NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.0)
  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
      8.  
        Accessibility of the 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.  
      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
    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

OpenStorage Technology (OST) configuration and management

The OpenStorage Technology (OST) technology uses a plug-in architecture, similar to a software driver, that lets the third-party vendors direct the NetBackup data streams and metadata into their devices. The plug-in is developed and created by the OST partner and it resides on the media server for use by NetBackup. NetBackup depends on the OST plug-in for a path to the storage server.

Communication to the storage server is through the network; name resolution on the media server and the storage server must be configured correctly. All supported vendor plug-ins can communicate over a TCP/IP network and some can also communicate to the disk storage on a SAN network.

To determine the capabilities of a disk appliance, NetBackup uses the plug-in to query the storage appliance. The capabilities can include deduplicated storage, optimized off-host duplication, and synthetic backups.

Each OST vendor can report different log messages. A review of the bptm log and/or plug-in log for a backup or a restore job is the best way to understand the specific calls made to the storage server through the plug-in.

The basic steps include the following:

  • Claim the resource

  • sts open_server

  • Create the image

  • write

  • close

  • sts close_server

The example of calls in a vendor plug-in log are as follows:

2016-03-14 09:50:57 5484: --> stspi_claim
2016-03-14 09:50:57 5484: --> stspi_open_server
2016-03-14 09:50:57 5484: <-- stspi_write_image SUCCESS
2016-03-14 09:50:57 5484: --> stspi_close_image
2016-03-14 09:50:59 5484: <-- stspi_close_server SUCCESS

To display the plug-in version, use the following commands:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpstsinfo -pi

  • Windows: install dir\netbackup\bin\admincmd\bpstsinfo -pi

To test the basic communication to the storage server, use the following commands:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpstsinfo -li -storage_server storage server name -stype OST_TYPE

  • Windows: install dir\netbackup\bin\admincmd\bpstsinfo -li -storage_server storage server name -stype OST_TYPE

To display the configured storage servers, use the following commands:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevquery -liststs -stype OST_TYPE -U

  • Windows: install dir\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevquery -liststs -stype OST_TYPE -U

To show the configured disk pools, use the following commands:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevquery -listdp -stype OST_TYPE -U

  • Windows: install dir\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevquery -listdp -stype OST_TYPE -U

To show the configured disk volumes, use the following commands:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevquery -listdv -stype OST_TYPE -U

  • Windows: install dir\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevquery -listdv -stype OST_TYPE -U

Review the flags in the diskpool information, for example:

  • CopyExtents - supports optimized duplications

  • OptimizedImage - supports optimized synthetics and accelerator

  • ReplicationSource - supports AIR (replication)

  • ReplicationTarget - supports AIR (imports)

After the initial configuration of the diskpools, you must run the nbdevconfig -updatedp command as follows to recognize any new flag that the vendor added:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -updatedp -stype OST_TYPE -dp diskpool -M master

  • Windows: install dir\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevconfig -updatedp -stype OST_TYPE -dp diskpool -M master

To manually add the supported flags, you can use the following commands:

  • nbdevconfig -changests -storage_server storage server name -stype OST_TYPE -setattribute OptimizedImage

  • nbdevconfig -changedp -stype OST_TYPE -dp diskpool name -setattribute OptimizedImage

You should also review the following flag for the storage server:

  • OptimizedImage - supports accelerator

To list the OpenStorage credentials for all of the media servers, use the following commands:

  • UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpconfig -dsh -all_hosts

  • Windows: install dir\volmgr\bin\tpconfig -dsh -all_hosts