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NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  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.  
      backupdbtrace
    3.  
      backuptrace
    4.  
      bmrc
    5.  
      bmrconfig
    6.  
      bmrepadm
    7.  
      bmrprep
    8.  
      bmrs
    9.  
      bmrsrtadm
    10.  
      bp
    11.  
      bparchive
    12.  
      bpbackup
    13.  
      bpbackupdb
    14.  
      bpcatarc
    15.  
      bpcatlist
    16.  
      bpcatres
    17.  
      bpcatrm
    18.  
      bpcd
    19.  
      bpchangeprimary
    20.  
      bpcleanrestore
    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.  
      bpplschedwin
    62.  
      bppolicynew
    63.  
      bpps
    64.  
      bprd
    65.  
      bprecover
    66.  
      bprestore
    67.  
      bpretlevel
    68.  
      bpschedule
    69.  
      bpschedulerep
    70.  
      bpsetconfig
    71.  
      bpstsinfo
    72.  
      bpstuadd
    73.  
      bpstudel
    74.  
      bpstulist
    75.  
      bpsturep
    76.  
      bptestbpcd
    77.  
      bptestnetconn
    78.  
      bpup
    79.  
      bpverify
    80.  
      cat_convert
    81.  
      cat_export
    82.  
      cat_import
    83.  
      configureCerts
    84.  
      configureMQ
    85.  
      configureWebServerCerts
    86.  
      create_nbdb
    87.  
      csconfig cldinstance
    88.  
      csconfig cldprovider
    89.  
      csconfig meter
    90.  
      csconfig reinitialize
    91.  
      csconfig throttle
    92.  
      duplicatetrace
    93.  
      importtrace
    94.  
      jbpSA
    95.  
      jnbSA
    96.  
      ltid
    97.  
      mklogdir
    98.  
      msdpcldutil
    99.  
      msdpimgutil
    100.  
      nbauditreport
    101.  
      nbcallhomeproxyconfig
    102.  
      nbcatsync
    103.  
      NBCC
    104.  
      NBCCR
    105.  
      nbcertcmd
    106.  
      nbcertupdater
    107.  
      nbcldutil
    108.  
      nbcmdrun
    109.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    110.  
      nbcplogs
    111.  
      nbcredkeyutil
    112.  
      nbdb_admin
    113.  
      nbdb_backup
    114.  
      nbdb_move
    115.  
      nbdb_ping
    116.  
      nbdb_restore
    117.  
      nbdb_unload
    118.  
      nbdb2adutl
    119.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    120.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    121.  
      nbdc
    122.  
      nbdecommission
    123.  
      nbdelete
    124.  
      nbdeployutil
    125.  
      nbdevconfig
    126.  
      nbdevquery
    127.  
      nbdiscover
    128.  
      nbdna
    129.  
      nbemm
    130.  
      nbemmcmd
    131.  
      nbepicfile
    132.  
      nbfindfile
    133.  
      nbfirescan
    134.  
      nbfp
    135.  
      nbftadm
    136.  
      nbftconfig
    137.  
      nbgetconfig
    138.  
      nbhba
    139.  
      nbholdutil
    140.  
      nbhostidentity
    141.  
      nbhostmgmt
    142.  
      nbhsmcmd
    143.  
      nbhypervtool
    144.  
      nbidpcmd
    145.  
      nbimageshare
    146.  
      nbinstallcmd
    147.  
      nbjm
    148.  
      nbkmiputil
    149.  
      nbkmscmd
    150.  
      nbkmsutil
    151.  
      nblogparser
    152.  
      nbmariadb
    153.  
      nbmysql
    154.  
      nbmlb
    155.  
      nborair
    156.  
      nboracmd
    157.  
      nbpem
    158.  
      nbpemreq
    159.  
      nbmariadb
    160.  
      nbmlb
    161.  
      nbperfchk
    162.  
      nbpgsql
    163.  
      nbplupgrade
    164.  
      nbrb
    165.  
      nbrbutil
    166.  
      nbreplicate
    167.  
      nbrepo
    168.  
      nbrestorevm
    169.  
      nbseccmd
    170.  
      nbserviceusercmd
    171.  
      nbsetconfig
    172.  
      nbshvault
    173.  
      nbsmartdiag
    174.  
      nbsnapimport
    175.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    176.  
      nbsqlcmd
    177.  
      nbsqlite
    178.  
      nbstl
    179.  
      nbstlutil
    180.  
      nbstop
    181.  
      nbsu
    182.  
      nbsvrgrp
    183.  
      netbackup_deployment_insights
    184.  
      resilient_clients
    185.  
      restoretrace
    186.  
      stopltid
    187.  
      tiermover
    188.  
      tldd
    189.  
      tldcd
    190.  
      tpautoconf
    191.  
      tpclean
    192.  
      tpconfig
    193.  
      tpext
    194.  
      tpreq
    195.  
      tpunmount
    196.  
      verifytrace
    197.  
      vltadm
    198.  
      vltcontainers
    199.  
      vlteject
    200.  
      vltinject
    201.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    202.  
      vltopmenu
    203.  
      vltrun
    204.  
      vmadd
    205.  
      vmchange
    206.  
      vmcheckxxx
    207.  
      vmd
    208.  
      vmdelete
    209.  
      vmoprcmd
    210.  
      vmphyinv
    211.  
      vmpool
    212.  
      vmquery
    213.  
      vmrule
    214.  
      vmupdate
    215.  
      vnetd
    216.  
      vssat
    217.  
      vwcp_manage
    218.  
      vxlogcfg
    219.  
      vxlogmgr
    220.  
      vxlogview
    221.  
      W2KOption

Name

vltcontainers — move volumes logically into containers

SYNOPSIS

vltcontainers -run [-rn robot_number]

vltcontainers -run -usingbarcodes [-rn robot_number]

vltcontainers -run -vltcid container_id -vault vault_name -sessionid session_id

vltcontainers -run -vltcid container_id -f file_name [-rn robot_number] [-usingbarcodes]

vltcontainers -view [-vltcid container_id]

vltcontainers -change -vltcid container_id -rd return_date

vltcontainers -delete -vltcid container_id

vltcontainers -version

 

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

vltcontainers logically adds to containers the media that was ejected from one or more vault sessions. It can view, set, or change the return date of containers that go off-site or are already at the off-site vault. vltcontainers can also delete a container from the NetBackup and Media Manager catalogs.

You can add media IDs to containers as follows:

  • Use the keyboard to enter the container and the media IDs.

  • Use a keyboard interface barcode reader to scan the container IDs and media IDs. Keyboard interface readers are also known as keyboard wedge readers because they connect (or wedge) between the keyboard and the keyboard port on your computer.

  • Use an input file that contains the media IDs or numeric equivalents of barcodes of all the media that are added to one container. To add media to more than one container, enter the IDs by using the keyboard or a keyboard interface barcode reader. Or, run the vltcontainers command again and specify different container and file name options.

  • Add all the media that a specific session ejects to one container. To add media from a single eject session into more than one container, enter IDs using the keyboard or a keyboard interface barcode reader.

The required date and time values format in NetBackup commands varies according to your locale. The /usr/openv/msg/.conf file (UNIX) and the install_path\msg\LC.CONF file (Windows) contain information such as the date-time formats for each supported locale. The files contain specific instructions on how to add or modify the list of supported locales and formats.

See the "About specifying the locale of the NetBackup installation" topic in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II for more information.

Run the vltcontainers command from a NetBackup master server that is licensed for Vault.

If the following directory with public-write access exists, vltcontainers writes to its daily debug log file (log.DDMMYY where DDMMYY is current date):

UNIX systems: usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vault

Windows systems: install_path\netbackup\logs\vault

Public-write access is required because not all executable files that write to this file can run as administrator or root user.

OPTIONS

-change

Changes the default return date for the container. The default return date of a container is the date of the volume in the container that is returned the latest. It requires the -vltcid container_id option.

-delete

Deletes the container record from the NetBackup and Media Manager catalogs. You can delete a container only if it contains no media.

-f file_name

Specifies the file from which to read media IDs. All the listed media in the file are added to the container that the -vltcid option specifies. The file can be a list of media IDs (one per line). Or it can be the numeric equivalents of barcodes (one per line) scanned into a file by a barcode reader.

-rd return_date

Specifies the return date for the container.

The return date format depends on the locale setting.

-rn robot_number

Specifies the robot, which is used to determine the EMM Server from which the vltcontainers command should obtain media information. If -rn robot_number is not used, the master server is considered as the EMM server. The only media that can be added to containers is the media in the database on the EMM server.

-run

Logically adds media to the container. If you specify no other options, you must enter the container IDs and the media IDs by using the keyboard. To use a barcode reader to scan the container and the media IDs, specify the -usingbarcodes option. To add the media that a specific session ejects, use the -vault vault_name and -sessionid session_id options. To add the media that is specified in a file, use the -f file_name option. To specify an EMM server other than the master server, use the -rn robot_number option.

-sessionid session_id

The ID of a vault session. All media that the specified session ejects are added to the container that the -vltcid option specifies.

-usingbarcodes

Specifies a keyboard interface barcode reader that scans container IDs and media IDs, or the barcode numbers that are used in the file that -f file_name specifies. Keyboard interface barcode readers (also called keyboard wedge barcode readers) connect between the keyboard and the keyboard port on your computer.

-vault vault_name

The name of the vault to which the profile that ejected the media belongs. You also must specify the ID of the session (-sessionid) that ejected the media to be added to the container.

-version

Displays the vltcontainers version and exit.

-view [-vltcid container_id]

Shows the return date that is assigned to all containers. Use the -vltcid container_id option and argument to show the return date of a specific container.

-vltcid container_id

Specifies the container ID. Container ID can be a string of up to 29 alphanumeric characters (no spaces). The -rd return_date option and argument are required to change a container return date.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Use the following command to:

  • Add the volumes that are ejected from robot number 0 to containers.

  • Use a barcode reader to scan the container ID and media ID.

# vltcontainers -run -usingbarcodes -rn 0

Example 2 - View the return date of container ABC123:

# vltcontainers -view -vltcid ABC123

Example 3 - Change the return date of container ABC123 to December 07, 2012:

# vltcontainers -change -vltcid ABC123 -rd 12/07/2012

Example 4 - Delete container ABC123 from the NetBackup and Media Manager catalogs, use the following command:

# vltcontainers -delete -vltcid ABC123

Example 5 - Add all media that was ejected to container ABC123 by session 4 of vault MyVault_Cntr, use the following command:

# vltcontainers -run -vltcid ABC123 -vault MyVault_Cntr -sessionid 4

Example 6 - Add the media that is listed in the medialist file that is ejected from robot number 0 to container ABC123:

UNIX systems:

# vltcontainers -run -vltcid ABC123 -f 
/home/jack/medialist -rn 0

Windows systems:

# vltcontainers -run -vltcid ABC123 -f 
C:\home\jack\medialist -rn 0

Example 7 - Use the following command to:

  • Add media to container ABC123 that was ejected from a robot that is attached to the master server

  • Read the barcodes for that media from the medialist file

UNIX systems: # vltcontainers -run -vltcid ABC123 -f 
/home/jack/medialist -usingbarcodes
Windows systems: # vltcontainers -run -vltcid ABC123 -f 
C:\home\jack\medialist -usingbarcodes

RETURN VALUES

Vault may exit with a status code greater than 255. Such status codes are called extended exit status codes. For such a case, the exit status that returned to the system is 252. The actual exit status is written to stderr in the format EXIT status = exit status

The extended exit status values are documented in the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide and in the NetBackup Troubleshooting Wizard.

FILES

UNIX systems:

/usr/openv/netbackup/vault/sessions/cntrDB
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/vault/vault.xml
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vault

Windows systems:

install_path\NetBackup\vault\sessions\cntrDB
install_path\NetBackup\db\vault\vault.xml
install_path\NetBackup\logs\vault

SEE ALSO

See vltoffsitemedia.

See vltopmenu.