Brief Notes on Veritas Netbackup

• How to check client and media server communication?
• How to list backup jobs of a client?
• Why a backup failed ?
• What is meaning of different EXIT STATUS ?
• What are the filesystem included in a Policy?

This document is to troubleshoot netback failure

How to check client and media server communication?

Below command will check client and media server communication.

ClientServer# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -pn expecting response from server MediaServer MediaServer ClientServer 10.0.0.91 12345

In the above example:

• The master server is MediaServer
• The connection name is ClientServer
• The NetBackup client name is ClientServer
• The IP address of ClentServer is 10.0.0.91
• The port used to connect is 12345

How to list backup jobs of a client?

Find list of already completed jobs based on Client name and Policy Name. Take note of JobID of backup job you are investigating.

MediaServer# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs |grep ClientServer |grep ClientServer-Policy |more

Why a backup failed?

See start and end time of job. Last few lines will show final status of job and EXIT STATUS.

MediaServer# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bperror -jobid 62175 -U -hoursago 500

What is meaning of different EXIT STATUS ?

MeiaServer # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bperror -statuscode 71

What are the filesystem included in a Policy?

MediaServer# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist ClientServer-Policy