Veritas NetBackup™ for PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
  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 backup — runs the backup operation from the NetBackup client.

SYNOPSIS

nbpgsql -o backup

-S master_server

-P policy_name

-s schedule_name

(Linux) -l postgresql_library_path

(Linux) -z snapshot_size

[-portnum db_port]

[-udatabase_user]

Description

This command invokes the backup operation from the NetBackup client using the NetBackup DataStore policy name and the schedule type. The parameter -S and -P are required parameters for Windows. The parameters -l and -z are required parameters for Linux. The -portnum and -u are the optional parameters.

On Linux systems, the directory path is /usr/NBPostgreSQLAgent/.

On Windows, the directory path is install_path\NBPostgreSQLAgent\.

Options

-l

(Linux) Configures the PostgreSQL library directory

-portnum

Configures the database port number that identifies the PostgreSQL instance on which the backup is performed.

-P

Configures the NetBackup DataStore policy name.

-S

Configures the NetBackup server name.

-s

Specifies the schedule name that you have configure for the DataStore policy.

-u

Configures the database user name.

-z

(Linux) Specifies the LVM snapshot size.