms
RL:  209.139.193.224 -> **LKUP FAIL**                            :    739 ms
RL:    10.80.120.103 -> zebra.example.com                    :      0 ms
RL:     10.80.74.153 -> lawndartsvm2.example.com             :      0 ms
RL:     10.80.74.154 -> lawndartsvm1.example.com             :      0 ms
----------------------------------------------------------------
Slow (>5 sec) or/and failed/mismatched reverse lookups:
                 www.google.com :      0 sec [MISMATCH] -> nuq04s01-in-f106.1e100.net
       r2d2.starwars.galaxy.com :      0 sec [FAILED]
              whoknows.what.com :      0 sec [FAILED]
----------------------------------------------------------------
Total elapsed time: 1 sec

Example 5 - Report all reverse DNS lookup times for all NetBackup servers in the configuration.

# bptestnetconn -s -c -t 10 -o 5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CN:                      knothead.example.com :  49 ms  [SUCCESS]
CN:                                www.google.com :   4 sec [TRANSIENT]
CN:                      r2d2.starwars.galaxy.com :   4 sec [TRANSIENT]
CN:                             whoknows.what.com :   4 sec [TRANSIENT]
CN:                                         zebra :   4 sec [TRANSIENT]
CN:                                  lawndartsvm2 :   4 sec [NO_PERMISSION]
CN:                                  lawndartsvm1 :  20 sec [TRANSIENT]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Total elapsed time: 40 sec

Example 6 - Report NetBackup Web Service responsiveness for all NetBackup servers in the configuration.

# bptestnetconn -s -w -T 30 -e 2
 nbwmc/netbackup web service test for host: server.domain.com :          450 ms [SUCCESS]
 nbwmc/netbackup web service test for host: sample.server2.domain2.com : 800 ms [FAIL]
 nbwmc/netbackup web service test for host:             testvm2 :        550 ms [SUCCESS]

Example 7 - Report NetBackup Web Service responsiveness for the security webapp on a specified NetBackup master server.

# bptestnetconn  - wnbwmc/security -T 30  - H server.domain.com
 nbwmc/security web service test for host: server.domain.com :    450 ms [SUCCESS]