Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  1. Using logs
    1.  
      About logging
    2.  
      Logging levels
    3.  
      Log retention and log size
    4. Changing the logging levels
      1.  
        Set the Media Manager debug logging to a higher level
      2.  
        Changing the logging level on Windows clients
    5. 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
    6. 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
    7.  
      Setting retention limits for logs on clients
    8.  
      UNIX logging with syslogd
    9.  
      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.  
      Media server deduplication/pdplugin logging
    5.  
      Disk monitoring logging
    6.  
      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
    13.  
      Sending secure communication logs to Veritas Technical Support
  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.  
      bprestore logging
    12.  
      bptestnetconn logging
    13.  
      bptm logging
    14.  
      daemon logging
    15.  
      ltid logging
    16.  
      nbemm logging
    17.  
      nbjm logging
    18.  
      nbpem logging
    19.  
      nbproxy logging
    20.  
      nbrb logging
    21.  
      NetBackup Vault logging
    22.  
      NetBackup web services logging
    23.  
      NetBackup web server certificate logging
    24.  
      PBX logging
    25.  
      reqlib logging
    26.  
      Robots logging
    27.  
      tar logging
    28.  
      txxd and txxcd logging
    29.  
      vnetd logging
  13. 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
  14. Using the Logging Assistant
    1.  
      About the Logging Assistant
    2.  
      Logging Assistant sequence of operation
    3.  
      Viewing the Logging Assistant records
    4.  
      Adding or deleting a Logging Assistant record
    5.  
      Setting up debug logging
    6.  
      Set minimum debug logging
    7.  
      Disabling debug logging

Logging levels

You can choose to apply the same logging level for all NetBackup processes. Or, you can select logging levels for specific processes or services.

Table: Logging level descriptions

Logging level

Description

Same as global

The process uses the same logging level as the Global logging level.

No logging

No log is created for the process.

Minimum logging (default)

A small amount of information is logged for the process.

Use this setting unless advised otherwise by Veritas Technical Support. Other settings can cause the logs to accumulate large amounts of information.

Levels 1 through 4

Progressively more information is logged at each level for the process.

5 (Maximum)

The maximum amount of information is logged for the process.

 

Global logging level

This setting controls the logging level for all processes and for those processes that are set to Same as global. You can control the logging level for some NetBackup processes individually.

See Overrides for legacy logging levels.

See Unified logging levels for the primary server.

Overrides for legacy logging levels

These logging levels apply to legacy processes logging. The logging levels that are displayed depend on the type of host (primary, media, or client).

Table: Logging level overrides for legacy processes

Service

Description

Primary server

Media server

Client

BPBRM logging level

The NetBackup backup and restore manager.

X

X

BPDM logging level

The NetBackup disk manager.

X

X

BPTM logging level

The NetBackup tape manager.

X

X

BPJOBD logging level

The NetBackup Jobs Database Management daemon. This setting is only available for the primary server.

X

BPDBM logging level

The NetBackup database manager.

X

BPRD logging level

The NetBackup Request Daemon.

X

Database logging level

The logging level for database agent logs. For details on which logs to create and refer to, see the guide for the specific agent.

X

 

Unified logging levels for the primary server

These logging levels apply to NetBackup services logging and are only available for the primary server.

Table: Logging levels for NetBackup services

Service

Description

Policy Execution Manager

The Policy Execution Manager (NBPEM) creates policy and client tasks and determines when jobs are due to run. If a policy is modified or if an image expires, NBPEM is notified and the appropriate policy and client tasks are updated.

Job Manager

The Job Manager (NBJM) accepts the jobs that the Policy Execution Manager submits and acquires the necessary resources.

Resource Broker

The Resource Broker (NBRB) makes the allocations for storage units, tape drives, client reservations.

 

Logging values in the registry, bp.conf file, and unified logging

You can also set logging values in the Windows registry, the bp.conf file, or in unified logging.

Table: Logging levels and their values

Logging level

Legacy logging - Windows registry

Legacy logging - bp.conf

Unified logging

Minimum logging

Hexadecimal value of 0xffffffff.

VERBOSE = 0 (global)

processname_VERBOSE = 0

If the global VERBOSE value is set to a value other than 0, an individual process can be decreased by using the value -1. For example, processname_VERBOSE = -1.

1

No logging

Hexadecimal value of 0xfffffffe.

VERBOSE=-2 (global)

processname_VERBOSE = -2

0