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Logging Reference Guide

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 Contents

Chapter 1 Using logs .............................................................................. 8

About logs .................................................................................... 8
About UNIX system logs ................................................................ 10
About log retention in NetBackup ..................................................... 10
About limiting the size of unified and legacy logs ................................. 12
About unified logging ..................................................................... 13
Gathering unified logs for NetBackup .......................................... 14
Types of unified logging messages ............................................. 15
File name format for unified logging ............................................ 16
Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging ..................... 17
About changing the location of unified log files .............................. 23
About rolling over unified log files ............................................... 24
About recycling unified log files ................................................. 25
About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs ................ 26
About query strings used with the vxlogview command .................. 27
Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs .......................... 30
Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs ...................... 31
Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs ...................... 34
About legacy logging ..................................................................... 36
UNIX client processes that use legacy logging .............................. 38
PC client processes that use legacy logging ................................. 40
File name format for legacy logging ............................................ 42
Directory names for legacy debug logs for servers ........................ 43
Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device
management ................................................................... 45
How to control the amount of information written to legacy logging
files ............................................................................... 46
About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs ................... 47
Configuring the legacy log rotation ............................................. 49
About global logging levels ............................................................. 50
Changing the logging level ....................................................... 52
Changing the logging level on Windows clients ............................. 53
Setting Media Manager debug logging to a higher level .................. 53
Setting retention limits for logs on clients ........................................... 54
Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer ................................. 54
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Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup Administration

Console ............................................................................... 57
About extra disk space required for logs and temporary files ........... 59
Enabling detailed debug logging ................................................ 59

Chapter 2 Backup process and logging .......................................... 62

Backup process ........................................................................... 62
NetBackup process descriptions ...................................................... 65
Backup and restore startup process ........................................... 65
Backup and archive processes .................................................. 66
Backups and archives - UNIX clients .......................................... 67
Multiplexed backup process ..................................................... 67
About backup logging .................................................................... 67
Sending backup logs to Veritas Technical Support ............................... 69

Chapter 3 Media and device processes and logging .................. 71

Media and device management startup process ................................. 71
Media and device management process ........................................... 73
Shared Storage Option management process .................................... 75
Barcode operations ...................................................................... 77
Media and device management components ..................................... 79

Chapter 4 Restore process and logging ......................................... 88

Restore process ........................................................................... 88
UNIX client restore ....................................................................... 92
Windows client restore .................................................................. 94
About restore logging .................................................................... 95
Sending restore logs to Veritas Technical Support ............................... 96

Chapter 5 Advanced Backup and Restore Features .................. 98

SAN Client Fiber Transport backup .................................................. 98
SAN Client Fiber Transport restore ................................................. 101
Hot catalog backup ..................................................................... 103
Hot catalog restore ...................................................................... 105
Synthetic backups ....................................................................... 107
Creating legacy log directories to accompany problem reports for
synthetic backup ............................................................ 110
Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups ............ 110
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Chapter 6 Storage logging ................................................................ 112

NDMP backup logging ................................................................. 112
NDMP restore logging ................................................................. 115

Chapter 7 NetBackup Deduplication logging ............................... 118

Deduplication backup process to the Media Server Deduplication Pool
(MSDP) .............................................................................. 118
Client deduplication logging .......................................................... 121
Deduplication configuration logs .................................................... 121
Media server deduplication/pdplugin logging .................................... 123
Disk monitoring logging ................................................................ 124
Logging keywords ....................................................................... 124

Chapter 8 OpenStorage Technology (OST) logging ................. 126

OpenStorage Technology (OST) backup logging ............................... 126
OpenStorage Technology (OST) configuration and management .......... 128

Chapter 9 Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) and Auto Image

Replication (A.I.R.) logging .................................... 132
About storage lifecycle policies (SLPs) and Auto Image Replication
(A.I.R.) ............................................................................... 132
Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) duplication process flow ....................... 133
Automatic Image Replication (A.I.R.) process flow logging .................. 134
Import process flow ..................................................................... 135
SLP and A.I.R. logging ................................................................. 135
SLP configuration and management ............................................... 136

Chapter 10 Snapshot technologies ................................................... 138

Snapshot Client backup ............................................................... 138
VMware backup ......................................................................... 141
Snapshot backup and Windows open file backups ............................. 144

Chapter 11 Locating logs ..................................................................... 148

acsssi logging ............................................................................ 149
bpbackup logging ....................................................................... 149
bpbkar logging ........................................................................... 150
bpbrm logging ............................................................................ 150
bpcd logging .............................................................................. 151
bpcompatd logging ..................................................................... 151
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bpdbm logging ........................................................................... 152

bpjobd logging ........................................................................... 152
bprd logging .............................................................................. 153
bprestore logging ........................................................................ 153
bptm logging .............................................................................. 153
daemon logging ......................................................................... 154
ltid logging ................................................................................. 154
nbemm logging .......................................................................... 155
nbjm logging .............................................................................. 155
nbpem logging ........................................................................... 156
nbproxy logging .......................................................................... 156
nbrb logging .............................................................................. 157
NetBackup web services logging ................................................... 157
NetBackup web server certificate logging ......................................... 158
PBX logging .............................................................................. 159
reqlib logging ............................................................................. 160
robots logging ............................................................................ 160
tar logging ................................................................................. 161
txxd and txxcd logging ................................................................. 161
vnetd logging ............................................................................. 162

Chapter 12 Java-based administration console logging ............. 163

About the Java-based administration console logging ........................ 163
Java-based administration console logging process flow ..................... 164
Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration
console and bpjava-* ............................................................. 165
Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration
console and either nbsl or nbvault ............................................ 166
Java-based administration console logging configuration on NetBackup
servers and clients ................................................................ 168
Java-based remote administration console logging on a Windows
computer where NetBackup is not installed ................................ 168
Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting Java GUI issues
.......................................................................................... 169
Undo logging ............................................................................. 171

Index .................................................................................................................. 172

 Chapter 1
Using logs
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About logs

■ About UNIX system logs

■ About log retention in NetBackup

■ About limiting the size of unified and legacy logs

■ About unified logging

■ About legacy logging

■ About global logging levels

■ Setting retention limits for logs on clients

■ Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer

■ Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup Administration Console

About logs
NetBackup uses several different logs and reports to help you troubleshoot any
problems that you encounter.
Users need to know where the log and report information is on their systems.
Figure 1-1 shows the location of the log and report information on the client and
the server and the processes that make the information available.
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About logs

Figure 1-1 Logs in the NetBackup Enterprise system

NetBackup
Error
Database
Catalog Client
Manager Progress
Debug
Files
Logs

Media Server Client

Catalog Programs Programs

Media
NetBackup Catalog
Administrative
Interface

Progress Server System Logs

System Messages
Files Debug Logs Windows Event Logs

Master Media Client

Server Server Server

You can review a functional overview that describes the programs and daemons
that are mentioned in this figure.
You can also use NetBackup reports to help troubleshoot problems. NetBackup
reports give information about status and errors. To run reports, use the NetBackup
Administration Console.
See the Reports information in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

Note: The log-entry format in the NetBackup logs is subject to change without
notice.
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About UNIX system logs

About UNIX system logs

The NetBackup server daemons and programs occasionally log information through
syslogd and it then shows a message or writes the information in an appropriate
system log or the console log.
On UNIX, NetBackup automatically records robotic and network errors in the system
logs by using syslogd. On Windows, NetBackup records robotic and drive errors
in the Event Viewer Application log. On both operating systems, log entries are
also made when robotically controlled drives change between UP and DOWN
states.

Note: On HP-UX, the sysdiag tool may provide additional information on hardware
errors.

To enable additional logging by NetBackup to the system logs, use one of the
following:
■ Use the ltid command that started the device management processes. If the
-v option is included on the ltid command, all daemons that were started as
a result also have the -v option in effect.
■ Use a command to start a specific daemon (for example, acsd -v).
On UNIX, enable debug logging to the system logs by including the verbose option
(-v) on the command that you use to start a daemon.
To troubleshoot ltid or robotic software, you must enable system logging. See the
syslogd(8) man page for information on setting up system logs. Errors are logged
with LOG_ERR, warnings with LOG_WARNING, and debug information with LOG_NOTICE.
The facility type is daemon.
See the syslogd man page for the locations of system log messages on your
system.

About log retention in NetBackup

This section talks about various log retention options in NetBackup that help you
recycle or delete logs as per your logging requirements.
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About log retention in NetBackup

Note: You can verify the log pruning behavior in NetBackup by using the logs at
the following location:
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbutils
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbutils

Table 1-1 Log retention options in NetBackup

Log retention option Use this option... Reference link

Keep logs up to GB To limit the size of unified and legacy See “About limiting the size of unified and legacy
logs. logs” on page 12.

When the log size across NetBackup

processes grows up to this configuration
value, the older logs are deleted.
This option is available on the NetBackup
Administration Console > NetBackup
Management > Host Properties >
Logging dialog box.

NumberOfLogFiles To limit the number of unified log files that See “About recycling unified log files”
you want to retain for a NetBackup on page 25.
process.

When the number of log files exceeds this

configuration value, the oldest log files
become eligible for deletion during log
cleanup.

This option can be set using a

command-line interface.

MaxLogFileSizeKB and To prevent unified log files from becoming See “About rolling over unified log files”
other vxlogcfg options too large. on page 24.
When a file size or time setting is
reached, the current log file is closed.
New log messages for the logging
process are written or “rolled over” to a
new log file.

These options can be set using a

command-line interface.
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About limiting the size of unified and legacy logs

Table 1-1 Log retention options in NetBackup (continued)

Log retention option Use this option... Reference link

Keep logs for days To limit the days for which NetBackup See “About limiting the size and the retention of
retains legacy logs. legacy logs” on page 47.

Logs are deleted after this configuration

value is reached.
NetBackup Administration Console >
NetBackup Management > Host
Properties > Logging dialog box.

MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE To limit the legacy log size and the See “Configuring the legacy log rotation”
and number of legacy log files to be retained. on page 49.
MAX_NUM_LOGFILES
These options can be set using a
command-line interface.

Note: Before you enable logging for critical NetBackup processes, review the log
retention options and select them appropriately.

About limiting the size of unified and legacy logs

To limit the size of the NetBackup logs, specify the log size in the Keep logs up
to GB option in the NetBackup Administration Console. When the NetBackup log
size grows up to this configuration value, the older logs are deleted. To set the log
size in GB, select the check box, which lets you select the value in GB from the
drop-down list.
See “About log retention in NetBackup” on page 10.
You can specify the Keep logs up to GB setting under Host Properties in the
Logging dialog box in the NetBackup Administration Console.

Note: You can verify the log pruning behavior in NetBackup by creating the following
directories:
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbutils
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbutils
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About unified logging

About unified logging

Unified logging and legacy logging are the two forms of debug logging used in
NetBackup. All NetBackup processes use one of these forms of logging. Server
processes and client processes use unified logging.
Unified logging creates log file names and messages in a standardized format.
These logging files cannot be easily viewed with a text editor. They are in binary
format and some of the information is contained in an associated resource file. Only
the vxlogview command can assemble and display the log information correctly.
See “Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging” on page 17.
Unlike legacy logging, unified logging does not require that you create logging
subdirectories. Log files for originator IDs are written to a subdirectory with the
name specified in the log configuration file. All unified logs are written to
subdirectories in the following directory:

Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs

UNIX /usr/openv/logs

You can access logging controls in the NetBackup Administration Console. In

the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master
Servers or Media Servers. Double-click the server you want to change. In the left
pane of the dialog box, click Logging.
You can also manage unified logging by using the following commands:

vxlogcfg Modifies the unified logging configuration settings.

See “Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs” on page 34.

vxlogmgr Manages the log files that the products that support unified logging
generate.

See “Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs” on page 31.

vxlogview Displays the logs that unified logging generates.

See “Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs” on page 30.

These commands are located in the following directory:

Windows install_path\NetBackup\bin

UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/bin
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About unified logging

See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for a complete description about
these commands.
More information about legacy logging is available.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

Gathering unified logs for NetBackup

This topic uses an example to describe how to gather unified logs for NetBackup.
To gather unified logs for NetBackup
1 Create a directory named /upload by using the following command.

# mkdir /upload

2 Copy unified logs (for NetBackup only) to the /upload directory by using the
following command:

# vxlogmgr -p NB -c --dir /upload

Example output:

Following are the files that were found:

/usr/openv/logs/bmrsetup/51216-157-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbemm/51216-111-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbjm/51216-117-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbpem/51216-116-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbsl/51216-132-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
Total 6 file(s)
Copying
/usr/openv/logs/bmrsetup/51216-157-2202872032-050125-0000000.log ...
Copying
/usr/openv/logs/nbemm/51216-111-2202872032-050125-0000000.log ...
Copying
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-2202872032-050125-0000000.log ...
Copying
/usr/openv/logs/nbjm/51216-117-2202872032-050125-0000000.log ...
Copying
/usr/openv/logs/nbpem/51216-116-2202872032-050125-0000000.log ...
Copying
/usr/openv/logs/nbsl/51216-132-2202872032-050125-0000000.log ...
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About unified logging

3 Change to the /upload directory and list its contents.

# cd /upload
ls

Example output:

51216-111-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
51216-116-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
51216-117-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
51216-118-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
51216-132-2202872032-050125-0000000.log
51216-157-2202872032-050125-0000000.log

4 Tar the log files.

# tar -cvf file_name.logs ./*

Types of unified logging messages

The following message types can appear in unified logging files:

Application log Application log messages include informational, warning, and error
messages messages. They are always logged and cannot be disabled. These
messages are localized.
An example of an application message follows:

12/04/2015 15:48:54.101 [Application] NB

51216 nbjm 117 PID:5483 TID:14 File
ID:117 [reqid=-1446587750] [Info]
V-117-40 BPBRM pid = 17446

Diagnostic log Diagnostic log messages are the unified logging equivalent of the legacy
messages debug log messages. They can be issued at various levels of detail
(similar to verbose levels in legacy logging). These messages are
localized.

Diagnostic messages can be disabled with the vxlogcfg command.

An example of a diagnostic message follows:

12/04/2015 15:48:54.608 [Diagnostic] NB

51216 nbjm 117 PID:5483 TID:14 File
ID:117 [No context] 3 V-117-298
[JobInst_i::requestResourcesWithTimeout]
callback object timeout=600
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About unified logging

Debug log Debug log messages are intended primarily for Veritas engineering.
messages Like diagnostic messages, they can be issued at various levels of detail.
These messages are not localized.

Debug messages can be disabled with the vxlogcfg command.

An example of a debug message follows:

12/04/2015 15:48:56.982 [Debug] NB

51216 nbjm 117 PID:5483 TID:14 File
ID:117 [jobid=2 parentid=1] 1
[BackupJob::start()] no pending proxy
requests, start the job

File name format for unified logging

Unified logging uses a standardized naming format for log files. The following is an
example of a log file name.

/usr/openv/logs/nbpem/51216-116-2201360136-041029-0000000000.log

Table 1-2 describes each part of the log file name.

Table 1-2 Description of the file name format for unified logging

Example Description Details

51216 Product ID Identifies the product. The NetBackup product ID is 51216. The
product ID is also known as the entity ID.

116 Originator ID Identifies the log writing entity, such as a process, service,
script, or other software. The number 116 is the originator ID
of the nbpem process (the NetBackup policy execution
manager).

2201360136 Host ID Identifies the host that created the log file. Unless the file was
moved, this ID is the host where the log resides.

041029 Date Shows the date when the log was written in YYMMDD format.

0000000000 Rotation Identifies the numbered instance of a log file for a given
originator. The rollover number (rotation) indicates the instance
of this log file. By default, log files roll over (rotate) based on
file size. If the file reaches maximum size and a new log file is
created for this originator, the new file is designated
0000000001.

See “About rolling over unified log files” on page 24.

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About unified logging

The log configuration file specifies the name of the directories where the log files
for originator IDs are written. These directories and the log files that they hold are
written to the following directory, except as noted in the following:
See “Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging” on page 17.

Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs

UNIX /usr/openv/logs

Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging

Many server processes, services, and libraries use unified logging. Also, UNIX and
Windows clients use unified logging. An originator identifier (OID) corresponds to
a NetBackup process, service, or library.
An OID identifies a process, a service, or a library. A process creates entries in its
own log file. The process can call a library that also creates entries in the same file
but with an OID unique to the library. Hence, a log file can contain entries with
different OIDs. Multiple processes can use the same library, so a library OID can
appear in several different log files.
Table 1-3 lists the NetBackup server and NetBackup client processes, services,
and libraries that use unified logging.

Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging

Originator Entity Description

ID

18 nbatd The authentication service (nbatd) is a service (daemon) that verifies

the user identity and issues credentials. These credentials are used for
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication.
The (nbatd) directory is created under the
usr/netbackup/sec/at/bin directory (UNIX) or the
install_path\NetBackup\sec\at\bin directory (Windows).

103 pbx_exchange The Private Branch Exchange (PBX) service provides single-port access
to clients outside the firewall that connect to Veritas product services.
Service name: VRTSpbx. It writes logs to /opt/VRTSpbx/log (UNIX)
or install_path\VxPBX\log (Windows). The PBX product ID is
50936.

111 nbemm The Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) is a NetBackup service that
manages the device and the media information for NetBackup. It runs
only on the master server.
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About unified logging

Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging
(continued)

Originator Entity Description

ID

116 nbpem The NetBackup Policy Execution Manager (nbpem) creates policy and
client tasks and determines when jobs are due to run. It runs only on the
master server.

117 nbjm The NetBackup Job Manager (nbjm) accepts the jobs that the Policy
Execution Manager submits and acquires the necessary resources. It
runs only on the master server.

118 nbrb The NetBackup Resource Broker (nbrb) maintains a cache list of
available resources. It uses that list to locate the physical and the logical
resources that are required for a backup or a tape restore. It initiates a
SQL call to nbemm to update the database, and then passes the allocation
information to nbjm. It runs only on the master server.

119 bmrd The NetBackup Bare Metal Restore (BMR) master server daemon.

121 bmrsavecfg The BMR Save Configuration is a data collection utility that runs on the
NetBackup client, not the server.

122 bmrc The BMR Client Utility originates on the BMR boot server and runs on
the restoring client. UNIX clients use it to communicate to the BMR
master server during a restore.

123 bmrs The BMR Server Utility.

124 bmrcreatefloppy The BMR commands that create floppy disks use the BMR Create Floppy
utility. The utility runs on the BMR boot server and is Windows only.

125 bmrsrt The BMR Create SRT utility creates a shared resource tree. It runs on
the BMR boot server.

126 bmrprep The BMR Prepare to Restore utility prepares the BMR servers for a client
restoration.

127 bmrsetup The BMR Setup Commands utility sets up BMR installation, configuration,
and upgrade processes.

128 bmrcommon The BMR Libraries and Common Code catalog provides log messages
to the BMR libraries.

129 bmrconfig The BMR Edit Configuration utility modifies the client configuration.

130 bmrcreatepkg The BMR Create Package utility adds Windows drivers, service packs,
and hotfixes to the BMR master server for restore operations.
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Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging
(continued)

Originator Entity Description

ID

131 bmrrst The BMR Restore utility restores Windows BMR clients. It runs on the
restoring client for Windows systems only.

132 nbsl The NetBackup Service Layer facilitates the communication between
the NetBackup graphical user interface and NetBackup logic. nbsl is
required to run NetBackup OpsCenter, an application that manages and
monitors multiple NetBackup environments. This process runs only on
the master server.

134 ndmpagent The NDMP agent daemon manages NDMP backups and restores. It
runs on the media server.

137 libraries The libraries control the logging level in the NetBackup libraries. The
application and the diagnostic messages are for customer use; the debug
messages are intended for Veritas engineering.

140 mmui The media server user interface is used for the Enterprise Media Manager
(EMM).

142 bmrepadm The BMR External Procedure process manages the BMR external
procedures that are used during a restore operation.

143 mds The EMM Media and Device Selection process manages the media
selection component and device selection component of the Enterprise
Media Manager (EMM).

144 da The EMM Device Allocator is used for shared drives.

146 NOMTRS The NetBackup OpsCenter reporting service is part of NetBackup

OpsCenter.

147 NOMClient The NetBackup OpsCenter Client is part of NetBackup OpsCenter.

148 NOMServer The NetBackup OpsCenter Server is part of NetBackup OpsCenter

151 ndmp The NDMP message log (ndmp) handles NDMP protocol messages,
avrd, and robotic processes.

154 bmrovradm The BMR Override Table Admin Utility manages the custom override
functions for Bare Metal Restore.
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Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging
(continued)

Originator Entity Description

ID

156 ace The NBACE process controls the logging level in the (ACE/TAO) CORBA
components for any process that uses a CORBA interface. The default
level is 0 (only important messages are logged). This logging is intended
for Veritas engineering.
If Veritas Technical Support instructs you to increase the logging level,
increase the level for originator ID 137 to 4 or higher.
Warning: A debug logging level greater than 0 generates large amounts
of data.

158 ncfrai Remote access interface for NetBackup clients.

159 ncftfi Transporter for NetBackup clients.

163 nbsvcmon The NetBackup Service Monitor monitors the NetBackup services that
run on the local computer and tries to restart a service that unexpectedly
terminates.

166 nbvault The NetBackup Vault Manager manages NetBackup Vault. nbvault
must be running on the NetBackup Vault server during all NetBackup
Vault operations.

178 dsm The Disk Service Manager (DSM) performs set and get operations on
disk storage and disk storage units.

199 nbftsrvr The Fibre Transport (FT) server process runs on the media servers that
are configured for the NetBackup Fibre Transport. On the server side of
the FT connection, nbftsrvrcontrols data flow, processes SCSI
commands, manages data buffers, and manages the target mode driver
for the host bus adapters. nbftsrvr is part of SAN client.

200 nbftclnt The Fibre Transport (FT) client process runs on the client and is part of
SAN Client.

201 fsm The FT Service Manager (FSM) is a component of the Enterprise Media
Manager (EMM) and is part of SAN Client.

202 stssvc The Storage service manages the storage server and runs on the media
server.

210 ncfive Exchange Firedrill Wizard for NetBackup clients.

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Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging
(continued)

Originator Entity Description

ID

219 rsrcevtmgr The Resource Event Manager (REM) is a CORBA loadable service that
runs inside nbemm. REM works with the Disk Polling Service to monitor
free space and volume status, and to watch for disk-full conditions.

220 dps Disk polling service for NetBackup clients.

221 mpms The Media Performance Monitor Service (MPMS) runs on every media
server within RMMS and gathers CPU load and free memory information
for the host.

222 nbrmms Remote monitoring and Management Service (RMMS) is the conduit
through which EMM discovers and configures disk storage on media
servers.

226 nbstserv The Storage services controls the lifecycle image duplication operations.

230 rdsm The Remote Disk Service Manager interface (RDSM) runs within the
Remote Manager and Monitor Service. RDMS runs on media servers.

231 nbevtmgr The Event Manager Service provides asynchronous event management
services for cooperating participants.

248 bmrlauncher The BMR Launcher Utility in the Windows BMR Fast Restore image
configures the BMR environment.

254 SPSV2RecoveryAsst Recovery Assistant for SharePoint Portal Server for NetBackup clients.

261 aggs Artifact Generator Generated Source.

263 wingui The NetBackup Administration Console for Windows

271 nbecmsg Legacy error codes.

272 expmgr The Expiration Manager handles the capacity management and the
image expiration for storage lifecycle operations.

286 nbkms The Encryption Key Management Service is a master server-based

symmetric service that provides encryption keys to the media server
NetBackup Tape Manager processes.

293 nbaudit NetBackup Audit Manager.

294 nbauditmsgs NetBackup Audit Messages.

309 ncf NetBackup Client Framework.

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Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging
(continued)

Originator Entity Description

ID

311 ncfnbservercom NetBackup Client/Server Communications.

317 ncfbedspi NetBackup Client Beds Plug-in.

318 ncfwinpi NetBackup Client Windows Plug-in.

321 dbaccess NetBackup Relational Database access library.

348 ncforaclepi NetBackup Client Oracle Plug-in.

351 ncflbc Live Browse Client.

352 ncfgre Granular restore.

355 ncftarpi NetBackup TAR Plug-in.

356 ncfvxmspi NetBackup Client VxMS Plug-in.

357 ncfnbrestore NetBackup Restore.

359 ncfnbbrowse NetBackup Browser.

360 ncforautil NetBackup Client Oracle utility.

361 ncfdb2pi NetBackup Client DB2 Plug-in.

362 nbars NetBackup Agent Request Services.

363 dars Database Agent Request Server process call

366 ncfnbcs NetBackup Client Service.

369 impmgr NetBackup Import Manager.

371 nbim Indexing manager.

372 nbhsm Hold service.

375 ncfnbusearchserverpi NetBackup Client Search Server Plug-in.

377 ncfnbdiscover NetBackup Client Component Discovery.

380 ncfnbquiescence NetBackup Client Component Quiescence/Unquiescence.

381 ncfnbdboffline NetBackup Client Component Offline/Online.

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Table 1-3 Originator IDs for the server entities that use unified logging
(continued)

Originator Entity Description

ID

386 ncfvmwarepi NetBackup NCF VMware Plug-in.

387 nbrntd NetBackup Remote Network Transport. If multiple backup streams run
concurrently, the Remote Network Transport Service writes a large
amount of information to the log files. In such a scenario, set the logging
level for OID 387 to 2 or less.

See “Changing the logging level” on page 52.

395 stsem STS Event Manager.

396 nbutils NetBackup Utilities.

400 nbdisco NetBackup Discovery.

401 ncfmssqlpi NetBackup Client MSSQL plug-in.

402 ncfexchangepi NetBackup Client Exchange plug-in.

403 ncfsharepointpi NetBackup Client SharePoint plug-in.

412 ncffilesyspi NetBackup Client File System plug-in.

480 libvcloudsuite NetBackup vCloudSuite Library.

486 nbpxyhelper The vnetd proxy helper process.

490 nbpxytnl The HTTP tunnel of the vnetd proxy.

About changing the location of unified log files

The unified logging files can consume a lot of disk space. If necessary, enter the
following to direct them to a different location.

UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o Default -s

LogDirectory=new_log_path

Where new_log_path is a full path, such as /bigdisk/logs.

Windows install_path\NetBackup\bin\vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o Default

-s LogDirectory=new_log_path

Where new_log_path is a full path, such as D:\logs.

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About rolling over unified log files

To prevent log files from becoming too large, or to control when or how often logs
are created, you can set a log rollover option. When a file size or time setting is
reached, the current log file is closed. New log messages for the logging process
are written or “rolled over” to a new log file.
See “About log retention in NetBackup” on page 10.
You can set log file rollover to occur based on file size, time of day, or elapsed time.
Set the conditions by using the vxlogcfg command with the options described in
Table 1-4.

Table 1-4 vxlogcfg options that control the rollover of the unified log files

Option Description

MaxLogFileSizeKB Specifies the maximum size that is allowed for the log file (in
kilobytes) before rollover occurs, if the RolloverMode is set
to FileSize.

RolloverAtLocalTime Specifies the time of day at which the log file is rolled over,
if the RolloverMode is set to LocalTime.

RolloverPeriodInSeconds Specifies a period of time in seconds after which the log file
is rolled over, if the RolloverMode is set to Periodic.

MaxLogFileSizeKB or Specifies that the log file rollover occurs whenever the file
RolloverAtLocalTime size limit or the local time limit is reached, whichever is first.

An example of the command:

vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -g Default

MaxLogFileSizeKB=256
RolloverAtLocalTime=22:00

MaxLogFileSizeKB or Specifies that the log file rollover occurs whenever the file
RolloverPeriodInSeconds size limit or the periodic time limit is reached, whichever is
first.

A complete description of vxlogcfg is in the NetBackup Commands Reference

Guide.
By default, log file rollover is based on a file size of 51200 KB. When a log file
reaches 51200 KB in size, the file closes and a new log file opens.
The following example sets the NetBackup (prodid 51216) rollover mode to
Periodic.
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# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid 116 -s RolloverMode=Periodic

RolloverPeriodInSeconds=86400

The previous example uses the vxlogcfg command with the RolloverMode option.
It sets rollover mode for nbpem (originator ID 116) to Periodic. It also sets the
interval until the next nbpem log file rollover to 24 hours (86400 seconds).
In the following example, the file names show the log file rollover with the rotation
ID incremented:

/usr/openv/logs/nbpem/51216-116-2201360136-041029-0000000000.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbpem/51216-116-2201360136-041029-0000000001.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbpem/51216-116-2201360136-041029-0000000002.log

In addition, you can use log file rotation with the following:
■ Logs for the server processes that use unified logging
See “Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging” on page 17.
■ Certain legacy logs
■ The unified logging files that the Bare Metal Restore process bmrsavecfg creates

About recycling unified log files

Deleting the oldest log files is referred to as recycling. You can recycle unified
logging files in the following ways.
See “About log retention in NetBackup” on page 10.

Limit the number of log Specify the maximum number of log files that NetBackup retains.
files When the number of log files exceeds the maximum, the oldest log
files become eligible for deletion during log cleanup. The
NumberOfLogFiles option for the vxlogcfg command defines
that number.

In the following example, the maximum number of log files that are
allowed for each of the unified logging originators in the NetBackup
(product ID 51216) is 8000. When the number of log files exceeds
8000 for a particular originator, the oldest log files become eligible
for deletion during log cleanup.

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o ALL -s

NumberOfLogFiles=8000

See “Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs”

on page 34.
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Specify the number of Use the Keep logs for days property to specify the maximum
days the log files are number of days logs are kept. When the maximum number of days
kept is reached, the unified logs and legacy logs are automatically
deleted.
In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand
NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master Servers.
Double-click the server you want to change. A new dialog box
appears. In the left pane, click Logging > Keep logs for days.

Explicitly delete the log To initiate recycling and delete the log files, run the following
files command:

# vxlogmgr -a -d

If you cannot manually delete or move files with vxlogmgr, the

Keep logs for days property removes the old logs for both unified
logging and legacy logging.
See “Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs”
on page 31.

If the vxlogcfg LogRecycle option is ON (true), the Keep logs for days setting
is disabled for unified logs. In this case, unified logging files are deleted when their
number (for a particular originator) exceeds the number that the NumberOfLogFiles
option specifies on the vxlogcfg command.

About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs

Use the vxlogview command to view the logs that unified logging creates. These
logs are stored in the following directory.

UNIX /usr/openv/logs

Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs

Unlike the files that are written in legacy logging, unified logging files cannot be
easily viewed with a text editor. The unified logging files are in binary format, and
some of the information is contained in an associated resource file. Only the
vxlogview command can assemble and display the log information correctly.

You can use vxlogview to view NetBackup log files as well as PBX log files.
To view PBX logs using the vxlogview command, do the following:
■ Ensure that you are an authorized user. For UNIX and Linux, you must have
root privileges. For Windows, you must have administrator privileges.
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■ To specify the PBX product ID, enter -p 50936 as a parameter on the vxlogview
command line.
vxlogview searches all the files, which can be a slow process. Refer to the following
topic for an example of how to display results faster by restricting the search to the
files of a specific process.

About query strings used with the vxlogview command

Use the vxlogview command to display the logs that unified logging generates.
The vxlogview command includes the following option: -w (- -where)
QueryString.

QueryString represents a text expression similar to a database WHERE clause.

The query string expression is used to retrieve log entries from the unified logging
system. The expression is a combination of relational operators, constant integers,
constant strings, and names of log fields that evaluate to a single value. Expressions
are grouped by logical operators such as AND and OR.
The supported relational operators are as follows:

< less than

> greater than

<= less than and equal to

>= greater than and equal to

= equal to

!= not equal to

The supported logical operators are as follows:

&& logical AND

|| logical OR

Table 1-5 shows data types for specific fields as well as description and an example.
When more than one example is listed, both examples produce the same results.
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Table 1-5 Data types for fields

Field name Type Description Example

PRODID Integer or string Provide the product ID or the PRODID = 51216

abbreviated name of product.
PRODID = 'NBU'

ORGID Integer or string Provide the originator ID or the ORGID = 116

abbreviated name of the component.
ORGID = 'nbpem'

PID Long Integer Provide the process ID PID = 1234567

TID Long Integer Provide the thread ID TID = 2874950

STDATE Long Integer or string Provide the start date in seconds or STDATE = 98736352
in the locale-specific short date and
STDATE = '4/26/11 11:01:00
time format. For example, a locale
AM'
can have the format 'mm/dd/yy
hh:mm:ss AM/PM'

ENDATE Long Integer or string Provide the end date in seconds or ENDATE = 99736352
in the locale-specific short date and
ENDATE = '04/27/11 10:01:00
time format. For example, a locale
AM'
can have the format 'mm/dd/yy
hh:mm:ss AM/PM'

PREVTIME String Provide the hours in 'hh:mm:ss' PREVTIME = '2:34:00'

format. This field should be used
only with operators =, <, >, >=, and
<=

SEV Integer Provide one of the following possible SEV = 0

severity types:
SEV = INFO
0 = INFO

1 = WARNING

2 = ERR

3 = CRIT

4 = EMERG
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Table 1-5 Data types for fields (continued)

Field name Type Description Example

MSGTYPE Integer Provide one of the following possible MSGTYPE = 1

message types:
MSGTYPE = DIAG
0 = DEBUG (debug messages)

1 = DIAG (diagnostic messages)

2 = APP (application messages)

3 = CTX (context messages)

4 = AUDIT (audit messages)

CTX Integer or string Provide the context token as string CTX = 78

identifier or 'ALL' to get all the
CTX = 'ALL'
context instances to be displayed.
This field should be used only with
the operators = and !=.

Consider the following when writing a query string.

Case sensitivity Field names, severity types, and message types are not case-sensitive.
For example, the following are valid entries:

■ sev = info
■ msgtype = diag

String constants String constants should be given in single quotes. For example, PRODID
= 'NBU'

Dates Start and end dates can be provided in the following formats:
■ A string constant that corresponds to the regional display short date
format
■ A UNIX long value of number of seconds that elapsed since midnight
January 1, 1970.

Table 1-6 provides examples of query strings.

Table 1-6 Examples of query strings

Example Description

(PRODID == 51216) && ((PID == 178964) Retrieves the log file message for the
|| ((STDATE == '2/5/15 09:00:00 AM') NetBackup product ID 51216 between
&& (ENDATE == '2/5/15 12:00:00 PM')) 9AM and 12PM on 2015-05-02.
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Table 1-6 Examples of query strings (continued)

Example Description

((prodid = 'NBU') && ((stdate >= Retrieves the log messages for the
‘11/18/14 00:00:00 AM’) && (endate NetBackup product NBU between
<= ‘12/13/14 12:00:00 PM’))) || 2014-18-11 and 2014-13-12 and the log
((prodid = 'BENT') && ((stdate >= messages for the NetBackup product
‘12/12/14 00:00:00 AM’) && BENT between 2014-12-12 and
(endate <= ‘12/25/14 12:00:00 PM’))) 2014-25-12.

(STDATE <= ‘04/05/15 0:0:0 AM’) Retrieves the log messages that were
logged on or before 2015-05-04 for all
of the installed Veritas products.

Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs

The following examples demonstrate how to use the vxlogview command to view
unified logs.

Table 1-7 Example uses of the vxlogview command

Item Example

Display all the vxlogview -p 51216 -d all

attributes of the log
messages

Display specific Display the log messages for NetBackup (51216) that show only
attributes of the log the date, time, message type, and message text:
messages
vxlogview --prodid 51216 --display D,T,m,x

Display the latest log Display the log messages for originator 116 (nbpem) that were
messages issued during the last 20 minutes. Note that you can specify -o
nbpem instead of -o 116:

# vxlogview -o 116 -t 00:20:00

Display the log Display the log messages for nbpem that were issued during the
messages from a specified time period:
specific time period
# vxlogview -o nbpem -b "05/03/15 06:51:48 AM"
-e "05/03/15 06:52:48 AM"
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Table 1-7 Example uses of the vxlogview command (continued)

Item Example

Display results faster You can use the -i option to specify an originator for a process:

# vxlogview -i nbpem

The vxlogview -i option searches only the log files that the
specified process (nbpem) creates. By limiting the log files that it
has to search, vxlogview returns a result faster. By comparison,
the vxlogview -o option searches all unified log files for the
messages that the specified process has logged.
Note: If you use the -i option with a process that is not a service,
vxlogview returns the message "No log files found." A process
that is not a service has no originator ID in the file name. In this
case, use the -o option instead of the -i option.

The -i option displays entries for all OIDs that are part of that
process including libraries (137, 156, 309, etc.).

Search for a job ID You can search the logs for a particular job ID:

# vxlogview -i nbpem | grep "jobid=job_ID"

The jobid= search key should contain no spaces and must be

lowercase.
When searching for a job ID, you can use any vxlogview
command option. This example uses the -i option with the name
of the process (nbpem). The command returns only the log entries
that contain the job ID. It misses related entries for the job that do
not explicitly contain the jobid=job_ID.

See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for a complete description of the
vxlogview command. The guide is available through the following URL:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs

The following examples show how to use the vxlogmgr command to manage unified
logging files. Log file management includes actions such as deleting or moving the
log files.
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Table 1-8 Example uses of the vxlogmgr command

Item Example

List the log files List all unified log files for the nbrb service:

# vxlogmgr -s -o nbrb
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050503-00.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050504-00.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050505-00.log
Total 3 file(s)

Delete the oldest log If the vxlogcfg NumberOfLogFiles option is set to 1, the following example deletes the
files two oldest log files for the nbrb service:

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o nbrb -s NumberOfLogFiles=1

# vxlogmgr -d -o nbrb -a
Following are the files that were found:
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050504-00.log
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050503-00.log
Total 2 file(s)
Are you sure you want to delete the file(s)? (Y/N):
Y
Deleting
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050504-00.log ...
Deleting
/usr/openv/logs/nbrb/51216-118-1342895976-050503-00.log ...

Delete the newest log Delete all the unified log files that NetBackup created in the last 15 days:
files
# vxlogmgr -d --prodid 51216 -n 15

Make sure that you roll over (rotate) the log files before you recycle them.

Delete the log files for Delete all unified log files for originator nbrb:
a specific originator
# vxlogmgr -d -o nbrb

Make sure that you roll over (rotate) the log files before you recycle them.

Delete all the log files Delete all unified log files for NetBackup:

# vxlogmgr -d -p NB

Make sure that you roll over (rotate) the log files before you recycle them.
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Table 1-8 Example uses of the vxlogmgr command (continued)

Item Example

Control the number of You can use the vxlogmgr command with the vxlogcfg command’s NumberOfLogFiles
log files option to manually delete log files.

For example, the NumberOfLogFiles option is set to 2, you have 10 unified logging files,
and cleanup has not occurred. Enter the following to keep the two most recent log files and
delete the rest for all originators:

# vxlogmgr -a -d

The following command keeps the two most recent log files of all PBX originators:

# vxlogmgr -a -d -p ics

The following deletes the older log files for the nbrb service only:

# vxlogmgr -a -d -o nbrb

Control disk space Periodically run the vxlogmgr -a -d command (such as through a cron job) to delete
usage logs and monitor the disk space that unified logging uses.
The disk space that a given originator uses can be calculated as follows:

NumberOfFiles for originator * MaxLogFileSizeKB for originator

The total disk space that unified logs consume is the sum of the disk space that each originator
consumes. If none of the originators override the NumberOfFiles and MaxLogFileSizeKB
settings, then the total disk space that unified logging consumes is as follows:
Number of originators * default MaxLogFileSizeKB * default NumberOfFiles

Use the vxlogcfg command to list the current unified logging settings.
For example, assume the following:

■ vxlogmgr -a -d -p NB is configured as a cron job with a frequency of one hour.

■ No originators override default settings for MaxLogFileSizeKB or NumberOfFiles.
■ The number of active NetBackup originators on the host is 10. (Typical of a NetBackup
master server that is not running BMR or NDMP.)
■ The default MaxLogFileSizeKB is equal to 51200.
■ The default NumberOfFiles is equal to 3.

To calculate the total disk space that unified logging consumes, insert the values from the
example into the previous formula. The results are as follows:
10 * 51200 * 3 KB = 1,536,000 KB of additional disk space used each hour.

A complete description of vxlogmgr is in the NetBackup Commands Reference

Guide.
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Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs

Use the vxlogcfg command to change logging levels and rollover settings.
The vxlogcfg command has the following characteristics:
■ The vxlogcfg command is the only way to turn off diagnostic and debug
messages in unified logging. In legacy logging, the writing of messages cannot
be turned off, only minimized.
■ Absolute paths must be specified. Do not use relative paths.
The following examples show how to use the vxlogcfg command to configure
unified logging settings.

Table 1-9 Example uses of the vxlogcfg command

Item Example

Set the maximum log By default, the maximum log file size in unified logging is 51200
file size KB. When a log file reaches 51200 KB, the file closes and a new
log file opens.

You can change the maximum file size with the

MaxLogFileSizeKB option. The following command changes the
default maximum log size to 100000 KB for the NetBackup product:

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o Default -s

MaxLogFileSizeKB=100000

For MaxLogFileSizeKB to be effective, the RolloverMode option

must be set to FileSize:

# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid Default -s

RolloverMode=FileSize

MaxLogFileSizeKB can be set per originator. An originator that

is not configured uses the default value. The following example
overrides the default value for service nbrb (originator ID 118).

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o nbrb -s

MaxLogFileSizeKB=1024000
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Table 1-9 Example uses of the vxlogcfg command (continued)

Item Example

Set log recycling The following example sets automatic log file deletion for nbemm
logs (originator ID 111):

# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid 111 -s

RolloverMode=FileSize MaxLogFileSizeKB=512000
NumberOfLogFiles=999 LogRecycle=TRUE

This example sets nbemm rollover mode to file size, and turns on
log recycling. When the number of log files exceeds 999, the oldest
log file is deleted. EXAMPLE 5 shows how to control the number
of log files.

Set debug level and The following example sets the default debug level and diagnostic
diagnostic level level of product ID NetBackup (51216):

# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid Default -s

DebugLevel=1 DiagnosticLevel=6
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Table 1-9 Example uses of the vxlogcfg command (continued)

Item Example

List the unified logging The following vxlogcfg example shows how to list the active
settings unified logging settings for a given originator (the nbrb service).
Note that MaxLogFileSizeKB, NumberOfLogFiles, and
RolloverMode are included in the output.

# vxlogcfg -l -o nbrb -p NB

Configuration settings for originator 118,

of product 51,216...
LogDirectory = /usr/openv/logs/nbrb/
DebugLevel = 1
DiagnosticLevel = 6
DynaReloadInSec = 0
LogToStdout = False
LogToStderr = False
LogToOslog = False
RolloverMode = FileSize | LocalTime
LogRecycle = False
MaxLogFileSizeKB = 51200
RolloverPeriodInSeconds = 43200
RolloverAtLocalTime = 0:00
NumberOfLogFiles = 3
OIDNames = nbrb
AppMsgLogging = ON
L10nLib = /usr/openv/lib/libvxexticu
L10nResource = nbrb
L10nResourceDir = /usr/openv/resources
SyslogIdent = VRTS-NB
SyslogOpt = 0
SyslogFacility = LOG_LOCAL5
LogFilePermissions = 664

A complete description of vxlogcfg is in the NetBackup Commands Reference

Guide.

About legacy logging

Legacy logging and unified logging are the two forms of debug logging used in
NetBackup. All NetBackup processes use either unified logging or legacy logging.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.
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In legacy debug logging, each process creates log files of debug activity in its own
logging directory. The NetBackup legacy debug log directories are located in the
following directories:

Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs
install_path\Volmgr\debug

UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
/usr/openv/volmgr/debug

These top-level directories can contain a directory for each NetBackup process that
uses legacy logging. By default, NetBackup creates only a subset of all of the
possible log directories. For example, the following directories are created by default
on UNIX servers:
■ nbfp

■ nbliveup

■ nblogadm

■ user_ops

To enable logging for all of the NetBackup processes that use legacy logging, you
must create the log file directories that do not already exist, unless you use the
Logging Assistant. For more information about the Logging Assistant, see the
NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I. The guide is available at the following
location:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
See “Directory names for legacy debug logs for servers ” on page 43.
See “Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device management”
on page 45.
You can use the following batch files to create all of the debug log directories at
once:
■ Windows: install_path\NetBackup\Logs\mklogdir.bat
■ UNIX: usr/openv/netbackup/logs/mklogdir
See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for a complete description about
the mklogdir command. The guide is available at the following location:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
After the directories are created, NetBackup creates log files in the directory that
is associated with each process. A debug log file is created when the process
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begins. Each log file grows to a certain size before the NetBackup process closes
it and creates a new log file.
See “File name format for legacy logging” on page 42.
To enable debug logging for the NetBackup Status Collection Daemon (vmscd),
create the following directory before you start nbemm.

Windows install_path\Volmgr\debug\vmscd\

UNIX /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/vmscd

As an alternative, you can restart vmscd after creating the directory.

UNIX client processes that use legacy logging

Many UNIX client processes use legacy logging. To enable legacy debug logging
on UNIX clients, create the appropriate subdirectories in the following directory.

You can use the following batch file to create all of the debug log directories at
once:

Windows Install_path\NetBackup\Logs\mklogdir.bat

UNIX usr/openv/netbackup/logs/mklogdir

Table 1-10 describes the directories for the legacy debug logs that apply to UNIX
clients.

Table 1-10 UNIX client processes that use legacy logging

Directory Associated process

bp Menu driven client-user interface program.

bparchive Archive program. Also useful for debugging bp.

bpbackup Backup program. Also useful for debugging bp.

bpbkar Program that is used to generate backup images.

bpcd NetBackup client daemon or manager.

bpclimagelist Command-line utility that produces a status report on client NetBackup

images or removable media.

bpclntcmd Command-line utility on the clients that test NetBackup system

functionality and enables Fibre Transport services.
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Table 1-10 UNIX client processes that use legacy logging (continued)

Directory Associated process

bphdb Program that starts a script to back up a database on a NetBackup

database agent client.

See the system administrator's guide for the appropriate NetBackup

database agent for more information.

bpjava-msvc The NetBackup Java application server authentication service that

inetd starts during the startup of the NetBackup Java interface
applications. This program authenticates the user that started the
application.

bpjava-usvc The NetBackup program that bpjava-msvc starts upon successful

logon through the logon dialog box that is presented when a
NetBackup Java Backup, Archive, and Restore (BAR) interface is
started. This program services all requests from the Java user
interfaces on the host where bpjava-msvc is running.

bplist Program that lists backed up and archived files. Also useful to debug
bp. On pre-7.6 versions of NetBackup, the bpclntcmd command
and the bpclimagelist command send their debug log messages
to the bplist directory. On NetBackup 7.6, bpclntcmd and
bpclimagelist send their debug log messages to the bpclntcmd
and the bpclimagelist directory, respectively.

bpmount Program that determines the local mount points and wildcard
expansion for multiple data streams.

bporaexp Command-line program on clients to export Oracle data in XML

format. Communicates with bprd on the server.

bporaexp64 64-bit command-line program on clients to export Oracle data in XML

format. Communicates with bprd on the server.

bporaimp Command-line program on clients to import Oracle data in XML

format. Communicates with bprd on the server.

bporaimp64 64-bit command-line program on clients to import Oracle data in XML

format. Communicates with bprd on the server.

bprestore Restore program. Also useful for debugging bp.

db_log For more information on these logs, see the NetBackup guide for the
database-extension product that you use.

mtfrd These logs have information about the mtfrd process that is used
for phase 2 imports and restores of the Backup Exec media.
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Table 1-10 UNIX client processes that use legacy logging (continued)

Directory Associated process

tar nbtar processing during restores.

user_ops The user_ops directory is created during the install of NetBackup

on all servers and clients. The NetBackup Java interface programs
use this directory for temporary files and for job and progress log files
that the Backup, Archive, and Restore program (jbpSA) generates.
This directory must exist for successful operation of any of the Java
programs and must have public read, write, and run permissions.
This directory contains a directory for every user that uses the Java
programs.

In addition, on NetBackup Java capable platforms, the NetBackup

Java interface log files are written in a subdirectory that is called
nbjlogs. All of the files that are in the user_ops directory hierarchy
are removed according to the setting of the KEEP_LOGS_DAYS
configuration option.

PC client processes that use legacy logging

Most PC client processes use legacy logging. To enable the detailed legacy debug
logging on Windows clients, create the directories in the following location. The
directory names that you create correspond to the processes to which you want to
create logs.
C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\Logs\

Note: These are the default locations in which to place these directories. You can
specify another location during client installation.

Table 1-11 lists the legacy debug log directories that apply to these clients.

Table 1-11 PC client processes that use legacy logging

Directory NetBackup client Description

bpinetd All Windows clients Client service logs. These logs have
information on the bpinetd32
process.

bparchive All Windows clients Archive program that is run from the
command line.
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Table 1-11 PC client processes that use legacy logging (continued)

Directory NetBackup client Description

bpbackup All Windows clients The backup program that is run from
the command line.

bpbkar All Windows clients Backup and archive manager. These

logs have information on the
bpbkar32 process.

bpcd All Windows clients NetBackup client daemon or manager.

These logs have information on
communications between the server
and client.

bpjava-msvc NetBackup Java application server

authentication service that the Client
Services service starts during
startup of the NetBackup Java
interface applications. This program
authenticates the user who started the
application. (On all Windows
platforms.)

bpjava-usvc NetBackup program that

bpjava-msvc starts upon successful
logon through the logon dialog box
that is presented when a NetBackup
Java Backup, Archive, and Restore
(BAR) interface is started. This
program services all requests from the
Java user interfaces on the NetBackup
host where bpjava-msvc is running.
(On all Windows platforms.)

bplist All Windows clients List program that is run from the
command line.

bpmount All Windows clients The program that is used to collect

drive names on the client for
multistreaming clients.

bprestore All Windows clients The restore program that is run from
the command line.

tar All Windows clients tar processing. These logs have

information about the tar32 process.
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Table 1-11 PC client processes that use legacy logging (continued)

Directory NetBackup client Description

user_ops All Windows clients The user_ops directory is created

during the install of NetBackup on all
servers and clients. The NetBackup
Java interface programs use it for the
following: temporary files and for job
and progress log files that the
Backup, Archive, and Restore
program (jbpSA) generates. This
directory must exist for successful
operation of any of the Java programs
and must have public read, write, and
run permissions. user_ops contains
a directory for every user that uses
the Java programs.

In addition, on NetBackup
Java-capable platforms, the
NetBackup Java interface log files are
written in a subdirectory that is called
nbjlogs. All files in the user_ops
directory hierarchy are removed
according to the setting of the
KEEP_LOGS_DAYS configuration
option.

File name format for legacy logging

NetBackup legacy logging creates debug log files in the following format:

user_name.mmddyy_nnnnn.log

The following items describe the log file name elements:

user_name The name of the user in whose context the process runs, as follows:
■ For UNIX root user, the user_name is root.
■ For UNIX user other than the root user, the user_name is the user's login
ID.
■ For all users who are part of the Administrator group in Windows, the
user_name is ALL_ADMINS.
■ For Windows user, the user_name is either username@domain_name
or username@machine_name.
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mmddyy The month, day, and year on which NetBackup created the log file.

nnnnn The counter or the rotation number for the log file. When the counter exceeds
the setting for number of log files, the oldest log file is deleted.

The MAX_NUM_LOGFILES configuration parameter sets the maximum number

of a legacy log file per process.

The retention of all logs files in the legacy debug log directories is managed by
using the following options:
■ Keep logs for days setting of the NetBackup Host Properties Logging dialog
box. The default is 28 days.
■ Keep logs up to size setting of the NetBackup Host Properties Logging dialog
box.
■ The legacy logging settings.
See “About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs” on page 47.
Any mixture of new and old log file names in a legacy debug log directory is managed
according to the Keep logs setting and the robust logging settings.

Directory names for legacy debug logs for servers

Table 1-12 describes the directories you need to create to support legacy debug
logs for servers. Each directory corresponds to a process. Unless it is noted, each
directory should be created under the following directory.

Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs

UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/logs

Table 1-12 Directory names for legacy debug logs

Directory Associated process

admin Administrative commands

bpbrm NetBackup backup and restore manager

bpcd NetBackup client daemon or manager. The NetBackup Client service starts this
process.

bpjobd NetBackup jobs database manager program

bpdm NetBackup disk manager

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Table 1-12 Directory names for legacy debug logs (continued)

Directory Associated process

bpdbm NetBackup Database Manager. This process runs only on master servers. On
Windows systems, it is the NetBackup Database Manager service.

bpjava-msvc The NetBackup Java application server authentication service that is started when
the NetBackup interface applications start. On UNIX servers, inetd starts it. On
Windows servers, the Client Services service starts it.

This program authenticates the user that started the application.

bpjava-susvc The NetBackup program that bpjava-msvc starts upon successful logon through
the logon dialog box that is presented when a NetBackup interface starts. This
program services all requests from the Java user interfaces on the NetBackup master
or media server host where the bpjava-msvc program runs (all Windows platforms).

bprd NetBackup request daemon or manager. On Windows systems, this process is called
the NetBackup Request Manager service.

bpsynth The NetBackup process for synthetic backup. nbjm starts bpsynth. bpsynth runs
on the master server.

bptm NetBackup tape management process

nbatd Authentication daemon (UNIX and Linux) or service (Windows). nbatd authenticates
access to interfaces of NetBackup services or daemons.

nbazd Authorization daemon (UNIX and Linux) or service (Windows). nbazd authorizes
access to interfaces of NetBackup services or daemons.

syslogs System log

You must enable system logging to troubleshoot ltid or robotic software. See the
syslogd man page.

user_ops The user_ops directory is created during the install of NetBackup on all servers and
clients. NetBackup interface programs use it for the following: temporary files and
for job and progress log files that the Backup, Archive, and Restore program
(jbpSA) generates. This directory must exist for successful operation of any of the
Java programs and must have public read, write, and execute permissions. user_ops
contains a directory for every user that uses the Java programs.
In addition, on Java-capable platforms, the NetBackup Java interface log files are
written in the nbjlogs subdirectory. All files in the user_ops directory hierarchy
are removed according to the setting of the KEEP_LOGS_DAYS configuration option.
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Table 1-12 Directory names for legacy debug logs (continued)

Directory Associated process

vnetd The Veritas network daemon, used to create firewall-friendly socket connections.
Started by the inetd(1M) process.
Note: Logging occurs in either the /usr/openv/logs directory or the
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs if the vnetd directory exists there. If the vnetd
directory exists in both locations, logging occurs only in
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vnetd.

More information is available on the programs and daemons that write the logs.
See “Multiplexed backup process” on page 67.
On UNIX systems, also refer to the README file in the /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
directory.

Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device
management
The debug log directories enable logging for the media management processes
and device management processes. Table 1-13 describes the directories you need
to create to support legacy debug logs for media and device management. Each
directory corresponds to a process.

Table 1-13 Media and device management legacy debug logs

Directory Associated process

acsssi UNIX only. Debug information on transactions between NetBackup and

the StorageTek ACSLS server.

daemon Debug information for vmd (NetBackup Volume Manager service,

Windows) and its associated processes (oprd and rdevmi). Stop and
restart vmd after creating the directory.

ltid Debug information on ltid, the Media Manager device daemon (UNIX),
or on the NetBackup Device Manager service (Windows), and on avrd.
Stop and restart ltid after creating the directory.

reqlib Debug information on the processes that request media management

services from vmd or EMM. Stop and restart vmd after creating the
directory.

robots Debug information on all robotic daemons, which includes tldcd, tl8cd,
and tl4d daemons. Stop and restart robotic daemons.
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Table 1-13 Media and device management legacy debug logs (continued)

Directory Associated process

tpcommand Debug information for device configuration, including the tpconfig

and the tpautoconf commands and the NetBackup Administration
Console.

vmscd Debug information for the NetBackup Status Collection daemon. Stop
and restart vmscd after creating the directory.

Unless it is noted, each directory should be created under the following directory.

Windows install_path\Volmgr\debug

UNIX /usr/openv/volmgr/debug

NetBackup creates 1 log per day in each of the debug directories.

You can disable debug logging by deleting or renaming the following directory:

Windows: NetBackup Volume install_path\Volmgr\debug\daemon

Manager service

UNIX: vmd command /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/daemon

See “File name format for legacy logging” on page 42.

See “About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs” on page 47.
See “Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device management”
on page 45.

How to control the amount of information written to legacy logging

files
You can set legacy logging levels to increase the amount of information that
NetBackup processes write in the logs.
The following settings affect legacy logging, except media and device management.
■ Increase the Global logging level.
See “Changing the logging level” on page 52.

Note: This setting also affects unified logging.

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■ On UNIX, add a VERBOSE entry in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file.

If you enter VERBOSE without a value, the verbose value defaults to 1. For more
log detail, enter VERBOSE = 2 or a higher value. This setting affects legacy
logging only.

Warning: High verbose values can cause debug logs to become very large.

■ Set the logging level for individual processes.

In Host Properties, change logging levels for individual processes in the
Logging dialog box. Or, specify the verbose flag (if available) when you start
the program or daemon.
Also, you can set the logging level of an individual process to a negative value
in the bp.conf file as follows:
<processname>_VERBOSE = -2 completely disables logs for the corresponding
process.
See more about logging properties in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide,
Volume I.
Media and device management legacy logging has two levels: not verbose (the
default) and verbose. To set the verbose (higher) level, add the word VERBOSE to
the vm.conf file. Create the file if necessary. Restart ltid and vmd after you add
the VERBOSE entry. This entry affects logging levels in the Event Viewer
Application and System log. The vm.conf file is located in the following directory:

Windows install_path\Volmgr\

UNIX /usr/openv/volmgr/

About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs

Certain NetBackup processes write legacy debug logs. Because legacy debug logs
can grow very large, enable them only if unexplained problems exist. Delete the
logs and the associated directories when they are no longer needed.
See “About log retention in NetBackup” on page 10.
To limit the time for which NetBackup retains logs, specify the number of days in
the Keep logs for days field. The default is 28 days. You can specify the number
under Host Properties in the Logging dialog box.
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Note: The following properties have been moved from the Clean-up host properties
to the Logging host properties: Keep logs and Keep Vault logs. On the Logging
properties screen, these properties are referred to as Keep logs for days and
Keep Vault logs for respectively.

See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I for more information about
logging properties.
To limit the amount of disk space that the logs consume, use robust logging. Robust
logging involves file rotation, like that which is used in unified logging. Robust logging
does not apply to media and device management logging.
See “About rolling over unified log files” on page 24.
Specify the maximum size for a log file and the maximum number of log files to
keep in a logging directory. When a log file grows to its maximum size, it closes
and a new file opens. If the number of log files exceeds the number that is allowed
for the directory, the oldest file is deleted.
Logs created by the following NetBackup processes can use log rotation (robust
logging):
■ bpbkar (UNIX/Linux client only)

■ bpbrm

■ bpcd

■ bpdbm

■ bpdm

■ bprd

■ bptm

■ nbproxy

For the logs that are created by the other NetBackup processes (except media and
device management logs), use the Keep logs for days property. The Keep logs
for days property may override the robust file logging settings. If Keep logs for
days is set to 10 days and robust file logging settings allow more than 10 days, the
logs are deleted on day 11.
For media and device management legacy logs, use the DAYS_TO_KEEP_LOGS setting
in the vm.conf file to control log file rotation. The default is 30 days. The vm.conf
file is located in the following directory:

Windows install_path\Volmgr\
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UNIX /usr/openv/volmgr/

To retain logs for 3 days, enter the following in the vm.conf file:

DAYS_TO_KEEP_LOGS = 3

See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume II for instructions about how to
use this entry.

Configuring the legacy log rotation

You can specify the maximum file size for a legacy log and the maximum number
of log files to retain.
See “About log retention in NetBackup” on page 10.
In the case of legacy logging, NetBackup uses the bp.conf configuration file to set
the maximum size of a log file. Use the bpsetconfig command to configure the
following bp.conf parameters to do the log settings: MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE and
MAX_NUM_LOGFILES

Initially, the bp.conf file does not contain the MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE and
MAX_NUM_LOGFILES entries. In this case, the parameters are set to their default
values, which are 256 MB and infinite, respectively.

Note: Beginning in NetBackup 7.7, the robust logging option is enabled by default.
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To configure the legacy log rotation

◆ To change the maximum file size or the maximum number of log files per
directory, use the MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE and the MAX_NUM_LOGFILES options.
These options are part of the bpsetconfig command that is located in the
following directory:

Windows install_pathNetBackup\bin\admincmd\

UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/

Use the following UNIX example to set the maximum file size to 512 MB and
the maximum number of log files per log directory to 4:

#bpsetconfig

bpsetconfig> MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE = 512

bpsetconfig> MAX_NUM_LOGFILES = 4

bpsetconfig>

CTRL-D

A complete description of bpsetconfig is in the NetBackup Commands Reference

Guide.

About global logging levels

Global logging levels refer to unified logging and legacy logging. The logging level
determines how much information is included in the log message. The higher the
level number, the greater the amount of detail is in the log messages.
Table 1-14 describes all of the logging levels and the details that are included in
each level.
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Table 1-14 Global logging levels

Logging level Description

Minimum logging Includes very important, low-volume diagnostic messages and debug
messages.

The Host Properties Logging page or the Logging Assistant can set
minimum logging.
Legacy logs use the following values to represent minimum logging:

■ Windows: Registry displays the following hexadecimal value: 0xffffffff

■ UNIX: The bp.conf file displays VERBOSE = 0 (global).
processname_VERBOSE = 0 represents using the global default
for an individual process.
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.

Unified logging uses the value 1 to represent minimum logging.

Disable logging The Host Properties Logging page or the Logging Assistant can set
disable logging.
Legacy logs use the following values to represent disabled logging:
■ UNIX: The bp.conf file displays VERBOSE=-2 (global) or
processname_VERBOSE = -2 for an individual process.
■ Windows: Registry displays the following hexadecimal value: 0xfffffffe

Unified logging uses the value 0 to represent disabled logging.

1 Adds verbose diagnostic messages and debug messages to the

low-volume diagnostic messages that are associated with minimum
logging.

2 Adds the progress messages.

3 Adds the informational dumps.

4 Adds the function entry and exits.

5 Includes everything. The finest detail of messages.

Unified logging is enabled by default to log debug messages at level 0 and

application messages at level 5.
The following actions affect logging levels:
■ In the Global logging level list, a zero (0) level specifies the minimum level of
logging for both legacy and unified logging. However, for diagnostic and debug
messages in unified logging, the logging level can be turned off completely. No
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diagnostic messages or debug messages are logged. This level cannot be set
with the Global logging level list in the NetBackup Administration Console.
You can set it with the vxlogcfg command or the Logging Assistant.
See “Changing the logging level” on page 52.
See “Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs” on page 34.
■ A change to the Global logging level list affects the logging level of all
NetBackup and Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) processes on the server or
client. (The exceptions are PBX and media and device management logging.)
This setting overrides any previous settings.
■ If you make a change to the VERBOSE entry (or entries) in the bp.conf file or
entry in the vm.conf file, it only affects the legacy logging.
See “How to control the amount of information written to legacy logging files”
on page 46.
■ If you make a change with the vxlogcfg command, it only affects the unified
logging level.
A change to the Global logging level list does not affect the level of the following
logging processes:
■ PBX logging
See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information on how to
access the PBX logs.
■ Media and device management logging (vmd, ltid, avrd, robotic daemons,
media manager commands)
See “Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device management”
on page 45.
■ Any unified logging process whose debug level has been changed from the
default setting

Changing the logging level

The logging level determines how much information is included in the log message.
The log range is 0-5. The higher the level number, the greater the amount of detail
is in the log message.
To change the logging level
1 In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand
NetBackup Management > Host Properties.
2 Select Master Servers, Media Servers, or Clients.
3 In the right pane, click the server or client to view the version and platform.
Then, double-click to view the properties.
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4 In the properties dialog box, in the left pane, click Logging.

5 In the Global logging level list, select a value from 0 to 5.
Changes affect the logging level of both unified logging and legacy logging.
See “About global logging levels” on page 50.
6 Click OK.

Changing the logging level on Windows clients

You can increase the amount of information that client processes write in the logs.
To change the logging level on Windows clients
1 On the client, open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
2 Click on the File menu and select NetBackup Client Properties.
3 In the NetBackup Client Properties dialog box, select the Troubleshooting
tab.
4 In the Verbose property field, enter a debug level from 0 to 5.
Use the default level of 0 unless advised otherwise by Technical Support.
Higher levels can cause the logs to accumulate large amounts of information.
5 Click OK.
For the unified logging files that the Bare Metal Restore process bmrsavecfg creates,
you also can control the logging level with the vxlogcfg command.
See “Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs” on page 34.
An increase in the log level can cause the logs to grow very large; increase the
logging level only if unexplained problems exist.

Setting Media Manager debug logging to a higher level

To solve many error conditions, set the debug logging to a higher level. Then retry
the operation and examine the debug logs.
To set debug logging to a higher level
1 Enable legacy debug logging by creating the necessary directories and folders.
2 Increase the level of verbosity for media and device management processes
by adding the VERBOSE option in the vm.conf file. This file is located in
/usr/openv/volmgr/ (UNIX and Linux) or install_path\Volmgr\ (Windows).

3 Restart the daemons and services or run the command verbose option, if
available.
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Setting retention limits for logs on clients

You can specify the numbers of days that NetBackup retains client logs on UNIX
and Windows.
To set retention limits for logs on UNIX clients
1 In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand Host
Properties > Clients.
2 In the right pane, double-click the client you want to modify.
3 In the properties dialog box, click UNIX Client.
4 In the Client Settings dialog box, find the Keep status of user-directed
backups, archives, and restores for field.
5 Enter the number of days you want to retain the log files, and click OK.
To set the retention limits for logs on Windows clients
1 In the NetBackup Administration Console, on the File menu, click Backup,
Archive, and Restore.
2 In the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface, on the File menu, click
NetBackup Client Properties.
3 In the NetBackup Client Properties dialog box, select the General tab.
4 In the Keep status of user-directed backups, archives, and restores for
field, enter the number of days you want to retain the log files.
5 Click OK.

Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer

The NetBackup Windows master servers can be configured to write messages from
NetBackup processes to the Application Event log as well as their normal location.
These messages can be reviewed in the Windows Event Viewer and also use
third-party tools to monitor the Application Event log for these messages.
Two logging options can be used to write messages to the Application Event log.
These can be used separately or together and are specific to the type of process
that you want to log, as follows:
■ To monitor unified processes (process names that start with nb; for example,
nbrb), use the vxlogview command.

■ To monitor legacy processes (process names that start with bp; for example,
bpdbm), configure the eventlog file.
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Note: For the settings in the vxlogcfg command or the eventlog file to take effect,
you must restart the NetBackup services.

To route unified logging application and diagnostic messages for an originator to

the Windows Event Viewer Application log, use the vxlogcfg command and set
the LogToOslog value to true for that originator.
The following example routes the application and diagnostic messages for nbrb to
the Windows Event Viewer Application log:

# vxlogcfg -a -o nbrb -p NB -s "LogToOslog=true"

and the following example message is written in the Windows Event Viewer
Application log when the operating system logging is enabled for nbrb:

from nbrb - request ID {1C7FF863-4BCB-46EA-8B35-629A43A4FF1F} failed with status 0

(Not Enough Valid Resources); releasing 2 allocated resources

Note: For this setting to take effect, you must restart the NetBackup services.

When you change this option, the ignorable error messages are also written to the
Windows Event Viewer Application log. For example, if you specify the following
command:

# vxlogcfg -a -o nbpem -p NB -s "LogToOslog=true"

the following example of an ignorable message is written in the Windows Event

Viewer Application log when a storage lifecycle policy does not exist:

call NBProxy::getClientList failed to nbproxy with status 227

A complete description of vxlogcfg is in the NetBackup Commands Reference

Guide.
To use the eventlog file, do the following:
■ Create the following file on the NetBackup master server.

install_path\NetBackup\db\config\eventlog

■ Optionally, add an entry to the eventlog file. The following is an example:

56 255

Note: For this setting to take effect, you must restart the NetBackup services.
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The parameters in the eventlog represent severity and type. The parameters have
the following characteristics:

Severity ■ Listed as the first parameter.

■ Controls the messages that NetBackup writes to the Application log.
■ If the file is empty, the default severity is Error (16).
■ If the file has only one parameter, it is used for the severity level.

Type ■ Listed as the second parameter.

■ Controls the type of messages that NetBackup writes to the
Application log.
■ If the file is empty, the default type is Backup Status (64).

Both parameters are specified as decimal numbers and equate to a bitmap that
expresses the following values:

Severity 1 = Unknown
2 = Debug
4 = Info

8 = Warning
16 = Error
32 = Critical

Type 1 = Unknown
2 = General
4 = Backup

8 = Archive
16 = Retrieve
32 = Security

64 = Backup Status

128 = Media Device

You can configure the eventlog file to log the messages that include several
different severities and types. If you specify an entry of 56 255 in the eventlog file,
the results are as follows:

Entry 56 Produces a log with the messages that have a severity of warning, error,
and critical. (56 = 8 + 16 + 32)
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Entry 255 Produces a log with messages for all types. (255 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32
+ 64 +128)

The following example message is written in the Windows Event Viewer Application
log:

16 4 10797 1 cacao bush nbpem backup of client bush exited with status 71

The definition of each value is as follows (left to right):

■ Severity = 16 (Error)
■ Type = 4 (Backup)
■ Job ID = 10797
■ Job group ID = 1
■ Server = cacao
■ Client = bush
■ Process = nbpem
■ Text = backup of client bush exited with status 71

Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup

Administration Console
Most error messages in the NetBackup Administration Console appear in the
following locations:
■ An attention dialog box
■ An error message pane in the lower right area of the console
If the errors appear elsewhere, they are Java exception errors. They can appear
in the status line (bottom) of the NetBackup Administration Console window.
They also can appear in the log file that contains the stdout or the stderr messages
written by the Java APIs or the NetBackup Administration Console. Veritas does
not document Java exception errors.
Four types of error messages appear in the NetBackup Administration Console.
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Table 1-15 Error message types

Error type Description

NetBackup status The operations that are performed in the NetBackup

codes and messages Administration Console can result in the errors that are recognized
in other parts of NetBackup. These errors usually appear exactly
as documented in the NetBackup status codes and messages.
Note: A status code does not always accompany the error
message.

To find the status code, look up the NetBackup message in the

alphabetical listing and click the link to see a full description.
See the Status Codes Reference Guide.

NetBackup These messages have status codes in the 500 range. Messages
Administration with status codes 500, 501, 502, 503 and 504 begin with "Unable
Console: application to login, status:". Messages with status codes 511 and 512
server status codes may or may not begin with "Unable to login, status:".
and messages
Note: A status code does not always accompany the error
message.

See the Status Codes Reference Guide.

Java exceptions Either the Java APIs or NetBackup Administration APIs generate
these exceptions. These messages begin with the name of the
exception. For example:

java.lang.ClassCastException

or

vrts.nbu.NBUCommandExecutionException

Java exceptions usually appear in one of the following places:

■ The status line (bottom) of the NetBackup Administration window

■ The log file that the jnbSA or jbpSA commands generate
■ The output file of the Windows Display Console .bat file if it is
set up
See “Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup
Administration Console” on page 57.

Operating system Any messages that do not match those in the NetBackup
errors documentation are most likely messages from the operating system.
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About extra disk space required for logs and temporary files
For successful operation, the NetBackup Administration Console requires extra
disk space to store logs and temporary files. The disk space should be available in
the following locations.
■ On the host that is specified in the logon dialog box
■ In /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops
■ On the host where the console was started
■ In /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/nbjlogs
If space is not available in the respective file systems, you can experience the
following:
■ Long waits for application response
■ Incomplete data
■ No response during logon
■ Reduced functionality in the NetBackup interface, for example, only the Backup,
Archive, and Restore and Files System Analyzer nodes appear in the tree
■ Unexpected error messages:
■ "Cannot connect" socket errors during logon to the NBJava application server
■ "Unable to log in, status: 35 cannot make required directory"
■ "/bin/sh: null: not found (1) "
■ "An exception occurred: vrts.nbu.admin.bpmgmt.CommandOutputException:
Invalid or unexpected class configuration data: <the rest of the message will
vary>"
■ Empty warning dialog boxes

Enabling detailed debug logging

The NetBackup Administration Console is a distributed application that allows
the administration of remote NetBackup servers. All administration is accomplished
through the application server of the NetBackup Administration Console. This
application server is made up of an authentication service and a user service.
The logon request from the logon dialog box is sent to the authentication service
for validation. The user name and password have to be valid in the Windows/UNIX
authentication files and process.
After validation, the authentication service starts a user service under the user’s
account. Thereafter, all NetBackup administrative tasks are performed through an
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instance of the user service. Additional user service processes are initiated to
process requests from the console.
On both UNIX and Windows, the authentication service is the bpjava-msvc
application. The user service is the bpjava-susvc or bpjava-usvc application. To
enable detailed debug logging, you must first create logging directories for these
applications.

Table 1-16 Enabling detailed debug logging

Step Action Description

Step 1 Create logging directories On the NetBackup client or server that is specified in the logon dialog
box, create the following directories:

■ bpjava-msvc
■ bpjava-susvc (if a NetBackup server)
■ bpjava-usvc (if a NetBackup client)
Create the directories in the following locations:
■ install_path\NetBackup\logs (Windows)
■ /usr/openv/netbackup/logs (UNIX)

See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

Step 2 Edit the Debug.properties Add the following line to the Debug.properties file:
file
debugMask=0x00040000

The Debug.properties file can be found in the following locations:

■ /usr/openv/java
Change the file on the UNIX machine where you run the jnbSA or
jbpSA commands. The log file name is displayed in the xterm window
where you ran the jnbSA or jbpSA commands.
■ install_path\VERITAS\java
Change the file at this location if you use the NetBackup Windows
Display Console.

Step 3 Edit the nbjava.bat file Perform this step if you use the Windows Display Console on a host
where NetBackup is not installed.

Edit the nbjava.bat file to redirect output to a file.

The nbjava.bat file is located in install_path\VERITAS\java

See the nbjava.bat file for details.
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This detailed debug logging provides more information than the NetBackup
Administration Console logging that you can configure within the Administration
Console. See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I at the following URL:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
For information on how to create logs when you start the Java-based NetBackup
Administration Console from a Windows computer in NetBackup:
See “About the Java-based administration console logging” on page 163.
 Chapter 2
Backup process and
logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Backup process

■ NetBackup process descriptions

■ About backup logging

■ Sending backup logs to Veritas Technical Support

Backup process
Understanding how the backup process works is a helpful first step in deciding
which processes to review for troubleshooting purposes.
Figure 2-1 illustrates the backup procedure and the process flow during a scheduled
backup.
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Backup process

Figure 2-1 Basic backup process flow

(3) bprd

NetBackup Jobs
(2) bpdbm nbproxy (1) nbpem (5) bpjobd
Database Database

(8) EMM
(9) bpcd (4) nbjm (6) nbrb (7) nbemm
bpcompatd Database

Active Client
(10) bpbrm (11) bpcd (12) bpbkar Outbound
Data
Connection/
Communication
Paths
Tape only
PBX
(15)txxd/
(13) bptm (14) ltid Tape or Disk
(16)txxcd vnetd

Master Enterprise Media Manager Media Client

Server Server Server Server

Basic backup procedure

1 The (1) NetBackup Policy Execution Manager (nbpem) initiates a backup when
the job becomes due. To determine when the job is due, nbpem uses the proxy
service nbproxy to get the backup policy information from the (2) NetBackup
Database Manager (bpdbm).
In the case of a user-initiated backup, the backup is started when nbpem
receives a request from the (3) NetBackup request daemon (bprd).
2 When the job is due, nbpem issues a request to the (4) NetBackup Job Manager
(nbjm) to submit the backup and get a jobid.
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Backup process

3 The nbjm service communicates with (5) bpjobd, and the job is added to the
job list in the jobs database. The job is now visible in the Activity Monitor, in a
queued state.
4 Once the job has been added to the jobs database, nbjm checks for resources
through the (6) NetBackup Resource Broker (nbrb).
5 The nbrb process secures the required resources from the (7) Enterprise Media
Manager (nbemm) and notifies nbjm that resources have been allocated.
6 After resource allocation, nbjm makes a call to the images database to create
the image files in a temporary location. The required entries in the backup
header tables are also created at this time. The job is now seen as “Active” in
the Activity Monitor.
7 Once the job is active, nbjm uses (8) bpcompatd to open a connection to the
(9) client service (bpcd) on the media server. The bpcompatd service creates
the connection through Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and the NetBackup
Legacy Network Service (vnetd).
8 The bpcd service starts the (10) NetBackup backup and restore manager
(bpbrm).
9 The bpbrm service communicates with (11) bpcd on the client server (through
PBX and vnetd) to start the (12) backup and archive manager (bpbkar). The
bpbrm service also starts the (13) tape management process (bptm).

10 In the case of a tape backup, bptm reserves the drives and issues a mount
request to the (14) logical tape interface daemon (ltid). The ltid service calls
on the (15) robotic drive daemon (txxd, where xx varies based on the type of
robot being used). The txxd daemon communicates the mount request to the
(16) robotic control daemon (txxcd), which mounts the media.
In the case of a disk backup, bptm communicates directly with the disk.
11 The bpbkar service sends the backup data through bptm to be written to the
media storage or the disk storage.
12 When the backup is completed, nbjm is notified and sends a message to
bpjobd. The job now appears as “Done” in the Activity Monitor. The nbjm
service also reports the job exit status to nbpem, which recalculates the next
due time of the job.
Each of the processes that is involved in a backup has an accompanying log file.
These logs can be consulted to diagnose any issues that you encounter with your
backups.
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NetBackup process descriptions

Some additional logs that are not included in the backup process flow but that can
be of use in resolving backup problems include: bpbackup, reqlib, daemon, robots,
and acsssi.

NetBackup process descriptions

The following topics provide a functional overview of NetBackup backup and restore
operations for both UNIX and Windows. The discussions include descriptions of
important services or daemons and programs, and the sequence in which they
execute during backup and restore operations. The databases and the directory
structure of the installed software are also described.
See “Backup and restore startup process” on page 65.
See “Backup and archive processes” on page 66.
See “Backups and archives - UNIX clients” on page 67.
See “Multiplexed backup process” on page 67.

Backup and restore startup process

When the NetBackup master server starts up, a script automatically starts all of the
services, daemons, and programs that NetBackup requires. (The startup commands
that the script uses vary according to the platform.)
The same is true on a media server. NetBackup automatically starts additional
programs as required, including robotic daemons.
For more information about SAN client and Fibre Transport startup processes, see
the NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide.

Note: No daemons or programs need to be explicitly started. The necessary

programs are started automatically during the backup or restore operation.

A daemon that executes on all servers and clients is the NetBackup client daemon,
bpcd. On UNIX clients, inetd starts bpcd automatically so no special actions are
required. On Windows clients, bpinetd performs the same functions as inetd.

Note: All NetBackup processes on UNIX can be started manually by running the
following: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all
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NetBackup process descriptions

Backup and archive processes

The backup processes and archive processes vary depending on the type of client.
The following explains the various NetBackup processes involved in backups and
restores including snapshot, SAN client, synthetic backup, and NetBackup catalog
backup.
The job scheduler processes consist of the following:
■ The nbpem service (Policy Execution Manager) creates policy-client tasks and
determines when jobs are due to run. It starts the job and upon job completion,
determines when the next job should run for the policy-client combination.
■ The nbjm service (Job Manager) does the following:
■ Accepts requests from nbpem to run backup jobs or media jobs from
commands such as bplabel and tpreq
■ Requests the resources for each job, such as storage units, drives, media,
and client and policy resources.
■ Executes the job and starts the media server processes.
■ Fields updates from the media server bpbrm process and routes them to the
jobs database and the images database.
■ Receives the preprocessing requests from nbpem and initiates bpmount on
the client.
■ The nbrb service (Resource Broker) does the following:
■ Allocates the resources in response to requests from nbjm.
■ Acquires the physical resources from the Enterprise Media Manager service
(nbemm).
■ Manages the logical resources such as multiplex groups, maximum jobs per
client, and maximum jobs per policy.
■ Initiates the drive unloads and manages pending request queues.
■ Queries the media servers periodically for current drive state.

The NetBackup master server and the Enterprise media manager (EMM) server
must reside on the same physical host.
The master server is responsible for running jobs as configured in NetBackup
policies by using the services nbpem and nbjm.
The EMM services allocate resources for the master server. The EMM services are
the repository for all device configuration information. The EMM services include
nbemm and its subcomponents along with the nbrb service for device and resource
allocation.
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About backup logging

Backups and archives - UNIX clients

For UNIX clients, NetBackup supports scheduled, immediate manual, and
user-directed backups of both files and raw partitions. User-directed archives of
files are also supported; raw partition archives are not supported. When the
operations start, they are all similar to the extent that the same daemons and
programs execute on the server.
Each type of backup is started differently as follows:
■ Scheduled backups begin when the nbpem service detects that a job is due. It
checks the policy configurations for the scheduled client backups that are due.
■ Immediate manual backups begin if the administrator chooses this option in the
NetBackup Administration Console or runs the bpbackup -i command. This
action causes bprd to contact nbpem, which then processes the policy, client,
and schedule that the administrator selects.
■ User-directed backups or archives begin when a user on a client starts a backup
or archive through the user interface on the client. The user can also enter the
bpbackup or bparchive command on the command line. This action invokes
the client’s bpbackup or bparchive program, which sends a request to the
request daemon bprd on the master server. When bprd receives the user request
it contacts nbpem, which checks the policy configurations for schedules. By
default nbpem chooses the first user-directed schedule that it finds in a policy
that includes the requesting client.
For user-directed backups or archives, it is also possible to specify a policy and
schedule. A description is available of the UNIX BPBACKUP_POLICY and
BPBACKUP_SCHED options in bp.conf and the Windows equivalents.
For more information, see the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

Multiplexed backup process

The process for a multiplexed backup is essentially the same as a non-multiplexed
backup. An exception is that a separate bpbrm process and bptm process is created
for each backup image being multiplexed onto the media. NetBackup also allocates
a separate set of shared memory blocks for each image. The other client and server
processes for multiplexed backups are the same.

About backup logging

A variety of logs exist to help diagnose any issues that occur with backups.
The following common log files are used to review the media and master server
failures:
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About backup logging

See “nbpem logging” on page 156.

See “nbproxy logging” on page 156.
See “bpdbm logging” on page 152.
See “bprd logging” on page 153.
See “nbjm logging” on page 155.
See “bpjobd logging” on page 152.
See “nbrb logging” on page 157.
See “nbemm logging” on page 155.
See “bpcompatd logging” on page 151.
See “PBX logging” on page 159.
See “vnetd logging” on page 162.
See “bpcd logging” on page 151.
See “bpbrm logging” on page 150.
See “bpbkar logging” on page 150.
See “bptm logging” on page 153.
See “ltid logging” on page 154.
See “txxd and txxcd logging” on page 161.
The following logs are not included in the backup process flow, but they can be
helpful to resolve backup problems:
■ acsssi

■ bpbackup

■ daemon

■ reqlib

■ robots

See “acsssi logging” on page 149.

See “bpbackup logging” on page 149.
See “daemon logging” on page 154.
See “reqlib logging” on page 160.
See “robots logging” on page 160.
If you need assistance, send the logs to Veritas Technical Support.
See “Sending backup logs to Veritas Technical Support” on page 69.
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Sending backup logs to Veritas Technical Support

If you encounter a problem with a backup, you can send a problem report and the
relevant logs to Veritas Technical Support for assistance.
See “Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups” on page 110.
Table 2-1 provides a list of logs and the recommended logging levels that Veritas
Technical Support may need to diagnose certain backup issues.

Note: Veritas recommends that the diagnostic level for unified logging be set at the
default level of 6.
See “About global logging levels” on page 50.

Table 2-1 Logs to gather for specific backup issues

Type of problem Logs to gather

Problems with backup scheduling ■ The nbpem log at debug level 5

■ The nbjm log at debug level 5
■ The nbproxy log at verbose 4
■ The bpdbm log at verbose 2
■ The bprd log at verbose 5
Note: The bprd log is only needed for
problems with manual or user-initiated
backups.

Problems with the queued backup jobs that ■ The nbpem log at debug level 3
do not go active ■ The nbjm log at debug level 5
■ The nbrb log at debug level 4
■ The nbproxy log at verbose 4
■ The bpdbm log at verbose 2
■ The nbemm logs at the default levels
■ The mds log at debug level 2
Note: The mds log writes to the nbemm
log.
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Table 2-1 Logs to gather for specific backup issues (continued)

Type of problem Logs to gather

Problems with the active backup jobs that do ■ The nbjm log at debug level 5
not write ■ The nbrb log at debug level 4
■ The bpdbm log at verbose 2
■ The bpbrm log at verbose 5
■ The bptm log at verbose 5
■ The bpcd log at verbose 5
If the problem is a tape load or unload issue,
Support may also need the following logs:
■ The ltid log
■ The reqlib log
■ The daemon log
■ The robots log
■ The acsssi log (UNIX only)

See “Setting Media Manager debug logging to a higher level” on page 53.
See “About backup logging” on page 67.
 Chapter 3
Media and device
processes and logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Media and device management startup process

■ Media and device management process

■ Shared Storage Option management process

■ Barcode operations

■ Media and device management components

Media and device management startup process

Media and device management processes are automatically initiated during
NetBackup startup. To start these processes manually, run bp.start_all (UNIX)
or bpup (Windows). The ltid command automatically starts other daemons and
programs as necessary. The daemons should be running after initial startup.
See Figure 3-1 on page 73.
In the case of robotic daemons, such as tl8d and tlhd, the associated robot must
also be configured for the daemon to run. Additional ways to start and stop daemons
are available.
See Table 3-1 on page 80.
TL8, TLH, and TLD require following types of daemons:
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robotic Each host with a robotic drive attached must

have a robotic daemon. These daemons
provide the interface between ltid and the
robot. If different drives within a robot can
attach to different hosts, the robotic daemon
communicates with a robotic-control daemon
(see Figure 3-1).

robotic control Robotic-control daemons centralize the

control of robots when drives within a robot
can connect to different hosts. A
robotic-control daemon receives mount and
unmount requests from the robotic daemon
on the host to which the drive is attached. It
then communicates these requests to the
robot.

You must know the hosts that are involved to start all the daemons for a robot.
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Figure 3-1 Starting media and device management

At system startup, the server To start processes manually, enter:

automatically starts ltid, which
starts applicable robotic On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all
daemons. On Windows: <install_path>\NetBackup\bin\bpup

Automated
ltid acsd acsssi Cartridge System

acsel

Optical Disk
odld Library

Tape Library
vmd avrd tl4d 4mm

Tape Library
tl8d tl8cd 8mm

Tape Library
tldd tldcd DLT

Tape Library
tlhd tlhcd Half-inch

Media Server Tape Library

tlmd Multimedia

Tape Stacker
tshd Half-inch

Media and device management process

When the media management and device management daemons are running,
NetBackup or users can request data storage or retrieval. The scheduling services
initially handle the request.
See “Backup and archive processes” on page 66.
The resulting request to mount a device is passed from nbjm to nbrb, which acquires
the physical resources from nbemm (the Enterprise Media Manager service).
If the backup requires media in a robot, ltid sends a mount request to the robotic
daemon that manages the drives in the robot that are configured on the local host.
The robotic daemon then mounts the media, and sets a drive busy status in memory
that is shared by itself and ltid. Drive busy status also appears in the Device
Monitor.
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See Figure 3-2 on page 75.

Assuming that the media is physically in the robot, the media is mounted and the
operation proceeds. If the media is not in the robot, nbrb creates a pending request,
which appears as a pending request in the Device Monitor. An operator must insert
the media in the robot and use the appropriate Device Monitor command to resubmit
the request so the mount request occurs.
A mount request is issued if the media is for a nonrobotic (standalone) drive that
does not contain the media that meets the criteria in the request. If the request is
from NetBackup and the drive does contain appropriate media, then that media is
automatically assigned and the operation proceeds.
For more information about NetBackup media selection for nonrobotic drives, see
the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume II.

Note: When you mount a tape on UNIX, the drive_mount_notify script is called.
This script is in the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin directory. Information on the script can
be found within the script itself. A similar script is called for the unmount process
(drive_unmount_notify, in the same directory).

When a robotic volume is added or removed through the media access port, the
media management utility communicates with the appropriate robotic daemon to
verify the volume location or barcode. The media management utility (through a
library or command-line interface) also calls the robotic daemon for robot inventory
operations.
Figure 3-2 shows an example of the media and device management process.
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Shared Storage Option management process

Figure 3-2 Media and device management example process

Tape Mount Device

Request monitor

EMM
Database Device-
bptm management
utility
Request
tape mount
Media-
ltid nbemm management
utility
Mo
un Inventory
tm
ed barcodes
ia
ID or inject/eject

SDLT600 LT0-3 tl8d tl8cd

Robotic
Non-robotic drives control

Tape library
Enterprise Media Manager Media TL8
(Master Server) Server

Shared Storage Option management process

Shared Storage Option (SSO) is an extension to tape drive allocation and
configuration for media and device management. SSO allows individual tape drives
(standalone or in a robotic library) to be dynamically shared between multiple
NetBackup media servers or SAN media servers.
For more information about the Shared Storage Option, see the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume II.
The following shows the Shared Storage Option management process in the order
presented:
■ NetBackup or users can initiate backups. The nbjm process makes a mount
request for the backup.
■ nbrb tells the EMM server to obtain a drive for the backup.

■ nbrb tells the device allocator (DA) in the EMM server to stop scanning the
selected drive.
■ nbemm tells the appropriate media server (the scan host for the selected drive)
to stop scanning the drive. The stop scan request is carried out by means of
oprd, ltid, and avrd in the media server’s shared memory.
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Shared Storage Option management process

■ nbemm informs nbrb when the scanning on the selected drive has stopped.

■ nbrb informs nbjm that the selected drive (A) is available for the backup.

■ nbjm conveys the mount request and drive selection to bptm, which proceeds
with the backup. To protect the integrity of the write operation, bptm uses SCSI
reservations.
For more information about how NetBackup reserves drives, see the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume II.
■ The mount-media operation is initiated.
■ bptm makes position checks on the drive to ensure that another application has
not rewound the drive. bptm also does the actual write to the tape.
■ When the backup is complete, nbjm tells nbrb to release resources.
■ nbrb de-allocates the drive in EMM.

■ EMM tells the scan host to resume scanning the drive. The scan request is
carried out by means of oprd, ltid, and avrd in the media server’s shared
memory.
Figure 3-3 illustrates the Shared Storage Option management process.
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Barcode operations

Figure 3-3 Media and device management process flow showing SSO
components

EMM
Backup and Database
Device
archive
monitor
process

Device-
nbjm nbrb nbemm/DA management
utility

an
sc
p
Sto
bptm

Request tape mount ltid ltid ltid ltid

Note: Shaded area

bptm avrd bptm avrd
represents shared
memory on the
media server
Media Server 1 Media Server 2
Scan host for drive A Scan host for drive B

Shared drive A Shared drive B

Master Enterprise Media Manager Media

Server (Master Server) Server

Barcode operations
Barcode reading is mainly a function of the robot hardware instead of media and
device management. When a robot has a barcode reader, it scans any barcode
that is on a tape and stores the code in its internal memory. This associates the
slot number and the barcode of the tape in that slot. NetBackup determines that
association for its own use by interrogating the robot.
If a robot supports barcodes, NetBackup automatically compares a tape’s barcode
to what is in the EMM database as an extra measure of verification before you
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Barcode operations

mount the tape. A request for the media that is in a robot that can read barcodes
begins in the same manner as other requests.
See Figure 3-4 on page 79.
The ltid command includes the media ID and location information in a mount
request to the robotic daemon for the robot that has the media ID. This request
causes the robotic daemon to query the robotic-control daemon or the robot for the
barcode of the tape in the designated slot. (This is a preliminary check to see if the
correct media is in the slot.) The robot returns the barcode value it has in memory.
The robotic daemon compares this barcode with the value it received from ltid
and takes one of the following actions:
■ If the barcodes don’t match, and the mount request is not for a NetBackup
backup job, the robotic daemon informs ltid and a pending action request
(Misplaced Tape) appears in the Device Monitor. An operator must then insert
the correct tape in the slot.
■ If the barcodes don’t match and the mount request is for a NetBackup backup
job, the robotic daemon informs ltid and the mount request is canceled.
NetBackup (bptm) then requests a new volume from nbjm and from EMM.
■ If the barcodes match, the robotic daemon requests the robot to move the tape
to a drive. The robot then mounts the tape. At the start of the operation, the
application (for example, NetBackup) checks the media ID and if it also matches
what should be in this slot, the operation proceeds. For NetBackup, a wrong
media ID results in a “media manager found wrong tape in drive” error
(NetBackup status code 93).
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Figure 3-4 Barcode request

Device- User NetBackup

Management
utility

EMM
Request Media ID Database
mount

ltid nbemm

Media-
Mount media vmd management
ID utility
Robot inventory
request or inject

tl8d tl8cd

1 2 3

What is Mount
Barcode
barcode tape

Enterprise Media Manager Media

(Master Server) Server
Tape library
TL8

Media and device management components

This topic shows the file and the directory structure and the programs and the
daemons that are associated with media management and device management.
Figure 3-5 shows the file structure and directory structure for media management
and device management on a UNIX server. A Windows NetBackup server has the
equivalent files and the directories that are located in the directory where NetBackup
is installed (by default, the C:\Program Files\VERITAS directory).
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Figure 3-5 Media and device management directories and files

NetBackup server

/usr/openv/volmgr/

bin/ debug/1 help/ NetBackup_DeviceConfig_Guide.txmisc/ vm.conf2

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/1

driver/ goodies/ avrd/ 1 daemon/1 ltid/ 1 reqlib/ 1

robots/ 1 tpcommand/1 /vmscd

1. Created by administrator to enable legacy debug logging.

2. Created by administrator or automatically by media management utilities.

Table 3-1 describes the directories and files that are of special interest.

Table 3-1 Media and device management directories and files

File or directory Contents

bin Commands, scripts, programs, daemons, and files

that are required for media and device
management. The following subdirectories under
bin are available:
driver: Contains the SCSI drivers that are used on
various platforms to control robotics.

goodies: Contains the vmconf script and scan

utility.

debug Legacy debug logs for the Volume Manager

daemon, vmd, and all requesters of vmd, ltid,
and device configuration. The administrator must
create these directories for debug logging to occur.

help Help files that the media and device management

programs use. These files are in ASCII format.

misc Lock files and temporary files that are required by

the various components of media and device
management.
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Table 3-1 Media and device management directories and files (continued)

File or directory Contents

vm.conf Media and device management configuration

options.

Table 3-2 describes the media management and device management programs
and daemons. The explanations include what starts and stops the program or
daemon, and the log (if any) where it records its activities. On UNIX, all of the
components that are discussed in this table are in /usr/openv/volmgr/bin. On
Windows, they are in install_path\volmgr\bin.

Note: The following table contains references to the system log. On UNIX, syslog
manages this log (the facility is daemon). On Windows, the Event Viewer manages
the system log (the log type is Application).

Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

Program or Description
daemon

acsd The Automated Cartridge System daemon interfaces with the

Automated Cartridge System. It communicates with the server that
controls the ACS robotics through the acsssi process (UNIX) or
the STK Libattach Service (Windows).
For UNIX, see the acsssi and the acssel programs.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ascd command.

Stopped By: Stopping ltid (or on UNIX, independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command).

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and robots debug
log. Debug information is included by adding VERBOSE to the
vm.conf file. On UNIX, debug information is also included by
starting the daemon with the -v option: this option can also be used
through ltid, or by putting VERBOSE in the vm.conf file.

acssel Available only on UNIX.

See the NetBackup Device Configuration Guide.

acsssi Available only on UNIX.

See the NetBackup Device Configuration Guide.

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Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

(continued)

Program or Description
daemon

avrd The automatic-volume-recognition daemon controls the automatic

volume assignment and label scanning. This daemon lets
NetBackup read labeled tape volumes and automatically assigns
the associated removable media to the requesting processes.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/avrd command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid, (or on UNIX, independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command).

Debug Log: All errors are logged in the system log. Debug
information is included by adding VERBOSE to the vm.conf file.
On UNIX, debug information is also included by aborting avrd and
starting the daemon with the -v option.

ltid The device daemon (UNIX) or NetBackup Device Manager service

(Windows) controls the reservation and assignment of tapes.

Started By: /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid command on UNIX

or the Stop/Restart Device Manager Service command
in the Media and Device Management window on Windows.
Stopped By: /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/stopltid command
on UNIX or the Stop/Restart Device Manager Service
command in the Media and Device Management window on
Windows.
Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and the ltid
debug log. Debug information is included if the daemon is started
with the -v option (available only on UNIX) or adding VERBOSE
to the vm.conf file.
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Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

(continued)

Program or Description
daemon

tl4d The Tape Library 4MM daemon is the interface between ltid and
the Tape Library 4MM and communicates with the robotics through
a SCSI interface.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tl4d command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid (or on UNIX, independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command).

Debug Log: All errors are logged in the system log. Debug
information is included by adding VERBOSE to the vm.conf file.
On UNIX, debug information is also included by starting the daemon
with the -v option (either by itself or through ltid).

tl8d The Tape Library 8MM daemon provides the robotic control for a
TL8 robot (Tape Library 8mm or Tape Stacker 8mm). The Tape
Library 8MM daemon drives in the same TL8 robot can be attached
to different hosts than the robotic control. tl8d is the interface
between the local ltid and the robotic control. If a host has a
device path for a drive in a TL8 robot, then mount or unmount
requests for that drive go first to the local ltid and then to the local
tl8d (all on the same host). tl8d then forwards the request to tl8cd
on the host that is controls the robot (it can be on another host).

Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using

the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tl8d command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid (or on UNIX, independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command.

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and the robots
debug log. Debug information is included by adding VERBOSE to
the vm.conf file. On UNIX, debug information is also included by
starting the daemon with the -v option (either by itself or through
ltid).
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Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

(continued)

Program or Description
daemon

tl8cd The Tape Library 8MM control daemon provides the robotic control
for a TL8 robot and communicates with the robotics through a SCSI
interface. tl8cd receives mount and unmount requests from tl8d on
the host to which the drive is attached and then communicates
these requests to the robot.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tl8cd command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid or by using the tl8cd -t command.

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and the robots
debug log. Debug information is included by adding VERBOSE to
the vm.conf file. On UNIX, debug information is also included by
starting the daemon with the -v option (either by itself or through
ltid).

tldd The Tape Library DLT daemon works with tldcd to handle requests
to TLD robots (Tape Library DLT and Tape Stacker DLT). tldd
provides the interface between the local ltid and the robotic
control (tldcd) in the same way as explained previously for tl8d.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tldd command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid (or on UNIX, independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command).

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and robots debug
log. Debug information is included by adding VERBOSE to the
vm.conf file. On UNIX, debug information is also included by
starting the daemon with the -v option (either by itself or through
ltid).
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Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

(continued)

Program or Description
daemon

tldcd The tape library DLT control daemon provides robotic control for a
TLD robot in the same way as explained previously for tl8cd.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tldcd command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid or by using the tldcd -t command.

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and robots debug
log. Debug information is included by adding VERBOSE to the
vm.conf file. On UNIX, debug information is also included by
starting the daemon with the -v option (either by itself or through
ltid).

tlhd The Tape Library Half-inch daemon works with tlhcd to handle
requests to the TLH robots that are in an IBM Automated Tape
Library (ATL). tlhd provides the interface between the local ltid and
the robotic control (tlhcd) in the same way as explained previously
for tl8d.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tlhd command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid (or on UNIX, independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command).

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and robots debug
log. Debug information is included by adding VERBOSE to the
vm.conf file. On UNIX, debug information is also included by
starting the daemon with the -v option (either by itself or through
ltid).

tlhcd The Tape Library half-inch control daemon provides robotic control
for a TLH robot that is in an IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL) in
the same way as explained previously for tl8cd.

Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using

the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tlhcd command).

Stopped By: Stopping ltid or by using the tlhcd -t command.

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and robots debug
log. Debug information is included if the daemon is started with the
-v option (either by itself or through ltid). The -v option is
available only on UNIX. Also, add the VERBOSE option to the
vm.conf file.
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Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

(continued)

Program or Description
daemon

tlmd The Tape Library Multimedia daemon is the interface between ltid
and a TLM robot that is in an ADIC Distributed AML Server (DAS).
This daemon communicates with the TLM robotics through a
network API interface.

Started By: Starting ltid or starting independently by using the

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tlmd command.

Stopped By: Stopping ltid or stopping independently by finding

the PID (process ID) and then using the kill command.

Debug Log: Errors are logged in the system log and robots debug
log. Debug information is included if the daemon is started with the
-v option (either by itself or through ltid). The -v option is
available only on UNIX. Also, add the VERBOSE option to the
vm.conf file.

tshd The Tape Stacker Half-inch daemon is the interface between ltid
and the half-inch-cartridge stacker and communicates with the
robotics through a SCSI interface. This robot is not supported on
Windows.
Started By: Starting ltid (or on UNIX, independently by using
the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tshd command).

Started By: tpconfig command.

Stopped By: Quit option from within the utility on UNIX. On

Windows, tpconfig is only a command-line interface that runs to
completion (no quit option).
Debug Log: tpcommand debug logs.

vmd The Volume Manager daemon (NetBackup Volume Manager service

on Windows) allows the remote administration and control of Media
and Device Management.

Started By: Starting ltid.

Stopped By: Terminating the Media Manager Volume Daemon

option.

Debug Log: System log and also a debug log if the daemon or
reqlib debug directories exist.
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Table 3-2 Media and device management daemons and programs

(continued)

Program or Description
daemon

vmscd The Media Manager Status Collector Daemon keeps the EMM
server database up-to-date with the actual status of the drives that
are attached to the 5.x servers.

Started By: the EMM server.

Stopped By: the EMM server.
Debug Log: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/vmscd (UNIX),
install_path\Volmgr\debug\vmscd (Windows)
 Chapter 4
Restore process and
logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Restore process

■ UNIX client restore

■ Windows client restore

■ About restore logging

■ Sending restore logs to Veritas Technical Support

Restore process
Understanding how the restore process works is a helpful first step in deciding
which logs to gather for a particular issue. The restore process differs depending
on whether you restore an image from tape or from disk.
Figure 4-1 illustrates a restore from tape.
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Restore process

Figure 4-1 Restore from tape process flow

(2) bprestore

NetBackup
(3) bpdbm (1) bprd (4) bpjobd Jobs Database
Database

(5) bpbrm (6) bptm (8) nbjm

Outbound
Connection/
Communication
Paths
(7) tar (11) ltid (9) nbrb

PBX

Active Client (12) txxd/

Data (10) nbemm
(13) txxcd vnetd

Tape EMM Database

Master Enterprise Media Manager Media Client

Server Server Server Server
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Restore process

Restore procedure from tape

1 The (1) NetBackup request daemon (bprd) receives a restore request. This
request can be initiated from the Backup, Archive, and Restore user interface
or from the (2) command line (bprestore).
2 The bprd process launches two child processes: MAIN bprd and
MPX-MAIN-bprd. The MAIN bprd process is used to identify images and media,
while the MPX-MAIN-bprd process manages the restore operation. For
simplicity’s sake, these three processes are all referred to here as bprd.
3 The bprd service communicates with the (3) NetBackup Database Manager
program (bpdbm) to get the information that is required to restore the files that
have been requested.
4 Once it has the information it needs, bprd communicates with (4) bpjobd, and
the job is added to the job list in the jobs database. The job is now visible in
the Activity Monitor. It may show as “Active” even before resources are acquired.
5 The bprd service goes through Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and the
NetBackup Legacy Network (vnetd) to start the (5) NetBackup backup and
restore manager (bpbrm).
6 The bpbrm service starts the (6) tape management process (bptm) and provides
the media information that is required for the restore. It also starts the (7) Tape
Archive program (tar) on the client (through PBX and vnetd) and creates a
connection between tar and bptm.
7 The bptm process sends a resource request to the (8) NetBackup Job Manager
(nbjm) through PBX and vnetd.
8 The nbjm process sends the resource request to the (9) NetBackup Resource
Broker (nbrb), which queries the (10) Enterprise Media Manager (nbemm). Once
the resources have been allocated, nbrb notifies nbjm, which notifies bptm.
9 The bptm process makes a mount request to the (11) logical tape interface
daemon (ltid). The ltid service calls on the (12) robotic drive daemon (txxd,
where xx varies based on the type of robot being used). The txxd daemon
communicates the mount request to the (13) robotic control daemon (txxcd),
which mounts the media.
10 The bptm process reads the data to be restored from the media and delivers
it to tar.
11 The tar process writes the data to the client disk.
12 When the restore is completed, bptm unmounts the media and notifies nbjm.
The job now appears as “Done” in the Activity Monitor.
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Some additional logs that are not included in the restore process flows but that can
be of use in resolving restore problems include: reqlib, daemon, robots, and
acsssi.

Figure 4-2 illustrates a restore from disk.

Figure 4-2 Restore from disk process flow

(2) bprestore

NetBackup
(3) bpdbm (1) bprd (6) bpjobd Jobs Database
Database

(9) bptm (7) bpbrm (4) bprd child (5) nbemm EMM Database

Disk Outbound Connection/

Communication Paths

Active Client
(8) tar
Data PBX vnetd

Master Enterprise Media Manager Media Client

Server Server Server Server

Restore procedure from disk

1 The (1) NetBackup request daemon (bprd) receives a restore request. This
request can be initiated from the Backup, Archive, and Restore user interface
or from the (2) command line (bprestore).
2 The bprd process contacts the (3) NetBackup Database Manager program
(bpdbm) to identify the files, the client, and the media information for the restore.
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UNIX client restore

3 The bprd process initiates a (4) child bprd process. The child bprd process
makes a call to the (5) Enterprise Media Manager (nbemm) to verify that the
disk storage unit is available.
4 The child bprd process communicates with (6) bpjobd to allocate a jobid.
The restore job is now visible in the Activity Monitor.
5 The bprd process starts the (7) NetBackup backup and restore manager (bpbrm)
on the media server, through Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and the NetBackup
Legacy Network Service (vnetd).
6 The bpbrm service uses PBX and vnetd to establish a connection with the (8)
Tape Archive program (tar) on the client system. It also starts the (9) tape
management process (bptm).
7 The bptm process makes a call to bpdbm (through PBX and vnetd) to get the
fragment information and then mounts the disk.
8 The bptm process reads the backup image from the disk and streams the
requested data to tar.
9 The tar process commits the data to the storage destination.
Each of the processes that is involved in a restore has an accompanying log file.
These logs can be consulted to diagnose any issues that you encounter with your
restore.

UNIX client restore

Before you start a restore, use the bplist program on the client to do the following:
browse the file catalog to list the files available in the backup images, and select
the desired files. You can start bplist directly from the command line, and the
NetBackup user interface programs can use it.
To retrieve the file list, bplist sends a query to the request daemon (bprd) on the
master server (see Figure 4-3). The request daemon then queries bpdbm for the
information and transmits it to bplist on the client.
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UNIX client restore

Figure 4-3 List operation - UNIX client

File NetBackup Command

Database user interface line

Query Query

bpdbm bprd bplist

File List File List

Master Client
Server Server

The following are the processing steps in a restore (in the order presented):
■ When the user starts a restore, NetBackup invokes the client’s bprestore
program which sends a request to the request daemon, bprd. This request
identifies the files and client. The request daemon then uses bpcd (client daemon)
to start the backup and restore manager (bpbrm).

Note: To restore Backup Exec images, bpbrm initiates mtfrd instead of nbtar
on the clients. The server processes are the same as those used for NetBackup
restores.

■ If the disk device or tape device on which the data resides attaches to the master
server, the following occurs: bprd starts the backup and restore manager on
the master server. If the disk unit or tape unit connects to a media server, bprd
starts the backup and restore manager on the media server.
■ The backup and restore manager starts bptm and uses the client daemon (bpcd)
to establish a connection between NetBackup nbtar on the client and bptm on
the server.
■ For tape: The bptm process identifies which media is needed for the restore,
based on the image catalog. bptm then requests the allocation of the required
media from nbrb through nbjm. nbjm then asks mds (part of nbemm)for the
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Windows client restore

resources. nbemm allocates the media and selects and allocates an appropriate
drive (for tape media).
bptm asks ltid to mount the tape in the drive.
For disk: bptm does not need to ask nbrb for an allocation, because disk
inherently supports concurrent access. bptm uses the file path in a read request
to the system disk manager.
■ bptm directs the image to the client in one of two ways. If the server restores
itself (server and client are on the same host), nbtar reads the data directly
from shared memory. If the server restores a client that resides on a different
host, it creates a child bptm process which transmits the data to nbtar on the
client.

Note: Only the part of the image that is required to satisfy the restore request
is sent to the client, not necessarily the entire backup image.

■ The NetBackup nbtar program writes the data on the client disk.

Note: PBX must be running for NetBackup to operate (PBX is not shown in the
next diagram). See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information on
how to resolve PBX problems.

Windows client restore

NetBackup supports the same types of operations on Windows clients as it does
for UNIX clients.
The following are the Windows processes involved in restore operations:
■ NBWIN is the user interface program on the client. The bpbackup function and
the bparchive function are merged into NBWIN.
■ BPINETD serves the same purpose as inetd on UNIX clients.

■ The NetBackup client daemon is called BPCD.

■ TAR32 is part of NetBackup for Windows and serves the same purpose as
NetBackup nbtar on UNIX.

Note: To restore Backup Exec images, bpbrm invokes mtfrd.exe instead of

tar32.exe on the clients. The server processes are the same as those used for
NetBackup restores.
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About restore logging

The server processes are the same as described for UNIX.

Figure 4-4 shows the client processes involved in these operations.

Figure 4-4 Restore - Windows client

NetBackup
nbwin bprd
user interface

bpinetd bpbrm

bpcd bptm

tar32
Backup Image

Client Disk

Master Media Client

Server Server Server

About restore logging

A variety of logs exist to help diagnose any issues that occur with restores.
Understanding how the restore process works is a helpful first step in deciding
which logs to gather for a particular issue.
If you need assistance, send the logs to Veritas Technical Support.
See “Sending restore logs to Veritas Technical Support” on page 96.
The following are the common log files that are used in review of restore failures:
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Sending restore logs to Veritas Technical Support

See “bprd logging” on page 153.

See “bprestore logging” on page 153.
See “PBX logging” on page 159.
See “vnetd logging” on page 162.
See “bpdbm logging” on page 152.
See “bpjobd logging” on page 152.
See “bpbrm logging” on page 150.
See “bptm logging” on page 153.
See “tar logging” on page 161.
See “nbjm logging” on page 155.
See “nbrb logging” on page 157.
See “nbemm logging” on page 155.
See “ltid logging” on page 154.
See “reqlib logging” on page 160.
See “robots logging” on page 160.
See “acsssi logging” on page 149.

Sending restore logs to Veritas Technical Support

If you encounter a problem with a restore, you can send a problem report and the
relevant logs to Veritas Technical Support for assistance.
See “Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups” on page 110.
Table 4-1 provides a list of logs and the recommended logging levels that Veritas
Technical Support may need to diagnose certain restore issues.

Note: Veritas recommends that the diagnostic level for unified logging be set at the
default level of 6.
See “About global logging levels” on page 50.
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Table 4-1 Log to gather for specific restore issues

Type of problem Log to gather

Problems with restore jobs from tape ■ The nbjm log at debug level 5
■ The nbemm log at debug level 1
■ The nbrb log at debug level 4
■ The bpdbm log at verbose 1
■ The bprd log at verbose 5
■ The bpbrm log at verbose 5
■ The tar log at verbose 5
■ The bpcd log at verbose 5
If the problem is a media or a drive issue,
Support may also need the following logs:
■ The reqlib log
■ The daemon log
■ The robots log
■ The acsssi log (UNIX only)

Problems with restore jobs from disk ■ The bpdbm log at verbose 1
■ The bprd log at verbose 5
■ The bpbrm log at verbose 5
■ The bptm log at verbose 5
■ The bpdm log at verbose 5
■ The tar log at verbose 5
■ The bpcd log at verbose 5

See “Setting Media Manager debug logging to a higher level” on page 53.
See “About restore logging” on page 95.
 Chapter 5
Advanced Backup and
Restore Features
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ SAN Client Fiber Transport backup

■ SAN Client Fiber Transport restore

■ Hot catalog backup

■ Hot catalog restore

■ Synthetic backups

SAN Client Fiber Transport backup

The following shows a SAN client backup process.
For backups to disk, the SAN client feature provides high-speed data movement
between NetBackup media servers and NetBackup SAN-attached clients.
SAN-attached clients send backup data to the media server by means of Fibre
Channel connections.
As part of SAN client, the FT Service Manager (FSM) is a domain layer service that
resides on the master server. The FSM provides discovery, configuration, and event
monitoring of SAN client resources. The FSM collects Fibre Channel information
from the client and from the media server; FSM then populates the NetBackup
relational database (NBDB) with the information. FSM runs as a sub-process of
NBDB and writes log messages to the NBDB log. FSM interacts with the nbftclnt
process on NetBackup clients and with the nbftsrvr process on media servers.
 Advanced Backup and Restore Features 99
SAN Client Fiber Transport backup

Figure 5-1 SAN client backup process flow

(1) NetBackup
bpbackup
(2) bpdbm (2) nbpem (1) bprd User Interface or
(script)
command line

(3) nbrb (3,4) nbjm (1) nbemm

(4) bpcd

(5,6) bpbrm (6) bpcd

(5,9,10) bptm (6,10) bpbkar/

(parent) bkar32 Client Disk

Shared
memory

Shared (7,8)
Disk STU (7,10) nbftclnt EMM Database
memory nbftsrvr

Control Path
Master Media Client
Server Server Server
Data Path

The processing steps for a SAN client backup operation are the following:
SAN client backup procedure
1 The NetBackup master server or primary client initiates the backup. The
NetBackup request daemon (bprd) submits a backup request to the Policy
Execution Manager (nbpem). nbpem processes the policy configurations.
All other daemons and programs are started as necessary including nbpem,
nbjm, nbrb, and nbemm.

2 The Policy Execution Manager service (nbpem) does the following:

■ Gets the policy list from bpdbm.
■ Builds a work list of all scheduled jobs.
■ Computes the due time for each job.
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■ Sorts the work list in order of due time.

■ Submits to nbjm all jobs that are currently due.
■ Sets a wake-up timer for the next due job.
■ When the job finishes, it recomputes the due time of the next job and submits
to nbjm all of the jobs that are currently due.

3 The Job Manager service (nbjm) requests backup resources from the Resource
Broker (nbrb), that returns information on the use of shared memory for the
SAN client.
4 The nbjm service starts the backup by means of the client daemon bpcd, which
starts the backup and restore manager bpbrm.
5 The bpbrm service starts bptm, which does the following:
■ Requests the SAN client information from nbjm.
■ Sends a backup request to the FT server process (nbftsrvr).
■ Sends a backup request to the FT client process on the client (nbftclnt),
that does the following: Opens a Fibre Channel connection to nbftsrvr on
the media server, allocates the shared memory, and writes the shared
memory information to the backup ID file.

6 The bpbrm service uses bpcd to start bpbkar, that does the following:
■ Reads the shared memory information from the BID file (waits for the file
to exist and become valid).
■ Sends the information about files in the image to bpbrm.
■ Writes the file data to bpbkar, optionally compresses it, then writes the data
to the shared buffer.
■ Sets the buffer flag when the buffer is full or the job is done.

7 The FT client process (nbftclnt) waits for the shared memory buffer flag to
be set. It then transfers the image data to the FT Server (nbftsrvr) shared
memory buffer, and clears the buffer flag.
8 The nbftsrvr service waits for data from nbftclnt; and writes the data is
written to the shared memory buffer. When the transfer completes, nbftsrvr
sets the buffer flag.
9 bptm waits for the shared memory buffer flag to be set, writes data from the
buffer to the storage device, and clears the buffer flag.
10 At the end of the job:
■ bpbkar informs bpbrm and bptm that the job is complete.
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■ bptm sends bpbrm the final status of the data write.

■ bptm directs nbftclnt to close the Fibre Channel connection.

■ nbftclnt closes the Fibre Channel connection and deletes the BID file.

SAN Client Fiber Transport restore

Figure 5-2 SAN client restore with Fibre Transport

NetBackup
nbjm bprd bprestore user interface

Command
bpcd
line

Backup Image

Storage Device bptm bpbrm bpcd

(Tape or Disk)
Backup Image
UNIX: NetBackup
Shared Shared
bptm child nbtar
Memory Memory Windows: tar32

nbftsrvr nbftclnt Client Disk

Backup image sent over fibre
channel

Master Media Client

Server Server Server

The process flow for a SAN client restore is as follows (in the order presented).
■ When the user starts a restore, NetBackup invokes the client’s bprestore
program that sends a request to the request daemon, bprd. This request
identifies the files and client. The request daemon then uses bpcd (client daemon)
to start the backup and restore manager (bpbrm).

Note: To restore Backup Exec images, bpbrm invokes mtfrd.exe instead of

tar32.exe on the clients. The server processes are the same as those used
for NetBackup restores.
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■ If the disk or tape where the data resides attaches to the master server, then
bprd starts the backup and restore manager on the master server. If the disk
unit or tape unit connects to a media server, bprd starts the backup and restore
manager on the media server.
■ bpbrm starts bptm and provides bptm with the backup ID and the shmfat (shared
memory) flag.
■ bptm does the following:

■ Requests the SAN client information from the Job Manager service (nbjm).
■ Sends a restore request to the FT server process (nbftsrvr).
■ Sends a restore request to the FT client process on the client (nbftclnt).
nbftclnt opens a Fibre Channel connection to nbftsrvr on the media
server, allocates the shared memory, and writes the shared memory
information to the backup ID file.

■ bpbrm starts tar by means of bpcd and provides tar with the backup ID, socket
information, and the shmfat (shared memory) flag.
■ bptm does the following:

■ Reads the image from the storage device.

■ Creates a bptm child process. This process filters the backup image so that
only the files that are selected for the restore are sent to the client.
■ Writes the image data to the shared buffer on the server.
■ When the buffer is full or the job is done, it sets the buffer flag (partial buffers
may be sent to the client).

■ tar does the following:

■ Sends the status and control information to bpbrm.

■ Reads the shared memory information from the local backup ID file (waits
for the file to exist and become valid).
■ Waits for the buffer flag that indicates the data is ready to be read.
■ Reads the data from the buffer, extracts files, and restores them. When the
shmfat (shared memory) flag is provided, tar considers the data to be
already filtered.
■ The FT Server process nbftsrvr waits for the shared memory buffer flag to be
set. nbftsrvr then transfers the image data to the FT client (nbftclnt) shared
memory buffer, and clears the buffer flag.
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■ The FT client (nbftclnt) waits for the data from nbftsrvr and writes the data
to the shared memory buffer on the client. nbftclnt then sets the buffer flag.
■ At the end of the job:
■ bptm informs tar and bpbrm that the job is complete.

■ bptm directs nbftclnt to close the Fibre Channel connection.

■ nbftclnt closes the Fibre Channel connection and deletes the BID file.

Hot catalog backup

The hot catalog backup is a policy-based backup, with all of the scheduling flexibility
of a regular backup policy. This backup type is designed for highly active NetBackup
environments where other backup activity usually takes place.
You can use an option in the NetBackup Administration Console to start a manual
backup of the NetBackup catalogs. Or, you can configure a NetBackup policy to
automatically back up its catalogs.
Figure 5-3 shows the hot catalog backup process.
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Hot catalog backup

Figure 5-3 Hot catalog backup process

Backup Policy Command

Management Line

bprd bpbackupdb

nbpem

nbjm
Back up relational database files
3 Back up NetBackup database files

Relational Sybase SQL

bpdbm bprd
database files Anywhere
3a
3b 4 5

/usr/openv/db/ bprd
staging

Note: The master Note: The master

server backs up server backs up
the EMM server itself

Master Server

NetBackup initiates the following hot catalog backup jobs:

■ A parent job that is started manually by the administrator or by a catalog backup
policy schedule.
■ A child job that copies NBDB to the staging directory and validates the
information.
The SQL Anywhere files database agent makes an online copy of the relational
database files to /usr/openv/db/staging.
■ A child job that backs up the NBDB database files.
After the files are in the staging area, the SQL Anywhere database agent backs
them up in the same manner as an ordinary backup.
■ A child job that backs up the NetBackup database files (all files in
/usr/openv/netbackup/db).
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NetBackup creates the disaster recovery file, and emails it to the administrator
if the email option was selected in the policy.
Consult the following logs for messages on hot catalog backup:
■ bpdbm, bpbkar, bpbrm, bpcd, bpbackup, bprd

For messages pertaining only to the relational database files, see the EMM server.log
file and the bpdbm log file in the following directories:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm
/usr/openv/db/log/server.log

■ Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm
install_path\NetBackupDB\log\server.log

Hot catalog restore

You can start a catalog restore with the NetBackup Catalog Recovery Wizard in
the NetBackup Administration Console, or with the bprecover command. More
information is available in the "Disaster Recovery" chapter of the NetBackup
Troubleshooting Guide.
Figure 5-4 illustrates the catalog restore and recovery process.
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Figure 5-4 Catalog restore and recovery

NetBackup Command
recovery wizard line

bprd bprecover

Restore Sybase SQL

NetBackup bprd
Anywhere
Database Files

2 3 4
See “Restore
from tape (UNIX)”
or “Restore from Restore
disk”, depending Relational
on the catalog /usr/openv/db/ Relational
Database Files
backup policy staging database files

See “Restore
from tape (UNIX)”
or “Restore from
disk”, depending
on the catalog Master Server
backup policy

A restore of the NetBackup database and relational database (NBDB) files from a
hot catalog backup consists of the following steps (in the order presented):
■ The NetBackup catalog image and configuration files are restored.
■ The NBDB files are restored. The database files are restored to
/usr/openv/db/staging (UNIX), or to install_path\NetBackupDB\staging
(Windows).
■ After the files are restored to the staging directory, NBDB is recovered.
■ The NBDB files are moved from the staging directory to a location that is
determined by the following: The bp.conf file VXDBMS_NB_DATA setting on UNIX
and by the corresponding registry key on Windows. The default location is
/usr/openv/db/data on UNIX, and install_path\NetBackupDB\data on
Windows.
If the relational database files are relocated, they are moved from the staging
directory to the /usr/openv/db/data/vxdbms.conf file (UNIX) or the
install_path\NetBackupDB\data\vxdbms.conf file (Windows). For information
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on how to relocate the NetBackup relational database files after installation, see
the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

Synthetic backups
The typical NetBackup backup process accesses the client to create a backup. A
synthetic backup is a backup image created without using the client. Instead, a
synthetic backup process creates a full or a cumulative incremental image by using
previously created backup images called component images.

Note: Synthetic archives do not exist.

For example, an existing full image and subsequent differential incremental images
can be synthesized to create a new full image. The previous full image and the
incrementals are the component images. The new synthetic full image behaves
like a backup that is created through the traditional process. The new synthetic full
image is a backup of the client that is as current as the last incremental. The
synthetic image is created by copying the most current version of each file from the
most recent component image that contains the file. A synthetic backup must be
created in a policy with the True Image Restore with Move Detection option
selected. This option enables the synthetic backup to exclude the files that have
been deleted from the client file system from appearing in the synthetic backup.
Like a traditional backup, nbpem initiates a synthetic backup. It submits a request
to nbjm to start the synthetic backup process and nbjm then starts bpsynth, which
executes on the master server. It controls the creation of the synthetic backup image
and the reading of the files that are needed from the component images. If directory
bpsynth exists in the debug log directory, additional debug log messages are written
to a log file in that directory.
bpsynth makes a synthetic image in several phases:
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Table 5-1
Phase Description

1 - Prepare In phase 1, bpsynth makes a synthetic backup request to the database

catalog manager, bpdbm. It uses the entries and the TIR information from the catalogs
information of the component images to build the catalog for the new synthetic image. It
and extents also builds the extents to be copied from the component images to the
synthetic image. The bpdbm service returns the list of extents to bpsynth.
(An extent is the starting block number and the number of contiguous blocks
within a specific component image.) A set of extents is typically copied from
each component image onto the new synthetic image.

The following figure shows how phase 1 operates:

nbpem

nbjm

Request to make
Synthetic backup

bpsynth bpdbm Catalog

Extents and media
needed to form the
synthetic backup Master
Server

2 - Obtain In phase 2, bpsynth obtains write resources (storage unit, drive, and media)
resources for the new image. It also reserves all the read media containing component
images and obtains the drive for the first media to be read.
When the component images reside on BasicDisk, no resource reservation
is done.
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Table 5-1 (continued)

Phase Description

3 - Copy In phase 3, bpsynth starts the writer bptm (for tape and disk) on the media
data server to write the new synthetic image. It also starts a reader bptm (tape)
or bpdm (disk) process for each component image on a media server that
can access the component image. The reader process reads all extents for
the component image.

The following figure shows how phase 3 operates:

bpsynth parent bptm New image

child
bptm
Data flow
child bptm
or bpdm
parent bptm Component
or bpdm image(s)

Master Media
Server Server

Note that bpsynth only starts the parent bptm (writer) and bpdm (reader)
process on the media server. The parent in turn starts a child process. The
parent and child communicate by means of buffers in shared memory.
The bpsynth process sends the extents (starting block and count) for each
component image to the corresponding child bptm or bpdm reader process.

The parent bptm or bpdm reader process reads the data from the appropriate
media into the shared buffers. The child bptm or bpdm reader process sends
the data in the shared buffers to the child bptm writer process over a socket.
The child bptm writer process writes the data into the shared buffers. The
parent bptm writer process copies the data from the shared buffers to the
media and notifies bpsynth when the synthetic image is complete.

4 - Validate In phase 4, the bpsynth process validates the image. The new image is now
the image visible to NetBackup and can be used like any other full or cumulative
incremental backup.

Synthetic backup requires that true image restore (TIR) with move detection
be selected for each component image, and that the component images are
synthetic images.
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Creating legacy log directories to accompany problem reports for

synthetic backup
If the legacy log directories have not been created, you must create them. If the
directories do not exist, the logs cannot be written to disk.

Table 5-2 Creating legacy log directories

Step Action Description

Step 1 Create directories Create the following directories:

on the master
server. install_path/netbackup/logs/bpsynth
install_path/netbackup/logs/bpdbm
install_path/netbackup/logs/vnetd

Step 2 Create directories Create the following directories:

on the media
server. install_path/netbackup/logs/bpcd
install_path/netbackup/logs/bptm

Step 3 Change the Global In Host Properties, select a master server and set the Global logging level to
logging level. 5.

See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information on how to use the
Host Properties window to access configuration settings.

See “Changing the logging level” on page 52.

See “About global logging levels” on page 50.

Step 4 Rerun the job. Rerun the job and gather the logs from the directories that you created.
The bptm logs are required only if the images are read from or written to a tape
device or disk. The bpdm logs are needed only if the images are read from disk.

If the images are read from multiple media servers, the debug logs for bptm or
bpdm must be collected from each media server.

See “Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups” on page 110.

Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups

To debug problems with synthetic backups, you must include a complete set of
logs in the problem report and additional items. Send all the information to Veritas
Technical Support.
Include the following log types:
■ Log files that unified logging creates
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See “Gathering unified logs for NetBackup” on page 14.

■ Log files that legacy logging creates
See “Creating legacy log directories to accompany problem reports for synthetic
backup” on page 110.
Include the following additional items:

Try file The try file is located in the following directory:

install_path/netbackup/db/jobs/trylogs/jobid.t

If the job ID of the synthetic backup job was 110, the try file is named
110.t.

Policy attributes Use the following command to capture the policy attributes:

install_path/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist
policy_name -L

where policy_name is the name of the policy for which the synthetic
backup job was run.

List of storage Capture the list of storage units from the following command:
units
install_path/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpstulist -L

See “Creating legacy log directories to accompany problem reports for synthetic
backup” on page 110.
 Chapter 6
Storage logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ NDMP backup logging

■ NDMP restore logging

NDMP backup logging

The following shows an NDMP backup process.
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Figure 6-1 NDMP backup process

nbjm bpbackup
nbpem (2) bprd (2)
(2,3,5) (1)

Image Jobs DB
nbemm
nbrb (3,4) EMM DB
Catalog
(3,4) (MDS)

bpdbm bpjobd

NDMP Server
bpbrm ndmpagent
bpcd (5) Application Local Disk
(5,6) (7) (8-Local)

NDMP Server
ltid (6,7) bptm (6) Application
NDMP Host

NetBackup Catalog Info

Master Server for NDMP NDMP Host
Server Status Info
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The basic processing steps for an NDMP backup operation are the following:
NDMP backup procedure
1 The NetBackup administrator runs the bpbackup command to start the backup
job. Or, a scheduled policy that is created on the NetBackup Administration
Console can initiate the job.
2 The bpbackup process connects to the master server and creates the backup
request. The NetBackup Request Manager (bprd) sends the backup request
to the Policy Execution Manager (nbpem), who submits the job to the Job
Manager (nbjm).
3 nbjm requests resources from the Resource Broker (nbrb) that are required
to run the job. nbrb accesses the Media and Device Selection (MDS) of the
Enterprise Media Management (nbemm) to evaluate the resources request.
MDS queries the EMM database to identify the resources to use for this job.
4 MDS provides nbrb with a list of resources for the job, and nbrb passes it on
to nbjm.
5 nbjm initiates communication with the media server that is associated with this
backup job. It goes through the client service (bpcd) to start the Backup and
Restore Manager (bpbrm) on the media server.
6 bpbrm starts the Tape Manager (bptm) on the media server. Eventually, the
parent bptm process makes a request to ltid to mount the tape to be used
for the backup job.
7 On the NetBackup for NDMP server, one of the following occurs: sends the
necessary NDMP SCSI robotic commands to mount the requested tape on the
storage device.
■ The NDMP agent service (ndmpagent) connects to the filer that issues the
NDMP commands to mount the tape that is directly attached.
■ ltid on the media server issues the necessary NDMP SCSI robotic
commands to mount the requested tape on the storage device.

8 One of the following occurs, depending on the type of NDMP backup:

■ Local backup. NetBackup sends the NDMP commands to have the NDMP
server application perform the backup to tape. The data travels between
the local disk and the tape drives on the NDMP host without crossing the
LAN.
■ Three-way backup (not shown in the process flow diagram). NetBackup
sends NDMP commands to the NDMP server application to perform the
backup. The media server establishes NDMP communications with both
NDMP servers. The data travels over the network from the NDMP server
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that houses the data to be backed up to the NDMP server that writes the
backup to its tape storage.
■ Remote backup (not shown in the process flow diagram). The device that
is used to write the backup is associated with a NetBackup storage unit.
bptm on the NetBackup media server mounts a tape on a tape drive.
NetBackup sends the NDMP commands to the NDMP server to initiate the
backup to the non-NDMP media manager storage unit. The data travels
over the network from the NDMP host to the NetBackup media server,
which writes the data to the selected storage unit.

9 Throughout the backup operation and at its completion, the NDMP server sends
status about the backup operation to the NetBackup for NDMP server. Several
NetBackup processes send information about the job to bpjobd, that uses this
information to update the job status that you can view in the NetBackup Activity
Monitor.
Status, catalog, and other job information movement is shown in dashed lines
in the process flow diagram.

NDMP restore logging

The following shows an NDMP restore process.
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Figure 6-2 NDMP restore process

Backup, Archive,
nbjm (2,3) nbpem (1) bprd (1)
and Restore (1)

bpbackup (1)

bpdbm (1) Image

Catalog

nbemm NDMP Server

nbrb Local Disk
(MDS) EMM DB (2) Application (4,5,6)

local restore
bpbrm ndmpagent
bpcd (3)
(3,4,6) (4,5,6)

NDMP host 1
bpjobd (6)
Remote restore 3-way restore
over the network over the network

Jobs DB NDMP Server

Application (5) Local Disk
(3-way only)
bptm
ltid (3,5)
(3,4,6)
NDMP host 2 (used for 3-way only)

NetBackup
Master
for NDMP NDMP Host Status Info
Server
Server

The basic processing steps for an NDMP restore operation are as follows:
NDMP restore procedure
1 An administrator at the NetBackup Administration Console on a NetBackup
master server or media server initiates a restore job by browsing the images
catalog and by selecting the files to be restored from the NDMP images. This
process is similar to selecting files to be restored from standard backup images.
The NetBackup master server identifies the specific media that is required to
perform the restore. In this diagram, the media is a tape volume.
2 After the master server identifies the data to be restored and the media required,
it submits a restore job. The Job Manager (nbjm) then requests the required
resources. This resource request causes the allocation of the media that
contains the data to be restored. In this example, a tape drive is used during
the restore operation.
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3 The master server contacts the media server that participates in the restore
job, and starts the Restore Manager (bpbrm) process to manage the restore
job. bpbrm starts the Tape Manager process (bptm), that queries nbjm for the
tape volume. Then, bptm requests that the logical tape interface daemon (ltid)
mounts the tape.
4 On the NetBackup for NDMP server, the NDMP agent (ndmpagent) connects
to the filer and issues NDMP commands to mount the tape that is directly
attached, and ltid sends NDMP commands to mount the requested tape on
the storage device. Or, the media server itself issues tape mount requests
much like a regular media manager storage unit.
5 One of the following occurs, depending on the type of NDMP restore operation:
■ Local restore. NetBackup sends the NDMP commands to the NDMP server
to initiate the restore operation from a tape drive to a local disk. The restore
data travels from a tape drive to a local disk on the NDMP host without
traversing the LAN.
■ Three-way restore. The NetBackup media server establishes NDMP
communications with both of the NDMP servers that are involved in the
restore. To initiate the restore of data from tape on one NDMP server to
disk storage on the other NDMP server, the media server sends NDMP
commands to both NDMP servers. The restore data travels over the network
between the NDMP hosts.
■ Remote restore. NetBackup sends the NDMP commands to the NDMP
server to prepare the server for the restore. bptm on the media server reads
the restore data from tape and sends it over the network to the NDMP host
where the data is written to disk storage.

6 The NDMP server sends status information about the restore operation to the
NetBackup for NDMP server. Various NetBackup processes (nbjm, bpbrm,
bptm, and others) send job status information to the master server. The Jobs
Database Manager (bpjobd) process on the master server updates the restore
job status in the jobs database. You can view this status in the Activity Monitor.
 Chapter 7
NetBackup Deduplication
logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Deduplication backup process to the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP)

■ Client deduplication logging

■ Deduplication configuration logs

■ Media server deduplication/pdplugin logging

■ Disk monitoring logging

■ Logging keywords

Deduplication backup process to the Media Server

Deduplication Pool (MSDP)
The deduplication backup process to the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP)
is as follows:
■ The client bpbkar sends data to the NetBackup backup tape manager - the bptm
process
■ pdvfs (using bptm as a proxy) connects to the NetBackup Deduplication Manager
(spad) to record metadata (image records) in the spadb mini-catalog and
connects to the NetBackup Deduplication Engine (spoold) to store the image
data in the .bhd/.bin files in the data directory (dedup_path\data)
■ spoold writes tlogs to the .tlog files in the queue (dedupe_path\queue)
directory and to the processed directory. The tlog data from the queue directory
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is processed into the crdb later when the next content router queue processing
job runs. Beginning with NetBackup 7.6, .tlog files do not contain additions to
the database.
The functional overview is as follows:

Figure 7-1 Deduplication configuration for MSDP

Windows
& Java GUI
& CLIs
nbsl

nbsl
tpconfig/vmd
DSM api to manipulate Storage Servers

nbemm (EMM container)

RMMS Container
DSM
MDS RDSM oid 230/fileid 222
Disk Manager getStorageServerConfig
setStorageServerConfig STS-LIB sts_set_config
RB sts_get_config
Plug-ins

EMM PDDO (OST_PureDisk Dedup)

spad
EMM DB
spoold

In this scenario, the client backs up data directly to the media server and the media
server deduplicates the data before it stores it locally. Ensure that this is on the
correct media server which is not always the same as the MSDP storage server
(due to load balancing).
For deduplication-specific logging, enable the following on the media server:
1. Verbose 5 bptm logging:
■ Create a log directory named bptm in /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
(Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs)
■ Set the bptm log verbosity to 5 in the NetBackup Administration Console.
To do this, click on Host Properties > Logging for the media server. If you
use UNIX/Linux, set the bptm log verbosity to 5 in the
/usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file by appending the following line:

BPTM_VERBOSE = 5
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■ Edit the pd.conf configuration file that is located at:

Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\bin\ost-plugins\pd.conf
UNIX/Linux:
/usr/openv/lib/ost-plugins/pd.conf
and uncomment and/or modify the following line:

LOGLEVEL = 10

Note: You can also modify DEBUGLOG in the pd.conf file to specify a path
to which to log; however, we recommend leaving the DEBUGLOG entry
commented out. The logging information (PDVFS debug logging) then logs
to the bptm and bpdm logs.

2. Enable verbose spad/spoold logging (optional).

■ Edit the dedup_path\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg and
dedup_path\etc\puredisk\contentrouter.cfg files so that the following
line:
Logging=long,thread is changed to Logging=full,thread

■ Ensure that you are on the correct media server and restart the MSDP
storage server services.

Caution: If you enable verbose logging, it can impact the performance on

MSDP.

3. Reproduce the backup failure.

4. Within the NetBackup Administration Console, click on Activity Monitor >
Jobs, open the job details and click the Detailed Status tab. It displays the
media server host name that ran the backup and the bptm process ID number
(PID).
■ Find a line similar to bptm(pid=value); this value is the bptm PID to locate
in the bptm log.

5. Extract the bptm PID found in step 3 from the bptm log on the media server.
This step only gathers the single-line entries; review the raw logs to see the
multi-line log entries. In the following examples, 3144 is the bptm PID:
■ Windows command line:

findstr "\[3144." 092611.log > bptmpid3144.txt

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■ UNIX/Linux command line:

grep "\[3144\]" log.092611 > bptmpid3144.txt

6. Gather the spoold session logs that cover the dates from when the backup
started and when it failed from the following logs:
Windows:

<dedup_path>\log\spoold\<mediasvr_IP_or_hostname>\bptm\Receive\MMDDYY.log
<dedup_path>\log\spoold\<mediasvr_IP_or_hostname>\bptm\Store\MMDDYY.log

UNIX/Linux:

<dedup_path>/log/spoold/<mediasvr_IP_or_hostname>/bptm/Receive/MMDDYY.log
<dedup_path>/log/spoold/<mediasvr_IP_or_hostname>/bptm/Store/MMDDYY.log

Client deduplication logging

Client deduplication logging uses the logs at the following location; select one of
the following deduplication location options. On the applicable MSDP storage pool,
edit install_path\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg and
install_path\etc\puredisk\contentrouter.cfg and specify
Logging=full,thread and then restart the spad and spoold services in order for the
changes to take effect.
■ The client-side log (NetBackup Proxy Service log) is as follows:
Windows:

install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbostpxy

UNIX/Linux:

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbostpxy

PBX (nbostpxy (OID450):

vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 450 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ The media server log is as follows:

bptm and storage_path\log\spoold\IP_address\nbostpxy.exe\*

Deduplication configuration logs

The following are the deduplication configuration logs.
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NetBackup Administration Console for Windows wizard logging:

1. wingui (OID: 263):

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 263 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

2. On the applicable MSDP storage pool, edit

install_path\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg and
install_path\etc\puredisk\contentrouter.cfg. Specify
Logging=full,thread and then restart the spad and spoold services for the
changes to take effect.
■ nbsl (OID: 132):

vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 132 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ dsm (OID: 178):

vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 178 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

3. Storage service (turn on STS logging, to log the msdp/pdplugin responses to

NetBackup):

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 202 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

4. Remote Monitoring & Management Service:

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 222 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

5. tpcommand (...\volmgr\debug\tpcommand)

6. storage_directory\log\msdp-config.log

Command-line configuration logging:

■ Administration log for nbdevquery (add storage_server)
■ tpcommand log for tpconfig (add credentials) (...\volmgr\debug\tpcommand)

■ storage_directory\log\pdde-config.log

■ Storage service (turn on STS logging, to log the msdp/pdplugin responses to

NetBackup):
# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 202 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ Remote Monitoring and Management Service:

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 222 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ storage_directory\log\pdde-config.log
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NetBackup Administration Console logging:

First, open the Debug.Properties file, in C:\Program Files\VERITAS\Java (for
Windows) or /usr/openv/java (for UNIX/Linux). Then, edit the file so the following
lines are uncommented (or append the lines if they are not present). If you have a
GUI that is running, be sure to restart it.

printcmds=true
printCmdLines=true
debugMask=0x0C000000
debugOn=true

The logs are located under C:\Program

Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\user_ops\nbjlogs (Windows) or
/opt/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/nbjlogs (UNIX/Linux). Ensure that you
look at the most recent log.
■ Storage service (turn on STS logging, to log the msdp/pdplugin responses to
NetBackup):
# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 202 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ Remote Monitoring and Management Service:

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 222 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ tpcommand (...\volmgr\debug\tpcommand)

■ storage_directory\log\msdp-config.log

Media server deduplication/pdplugin logging

This topic describes the media server deduplication/pdplugin logging.
■ Unless you are troubleshooting the Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
communication between the client direct and its media server, reduce the
unnecessary CORBA/TAO to zero (0) for deduplication logging by using the
following command:
# vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 156 -s DebugLevel=0 -s DiagnosticLevel=0

For backups:
■ Enable verbose 5 bptm on the media servers to read/write backups
■ Uncomment LOGLEVEL = 10 in the media server pd.conf file
For duplications or replications:
■ Enable verbose 5 bpdm on the media server(s) to read/write duplications
■ Uncomment LOGLEVEL = 10 in the media server pd.conf file
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Caution: If you enable verbosity, it can affect performance.

■ Enable trace level spad and spoold logging so that the failing duplication or
replication job can be traced across bpdm/pdvfs > source spad/spoold session
log > source replication.log > target spad/spoold session logs

Disk monitoring logging

STS logging should be configured on any media server that has credentials to
communicate to the MSDP storage pool. nbrmms (OID: 222) should be configured
on the master server and any applicable media servers. You can monitor the disks
using the logs at the following location:
■ Storage service (turn on the STS logging to show the response that NetBackup
receives when it runs the MSDP plug-in):
# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 202 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

■ Remote Monitoring and Management Service:# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o

222 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

Logging keywords
Support uses the following keywords when it reviews the logs.

Keyword Description

maximum fragment size Should be 51200 KB or less

get_plugin_version libstspipd.dll (pdplugin version)

get_agent_cfg_file_path_for_mount Uses the PureDisk agent configuration file (note the .cfg
file name); determines short name or FQDN.

emmlib_NdmpUserIdQuery Used for backups, the credential check

Resolved Name resolution of the remote CR

tag_nbu_dsid read Checks if it read the NBU_PD_SERVER object correctly

Recommended routing table CR routing table for the CR's to route fingerprint/so's; more
useful when PDDO targets PureDisk.

for primary backups Primary backup dsid

for opt-dup copies from opt-dup dsid

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Keyword Description

this is opt-dup opt-dup dsid

https Web service calls to either SPA or CR to check if they

completed
 Chapter 8
OpenStorage Technology
(OST) logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ OpenStorage Technology (OST) backup logging

■ OpenStorage Technology (OST) configuration and management

OpenStorage Technology (OST) backup logging

The following shows the OpenStorage Technology (OST) configuration.
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Figure 8-1 OST configuration

Windows
& Java GUI
& CLIs
nbsl

nbsl
tpconfig/vmd
DSM API to manipulate storage servers

nbemm (EMM container)

RMMS container
DSM
MDS RDSM oid 230/fileid 222
disk manager getStorageServerConfig
setStorageServerConfig STS-LIB sts_set_config
RB sts_get_config
Plug-ins

EMM Vendor OST plug-in

EMM DB OpenStorage server

In this scenario, the client backs up the data directly to the media server and the
media server accesses the vendor plug-in to transfer the data to the storage server.
For logging that is specific to OST, enable the following on the media server or
plug-in host:
1. In the registry or bp.conf file, set VERBOSE = 5.
2. Ensure that the following directories exist under /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
(for Windows, use install_path\NetBackup\logs):
■ bptm

■ bpbrm

■ bpstsinfo

3. Create the volmgr/debug/tpcommand directory.

4. Put VERBOSE in the vm.conf file. See “How to control the amount of
information written to legacy logging files” on page 46.
5. Set DebugLevel=6 and DiagnosticLevel=6 for the following processes:
■ OID 178 (Disk Manager Service, dsm)
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■ OID 202 (Storage service, stssvc)

■ OID 220 (Disk Polling Service, dps)
■ OID 221 (Media Performance Monitor Service)
■ OID 222 (Remote Monitoring & Management Service)
■ OID 230 (Remote Disk Manager Service, rdsm)
■ OID 395 (STS Event Manager, stsem)
These OIDs all log to the nbrmms unified log file on the media server.
6. Increase the vendor plug-in logging. Most vendors have their own plug-in
logging in addition to what is logged within the NetBackup logs.
7. Reproduce the backup failure.
8. Within the NetBackup Administration Console, click on Activity Monitor >
Jobs, open the job details and click the Detailed Status tab. It displays the
media server host name that ran the backup and the bptm process ID number
(PID).
■ Find a line similar to bptm(pid=value); this value is the bptm PID to locate
in the bptm log.

9. Extract the bptm PID found in step 8 from the bptm log on the media server.
This step gathers only the single-line entries; review the raw logs to see the
multi-line log entries. In the following examples, 3144 is the bptm PID:
■ Windows command line:

findstr "\[3144." 092611.log > bptmpid3144.txt

■ UNIX/Linux command line:

grep "\[3144\]" log.092611 > bptmpid3144.txt

10. Gather the vendor specific plug-in logs that cover the dates from when the
backup started and when it failed.

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
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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:

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■ 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
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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
 Chapter 9
Storage lifecycle policy
(SLP) and Auto Image
Replication (A.I.R.) logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About storage lifecycle policies (SLPs) and Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.)

■ Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) duplication process flow

■ Automatic Image Replication (A.I.R.) process flow logging

■ Import process flow

■ SLP and A.I.R. logging

■ SLP configuration and management

About storage lifecycle policies (SLPs) and Auto

Image Replication (A.I.R.)
A storage lifecycle policy (SLP) contains instructions in the form of storage operations
that are applied to the data.
The Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.) lets backups be replicated between the
NetBackup domains. A.I.R. automatically creates the catalog entries in the target
domain as the backups are replicated. Veritas recommends the use of A.I.R. instead
of live catalog replication to populate the NetBackup catalog at a disaster recovery
site.
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Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) duplication process flow

Understanding the storage lifecycle policy (SLP) operations (for example, backup,
duplication, replication, import, and snapshot) can help determine which logs can
be used to troubleshoot an issue. This topic primarily focuses on the Automatic
Image Replication (A.I.R.) and duplication process flows. The process flow for other
operations, like backups and snapshots, are covered in other topics of this guide.
See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I for more information about
SLPs and A.I.R.

Storage lifecycle policy (SLP) duplication process

flow
The following figure describes the SLP duplication process flow.

Figure 9-1 SLP duplication process flow

Master Server

IsWindowOpen nbsetserv

nbpem Submit Dup Jobs Duplication Expiration Import

Manager Manager Manager

nbjm nbstlutil CLI

Lock/Unlock copy
bpduplicate bpdbm

Media Server
Create
fragment
bpdm bptm

Read/Write
offset
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Automatic Image Replication (A.I.R.) process flow logging

The SLP duplication process flow is as follows:

1. The SLP manager (nbstserv) checks if the duplication window is open to
submit duplication jobs. When it finds an SLP window open to submit a
duplication job, it will process the relevant images managed by the SLP policies,
batch them, and submit them to nbpem for further processing.
2. nbpem also checks if the SLP window is still open for the duplication operation.
If it is, nbpem creates the duplication job structure and submits it to nbjm.
3. nbjm requests resources as it would for backups (not shown in the figure), and
then invokes bpduplicate.
4. bpduplicate starts the required bpdm and/or bptm processes, media load
operations occur (not shown in the diagram), the image is read from the local
source storage, and then written to the local destination storage.
5. After the media server bpdm/bptm processes the exit, bpduplicate also exits.

Automatic Image Replication (A.I.R.) process flow

logging
Note: For A.I.R. replications, only MSDP or OST disk-based storage units are used.
The tape storage units cannot be used with A.I.R. The basic disk storage units are
not supported with SLP.

The Automatic Image Replication (A.I.R.) process flow is as follows:

1. The SLP-controlled backup finishes. The backup image includes information
about what SLP policy it will use for its secondary operation; for example, a
replication or a duplication.
2. nbstserv on a regular interval (SLP parameter - Image Processing Interval)
works to batch up images for the replication. The SLP manager (nbstserv)
checks if the SLP window is open to submit replication jobs.
3. Next, nbstserv submits the batch to nbpem. nbpem passes the job to nbjm,
which checks for resources from nbrb and nbemm. If the SLP window is open,
nbpem passes the job to nbjm.

4. nbjm starts nbreplicate (nbreplicate appears in the admin log) and passes
nbreplicate to bpdm.

5. bpdm makes the physical resource requests to nbjm.

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Import process flow

6. The replication checks are run and the replication starts. bpdm lets the source
storage server know when to initiate the replication. The source and target
storage servers then communicate to perform the actual replication of data.

Note: For replications, one bpdm process controls the operation.

7. A replication event is sent to the remote or target storage server.

8. The replication finishes and the image copy records are updated.

Import process flow

The import process flow is as follows:
1. The media server that is responsible for monitoring the disk storage polls the
storage for the A.I.R. import events. It is the nbrmms process that does the
polling. The image associated with the import event is sent to the import
manager (running within nbstserv) on the master server.
2. The import manager (OID 369) inserts the image records into the NBDB
database.
3. On a regular interval, nbstserv looks for images that need to be imported. It
batches up the images to be imported and sends the request to nbpem. nbpem
passes the job to nbjm and then checks for resources from nbrb and nbemm.
4. nbjm starts bpimport. For replicated images, a fast import is run since most
of the information that NetBackup needs for the image was brought in when
the import event was received.
5. bpimport (admin log) starts bpdm on the media server.

6. bpdm obtains the physical resources needed from nbjm.

7. bpdm reads the image information and sends it to bpdbm on the master server.

8. The import of the image completes and is validated by bpdbm.

SLP and A.I.R. logging

nbstserv (master server):

vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 226 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

importmgr (master server, import manager logs within the 226 nbstserv log):
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vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 369 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

nbrmms (logs on the media server responsible for monitoring the disk storage):

vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 222 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

stsem (storage server event manager, stsem logs within the 222 nbrmms log):

vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 395 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6

On the media servers that perform the duplication, view the appropriate bpdm and
bptm legacy logs. On the media server that initiates the A.I.R. replication operation
and on the media server that performs the subsequent import, you can view the
bpdm legacy log for additional details.

bpdm (verbose 5)

bptm (verbose 5)

You can increase the plugin logging to get additional details within bptm/bpdm or
the third-party vendors OST plugin log file regarding the duplication, replication,
and import operations.
On the master server, the following legacy logs are also helpful to review:
■ admin - (the admin log logs the bpduplicate or nbreplicate command for the
job)
■ bpdbm - (the NetBackup Database Manager program that contains backup policy
information, such as files, media, and client information)

SLP configuration and management

To view the configured SLP policies using the CLI, run the following command:

nbstl –L –all_versions

To list the images that are under SLP control (that is, they are waiting for the
completion of their secondary operations), use the following command:

nbstlutil list –image_incomplete

To display the SLP backlog, use the following command:

nbstlutil report

To display the SLP parameters using the CLI, the bpgetconfig command can be
run on the master server:
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■ UNIX: bpgetconfig | grep SLP

■ Windows: bpgetconfig | findstr SLP
To list images that have been replicated using A.I.R. (run on the source master
server), use the following command:

nbstlutil repllist

To list images that are pending an A.I.R. import into the target environment (run on
the target master server), use the following command:

nbstlutil pendimplist
 Chapter 10
Snapshot technologies
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Snapshot Client backup

■ VMware backup

■ Snapshot backup and Windows open file backups

Snapshot Client backup

The following shows a typical snapshot backup process. In this scenario, the
snapshot is created on the client and is then backed up to a storage unit (disk or
tape) from that client. With the exception of Windows open file backups that do not
use multiple data streams, all snapshots are created by a separate parent job,
followed by a child job that backs up the snapshot. For non-multistreamed Windows
Open File Backups, bpbrm using bpcd invokes bpfis to take a snapshot of individual
drives. If you use System State or Shadow Copy Component backups, bpbkar32
creates the snapshot using Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Windows Open
File Backups do not require a Snapshot Client license, although they do use
Snapshot Client components, such as bpfis.
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The basic processing steps for snapshot creation and backup are the following (this
includes Windows open file backups that employ multiple data streams):
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Snapshot Client backup procedure

1 The NetBackup master server or primary client initiates the backup, which
causes the NetBackup request daemon (bprd) to submit a backup request to
the Policy Execution Manager (nbpem). nbpem processes the policy
configurations.
2 nbpem uses nbjm to start a parent job to create the snapshot. This job is
separate from the job that backs up the snapshot.
3 nbjm starts an instance of bpbrm through bpcd on the media server. bpbrm
starts bpfis through bpcd on the client.
4 bpfis creates a snapshot of the client data by means of a snapshot method.

5 bpfis contacts bprd to request transfer of bpfis state files from client to server.
This operation is enabled by default.
6 bprd requests bpcd on the client to send a list of bpfis state files.

7 bprd copies each state file from the client to the master.

8 bpfis sends snapshot information and completion status to bpbrm and exits.
bpbrm, in turn, reports the snapshot information and status to nbjm and exits.
nbjm relays the information and status to nbpem.

9 nbpem submits to nbjm a child job for the backup with a file list derived from
the snapshot information. nbjm starts bpbrm to back up the snapshot.
10 bpbrm starts bpbkar on the client. bpbkar sends the file catalog information to
bpbrm, which relays it to the NetBackup file database (bpdbm) on the master
server.
11 bpbrm starts the process bptm (parent) on the media server.
12 One of the following occurs: The next step depends on whether the media
server backs up itself (bptm and bpbkar are on the same host) or the media
server backs up a client that resides on a different host.
■ If the media server backs up itself, bpbkar stores the snapshot-based image
block-by-block in shared memory on the media server.
■ If the media server backs up a client that resides on a different host, the
bptm process on the server creates a child process of itself. The child
receives the snapshot-based image from the client by means of socket
communications and then stores the image block-by-block in shared
memory.

13 The original bptm process takes the backup image from shared memory and
sends it to the storage device (disk or tape).
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14 bptm sends the backup completion status to bpbrm, which passes it to nbjm.
15 When nbpem receives the backup completion status from nbjm, nbpem tells
nbjm to delete the snapshot. nbjm starts a new instance of bpbrm on the media
server, and bpbrm starts a new instance of bpfis on the client. bpfis deletes
the snapshot on the client, unless the snapshot is of the Instant Recovery type,
in which case it is not automatically deleted. bpfis and bpbrm report their status
and exit.

VMware backup
The following shows a VMware backup process.

The basic processing steps for a VMware backup operation are the following:
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VMware backup procedure

1 The Policy Execution Manager (nbpem) triggers a backup job when the policy,
schedule, and virtual machine are due and the backup window is open. The
nbpem process, the Job Manager (nbjm), the Resource Broker (nbrb), and the
Enterprise Media Manager (nbemm) together identify the resources (media
server, storage unit, etc.) for the backup operation.
2 For a VMware Intelligent Policy (VIP), you can throttle the VMware resources
that are used in the vSphere environment. For example, you can limit the
resources to four concurrent backup jobs running from a vSphere datastore.
This level of control tunes the number of backups to minimally influence the
user and application experience on the vSphere platform.
3 nbpem uses nbjm to contact the selected media server and to start the Backup
and Restore Manager (bpbrm) on it. A snapshot job (also referred to as the
parent job) goes active in the Activity Monitor.
4 nbjm starts an instance of bpbrm through the client service (bpcd) on the media
server. bpbrm starts the Frozen Image Snapshot (bpfis) through the client
service (bpcd) on the VMware backup host. bpfis creates a snapshot of the
VM data by using vCenter or ESX host depending on the configured credential
servers.
bpfis armed with vADP contacts the vSphere host (vCenter) or the ESX/ESXi
host for which credentials are stored in the NetBackup database and initiates
the snapshot for the VM. For multiple VMs, bpbrm starts bpfis for each VM
so that the snapshot operations occur in parallel. As in step 2, you can control
the number of concurrent snapshots for a VIP by setting VMware resource
limits in NetBackup. bpfis contacts the vSphere host by using the standard
SSL port (the default is 443).
5 bpfis contacts the Request Manager (bprd) to request transfer of bpfis state
files from the VMware Backup Host to the master server.
6 bprd requests bpcd on the VMware Backup Host to send a list of bpfis state
files. bprd copies each state file from the VMware Backup Host to the master
server.
7 bpfis sends snapshot information and completion status to bpbrm. bpbrm
reports the snapshot information and status to nbjm. nbjm relays the information
and status to nbpem.
8 nbpem submits a child job for the backup to nbjm, with a file list derived from
the snapshot information. nbjm starts bpbrm to back up the snapshot.
9 bpbrm uses bpcd to start bpbkar on the VMware Backup Host.
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10 The backup and archive manager (bpbkar) loads the Veritas Mapping Services
(VxMS) which loads the VMware Disk Development Kit (VDDK) APIs. The APIs
are used for reading from the vSphere datastore. VxMS maps the stream during
run-time and identifies the contents of the vmdk file. bpbkar uses VxMS to
send the file catalog information to bpbrm, which relays it to the database
manager bpdbm on the master server.
11 bpbrm also starts the process bptm (parent) on the media server.
The following shows the operation of the Veritas V-Ray within VxMS:
■ Veritas V-Ray within VxMS generates the catalog of all the files inside the
VMDK from both Windows and Linux VMs. The operation occurs while
backup data is being streamed. bpbrm on the media server sends this
catalog information to the master server.
■ The file system inode level also identifies unused and deleted blocks. For
example, if the application on VM allocates 1 TB of space for a file, of which
only 100 GB is currently used, the backup stream includes only that 100
GB. Similarly, if you delete a 1 TB file that was fully allocated in the past,
VxMS skips the deleted blocks (unless the blocks are now allocated for a
new file) from the backup stream. This optimization not only speeds up the
backup stream, but reduces needed storage even when deduplication is
not enabled.
■ If the source side deduplication feature is enabled, the VMware backup
host does the deduplication. The NetBackup deduplication plug-in using
the mapping information that VxMS generates and sees the actual files in
the file system within the VMDK. This V-Ray vision is established by the
NetBackup deduplication plug-in that loads a dedicated stream handler that
understands the VxMS mapping info.
■ Because these operations occur on the VMware backup host, the ESX
resources and the VM resources are not used. This setup is true off-host
backup with no burden on the production vSphere. Even the source side
deduplication occurs in an off-host system.

12 If the media server is the VMware Backup Host, bpbkar stores the
snapshot-based image block-by-block in shared memory on the media server.
If the media server is backing up a separate VMware Backup Host that is not
the media server, the bptm process on the server creates a child process of
itself. The child uses socket communications to receive the snapshot-based
image from the VMware Backup Host and stores the image block-by-block in
shared memory.
13 The original tape manager (bptm) process takes the backup image from shared
memory and sends it to the storage device (disk or tape).
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14 bptm sends backup completion status to bpbrm, which passes it to nbjm and
nbpem.

15 nbpem tells nbjm to delete the snapshot. nbjm starts a new instance of bpbrm
on the media server, and bpbrm starts a new instance of bpfis on the VMware
Backup Host. bpfis deletes the snapshot on the vSphere environment. bpfis
and bpbrm report their status and exit.

Snapshot backup and Windows open file backups

Figure 10-1 shows the overall snapshot backup process. PBX (not shown in the
diagram) must be running for NetBackup to operate.
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Figure 10-1 Snapshot backup and Windows open file backup using multiple
data streams

NetBackup user
Backup Policy
Configuration interface or
Management command line
Database

bpbackup or
File Database bpdbm nbproxy nbpem bprd
bparchive

nbproxy nbjm

EMM Database

bpbrm bpcd

nbemm nbrb bpcd bpfis

Request

Snapshot
Mount

Create
bpcd

nbrmms bpbrm bpbkar Client Disk

bptm bptm
(parent) (child)
Mount

Tape
Request Control Path

Tape Backup Image

Shared
Disk Volume ltid Memory
Mount Catalog Info

Master Server Media Server Client Server

Notes:
* For details on these components, see the Media and Device Management Functional Description
later in this chapter.
** If the media server is backing up itself (server and client on same host), there is no bptm child:
bpbkar sends the data directly to shared memory.
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A separate parent job creates all snapshots, then a child job backs up the snapshot.
The following sequence of operations is for snapshot creation and backup, including
the Windows open file backups that employ multiple data streams:
■ The NetBackup master server or primary client initiates the backup. This action
causes the NetBackup request daemon bprd to submit a backup request to the
Policy Execution Manager nbpem. nbpem processes the policy configurations.
■ nbpem (through nbjm) starts a parent job to create the snapshot. This job is
separate from the job that backs up the snapshot.
■ nbjm starts an instance of bpbrm through bpcd on the media server, and bpbrm
starts bpfis through bpcd on the client.
■ bpfis creates a snapshot of the client’s data by means of a snapshot method.

■ When bpfis is finished, it sends snapshot information and completion status

to bpbrm and exits. bpbrm, in turn, reports the snapshot information and status
to nbjm and exits. nbjm relays the information and status to nbpem.
■ nbpem submits a child job for the backup to nbjm, with a file list derived from the
snapshot information. nbjm starts bpbrm to back up the snapshot.
■ bpbrm starts bpbkar on the client. bpbkar sends the file catalog information to
bpbrm, which relays it to the NetBackup file database bpdbm on the master
server.
■ bpbrm starts the process bptm (parent) on the media server.

■ The next step depends on the following: Whether the media server backs up
itself (bptm and bpbkar on the same host), or the media server backs up a client
on a different host. If the media server backs up itself, bpbkar stores the
snapshot-based image block by block in shared memory on the media server.
If the media server backs up a client that resides on a different host, bptm on
the server creates a child process of itself. The child receives the snapshot-based
image from the client by means of socket communications and then stores the
image block-by-block in shared memory.
■ The original bptm process then takes the backup image from shared memory
and sends it to the storage device (disk or tape).
Information is available on how the tape request is issued.
See "Media and device management process" in the NetBackup Troubleshooting
Guide.
■ bptm sends backup completion status to bpbrm, which passes it to nbjm.

■ When nbpem receives backup completion status from nbjm, nbpem tells nbjm to
delete the snapshot. nbjm starts a new instance of bpbrm on the media server,
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and bpbrm starts a new instance of bpfis on the client. bpfis deletes the
snapshot on the client, unless the snapshot is of the Instant Recovery type, in
which case it is not automatically deleted. bpfis and bpbrm report their status
and exit.
For more information, see the NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator’s Guide.
Note that Windows open file backups do not require Snapshot Client.
 Chapter 11
Locating logs
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ acsssi logging

■ bpbackup logging

■ bpbkar logging

■ bpbrm logging

■ bpcd logging

■ bpcompatd logging

■ bpdbm logging

■ bpjobd logging

■ bprd logging

■ bprestore logging

■ bptm logging

■ daemon logging

■ ltid logging

■ nbemm logging

■ nbjm logging

■ nbpem logging

■ nbproxy logging

■ nbrb logging
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acsssi logging

■ NetBackup web services logging

■ NetBackup web server certificate logging

■ PBX logging

■ reqlib logging

■ robots logging

■ tar logging

■ txxd and txxcd logging

■ vnetd logging

acsssi logging
On UNIX systems, the NetBackup ACS storage server interface (acsssi)
communicates with the ACS library software host.

Log location UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/acsssi

Server where it resides media

How to access The acsssi process uses the legacy logging method. If
legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

bpbackup logging
The bpbackup command-line executable is used to initiate user backups.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbackup

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbackup

Server where it resides client

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bpbkar logging

How to access The bpbackup process uses the legacy logging method. If
legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

bpbkar logging
The backup and archive manager (bpbkar) is used to read client data, which is
sent to the media server to write to the storage media. It also collects metadata
about the files that have been backed up to create the files file.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbkar

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar

Server where it resides client

How to access The bpbkar process uses the legacy logging method. If
legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

bpbrm logging
The NetBackup backup and restore manager (bpbrm) manages the client and bptm
process. It also uses the error status from the client and from bptm to determine
the final status of backup and restore operations.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbrm

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbrm

Server where it resides media

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bpcd logging

How to access The bpbrm process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

bpcd logging
The NetBackup client service (bpcd) authenticates remote hosts and launches
processes on local hosts.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpcd

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcd

Server where it resides media and client

How to access The bpcd process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

bpcompatd logging
The NetBackup compatibility service (bpcompatd) creates connections between
some multi-threaded processes and NetBackup legacy processes.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpcompatd

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcompatd

Server where it resides master

How to access The bpcompatd process uses the legacy logging method.
If legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

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bpdbm logging

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

bpdbm logging
The NetBackup Database Manager (bpdbm) manages the configuration, error, and
file databases.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm

Server where it resides master

How to access The bpdbm process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

bpjobd logging
The bpjobd service manages the jobs database and relays job statuses to the
Activity Monitor.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpjobd

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjobd

Server where it resides master

How to access The bpjobd process uses the legacy logging method. If
legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.
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bprd logging

bprd logging
The NetBackup request daemon (bprd) responds to client and administrative
requests for backups, restores, and archives.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bprd

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

Server where it resides master

How to access The bprd process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

bprestore logging
The bprestore command-line executable is used to initiate restores. It
communicates with bprd on the master server.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bprestore

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprestore

Server where it resides client

How to access The bprestore process uses the legacy logging method.
If legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

bptm logging
The NetBackup tape management process (bptm) manages the transfer of backup
images between the client and the storage device (tape or disk).
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daemon logging

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bptm

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bptm

Server where it resides media

How to access The bptm process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

daemon logging
The daemon log includes debug information for the Volume Manager service (vmd)
and its associated processes.

Log location Windows: install_path\volmgr\debug\daemon

UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/daemon

Server where it resides master and media

How to access The daemon log uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

ltid logging
The logical tape interface daemon (ltid), also called the NetBackup Device
Manager, controls the reservation and assignment of tapes.

Log location Windows: install_path\volmgr\debug\ltid

UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/ltid

Server where it resides media

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nbemm logging

How to access The ltid process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

nbemm logging
On the server that is defined as the master server, the NetBackup Enterprise Media
Manager (nbemm) manages devices, media, and storage unit configuration. It supplies
nbrb with a cache list of available resources, and manages the internal state of
storage, (UP/DOWN) based on heartbeat information and disk polling.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbemm

UNIX: /usr/openv/logs/nbemm

Server where it resides master

How to access The nbemm process uses the unified logging method. Use
the vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands to view and
manage the unified log files.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

nbjm logging
The NetBackup Job Manager (nbjm) accepts job requests from nbpem and from
media commands, and it acquires the necessary resources for the jobs. It interacts
with bpjobd to provide updates to the activity monitor states, starts the bpbrm media
manager service as needed, and updates the internal job states.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbjm

UNIX: /usr/openv/logs/nbjm

Server where it resides master

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nbpem logging

How to access The nbjm process uses the unified logging method. Use the
vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands to view and manage
the unified log files.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

nbpem logging
The NetBackup Policy Execution Manager (nbpem) creates policy and client tasks
and determines when jobs are run.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbpem

UNIX: /usr/openv/logs/nbpem

Server where it resides master

How to access The nbpem process uses the unified logging method. Use
the vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands to view and
manage the unified log files.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

nbproxy logging
The proxy service nbproxy enables nbpem and nbjm to query master server catalogs.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbproxy

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbproxy

Server where it resides master

How to access The nbproxy process uses the legacy logging method. If
legacy debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup
servers, you must create the appropriate directories for each
process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

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nbrb logging

nbrb logging
On the master server, the NetBackup Resource Broker (nbrb) locates logical and
physical resources from a cached list of resources to satisfy storage units, media,
and client reservations for jobs. It initiates drive queries every 10 minutes to check
the state of the drives.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbrb

UNIX: /usr/openv/logs/nbrb

Server where it resides master

How to access The nbrb process uses the unified logging method. Use the
vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands to view and manage
the unified log files.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

NetBackup web services logging

This topic describes the logs for the NetBackup web services.

Log location Web server logs

Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\wmc\webserver\logs

UNIX: usr/openv/wmc/webserver/logs

Web applications logs

Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbwebservice

UNIX: usr/openv/logs/nbwebservice

Server where it resides master

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NetBackup web server certificate logging

How to access The web services use the unified logging method for the web
applications. Use the vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands
to view and manage the unified log files.

The NetBackup web server framework does not use the

standard VxUL format. For more information on the format
of these logs and how they are created, see the
documentation for Apache Tomcat at
http://tomcat.apache.org.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information on how to access
the web services logs.

NetBackup web server certificate logging

NetBackup creates the following logs when it generates and deploys the web server
certificate during installation.

Log location Windows:

install path\NetBackup\logs\nbatd
install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbcert

C:\ProgramData\Symantec\NetBackup\InstallLogs\
WMC_configureCerts_yyyymmdd_timestamp.txt

UNIX:

usr/openv/logs/nbatd
usr/openv/logs/nbcert
usr/openv/wmc/webserver/logs/configureCerts.log

Server where it resides master

How to access The nbcert and nbatd logs use unified logging. Use the
vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands to view and manage
the unified log files. The configureCerts.log uses a
simple logging style and not VxUL.

See “About unified logging” on page 13.

NetBackup creates the following logs when it renews the web server certificate.
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PBX logging

Log location Windows:

install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbatd
install path\NetBackup\logs\nbwebservice

C:\ProgramData\Symantec\NetBackup\InstallLogs\
WMC_configureCerts_yyyymmdd_timestamp.txt

UNIX:

usr/openv/logs/nbatd
install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbwebservice
usr/openv/wmc/webserver/logs/configureCerts.log

Server where it resides master

How to access The nbwebservice (OID 466 and 484) and nbatd (OID
18) logs use unified logging. Use the vxlogview and
vxlogmgr commands to view and manage the unified log
files. The configureCerts.log uses a simple logging
style and not VxUL.
See “About unified logging” on page 13.

See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information on how to access
the web services logs.

PBX logging
Private Branch Exchange (PBX) is the communication mechanism used by most
NetBackup processes.

Log location Windows: install_path\VxPBX\log

UNIX: /opt/VRTSpbx/log

Server where it resides master, media, and client

How to access The PBX process uses the unified logging method. Use the
vxlogview and vxlogmgr commands to view and manage
the unified log files. Note that the PBX product ID used to
access the unified log files differs from the NetBackup product
ID. The PBX product ID is 50936.

See “About unified logging” on page 13.

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reqlib logging

See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for more information on how to access
PBX logs.
See “About backup logging” on page 67.
See “About restore logging” on page 95.

reqlib logging
The reqlib log includes debug information on the processes that request media
management services from EMM or the Volume Manager service (vmd).

Log location Windows: install_path\volmgr\debug\reqlib

UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/reqlib

Server where it resides master and media

How to access The reqlib log uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

robots logging
The robots log includes debug information on all robotic daemons, including the
txxd and txxcd daemons.

Log location Windows: install_path\volmgr\debug\robots

UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/robots

Server where it resides media

How to access The robots log uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “txxd and txxcd logging” on page 161.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.
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tar logging

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

tar logging
The Tape Archive program (tar) writes restore data to the client disk. On Windows
clients, the binary name is tar32.exe and on UNIX clients the binary name is nbtar.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\tar

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/tar

Server where it resides client

How to access The tar process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.
See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.

txxd and txxcd logging

The robotic daemon (txxd, where xx varies based on the type of robot being used)
provides the interface between ltid and the tape library. The robotic control daemon
(txxcd) provides the robotic control for the robot and communicates mount and
unmount requests.

Log location The txxd and txxcd processes do not have their own log
files. Instead, errors are logged in the robots debug log and
the system log. The system log is managed by syslog on
UNIX and by the Event Viewer on Windows.
See “About UNIX system logs” on page 10.

See “Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer”

on page 54.

How to access The debug information is included by adding the word

VERBOSE to the vm.conf file.

See “How to control the amount of information written to

legacy logging files” on page 46.
On UNIX, debug information is also included by starting the
daemon with the -v option (either by itself or through ltid).
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vnetd logging

See “robots logging” on page 160.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.
See “About restore logging” on page 95.

vnetd logging
The NetBackup Legacy Network Service (vnetd) is a communication mechanism
used to create firewall-friendly socket connections.

Log location Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\vnetd

UNIX: /usr/openv/logs/vnetd or
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vnetd if the vnetd
directory exists there. If the vnetd directory exists in both
locations, logging occurs only in
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vnetd.

Server where it resides master, media, and client

How to access The vnetd process uses the legacy logging method. If legacy
debug logging is not enabled on your NetBackup servers,
you must create the appropriate directories for each process.

See “About legacy logging” on page 36.

See “About backup logging” on page 67.

See “About restore logging” on page 95.
 Chapter 12
Java-based administration
console logging
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About the Java-based administration console logging

■ Java-based administration console logging process flow

■ Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console

and bpjava-*

■ Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console

and either nbsl or nbvault

■ Java-based administration console logging configuration on NetBackup servers

and clients

■ Java-based remote administration console logging on a Windows computer

where NetBackup is not installed

■ Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting Java GUI issues

■ Undo logging

About the Java-based administration console

logging
Beginning with NetBackup 7.7, NetBackup provides only the Java-based
administration console through which the administrator can manage NetBackup.
The console can be run either directly on a supported Java-capable UNIX computer
or on a Windows computer that has the NetBackup Administration Console
installed.
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Java-based administration console logging process flow

Java-based administration console logging

process flow
The Java-based administration console logging process flow is as follows:

Java console 4 nbsl or nbvault

1 2
bpjava-msvc nbatd
3A

2
Java login 4 bpjava-susvc 3B

Hashed security
tokens
bpjava-usvc

The following steps describe the Java-based administration console login process:
1. The user initiates a login request to the Java-based administration console.
The credentials are sent to bpjava-msvc over the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
using the Server Security Certificate.
2. The bpjava-msvc process authenticates the token through nbatd, which reads
the hashed security tokens on the server.
3. The following steps describe the process with the session certificate:
■ The bpjava-msvc process sends a response to the console login with a
session token and a fingerprint of the session certificate.
■ The bpjava-msvc process initiates the appropriate bpjava-*usvc process
and the session certificate and token are passed to one of the following
processes:
■ bpjava-susvc for the NetBackup Administration Console

■ bjava-usvc for the Backup, Archive, and Restore (BAR) interface

4. Various calls are made between the NetBackup Java-based administration

console and nbsl, bpjava-*usvc, and nbvault (if configured) to populate the
interface with the appropriate contents.
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Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console and bpjava-*

Setting up a secure channel between the

Java-based administration console and bpjava-*
The following steps describe the process flow to set up a secure channel between
the Java-based administration console and bpjava-*:

Note: The following processes are used: bpjava-msvc, which controls the login
and authentication; bpjava-susvc, which is the administration console process;
and bpjava-usvc, which is the client Backup, Archive, and Restore (BAR) interface.

1. The user initiates a login to the console. The credentials are sent to
bpjava-msvc over the SSL (using the Server Security Certificate).

2. The bpjava-msvc process authenticates the user who uses the user credentials
that were received in step 1.
3. After the user is authenticated, the bpjava-msvc process performs the following:
■ Generates the entities that are called the self-signed session certificate,
the key, and the session token.
■ Launches the daemon bpjava-*usvc to gather more requests from the
NetBackup Java-based administration console.
■ Passes the self-signed session certificate and the session token to
bpjava-*usvc.

Note: The bpjava-*usvc process uses a session certificate as a Server

Security Certificate for the SSL channel. It uses the session token to
authenticate the Java-based administration console. The console does not
use credentials while it connects to the bpjava-*usvc process. The
Java-based administration console uses the session token for authentication.

■ Sends the session token and the fingerprint of the session certificate to the
Java-based administration console.
■ Persists session token and user information to a secure directory
(install_path/var; for example, usr/openv/var) in a file on the
NetBackup host. This directory is accessible only to the root/administrator.
The file name format is as follows:

hash(session token)_bpjava-*usvc_pid
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Note: msvc saves this information so it can be used by nbsl or nbvault to

authenticate the Java-based administration console.

■ The msvc process stops the execution and exits.

4. bpjava-*usvc uses the session certificate to start the secure channel with the
Java-based administration console. This secure channel is a one-way
authenticated SSL channel. (Only the server certificate is present and there is
no peer certificate. There is no certificate from the Java-based administration
console side.)
5. The Java-based administration console receives the session certificate as a
part of the initial SSL handshake. It verifies the authenticity of the session
certificate by using the pre-existing fingerprint of the session certificate (see
step 3). The Java-based administration console calculates the fingerprint of
the session certificate that was received from bpjava-*usvc due to the SSL
handshake. It compares the new fingerprint with the fingerprint sent by msvc.
6. Once the authenticity of the certificate is verified, the Java-based administration
console sends the session token (received in step 3) to bpjava-*usvc.
7. bpjava-*usvc verifies the received session token with the pre-existing one
(see step 3).
8. The success of the session token validation creates trust between
bpjava-*usvc and the Java-based administration console.

9. All further communication occurs between bpjava-*usvc and the Java-based

administration console on this trusted secure channel.

Setting up a secure channel between the

Java-based administration console and either
nbsl or nbvault
The following steps describe the process flow to set up a secure channel between
the Java-based administration console and either nbsl or nbvault:
1. Trust is already set up between the Java-based administration console and
bpjava-*. The user information and session token already exist in a designated
location with a name similar to the following:

hash(session token)_susvc_pid
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See “Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration

console and bpjava-*” on page 165.
2. The Java-based administration console sends a request to nbsl/nbvault for
a secure connection.
3. nbsl/nbvault accepts the request and initiates a secure channel using the
security certificate on the host. These daemons run with root/administrator
privileges and can access the security certificate.
4. This secure channel is a one-way authenticated SSL channel where only the
server certificate is present and there is no peer certificate. There is no
certificate from the Java-based administration console side.
5. The trust options for the security certificate are as follows:
■ The Java-based administration console accepts the security certificate (or
gives approval for this secure channel) if it trusts the NetBackup Certificate
Authority (CA) who signed the security certificate.
■ If the Java-based administration console does not trust the CA who signed
the security certificate, it displays a pop-up dialog box. This dialog box asks
if the user trusts the CA who has signed the certificate (This is a one-time
activity. After the user gives consent to trust the CA, the dialog box does
not display again.).
6. The Java-based administration console sends a session token to nbsl/nbvault.
See “Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration
console and bpjava-*” on page 165.
7. nbsl/nbvault verifies this session token by performing the following procedure:

■ Generates a hash of the session token that was received

■ Searches for the file with the name that starts with this hash at the
designated location
■ If the file is found, it extracts the PID from it (see step 1)
■ Checks to see if the PID is valid

8. The success of the verification creates a trust between nbsl/nbvault and the
Java-based administration console.
9. All further communication occurs between nbsl/nbvault and the Java-based
administration console on this trusted secure channel.
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Java-based administration console logging configuration on NetBackup servers and clients

Java-based administration console logging

configuration on NetBackup servers and clients
Java logging is automatically set up on systems on which the NetBackup client or
server software is installed. The Java logs are located in the following pre-existing
log directories:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/nbjlogs
■ Windows: install directory\netbackup\logs\user_ops\nbjlogs

Java-based remote administration console logging

on a Windows computer where NetBackup is not
installed
If the NetBackup Remote Administration Console Installation (x64 only) option
is used when installing, NetBackup is not installed on the host and the Java activity
is not logged by default.
You must make changes to the setconf.bat file to ensure that Veritas Technical
Support can successfully log the Java operations; that is, %nbjLogFileName%.
The following changes to the setconf.bat file are required as there is no active
path set against NB_INSTALL_PATH on the target host. The procedure is as follows:
1. Manually create the following directory structure in its entirety:

C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\logs\user_ops\nbjlogs

2. Edit the following file:

install_path\Veritas\Java\setconf.bat

3. Locate the following line (line 12 down from the top of the file) and remove the
remark (REM) to activate it, as shown in the following example:
■ Change line from: REM SET NB_INSTALL_PATH=C:\\Program
Files\\Veritas\\NetBackup

■ To: SET NB_INSTALL_PATH=C:\\Program Files\\Veritas\\NetBackup

4. Save the change to the setconf.bat file.

5. The next launch of the Java console produces a log within the following directory
at the default verbosity of 3:
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C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\logs\user_ops\nbjlogs

Configuring and gathering logs when

troubleshooting Java GUI issues
Once installed, the log levels for the Java-based administration console are
configured to gather a detailed set of logs.
The NetBackup Java GUI uses the Debug.properties file to determine which
logging level to use.
On UNIX systems, the file is: /usr/openv/java/Debug.properties
On Windows systems, the file is: install_dir\VERITAS\Java\Debug.properties
Specifically, the following settings are tuned to enable additional logging:

printcmds=true
debugMask=0x00040000

1. Gather the following Java console logs from the following pre-existing log
directories on the system from which the GUI was started:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/nbjlogs
■ Windows: install directory\netbackup\logs\user|ops\nbjlogs

2. On the master server, log in through the Java-based administration console

to create the admin, bpjava-msvc, bpjava-susvc, and bpjava-usvc log
directories and enable VERBOSE 5 logging. You do not have to restart the
NetBackup daemons for the logging level changes to take effect.
For UNIX systems, create the following directories:
■ /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/admin

■ /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-msvc

■ /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-susvc

■ /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-usvc

3. Edit the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file by adding the following lines:

ADMIN_VERBOSE = 5
BPJAVA-MSVC_VERBOSE = 5
BPJAVA-SUSVC_VERBOSE = 5
BPJAVA-USVC_VERBOSE = 5
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4. For Windows systems, create the following directories:

■ install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\admin

■ install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\bpjava-msvc

■ install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\bpjava-susvc

■ install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\bpjava-usvc

5. Update the Windows registry at hkey_local_machine > software > veritas

> netbackup > current version > config and add the following entries of type
DWORD:

ADMIN_VERBOSE = 5
BPJAVA-MSVC_VERBOSE = 5
BPJAVA-SUSVC_VERBOSE = 5
BPJAVA-USVC_VERBOSE = 5

6. Run the following commands to set up detailed nbatd (OID 18) and nbsl (OID
132) logging. OID 137 (NetBackup libraries) and OID 156 (CORBA/ACE) write
to the caller that requires access to either the libraries or CORBA/ACE, as
follows:

vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 18 -s DebugLevel=6
vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 132 -s DebugLevel=6
vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 137 -s DebugLevel=6
vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 156 -s DebugLevel=6

7. Gather the nbatd and nbsl logs located in the following directory paths:
For UNIX:
■ /usr/openv/logs/nbsl

■ /usr/openv/logs/nbatd

For Windows:
■ install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\nbsl

■ install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\nbatd

8. Finally, gather the PBX logs, as follows:

■ For UNIX: /opt/VRTSpbx/log (gather any logs that cover the current
date/time)
■ For Windows: install_dir\VERITAS\pbx\log
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Undo logging

Undo logging
Ensure that you undo the logging after you have gathered the logs that relate to
your troubleshooting issue.
To remove the log configuration settings, use the following commands:

vxlogcfg -r -p NB -o 18 -s DebugLevel=6
vxlogcfg -r -p NB -o 132 -s DebugLevel=6
vxlogcfg -r -p NB -o 137 -s DebugLevel=6
vxlogcfg -r -p NB -o 156 -s DebugLevel=6

On the master server, comment out the following Java VERBOSE entries in the
bp.conf file (UNIX) or in the registry (Windows):

■ ADMIN_VERBOSE

■ BPJAVA-MSVC_VERBOSE

■ BPJAVA-SUSVC_VERBOSE

■ BPJAVA-USVC_VERBOSE
 Index

A bparchive
acssel, description 81 log 38, 40
acsssi logging 149 bpbackup
acsssi, description 81 log 38, 41
admin log 43 bpbackup logging 149
administration interface BPBACKUP_POLICY 67
activity logging 59 BPBACKUP_SCHED 67
errors 57 bpbkar
Application Event log 54 log 38, 41
application server status codes (Java interface) 58 logging 150
ascd, description 81 bpbrm 146
Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.) 132 log 43
import process flow 135 logging 150
logging 135 bpcd
process flow logging 134 server log 43
avrd, description 82 UNIX client log 38, 41
bpcd logging 151
bpcompatd logging 151
B bpdbjobs log 43
backup bpdbm
and archive processes 66 log 44
and restore startup process 65 logging 152
logging 62, 67 bpdm log 43
NetBackup catalogs 103 bpfis 146
procedure, basic 63 bphdb
process 62 log 39
deduplication 118 BPINETD 94
multiplexing 67 bpinetd log 40
snapshot overview 144 bpinetd.log 40
synthetic processes 107 bpjava-*usvc process 164
UNIX clients 67 bpjava-msvc log 44, 60
Backup, Archive, and Restore (BAR) interface 164 bpjava-msvc process 164
backup_tape log 39 bpjava-susvc process 164
barcode operations 77 bpjava-usvc log 60
basic backup procedure 63 bpjobd logging 152
bin bplist
media and device management 80 log 39, 41
bjava-usvc process 164 bpmount
bp log 39, 41
UNIX client log 38 bporaexp log 39
bp.conf bporaexp64 log 39
file 67 bporaimp log 39
 Index 173

bporaimp64 log 39 directory structure

bprd log 44 media and device management 79
bprd logging 153 disk
bprestore monitoring logging 124
log 39, 41 restore from 91
logging 153 disk space
bpsetconfig 50 for logs and temporary files 59
bpsynth 107 for logs files 33
bptm log 44 drive_mount_notify script 74
bptm logging 153 drive_unmount_notify script 74
driver directory 80
C
catalog backup 103 E
change EMM server 66
logging level 52 enable debug logging 45
client Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) 66
NetBackup Error message types 57
debug logs. See UNIX clients. See Event Viewer logging options 54
Windows and NetWare clients eventlog 55
client deduplication file entries 56
logging 121 exception errors in Java admin interface 57
configuration extra disk space for logs and temporary files 59
deduplication for MSDP 119
OpenStorage Technology (OST) 126 F
configuration and management
fibre channel 98
OpenStorage Technology (OST) 129
files
configuration logs
restore process 92
deduplication 121
FSM 98
Configuring and gathering logs
FT Service Manager 98
when troubleshooting Java GUI issues 169
functional overview
Media and Device Management
D device management 73
daemon logging 154 volume management 73
daemons media and device management
robotic 71 directories and files 79
robotic control 71 NetBackup
database backup (see catalog backup) 103 restores 92
DAYS_TO_KEEP_LOGS vm.conf setting 49 startup 65
debug level 53
debug logs 59 G
NetBackup 80
Global logging level 46, 52
vmd 45, 80
Global logging levels 50
debug.properties file 60
goodies directory 80
deduplication
configuration logs 121
deduplication backup process to MSDP 118 H
deduplication configuration for MSDP 119 help files
media and device management 80
 Index 174

hostID logging (continued)

unified logging 16 bprestore 153
Hot catalog backup process 104 bptm 153
Hot catalog restore 105 changing location of 23
client deduplication 121
J daemon 154
disk monitoring 124
Java interface
Java-based administration console 163
troubleshooting background 57
keywords 124
Java-based administration console logging 163
legacy 37
configuration on NetBackup servers and
levels 50
clients 168
ltid 154
process flow 164
media server deduplication/pdplugin 123
Java-based remote administration console logging
nbemm 155
on a Windows computer where NetBackup is not
nbjm 155
installed 168
nbpem 156
job ID search in unified logs 31
nbproxy 156
nbrb 157
K nbtar 161
Keep logs for setting 25 PBX 159
keywords reqlib 160
logging 124 restore 95
robots 160
L setting level on PC clients 53
legacy logging 37 synthetic backup 110
client logs 38 tar 161
configuring rotation 49 txxd and txxcd 161
controlling size of 47 vnetd 162
directories 38 logs
locations 37 configuration
PC clients 40 deduplication 121
rotation of 48 debug
levels for logging 50 enabling detailed 59
limiting the size of unified and legacy logs 12 file retention 25
log level overview 8
UNIX clients 52 PC client activity
Windows clients 53 bparchive 40
log retention options 10 bpbackup 41
logging bpbkar 41
acsssi 149 bpcd 41
backup 67 bpinetd 40
bpbackup 149 bplist 41
bpbkar 150 bpmount 41
bpbrm 150 bprestore 41
bpcd 151 tar 41
bpcompatd 151 user_ops 42
bpdbm 152 reports
bpjobd 152 NetBackup 9
bprd 153
 Index 175

logs (continued) Media and device management

server activity process 73
acssi 45 media and device management 71
admin 43 media and device management components 79
bpbrm 43 Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) 118
bpcd 43 media server deduplication/pdplugin logging 123
bpdbjobs 43 Messages, error 57
bpdbm 44 misc file 80
bpdm 43 mklogdir.bat 37
bpjava-susvc 44 moving log locations 23
bprd 44 MSDP
bpsynth 44 deduplication configuration 119
bptm 44 multiplexed backups 67
daemon 45
ltid 45 N
nbatd 17, 44
nbatd log 44
nbazd 44
nbazd log 44
nbjm 18
nbemm 66
nbpem 18
nbemm logging 155
reqlib 45
nbftclnt 98, 100, 102
robots 45
nbftsrvr 98, 100, 102
syslogs 44
nbjm 18, 66, 107, 146
tpcommand 46
nbjm logging 155
setting log size retention 12
nbpem 18, 66–67, 107, 146
setting retention period 47
nbpem logging 156
system 10
nbproxy logging 156
UNIX client activity
nbrb 66
backup_tape 39
nbrb logging 157
bp 38
nbsl 164
bparchive 38
nbtar logging 161
bpbackup 38
nbvault 164
bpbkar 38
NBWIN 94
bpcd 38
NDMP backup logging 112
bphdb 39
NDMP backup procedure 114
bpjava-msvc 44
NDMP restore logging 115
bplist 39
NDMP restore procedure 116
bpmount 39
NetBackup
bprestore 39
process descriptions 65
nbtar 40
product ID 16
user_ops 40
NetBackup Administration Console
Windows Event Viewer logging option 54
debug logging 59
ltid 47
errors 57
ltid logging 154
NetBackup Status Collection daemon. See vmscd
ltid, description 82
network daemon (vnetd) 45
NumberOfFiles 33
M NumberOfLogFiles 36
MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE 50
MAX_NUM_LOGFILES 50
MaxLogFileSizeKB 33–34, 36
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O rotation (continued)
OpenStorage Technology (OST) of logs 24
configuration 126 unified logging 16
configuration and management 129
operating system errors 58 S
originator IDs SAN client backup procedure 99
list of 17 SAN client backup process flow 99
originatorID SAN Client Fiber Transport backup 98
unified logging 16 SAN Client Fiber Transport restore 101
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 164
P sending backup logs 69
PBX logging 159 server
Private Branch Exchange (PBX) 123 NetBackupdebug logs 37
process descriptions Server Security Certificate 164
NetBackup 65 session certificate 164
product ID for NetBackup 16 set retention limits for logs 54
productID setting up a secure channel
unified logging 16 between the Java console and bpjava-* 165
between the Java console and either nbsl or
nbvault 166
Q Shared Storage Option management process 75
query string 27 snapshot
backup process overview 146
R Snapshot backup 144
raw partitions Snapshot Client backup 138
restore process 92 Snapshot Client backup procedure 140
reports SSO. See Shared Storage Option
NetBackup 9 startup
reqlib logging 160 NetBackup 65
restore logging 95 startup process 71
restore logs media and device management 71
send to Veritas Technical Support 96 Status Collection Daemon 38
restore procedure from disk 91 stderr 57
restore procedure from tape 90 stdout 57
restore process 88 storage lifecycle policy (SLP) 132
UNIX client 92 configuration and management 136
Windows client 94 duplication process flow 133
retention logging 135
of logs 25 synthetic backup
retention limits for logs logs 110
setting 54 synthetic backups 107
robot drive selection 73 syslogd 10
robotic system logs 10
control daemons 72
daemons 72 T
robots logging 160 tape
RolloverMode 36 restore from 90
rotation
legacy logging 48
 Index 177

tar upload directory 15

log files 15 user-directed backups 67
log on Windows clients 41 user_ops log 40, 42, 44
logging 161
TAR32 94 V
tl4d, description 83
VERBOSE 47
tl8cd, description 84
verbose flag 47
tl8d, description 83
VERBOSE level 52
tldcd, description 85
Veritas Technical Support
tldd, description 84
restore logs 96
tlhcd, description 85
send backup logs to 69
tlhd, description 85
Veritas V-Ray 143
tlmd, description 86
vm.conf 47
tpautoconf 46
vm.conf file 81
tpconfig 46
vmd 45
Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup
debug logging 45
Administration Console for UNIX 57
overview 86
Troubleshooting Java GUI issues 169
vmscd 38
try file 111
logging 46
tshd, overview 86
vmscd directory 38
txxd and txxcd logging 161
vmscd, overview 87
VMware backup 141
U VMware backup procedure 142
undo logging 171 vnetd log 45
unified logging 13 vnetd logging 162
changing location of 23 vSphere 142
client logs 38 vxlogcfg 23
configuring settings 34 vxlogcfg command 34, 36, 52
controlling disk space usage 33 vxlogmgr command 31, 33
controlling number of log files 33 vxlogview command 26
controlling size of 34 query string overview 27
deleting logs 32 with job ID option 31
file name format 16
file rotation 24 W
format of files 26
Windows client
listing settings 36
restore 94
location 13
Windows Event Viewer 54
message types 15
Windows open file backups 144, 146
NetBackup product ID 16
processes using 17
retention 25 X
setting level on PC clients 53 XML 39
settings levels 50
submitting to Technical Support 14
tar log files 15
UNIX client restore 92
UNIX clients
processes that use legacy logging 38
UNIX system logs 10