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NetBackup 4.5 User's Guide for Microsoft Windows

1. Troubleshooting Tab l ssssssssssses e 64 Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box 0 00 ccc cece ees 64 Servers Tab eec ee eee EE RE E er Eee ders 65 Clients Tab and Clients Policy Type Tab ssssssseeeseseee 67 View Status Dialog Box secius sere eeni e Re EE EE D RI KH Rr 69 Preview List Dialog Box 6 6 6 eect nett n ee es 71 Toolbar Options Dialog Box ssssssseeel nee eens 73 Backup Policy and Schedule Dialog Box 6 6 0 0 cece eee eee eee 74 Backups Tab cia ET 74 Search Backups Dialog Box sssssssss eh 75 Specify Backup Options Dialog Box 0 0 0 77 Restore Marked Files Dialog Box 00 0 78 NetBackup Client Job Tracker Dialog Box 81 Appendix A System Administrators 000 eee eee 85 Free 5 RON NAS a cote eee Wa ae ee a 85 Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client 0 eee rran 88 Preventing Server Directed Restores 0 0000s 95 Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators 96 Servers Tab sisata ERE ae EPA etes tet Ra e pei atte aceti cete 96 Source Clients Policy Type Tab 6 ccc eee eene 96 Destination Clients Tab 0 0 eect eee ene rreren 98 NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box 0 eee eens 100 General Tab 2s itor etre pac o sepalis tee dos ste ne Mere 100 Exclude List Tab bet RE eR eL E ERE ER 103 Include List Tab tdt dase deeper cbe d
2. NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows NetBackup Backup Window This window shows the files folders or registry keys you can mark for back up amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Backup Server windows Client folip inl xi T file Edit view Actions Window Help 81 x rj select for Backup F select for Restore view Status H e IS Nme Size L1 C3abosEaPP 10 11 2001 4 18 36 PM O check ins 1 9 2002 10 13 20 AM O Cibirections 12 17 2001 10 38 22 AM O Cd Documents and Settings 10 9 2001 2 17 19 PM L1 CiFrameDoc 12 17 2001 10 54 43 AM E Network o a Localization 4 5 1 2 2002 4 43 22 PM E ay Registry o Emy Download Files 7 26 2001 6 17 07 AM H HI System state o E My Music 7 26 2001 6 17 29 AM O G Program Files 1 15 2002 11 13 55 AM OGI RECYCLER 10 10 2001 12 17 15 PM OG System volume Information 7 25 2001 3 29 55 PM L1 Greve 1 6 2002 7 35 17 PM O test 12 12 2001 3 06 37 PM OE Test WinHelp 10 26 2001 2 27 05 PM O C3 windows Update Setup Files 7 26 2001 5 58 44 AM 1 15 2002 11 33 54 AM DITTTTSSEITTTTTTTT oouo0ouuuo0uooouo0ooccouocococcos3o To access this window On the File menu click Select Files and Folders to Backup Click the Select for Backup button on the Backup Archive and Restore interface toolbar You can position this window separately You can also cascade tile or minimize the window by using commands from the Window menu Buttons Th
3. NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters OTM Quiescent Wait Specifies the duration in seconds of the quiet period that must occur before NetBackup starts Open Transaction Manager The quiet period is a period of time during which no writes are being performed on the drives or volumes to be backed up The default time period is 5 seconds OTM Sync Timeout Intended for use with multiple data streams and specifies how long NetBackup waits to determine if other backup jobs are going to start for this schedule and client before enabling open transaction managment The default wait time period is 60 seconds If another backup starts up within this time period the wait cycle restarts For example if this setting is at the default the first backup starts and waits 60 seconds for other backups If a second backup starts 30 seconds into the wait cycle the wait cycle restarts for both backups If no further backups start within the second 60 second period the first backup will have waited 90 seconds and the second backup will have waited 60 seconds If the Allow multiple data streams is not set for the policy you can eliminate the initial wait period by setting OTM Sync Timeout toO OTM Use Enables open transaction management This must be turned on for open management to occur Enter yes or 1 to enable OTM or no or 0 to disable OTM OTM Error Control Specifies the behavior of
4. Schedule pie di archive 64 75 i a ns T backup 63 74 103 105 Geis aispiaye Index m NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows procedure 27 window Wildcard characters opening 42 escaping on UNIX 111 updating 48 in UNIX exclude lists 111 U Window description m operon backup archive and restore 54 backup configuration 63 74 ia ae restore 17 RANK sees a 5 does not display backed up files or 8 P folders 17 V open from actions menu 42 Verbose level debug 109 restore archive 48 View Status dialog box 69 open from actions menu 42 Close 70 restore true image 48 Delete 70 open from actions menu 42 Help 70 save settings 47 Operation Status 70 toolbar 9 Operation Type 70 unmarking files and folders 10 Operations List 70 Windows 2000 Print 70 Archive operations 113 Progress 71 Windows Explorer performing backups Refresh 70 with 11 Refresh Rate seconds 70 Windows XP Time Requested 70 Archive operations 113 Verbose 70 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows
5. This robot type is supported only by NetBackup DataCenter servers unassigned media Media that contain no valid images A piece of unassigned media has an entry in the volumes database but no entries in the images database Unassigned Media do not have a time assigned in the Media section of the GUI user interface The program used to perform user backups archives and restores user operation A backup archive or restore that is started by a person on a client system Vault Vault is a separately priced NetBackup option that provides offsite backup management Vault automatically duplicates specified backup images and automates the process of offsite media rotation a critical component of any backup or disaster recovery strategy Vault manages offsite storage and retrieval of media for original backups duplicate backups and catalog backups Additionally NetBackup Vault generates reports to track the location and content of each piece of media vault In the context of the NetBackup Vault a vault is logical entity associated with a particular robot that acts as a designated holding place for backups that will eventually be sent to a physical offsite vault The term vault is used to refer both to the process and to the physical storage location of a set of tapes offsite vault process Vaulting is the process of choosing backup images to duplicate or eject optionally duplicating backups ejecting duplicate or
6. Chapter 3 Reference NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Restore Restore files folders or registry keys to a different path on a file by individual file folder by folder or registry key by registry key basis The default folders and is to restore to the original path s Select this option then double click on an item in the list and the locations Enter New Destination dialog box displays In the new dialog box you can either manually enter a new destination path or click the Browse button to browse for a new destination path If you click OK that path then displays in the Destination field of the list for that item The individual items you marked for restore display in the Restore individual folders and files to different locations list box If you mark a folder to be restored that folder name not the individual files will appear in the list box To be able to restore individual files to different locations files must be selected individually Restore Options This pane contains radio buttons which specify how to restore files Overwrite the existing file Restore the file using a temporary filename Do not restore the file Start Restore Cancel Help folders or registry keys onto a system which may contain files folders or registry keys with identical names The user must choose one of the radio buttons in the pane Ove
7. Use this button to create a new list with a policy and schedule Duplicates of policy and schedule are not allowed Use this button to delete the current list Use this button to view the previous list Use this button to view the next list To accept changes to the parameters click this button To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button To view online help for this dialog box click this button For information on this tab see Backups Tab on page 63 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Network Tab Use this tab to view and change the port numbers used during communications between your client and the NetBackup master server x General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting NetBackup Client Service Pott 13782 a NetBackup Request Service Port 13720 ES Note Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Properties 2 Click the Network tab NetBackup Specify the port the NetBackup server uses to communicate with the Client Service NetBackup client Port The default is 13782 NetBackup Specify the port to which the client should send requests
8. View Menu The commands on the View menu control the contents of the NetBackup Backup window and the NetBackup Restore window zig xd File view Actions Help ini fel Status Bar fi Description Bars Toolbar Options Restore Gaviewstatus 2 v Save Settings on Exit fj File Edit view Actions Window Help 8 xl view Status Description Bars E select for E Status Bar Select 3 3 aaa Toolbar Options Split wv Save Settings on Exit Chapter 3 Reference 45 wm NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus During a restore operation the following menu is available pl lolx File Edit view Actions Window Help 18 xl irj select for zl 2 Es n ama Description Bars El Toolbar Options m Show NetBackup History as a Timeline e A Show All Bane i Show Most Recent Backup E Spit UB All Folde NetBackup History Split E Refresh NetBackup History F5 ela size Time Mo Home Tab status w Save Settings on Exit 7 Status Bar Shows the NetBackup status bar Deselect this option to hide the NetBackup status bar Description Bars Shows the description bars on the backup and restore window panes Deselect this option to turn off the description bars Toolbar Options Opens the Toolbar Options dialog box Go to Toolbar Op
9. Cancel To access this dialog box Onthe View menu click Toolbar Options Show toolbar Show tool tips Flat Toolbars Large Buttons OK Cancel Shows the NetBackup toolbars Shows tool tips When the mouse pointer moves over the different elements of the Backup Archive and Restore interface the tool tips appear When selected the main or horizontal toolbar buttons are displayed as two dimensional buttons If not selected buttons are displayed as three dimensional buttons When selected large button icons and text are shown on the toolbar buttons If not selected only small icons are shown on the buttons To accept changes to the parameters click this button To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Chapter 3 Reference NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Backup Policy and Schedule Dialog Box This section explains the tab in the Backup Policy and Schedule dialog box To open this dialog box choose Specify Policy and Schedule from the Actions menu Backups Tab Use this tab to specify a specific policy and schedule to use when you start a backup from the client x Backups Backup Policy Backup Schedule any Archive Policy any Archive Schedule any Cancel Help To access this tab 1 Open a
10. Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices C Restore everything to its original location Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Destination c temp Browse C Restore individual folders and files to different locations double click to modify C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client txt Time 12157 m Restore Options If the destination file already exists Overwrite the existing file C Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file Start Restore Cancel 8 Under Restore Options click the desired option Note The Restore the file using a temporary filename option is not available when restoring from Backup Exec images 9 Click Start Restore NetBackup will restore the items to the new destination folder Restoring Individual Items to Different Paths Note If restoring from Backup Exec images or both Backup Exec and NetBackup images files cannot be redirected to a different path w To restore individual items to different paths 1 Start the Backup Archive and Restore interface 2 Select the desired restore type Chapter 2 User Directed Operations NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures To restore from NetBackup i
11. and for Netware clients the default is 10 The default for all others is 0 0 Standard 4 Oracle 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 13 MS Windows NT 14 OS 2 15 MS SQL Server 16 MS Exchange Server 19 NDMP Note The following policy types apply only to NetBackup DataCenter 3 Apollo wbak 11 DataTools SQL BackTrack 17 SAP 18 DB2 20 FlashBackup 21 Split Mirror 22 AFS L progress log en Specifies the name of a file in which to write progress information NetBackup creates the file if it doesn t exist For example home t1c proglog The default is to not use a progress log Include the en option to generate a log in English The name of the log will contain the string _ en This option is useful to support personnel assisting in a distributed environment where differing locales may create logs of various languages w hh mm ss Causes NetBackup to wait for a completion status from the server before returning you to the system prompt The date and time format depend on the user s locale See NOTES Appendix B NetBackup Commands 125 wm NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bpbackup 1 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows help You can optionally specify a wait time in hours minutes and seconds The maximum wait time you can specify is 23 59 59 If the wait time expires before the backup is complete the command exits with a timeout status The
12. b Enter a filename or keyword C Click Search When the search is complete the NetBackup Restore window is updated 4 Select the folder you want to restore in the All Folders pane of the NetBackup Restore window 5 Select the files or folders you need in the Contents of lt folder gt pane By default NetBackup restores files and folders to their original location 6 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files Restoring a True Image of a Directory Note You can restore a true image of a directory only if the NetBackup policy that is backing up your files and directories is configured to collect true image restore information prior to backup If in doubt ask your NetBackup administrator What Is a True Image Restore A true image restore of a directory by default restores the directory so its contents are exactly what they were at the time of the most recent automatic full or incremental backup Files deleted prior to the specified backup are not restored Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 25 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures A true image restore is the best choice if for example you have recently cleaned up a directory by deleting unwanted files and now want to restore the latest version without having to repeat your cleanup It is also possible to restore the true image of an earlier
13. bplist 1 in directory home kwc enter the following bplist A keyword My Home Directory 1 home kwc Example 4 To list recursively and with details the files that were backed up on drive D of Windows NT client slater and associated with all or part of the keyword phrase Win NT enter the following bplist keyword Win NT C slater t 13 R 1 D FILES usr openv netbackup logs bplist log mmddyy SEE ALSO bp 1 bparchive 1 bpbackup 1 bprestore 1 Xd v 122 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 bprestore 1 NAME bprestore Restores files from the NetBackup server SYNOPSIS usr openv netbackup bin bprestore A B BR be redirection path F file options K 1 H yl r T L progress log en R rename file C client D client S master server t policy type p policy s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss w hh mm ss k keyword phrase listfile filenames DESCRIPTION bprestore lets users restore a backed up or archived file or list of files You can also name directories to restore If you include a directory name bprestore restores all files and subdirectories of that directory You can exclude a file or directory path that was previously included in the restore by placing an exclamation mark in front of the file or dir
14. Clickthe OK button to save your entry The Restore Marked Files dialog box is displayed Restore Marked Files Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Destination Source Destination Time Backed Up ANAD Time Modified f Restore individual folders and files to different locations double click to modify 2 15 2002 1 54 58 PM 2 15 2002 2 01 00 PM r Restore Options If the destination file already exists Overwrite the existing file C Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file 8 Choose the Overwrite the existing file option 9 Click Start Restore to start the restore process Proxy Restore In some environments users store their files on a file server rather than on their PC A proxy restore allows backups of the file server to be restored to the file server from the user s desktop PC Note Though you are able to view and mark any of the folders and files in a selected backup you will not be able to restore any items you do not have write access to NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures w To perform a proxy restore 1 Open the NetBackup Restore win
15. H R home kwc rename home kwc linkback Example 6 Assume you want to restore files from backups of home user1 that were performed between 04 01 01 06 00 00 and 04 10 01 18 00 00 You also want to exclude all files with a pdf extension except for the one named final doc pdf To do this run the following all on one line or using the backslash continuation character bprestore s 04 01 01 06 00 00 e 04 10 01 18 00 00 home userl home userl pdf home userl final doc pdf FILES SHOME bp conf usr openv netbackup logs bprestore log mmddyy SEE ALSO bp 1 bparchive 1 bpbackup 1 bplist 1 wr 140 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows OTM Parameter Information C Open Transaction Manager Parameters The Open Transaction Manager OTM parameters in the registry are used to define the behavior of OTM NetBackup uses OTM to back up files databases and applications that are open or active Open Transaction Manager establishes a point in time view or snapshot of the data on the drives that contain files to be backed up NetBackup then backs up the selected files as they existed at the time of the snapshot regardless of file system activity The snapshot is maintained by using a cache system to store changes that occur during the backup In addition to eliminating problems with busy files Open Transacti
16. kwc bkup 10g bpbackup k Backup My Home Directory 01 01 01 N L home kwc bkup log home kwc Example 5 The following command all on one line associates the keyword phrase Policy Win NT 01 01 01 to the immediate manual backup of the client host named slater in the policy named win nt policy bpbackup k Policy Win NT 01 01 2001 i h slater p win nt policy t 13 FILES SHOME bp conf usr openv netbackup 1logs bpbackup log mmddyy SEE ALSO bp 1 bparchive 1 bplist 1 bprestore 1 wr 126 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bplist 1 bplist 1 NAME bplist Lists backed up and archived files on the NetBackup server SYNOPSIS usr openv netbackup bin bplist A B C client S master server t policy type k policy F R n b ce u 1 r flops file options Listseconds T unix files nt files s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss I PI help keyword keyword phrase filename DESCRIPTION bplist shows a list of previously archived or backed up files according to the options that you specify You can choose the file or directory and the time period that you want the listing to cover Directories can be recursively displayed to a specified depth The list shows only the files that you have read access to You also must own or h
17. 00 with a user directed backup NetBackup did not restore these directories because they did not exist at the time of the incremental backup that was the reference for the true image restore True Image Restores and Overwriting If you are overwriting the directory you are restoring NetBackup does not delete files that are currently in the directory but not in the true image restore backups Using the previous example if you had created a file5 after the incremental backup occurred on 12 04 00 but before doing the restore then the contents of the directory after the restore would have been filel file2 file4 file5 this is the new file that is not in any of the backups v To restore a true image of a directory 1 On the Actions menu point to Select Restore Type and click True Image Backups Note You can perform a true image restore only if the TIR True Image Restore option on the NetBackup server is set AND if a backup with the TIR option set has been previously performed If you getaNo Entity Found message at this point notify your NetBackup administrator 2 Inthe All Folders pane of the NetBackup Restore True Image window double click the parent of the folder you want to restore The double click updates the NetBackup Restore True Image window to show the folders that are available for true image restores Notice that the lists show only folders Individual files do not appear because true image restores are inten
18. 2001 6 17 07 AM 7 26 2001 6 17 29 AM 1 15 2002 11 13 55 AM 10 10 2001 12 17 15 PM 7 25 2001 3 29 55 PM 1 6 2002 7 35 17 PM 12 12 2001 3 06 37 PM 10 26 2001 2 27 05 PM 7 26 2001 5 58 44 AM 1 15 2002 11 33 54 AM Chapter 2 User Directed Operations NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Backups and Archives 3 Mark a file to backup a Openthe Program Files VERITAS NetBackup folder b Find the Readme_Client txt file and select the checkbox to the left of the item amp 35 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Backup Server windows Client folip m ni xi Is File Edit View Actions Window Help 81 x E Select for Backup select for Restore Q amp yview Status A e All Folders Contents of C Program Files YERITAS NetBackup L1 C3 Netscape Time Modified OG ort Opin d O 1 15 2002 11 46 27 AM CG outlook Express O Cibin 3 4 16A d 0 1 15 2002 11 33 37 AM QO E Quadralay O Gir d O 1 15 2002 11 33 37 AM H a im am o a lib d O 7 26 2001 5 51 47 AM I Symantec o a logs d O 1 15 2002 11 33 44 AM EG Uninstall information o a Temp d O 1 14 2002 9 09 22 PM C VERITAS o Evar d O 7 26 2001 5 51 43 AM na Help DOE readme txt 8185 2 14 2001 2 41 00 AM Z Ex NetBackup Readme_Client txt 8309 11 13 2001 7 23 56 P
19. Backup select files folders or registry keys to back up and then start a backup or archive operation Select Files and Opens the submenu and provides access to the following Folders to Restore commands from Normal Opens a NetBackup Restore window From this window you can Backup select files folders or registry keys saved during previous backups and start a restore operation from Archived Opens a NetBackup Restore Archive window From this window Backup you can select files folders or registry keys saved during previous archives and start a restore operation from Raw This menu option is not supported in NetBackup 4 5 for Windows Partition Backup To restore a raw partition backup use the from Normal Backup menu option from True Image Opens a NetBackup Restore True Image window From this Backup window you can select files folders or registry keys saved during previous true image backups and start a true image restore operation 42 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus from Backup Opens a NetBackup Restore window From this window you can Exec Backup select files folders or registry keys saved during previous backups and restore Backup Exec images from Normal and Opens a NetBackup Restore window From this window you can Backup Exec select files folders or registry keys saved during previous b
20. Backup window 2 Onthe Actions menu click Specify Policy and Schedule Backup Policy Specify the policy to use for user directed backups of this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed backup schedule Backup Schedule Specify the schedule to use for the user directed backups for this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first user directed backup schedule in the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed backup schedule wr 74 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Archive Policy Specify the policy to use for user directed archives of this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed archive schedule Archive Specify the user directed archive schedule to use for user directed Schedule archives of this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first user directed archive schedule in the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed archive schedule OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the p
21. Collect true image restore information attribute has been set Refer to the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows for details A true image restore of a folder by default restores the folder so its contents are exactly what they were at the time of the most recent server directed full backup or incremental backup Files deleted prior to the specified backup are not restored During a true image restore of a folder NetBackup determines which files belong in the folder and then reconstructs it by using the most recent backup of these files NetBackup does not allow a true image restore that is based on the time of a user operation However NetBackup does use the backups from a user directed operation if they are more recent than the latest server directed full backup or incremental backup A true image restore is the best choice if for example you have recently cleaned up a folder by deleting unwanted files and now want to restore the latest version without having to repeat your cleanup It is also possible to restore the true image of an earlier version of a folder Chapter 1 Introduction 5 PN NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows View Status View Status You can view print and delete status reports from within the View Status dialog box Refer to View Status Dialog Box on page 69 for mor
22. NetBackup Bar E ni xj T File Edit View Actions Window Help 81 x Eh sele Mark Displayed Files fa view Status 2 4 Unmark Displayed Files E A EH igz Unmark All Preview List of Marked Files E The commands on the Edit menu modify your selections in the currently selected backup or restore window Mark Displayed Marks only the files folders or registry keys that currently appear in Files the Contents of lt folder gt pane of the NetBackup Backup window or NetBackup Restore window Unmark Unmarks only the selections that currently appear in the Contents of Displayed Files lt folder gt pane of the NetBackup Backup window or NetBackup Restore window Unmark All Unmarks all files folders or registry keys in this window You can also execute this command by clicking the Unmark AIl button on the NetBackup Restore window toolbar or the NetBackup Backup window toolbar NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus Preview List of Opens the Preview List dialog box This command is enabled when Marked Files files folders or registry keys have been selected in the NetBackup Backup window or the NetBackup Restore window You can also execute this command by clicking Preview List of Marked Files on the NetBackup Restore window toolbar or the NetBackup Backup window toolbar
23. NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Exclude List Tab Use this tab to view and change the list of files to exclude from a master server directed backup For example if you add C bat to the Exclude File List all files with a bat extension that appear in the root of the C drive will not be backed up Exclude lists only apply to full backups cumulative incremental backups and differential incremental backups initiated by the NetBackup server Refer to Syntax Rules for Exclude and Include Lists on page 111 for more details Exclude lists can be created for specific policies and schedules The first exclude list has the policy and schedule disabled The list cannot be deleted but it can be empty Note Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab NetBackup Client Properties E xj General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting Policy E Schedules Exhudefle Exclude File List To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Properties 2 Click the Exclude List tab Policy The Exclude File List applies only to server directed backups for the specified policy To create an exclude list with a different policy and schedule combination click the New List button Schedule The Exclude F
24. The NetBackup Restore window displays 3 Select the files or folders to restore 4 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files The Restore Marked Files dialog box displays 5 If desired files can be redirected to a different path Refer to the next section Redirecting Files to a Different Path for more information Note When both Backup Exec and NetBackup images are being restored files cannot be redirected to a different path 6 Select the desired restore options 7 Click Start Restore to start the restore operation Redirecting Files to a Different Path In some instances you may want to restore items to a file or path other than the one from which they were backed up All items can be restored to a different path or individual items can be restored to different paths Restoring Everything to a Different Path Note If restoring from both Backup Exec and NetBackup images files cannot be redirected to a different path w Torestore all items to a different path 1 Start the Backup Archive and Restore interface 2 Select the desired restore type To restore from NetBackup images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore then click from Normal Backup Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 290 wm NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures To restore from Backu
25. Windows client folip and specifying the path where the files will go on folip Restore Marked Files x Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source C Program Files VERITAS NetB ackup Destination C Program Files VERITAS NetB ackup Browse C Restore individual folders and files to different locations double click to modify Source Destination Tim C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Readme_Server txt 147 Restore Options If the destination file already exists C Overwrite the existing file C Restore the file using a temporary filename Do not restore the file Cancel Help 12 Select the desired restore option For more information on restoring to a temporary file see Restoring Using a Temporary Filename on page 33 13 Click Start Restore wr 94 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client Preventing Server Directed Restores To prevent server directed restores either add or delete settings on the client as specified in the table below Client Type Location of Setting To Prevent Server directed Restores Microsoft Windows General tab in NetBackup Clien
26. amp folip Name Time Backedup A Size Time Modified tSc ME Readme_Client txt 1 15 2002 12 27 58PM_ 8309 11 13 2001 7 23 56 PM E E7 CJ Program Files 7 CJ veritas A NetBackup 4 ca Chapter 2 User Directed Operations NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Restores 5 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files The Restore Marked Files dialog box will open 6 Click Overwrite the existing file Restore Marked Files E x Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Destination C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client tat r Restore Options If the destination file already exists Overwrite the existing file Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file 7 Click Start Restore A NetBackup message displays indicating that the restore was successfully started NetBackup Message E xi Q The restore was successfully initiated Do you want to view the progress of the restore j No 8 Click Yes on the NetBackup Message box to open the View Status dialog box The View Status dialog box allo
27. backs up the selected files and if the backup is successful deletes the files from the local disk In this manual references to backups also apply to the backup portion of archive operations except where otherwise noted archive bit A file status bit that the Microsoft based operating system sets when it writes a file thereby indicating that the file has changed attributes for a policy Configuration parameters that control the behavior of NetBackup during operations involving this policy autochanger See robotic library autoloader See robotic library automatic backup A scheduled backup by the master server v 150 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows back up The act of copying and saving files and folders to storage media backup Refers to the process of copying and saving files and directories to storage media For example the backup is complete This term can also refer to the collection of data that NetBackup saves for a client during a backup or archive For example duplicate the backup Backup is two words when used as a verb For example back up the file backup archive and restore interface The name of the NetBackup Microsoft Windows and Java based user interfaces for clients On servers these interfaces can be started through the NetBackup Administration Console backup win
28. backup however still completes on the server If you use w without specifying a wait time or you specify a value of 0 NetBackup waits indefinitely for the completion status If you include i with w NetBackup waits until all initiated jobs have completed before returning status However if more than one job starts the status is unpredictable If the multiple jobs are due to there being more than one client and the policy does not have Allow Multiple Data Streams selected you can include the h option to restrict the operation to one client and obtain predictable status However if the policy has Allow Multiple Data Streams selected and there is more than one job from the selected client the status is still unpredictable Prints a command line usage message when he1p is the only option on the command line k keyword phrase f listfile Specifies a keyword phrase that NetBackup associates with the image being created by this backup operation You can then restore the image by specifying the keyword phrase with the k option on the bprestore command If you use the i option with k NetBackup establishes an association between the keyword phrase and the backup policy and image The keyword phrase is a textual description of the backup that is a maximum of 128 characters in length All printable characters are non permitted including space and period Enclose the phrase in o double quotes or
29. backups A backup image created by a duplication job is not an original backup outport See media access port partitions The logical partitions into which a magnetic disk is divided patch A program that corrects a problem or adds a feature to an existing release of software path length Number of characters in a pathname pathname The list of directories in the path to a destination directory or file PC clients NetBackup clients that have Microsoft Windows Macintosh or IBM OS 2 operating systems peername The name by which a computer identifies itself when establishing connections to other systems policy Defines the backup characteristics for a group of one or more clients that have similar backup requirements v 164 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows port A location used for transferring data in or out of a computer Also see media access port primary copy The copy of an image that NetBackup uses to satisfy restores When NetBackup duplicates an image the original is designated as the primary copy privileges The tasks or functions that a user system or application is authorized to perform profile A vault profile is a way to save configuration settings Specific parameters for duplication catalog backup eject and report or any combination of these steps are confi
30. bp conf file On NetWare target and OS 2 clients the list is in the bp ini file service A program on a Windows server system that runs in the background and performs some task for example starting other programs when they are needed Services are generally referred to as daemons on UNIX systems 4 168 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows session An instance of NetBackup checking its schedules for backups that are due adding them to its worklist and attempting to complete all jobs in the worklist For user backups and archives a session usually consists of a single backup or archive Session Vault A vault session consists of executing a particular profile or profiles shared drives See Shared Storage Option SSO Shared Storage Option SSO A separately priced VERITAS software option that allows tape drives standalone or in a robotic library to be dynamically shared among multiple NetBackup and Storage Migrator servers This option is supported only on NetBackup DataCenter servers SMDR Storage management data requestor a Novell NetWare program that provides its services transparently to all SMS modules and lets remote and local modules communicate with one another SMS Novell NetWare storage management services Source volume group A volume group from which Vault can selec
31. c MAE Readme_Client txt 2 15 2002 1 54 59 PM 8307 1 29 2002 10 24 18 PM amp E Program Files AE veritas AS NetBackup On the Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files The Restore Marked Files dialog box will open Click Overwrite the existing file Click Start Restore NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Reference 3 This chapter provides reference information on the Backup Archive and Restore interface It includes a description of the menus windows and dialog boxes NetBackup Icons The following table describes NetBackup icons you may see on the Microsoft Windows desktop Icon Description Represents NetBackup It is used on the title bar in the Backup Archive and Restore interface in the Windows Start menu and Windows Explorer Indicates that the NetBackup Client Job Tracker is running but there are currently no backups or restores processing Used in the system tray Indicates that the NetBackup Client Job Tracker is running with at least one restore processing Used in the system tray When the yellow arrow is blinking you can open the NetBackup Client Job Tracker for an estimate of the restore operation is Indicates that the NetBackup Client Job Tracker is running with at least one backup processing Used in the system tray When the yellow arrow is blinking y
32. directed 88 Archive policy 64 75 schedule 64 75 Archive bit cumulative incremental backup 3 diferential incremental backup 3 full backup 3 parameter 102 Archive operations 113 Archives write permissions required 6 Backup class 103 105 cumulative incremental 3 differential incremental 3 full 3 policy 63 74 schedule 63 74 103 105 shared folders 16 true image 3 Backup Exec listing files 129 Backup images selecting 59 Backup archive and restore window 54 Backups performing with the NetBackup Browser 13 performing with Windows Explorer 11 bparchive command 116 bpbackup command 121 BPCD 110 bplist command 127 bprestore command 133 Class backup 108 105 See Policy server configuration 68 97 99 type 69 98 Client daemon port 107 redirected restores 5 Clients specifying 68 97 98 Clients tab 67 Clients Policy Type tab 67 Commands NetBackup man pages 115 Cumulative incremental backup 3 Database Extension Level 109 Datetime stamp 59 102 cumulative incremental 3 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Days to keep operation status 101 G Debug 108 General level debug 108 flush level 109 H general level 108 History pane TCP level 109 description 58 verbose level 109 detailed list 59 n d refresh 47 _ recirectec restore restore procedure 24 Dialog box to open 58 o a 7A to select backups 23 vice d did true image restore procedure 2
33. empty string Start Backup Initiates the backup or archive operation Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Restore Marked Files Dialog Box This dialog box appears after you have initiated a restore operation by selecting Start Restore of Marked Files from the Actions menu Restore Marked Files x Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Destination C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Source C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client tat r Restore Options If the destination file already exists Overwrite the existing file Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file Cancel 78 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Use this dialog box to view your selections before proceeding with the operation If the list is longer than the list box a vertical scroll bar appears along the right edge of the pane Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its origina
34. files and directories owned by other users if you have the necessary UNIX file permissions ww Appendix B NetBackup Commands 121 we NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bpbackup 1 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Ifyou specify a UNIX file that is a link bpbackup backs up only the link itself not the file to which it links on bpbackup does not back up the or directory entries By default you are returned to the system prompt after bpbackup is successfully submitted The command works in the background and does not return completion status directly to you The w option lets you change this behavior so the command works in the foreground and returns completion status after a specified time period bpbackup writes informative and error messages to a progress log file if you create the file prior to running the bpbackup command and then specify the file with the L progress log option If bpbackup cannot back up the requested files or directories use the progress log to determine the reason for the failure If you create a directory named usr openv netbackup 1ogs bpbackup with public write access bpbackup creates a debug log file in this directory that can be used for troubleshooting In addition if a nonroot user specifies USEMAIL mail address in their SHOME bp conf file or a root user specifies it in the usr openv netbackup bp conf file NetBackup sends mail on
35. files from a managed file system to specified migration levels on secondary storage while maintaining transparent access to those files host A computer that executes application programs host name Name by which a host computer is identified by programs and other computers in the network HSM See storage migrator image The collection of data that NetBackup saves for an individual client during each backup or archive The image contains all the files directories and catalog information associated with the backup or archive import The process of recreating NetBackup records of images so the images can be restored include list A list that designates files or directories to add back in from the exclude list incremental backup See cumulative incremental backup and differential incremental backup r 158 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows inject Move media into a robotic library inport See media access port inode A UNIX data structure that defines the existence of a single file install path Directory where NetBackup and Media Manager software is installed The default on Windows servers is C Program Files NVERITAS and on UNIX it is usr openv jbpSA The Java based NetBackup interface for performing user backups archives and restores jnbSA The Java based NetBackup interface for administrators jo
36. largest size Click the Size column again to sort from largest to smallest NetBackup History Pane The NetBackup History pane shows the NetBackup image s When first opened the following backup images are selected by default The most recent full backup All cumulative incremental backups and differential incremental backups that have occurred since the most recent full backup All user directed backups that have occurred since the most recent full backup If there is no full backup only the most recent image will be selected w ToOpen the NetBackup History Pane Position the cursor over the horizontal split bar The cursor will change to a double headed arrow Press the left mouse button and move the cursor up or down to position the split bar 58 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows or On the View menu click NetBackup History Split This changes the cursor to a double headed arrow Move the cursor up or down to position the split bar Click the left mouse button to hold position w Backup History as a Timeline To show the NetBackup History pane as a timeline from the View menu click Show NetBackup History as a Timeline The icons representing images appear directly underneath the date of the backups Icons with a square represent selected backup images Several backup image icons may a
37. legal characters Be careful to omit extra spaces unless they are part of the file name For example if you want to exclude a file named C home testfile with no extra space character at the end and your exclude list entry is C home testfile with an extra space character at the end NetBackup will not be able to find the file until you delete the extra space from the end of the file name Appendix A System Administrators 111 we NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Syntax Rules for Exclude and Include Lists Enda file path with to exclude only folders with that path name for example C home test If the pattern does not end in for example C usr test NetBackup excludes both files and folders with that path name To exclude all files with a given name regardless of their folder path just enter the name without a preceding slash For example test rather than C test This is equivalent to prefixing the file pattern with Cz DENEN Cs A A p PAN and so on Example of an Exclude List If an exclude list has the following entries C home doe john C home doe abc C home test c temp temp the following are excluded from server directed backups The file or folder named C home doe john The folder C home doe abc because the exclude entry ends with All files or folders named test that are two levels b
38. locales may create logs of various languages Rrename file Specifies the name of a file with name changes for alternate path restores Use the following form for entries in the rename file change backup filepath to restore filepath The file paths must start with slash The first backup filepath that is matched is replaced with the restore filepath string The default is to restore using the original path For example the following entry renames usr fred to usr fred2 change usr fred to usr fred2 C client Specifies a client name to use for finding backups or archives from which to restore files This name must be as it appears in the NetBackup catalog The default is the current client name Note The destination client does not default to the source client See the description for D client option D client Specifies a destination client This can be done by a root user on the master server in order to direct the restored files to a machine other than the client specified with the C option The default is the current client name S master server Specifies the name of the NetBackup server The default is the first server found in the usr openv netbackup bp conf file Appendix B NetBackup Commands 185 r NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 t policy type Specifies one of the following numbers corresponding to the policy
39. moving data to other storage and then transparently retrieving the data when it is needed by a user or application Storage Migrator is available only for NetBackup DataCenter servers storage unit Refers to a storage device where NetBackup or Storage Migrator stores files It can be a set of drives in a robot or consist of one or more single tape drives that connect to the same host SUSPENDED media state If a volume is SUSPENDED NetBackup can restore from it but cannot use it for backups NetBackup retains a record of the media ID until the last backup image on the volume expires symbolic link On a UNIX system this is a pointer to the name of the file that has the source data TapeAlert Allows reactive cleaning for most drive types and is a function of the tape drive tape format The format that an application uses to write data on a tape tape marks A mark that is recorded between backup images on a tape 170 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows tape overhead The space required for data that is not part of the backup images For example tape marks and catalogs of what are on the tape are considered overhead tape spanning Using more than one tape to store a single backup image tar Tape Archive program that NetBackup uses to extract backup images during a restore target See targe
40. phrase is the null empty string f listfile Specifies a file istfile containing a list of files to be restored and can be used instead of the filenames option In listfile list each file path on a separate line The format required for the file list depends on whether the files have spaces or newlines in the names To restore files that do not have spaces or newlines in the names use this format filepath Where filepath is the path to the file that you are restoring For example home etc var To restore files that have spaces or newlines in the names use one of the following formats filepathlen filepath filepathlen filepath start date time end date time filepathlen filepath s datetime e datetime The filepath is the path to the file you are restoring The filepathlen is the total number of characters in the file path The start date time and end date time are the decimal number of seconds since 01 01 1970 00 00 00 datetime is the same as the command line mm dd yy hh mm ss The start and end date and time specified on the command line is used unless a line in istfile overrides it The dates may change from line to line The user s locale affects how dates and time are specified See NOTES You can exclude a file or directory path that was previously included in the restore by placing an exclamation mark in front of the file or directory path except when performing NDMP restores The following is an example that u
41. restore only Backup Exe files specify F 524288 To restore Backup Exe and NetBackup files specify F 1048576 K Specifying this option causes bprestore to keep existing files rather than writing over them when restoring files with the same name The default is to overwrite existing files Note The 1 H y options apply only when restoring UNIX files to a UNIX system Lj odi Specifying 1 renames the targets of UNIX links by using the R rename file option in the same way as when renaming files Specifying H renames UNIX hard links by using the R rename file option in the same way as when renaming files Soft links are unchanged NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 Specifying y renames UNIX soft links by using the R rename file option in the same way as when renaming files Hard links are unchanged See Example 5 in the EXAMPLES section r Specifying this option restores raw partitions instead of file systems L progress log en Specifies the name of an existing file in which to write progress information For example home t1c proglog The default is to not use a progress log Include the en option to generate a log in English The name of the log will contain the string _ en This option is useful to support personnel assisting in a distributed environment where differing
42. s Guide for Microsoft Windows bparchive 1 NAME bparchive Archive files to the NetBackup server SYNOPSIS usr openv netbackup bin bparchive p policy s schedule S master server master server t policy type L progress log en w hh mm ss help k keyword phrase t listfile filenames DESCRIPTION bparchive processes files that you list on the command line or in the file you specify with the f listfile option Any file path entered can be a file or directory name If the list of files includes a directory bparchive archives all files and subdirectories of that directory starting at the directory itself By default you are returned to the system prompt after bparchive is successfully submitted The command works in the background and does not return completion status directly to you The w option lets you change this behavior so bparchive works in the foreground and returns completion status after a specified time period bparchive writes its informative and error messages to a progress log file You must create this file prior to running the bparchive command and then specify it with the L progress log option If bparchive cannot archive any of the requested files or directories you can use the progress log to determine the reason for the failure If you create a usr openv netbackup 1ogs bparchive directory with public write access bparchive creates an debug log file in this directory that
43. s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Note The from Raw Partition sub menu option on the Select Files and Folders to Restore option from the File menu should be used only to restore raw partition backups of UNIX clients To restore a backup of a Windows disk image choose the from Normal Backup option Restoring the Drive to the Same Location A backup of a disk image can be restored to the drive from which it was backed up The restored files will overwrite all of the information currently on the drive You cannot select individual files or folders to restore v To restore the drive to the same location 1 Shut down all applications that are running on drive that you want to restore 2 Open the NetBackup Restore window 3 Click on the arrow on the right edge of the Select for Restore button then click Restore from Normal Backup 4 Select the drive that you want to restore 5 Choose Start Restore of Marked Files from the Actions menu The Restore Marked files dialog box displays Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 95 REC NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Restore Marked Files E xj Restore Marked Files Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its original location Restore everything to a different locat
44. select the first one in the range and then while holding the Shift key select the last one in the range In this case NetBackup searches all of the backup images in the selected range The range search will start after the second image is selected 1 A NetBackup policy defines the backup policies for a specific group of one or more clients that have similar backup requirements The NetBackup system administrator configures the policy for your PC Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 28 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Cancel previous selections by selecting another backup 5 Toopen the Search Backups dialog box click Search Backups on the Actions menu xi Search Folder C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup IV Perform case insensitive search Keyword Phrase optional test Start Date 12 27 2001 9 02 55 PM End Date 1 15 2002 7 48 43 PM x Cancel Help 6 Type the search path that you want NetBackup to use in its search Note The number of files you can list during a search is limited by the amount of free memory you have on your computer If you reach the limit modify the date or file path parameters to narrow the scope of the search By default the Search Backups dialog box shows the information for the folder that is currently selected in the All Folders pane of the NetBackup R
45. start date and time Appendix B NetBackup Commands 120 r NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bplist 1 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows PI help keyword filename mm dd yy hh mm ss The valid range of dates are from 01 01 1970 00 00 00 to 01 19 2038 03 14 07 The default is the current date minus six months e specifies an end date and time for the listing The resulting list shows only files from backups or archives that occurred at or before the specified date and time Use the same format as explained above for start date and time The default is the current date and time Specifies a case insensitive search This means that capitalization is not considered when comparing names for example Cat matches cat Specifies a path independent search which means that NetBackup searches for a specified file or directory without regard to the path For example if a file named test exists in the three directories shown below a search for test finds all three instances of the file tmp junk test abc 123 xxx test abc 123 xxx yyy zzz test Prints a command line usage message when he1p is the only option on the command line keyword phrase Specifies a keyword phrase for NetBackup to use when searching for backups or archives from which to restore files The phrase must match the one that was previously associated with the backup or archive by the k option of the bp
46. that it finds with both the client name and a user directed backup schedule Backup Schedule Specify the schedule to use for the user directed backups for this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first user directed backup schedule in the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed backup schedule Chapter 3 Reference 63 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Archive Policy Specify the policy to use for user directed archives of this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed archive schedule Archive Specify the user directed archive schedule to use for user directed Schedule archives of this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first user directed archive schedule in the first policy that it finds with both the client name and a user directed archive schedule OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Network Tab Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab System administ
47. the backup completion status to mail address This message is sent when the backup process is complete OPTIONS p policy Names the policy to use for the backup If this option is not specified for a user backup NetBackup uses the first policy it finds that includes the client and a user backup schedule The p option is required for an immediate manual backup i option i Starts an immediate manual backup This is the equivalent of starting a manual backup from the NetBackup administrator interface You must be the administrator on the master server to use the i option h hostname It names the client host on which to run the backup If it is not specified NetBackup runs the backup on all clients in the policy s schedule Names the schedule to use for the backup If it is not specified the NetBackup server uses the first user backup schedule it finds for the client in the policy it is using see the p option S master server master server Specifies the name s of the NetBackup master server s The default is the first SERVER entry found in the usr openv netbackup bp conf file NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bpbackup 1 t policy_type Specifies one of the following numbers corresponding to the policy type The default for NT clients is 13 for Apollo workstations the default is 3
48. the bpclient command Note By default the NetBackup master server setting is set to Allow To set Use bpclient clientname free browse 2 To set Deny bpclient lt clientname gt free browse 1 To set Allow 4 bpclient clientname free browse 0 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Free Browse To verify the configuration 4 bpclient lt clientname gt L The following table displays the different combinations NetBackup Client NetBackup Use Free Server Browse Deny Deny No Deny Allow No Deny Use No Allow Deny No Allow Allow No Allow Use Yes Use Deny No Use Allow Yes Use Use Yes The Free Browse feature will only be used when either the NetBackup client or the NetBackup server has been configured to Use it and neither have been set to Deny it By default all users get the Allow privilege In order to make use of the feature on the client a registry key needs to be created for Use and Deny using the Windows regedt 32 exe utility A registery key does not need to be set up for Allow as Allow acts as the default 1 Use the registry editor to create the following two keys HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWAREN VERITAS NetBackupN CurrentVersion Security FreeBrowse Use and HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE VERITAS NetBackup CurrentVersion w wa 86 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Wi
49. time period scheduled by the NetBackup system administrator NetBackup allows you to select a combination of files folders with files or entire drives to back up Files can be backed up through the Backup Archive and Restore interface or if NetBackup Explorer Extensions are installed and enabled through Windows Explorer Server Directed Backups and Archives The NetBackup administrator can schedule full backups and incremental backups to occur automatically and unattended under the control of the NetBackup master server Full incremental and true image backups can only be performed by the NetBackup master server When properly scheduled the server directed backups will meet most of your backup requirements Note In previous versions of NetBackup for Windows server directed backups could be only partially successful since some applications retain locks on files when left open NetBackup DataCenter is packaged with OTM Open Transaction Manager which resolves this problem If OTM is disabled be sure to shut down all applications on the NetBackup client before proceeding with server directed backups See the NetBackup Installation Guide for PC Clients for more information on installing OTM Note OTM is a separately priced option for BusinesServer b ARA NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Backup and Arch
50. type the default is 0 on all clients except Apollos where it is 3 0 Standard 4 Oracle 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 10 NetWare 13 MS Windows NT 14 OS 2 15 MS SQL Server 16 MS Exchange Server 19 NDMP Note The following policy types apply only to NetBackup DataCenter 3 Apollo wbak 11 DataTools SQL BackTrack 17 SAP 18 DB2 20 FlashBackup 21 Split Mirror 22 AFS p policy Specifies the policy for which the backups or archives were performed s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss Specifies the start and end date range for the listing The bprestore command restores only files from backups or archives that occurred within the specified start and end date range The date and time format are dependent on the user s locale See NOTES s specifies a start date and time for the restore window bprestore restores files only from backups or archives that occurred at or after the specified date and time Use the following format mm dd yy hh mm ss The valid range of dates are from 01 01 1970 00 00 00 to 01 19 2038 03 14 07 The default start date is 01 01 1970 00 00 00 wr 136 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 e specifies an end date and time for the restore window bprestore restores only files in backups or archives tha
51. view only dialog box To access this dialog box From the Edit menu select Preview List of Marked Files The Preview List dialog box which appears depends upon whether the backup or restore window is the active window _ 4 Chapter 3 Reference ZA Ce NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows List of files to backup xi C Directions List of files to restore xl Time Backed Up Time Modified C Directions Recap 12 27 2001 9 02 55 PM 12 14 2001 1 51 34 PM Name When a Backup window is open a list of the files or folders to be backed up is displayed When a Restore window is open a list of the files or folders to be restored is displayed Time Backed Lists the time the backup was initiated Up Time Modified Lists the time at which the backed up file or directory was changed Close Closes the dialog box Close does not terminate NetBackup or affect other dialog boxes or windows Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Toolbar Options Dialog Box Use this dialog box to control display options on the Backup Archive and Restore interface Toolbar Options xj V Show tool tip IV Flat toolbars Large buttons
52. you can use for troubleshooting In addition if a nonroot user specifies USEMAIL mail address in their SHOME bp conf file or a root user specifies it in the usr openv netbackup bp conf file NetBackup sends mail on the archive completion status to mail address This message is sent when the archive process is complete The following restrictions apply to this command Toarchive a file with the bparchive command you must be either root or the owner and a member of the primary group as owner to delete the file Also the file must not be read only Otherwise NetBackup saves the files but cannot reset their access time utime and does not delete them from the disk Ifyou specify a UNIX file that is a link bparchive archives only the link itself not the file to which it links NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bparchive 1 n bparchive does not archive the or directory entries and also does not archive raw partitions OPTIONS p policy Names the policy to use for the user archive If it is not specified the NetBackup server uses the first policy it finds that includes the client and a user archive schedule s schedule Names the schedule to use for the user archive If it is not specified the NetBackup server uses the first user archive schedule it finds in the policy it is using
53. 6 00 00 and 04 10 2001 18 00 00 enter the following all on one line bprestore s 04 01 2001 06 00 00 e 04 10 2001 18 00 00 usr userl file1 Example 2 To restore files listed in a file named restore list by using the most recent backups enter the following bprestore f restore list Example 3 Appendix B NetBackup Commands 139 or NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 To restore the directory home kwc from the backups that are associated with a keyword phrase that contains My Home Directory and use a progress log named home kwc bkup 10g enter the following all on one line bprestore k My Home Directory L home kwc bkup log home kwc Example 4 To restore the D drive on the Windows NT client slater from the backups that are associated with a keyword phrase that contains My Home Dir and use a progress log named home kwc bkup 1log enter the following all on one line or using the backslash continuation character bprestore k My Home Dir C slater D slater t 13 L home kwc bkup log D Example 5 Assume you have a rename file named home kwc rename on a UNIX client and it contains the following change home kwc linkback to home kwc linkback alt To restore the hard link named home kwc 1inkback to alternate path home kwc linkback alt on that client run the following command bprestore
54. 7 exclude list 62 103 general 61 100 include list 62 105 network 107 troubleshooting 64 108 preview list 71 restore marked files 78 search backups 76 specify NetBackup machines clients tab 68 destination clients tab 98 servers tab 65 source clients tab 97 toolbar options 73 view status 69 Include list add from backup menu 47 configuration tab 62 105 syntax rules 111 Incremental backup archive bit 102 cumulative 3 differential 3 Keyword phrase backup procedure 15 restore procedure 18 Directory permissions 6 Listing backups and archives Disk image permissions 6 restore 34 Man pages 115 Escape character on UNIX 111 Master server Exclude list directed restores 5 add from backup menu 47 Menu f configuration tab 62 103 actions 42 example on UNIX client 112 edit 44 syntax rules 111 help 50 F window 49 File permissions 6 N Files NetBackup Explorer Extensions 11 backup marked files 47 Oo excinde 104 Open Transaction Manager OTM include 106 parameters 141 mark and unmark 44 restore marked files 48 Flush level debug 109 Pane Free browse 85 backup window 56 restore window 58 178 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Perform incrementals based on archive bit 102 Permission user directed restore 88 Permissions file 6 Policy archive 64 75 backup 23 63 74 backup history p
55. ERITAS support web site timeout period The period of time that an application has allotted for an event to occur TIR See true image restore tpconfig A Media Manager administration utility for configuring devices which is started from the command line On UNIX it has a character based menu interface that can be run from terminals that do not have X Windows capabilities tpconfig also has a command line interface transfer rate The rate at which computer information is transferred between a source and a destination transport See robotic arm true image restore Restores the contents of a directory to what it was at the time of any scheduled full or incremental backup Previously deleted files are ignored TS8 Tape Stacker 8MM A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site TSA See Target Service Agent TSD Tape Stacker DLT A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site X 72 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows TSH Tape Stacker Half inch A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site
56. M xL C1 vxHelp L1 Readme_sms txt 4477 6 18 2001 2 49 38 PM amp CJ windows Media Play DOE Readme Win2000 txt 7437 11 13 2001 7 23 56 PM amp L C3 windows NT Ds version txt 104 1 14 2002 11 56 56 AM amp L C3 WindowsUpdate OG winzip amp E ws FTP Pro d Ready A 4 Onthe Actions menu choose Start Backup of Marked Files The Specify Backup Options dialog box is displayed Specify Backup Options x Back up to NetBackup server windows x General Options Items marked to be backed up C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client txt Archive files delete files after successful backup Keyword phrase to associate with the backup optional 14 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Backups and Archives a Review your selections in the Name list box b Ifyou wish to associate the backup with a keyword phrase enter a keyword in the Keyword phrase to associate with the backup optional box Later you can search for this keyword if you wish to restore the items that were backed up In this example test is used as the keyword Specify Backup Options X zi Back up to NetBackup server windows x General Options Items marked to be backed up C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client txt Archive files delete files after s
57. M not enabled err 0x000005aa The backup will continue but will not use OTM and the backup may end with an exit code of Status 1 not all files backed up A smaller OTM Cache Size Max size should be set if there is enough physical RAM available in the server NetBackup User s Guide Target Novell NetWare NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters Example Windows Registry The following is an example of the OTM section in a Windows registry otm OTM Cache File C temp OTM Cache Control 0 OTM Cache Size Init OTM Cache Size Max 5 OTM Logging 0 OTM Quiescent Timeout 60 OTM Quiescent Wait 5 OTM Sync Timeout 60 OTM Use 1 OTM Error Control 0 OTM Current 0 10 0 Appendix C OTM Parameter Information 147 wg NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters wr 148 NetBackup User s Guide Target Novell NetWare NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Glossary access control list ACL Security information associated with files on some file systems ACS Automated Cartridge System ACS can refer to any of the following A type of Media Manager robotic control This robot type is supported only by NetBacku
58. NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows VERITAS NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows March 2002 30 000518 011 VERITAS NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Disclaimer Copyright The information contained in this publication is subject to change without notice VERITAS Software Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this manual including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose VERITAS Software Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual Copyright 1994 2002 VERITAS Software Corporation All Rights Reserved VERITAS VERITAS SOFIWARE the VERITAS logo Business Without Interruption VERITAS The Data Availability Company VERITAS NetBackup VERITAS NetBackup BusinesServer VERITAS Remote Storage for Microsoft Exchange VERITAS Storage Migrator and VERITAS Storage Migrator Remote are trademarks or registered trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation in the U S and or other countries Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Portions of this software are derived from the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Copyright 1991 92 RSA Data Securit
59. NetBackup Client Service operation NBWIN Log files in this folder have information on user operations TAR Log files in this folder contain information about user directed and server directed restores NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Syntax Rules for Exclude and Include Lists Note If you use Notepad to view the log files the file will appear as one long line Wordpad recognizes the line breaks and properly displays the lines Syntax Rules for Exclude and Include Lists Syntax Rules The following syntax rules apply to exclude lists and include lists Only one pattern per line is allowed The following meta or wildcard characters are recognized To use the wildcard characters literally that is as non wildcard characters precede them with a backslash For example assume that the brackets in the following example are not being used as wildcards home abc fun ny name In your exclude list precede the brackets with a backslash as in home abc fun nyN name to have NetBackup interpret the brackets literally Note Note that a backslash acts as an escape character only when it precedes a wildcard as in the above example This means that NetBackup normally interprets a backslash literally and it is a legal character to use in pathnames Spaces are considered
60. Performing Restores 225 eiie iid e REA ERES aini g Dade bee E Epp ene 17 View the Status of a User Directed Operation isssssssssseeessA 22 Advanced Restore Procedures 0 0 cece cee teen teen ete ERANA 23 Selecting Specific Backup Dates to Restore unuunu 00000 23 Searching for Files to Restore 2 6 oon eens 23 Restoring an Earlier Version of a Folder or File 0 0000 24 Restoring a True Image of a Directory 6 6 6 6 c ec eee 25 Restoring from Backup Exec Images sse 28 Redirecting Files to a Different Path 0066 29 Restoring Everything to a Different Path 0 cece eee eee eee 29 Restoring Individual Items to Different Paths 0 000 e eee 31 Restoring Using a Temporary Filename 000 33 Restoring from a Disk Image Backup sssssseeeeeeeeeees 34 lt iv NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Restoring the Drive to the Same Location 0 35 Restoring the Drive to a Different Location 0 0000 e cece eee 36 Proxy Restore ee eee ete ev pad CEA Pa gear P ded eren 38 Chapter 3 Reference 000 e cece eee ee 41 NetBackup cons ber aee ben aem eei Sad breed rea ete bata 41 Mentis eeu ERE Gd ege ted es ee acl dos dedo doa e aae s eek e ren 41 FileMeriti 2er
61. QL BackTrack 17 SAP 18 DB2 20 FlashBackup 21 Split Mirror 22 AFS k policy Names the policy to search to produce the list If not specified all policies are searched F Specifies that in the list output symbolic links applies only to UNIX clients will end with a trailing and executable files with a trailing R n Recursively lists subdirectories encountered to a depth of n The default for n is 999 b c u Specifies an alternate date and time to be used for printing with the 1 option b displays the backup date and time of each file c displays the last inode modification date and time for each file u displays the last access date and time of each file The default is to display the time of last modification of each file 1 Lists in long format giving mode owner group size in bytes and time of last modification for each file see the EXAMPLES section of this man page The list shows the mode of each file as 10 characters that represent the standard UNIX file permissions The first character is one of the following d specifies a directory um 128 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bplist 1 1 specifies a link specifies a file The next nine characters show the three sets of permissions The first set shows the owner s permissions the next set shows the user gr
62. S 2 drive Mdirectory c veritas netbackup Redirecting a Restore from a Backup Exec Image When restoring a group of files from both Backup Exec and NetBackup images redirection is not allowed Redirecting a restore from a Backup Exec image must be done separately Within the Backup Exec image individual files cannot be restored to different paths All of the files in the image must be redirected to the same path The following types of restores are allowed when redirecting a restore from a Backup Exec image Redirecting a Restore to a Windows Client Backups of a Windows UNIX or NetWare client can be restored to a Windows client using the following redirection path share_name dirl For example if you wanted to redirect a restore to C t emp and the sharename for the drive C is C then the path should be specified as C temp Appendix A System Administrators 89 ar NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client Note When restoring a NetWare client backup to a Windows client the NetBackup Windows client interface nbwin exe or the NetBackup Java interface the bprestore command should be used The NetBackup Windows NetWare client nbnwnt exe should NOT be used to restore NetWare client backups to Windows clients Redirecting a Restore to a UNIX Client Backups of a Windows UNIX or NetWare cl
63. account does not exist used to start the NetBackup client service The file is then restored in the same manner as one that does not exist see above Chapter 1 Introduction 7 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows File Permissions Required By NetBackup ww 8 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows User Directed Operations 2 This section provides step by step instructions on using the Backup Archive and Restore interface to perform backups archives and restores For information on scheduled backups and other server directed operations see the NetBackup System Administrators Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows Starting the Backup Archive and Restore Interface Click the Windows Start menu point to Programs point to VERITAS NetBackup and click Backup Archive and Restore The Backup Archive and Restore interface displays Toolbar For most operations it is easiest to use the buttons on the toolbar The horizontal toolbar on the Backup Archive and Restore interface opens windows to browse for backups or restores and to view the progress report of a NetBackup operation The NetBackup Backup window or the NetBackup Restore window has a vertical toolbar with buttons for frequently used men
64. ackup Exec images the Backup Exec catalogs need to have been converted to the NetBackup catalog format using the catalog converter utility NetBackup 4 5 is able to convert on disk catalogs of Backup Exec 7 3 or later See your system administrator for more information Backup Exec backup type descriptions in the NetBackup Restore window differ from the descriptions of the NetBackup types The differences are as follows NetBackup Backup Type Backup Exec Backup Type Full Copy Differential Incremental Cumulative Incremental Differential Note NetBackup 4 5 is able to read Backup Exec media written by Backup Exec 7 0 or later Note The Backup Exec Tape Reader for NetBackup option should be installed on the NetBackup server Refer to the NetBackup DataCenter System Administrator s Guide for Windows for more information To restore from Backup Exec images 1 Start the Backup Archive and Restore interface 2 Select the desired restore type v Xd 0 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures To restore Backup Exec images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore and click from Backup Exec Backup Torestore Backup Exec and NetBackup images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore and click from Normal and Backup Exec Backups
65. ackups Backups and restore both NetBackup and Backup Exec images from Normal This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to Backup as a browse the backups of another Windows NT 2000 machine The Proxy remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the remote machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming from the remote Windows NT 2000 machine from Archived This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to Backup as a browse the archive backup of another Windows NT 2000 machine Proxy The remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the remote machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming from the remote machine from Raw This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to Partition Backup browse the raw partition backup of another Windows NT 2000 as a Proxy machine The remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the remote machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming from the remote machine from True Image This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to Backup as a browse the true image backup of another Windows NT 2000 Proxy machine The remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the local machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming fr
66. al Drive Snapshots Specifies that OTM takes a snapshot of each drive and backs it up before proceeding to the next drivet For example assume that drives C and D are being backed up OTM first takes a snapshot of drive C backs it up and discards the snapshot Next OTM takes a snapshot of drive D backs it up and discards the snapshot To specify this type of snapshot the OTM Current setting should be 1 Open transaction management is enabled on only one drive at a time depending on which one is being backed up This mode is useful when it is not necessary to maintain relationships between files on the different drives Global Drive Snapshots Specifies that OTM takes a snapshot that includes all drives that are part of the backup then backs up the drives For example assume that drives C and D are being backed up OTM first takes a snapshot of drives C and D Drive C is backed up then drive D is backed up OTM then discards the snapshot To specify this type of snapshot the OTM Current setting should be 0 Open transaction management is enabled on both the C and D drives for the entire duration of the backup This mode is useful when it is necessary to maintain relationships between files on the different drives Guidelines for Setting the OTM Cache The required settings for OTM Cache Size Init and OTM Cache Size Max depend on the system that is being backed up and on how Open Transaction Manager is configured The following expla
67. an the one from which they were backed up redirected restore different path Restores files to a different directory than the one from which they were backed up registry A Microsoft Windows database that has configuration information about hardware and user accounts remote administration console A Windows NetBackup client that has the administration interface software installed and can be used to administer NetBackup servers remote media server A media server that is not the master Note that only NetBackup DataCenter supports remote media servers NetBackup BusinesServer supports only a single server the master residence In Media Manager information about the location of each volume is stored in a volume database This residence entry contains information such as robot number robot host robot type and media type resource A Novell NetWare term that refers to a data set on the target For example in DOS resources are drives directories and files Also see target service w 166 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows restore verb The act of restoring selected files and directories from a previous backup or archive and returning them to their original directory locations or to a different directory noun The process of restoring selected files and directories from a previous backup an
68. ane 60 more than one 57 server configuration 100 true image restore 27 Port client daemon 107 request daemon 107 Preview List dialog box 71 Close 72 Help 72 Name 72 Time Backed Up 72 Time Modified 72 Progress report BPCD logs 110 NetBackup Client Job Checker 81 View Status 71 Redirected restores server directed 5 Request daemon port 107 Restore alternate path 29 33 39 archive 48 files advanced procedures 23 procedure 17 folder 24 normal backup 48 retries 101 true image folder 27 window 56 Restores server directed 96 server directed to another client 5 backup history pane 60 Scheduled administrator directed operations 2 backups exclude file list 104 include file list 106 servers list 66 Search backups dialog box 76 default search 102 procedure 23 specific backup dates 23 Server configuration 68 85 97 99 100 Server directed restore instructions 88 server directed restores 5 Specific backup dates 23 Specify NetBackup Machines dialog box Clients tab 67 Clients Policy Type tab 67 Status of NetBackup operation how to view 22 Submenu select restore type 48 Syntax rules 111 Tabs configuration backups tab 63 74 exclude list tab 62 103 general tab 61 100 include list tab 62 105 network tab 107 troubleshooting tab 64 108 specify NetBackup machines clients tab 68 97 98 servers tab 65 TCP level debug 109 Time overlap 101 Timeout period 101 Toolbar dialog box 73 window 9 True image restore
69. ar when the NetBackup Restore window is active These commands control restore operations iojxi B Fie Edit view Actions Window Help 2181 x E Select for Backup RI Search Backups aus E amp NetBackup His Start Restore T T GR iz je Normal Backups m i archived Backups m Raw Partition Backups ES ER Ee h La n and Backup Exec Backups Al Folders Contents of Proxy NormaliBaciaqps Search Backups Opens the Search Backups dialog box You can also execute this command by clicking Search Backups on the NetBackup Restore window toolbar Start Restore of Opens the Restore Marked Files dialog box You can also execute this Marked Files command by clicking Start Restore on the NetBackup Restore window toolbar Select Restore Opens the submenu and provides access to the following commands Type Normal Opens the NetBackup Restore window You can select files folders or Backups registry keys saved during previous backups and start a restore operation Archived Opens the NetBackup Restore Archive window You can select files Backups folders or registry keys saved during previous archives and start a restore operation Raw Partition This menu option should be used to restore raw partition backups of Backups UNIX clients To restore a backup of a Windows disk image choose the Normal Backups menu option True Image Opens the NetBackup Restore Irue Image window You can select Backups files folders or registry keys and st
70. arch collapse the tree in the All Folders pane as much as possible NetBackup will expand the tree to the folders that match your search criteria Select Perform case insensitive search to perform case insensitive searches The search path is case sensitive and must match what is in the database on the NetBackup server By default the checkbox is checked Enter a keyword phrase associated with a backup image View and select the Start Date and the End Date The Start Date and End Date show the range of backups that NetBackup will search By default the start date will be the time of the last full backup and the end date will be the time of the most recent backup To change the dates click in the box and select from the list of available backup images If you change the Start Date or End Date NetBackup clears all the restore selections that you have previously made Initiates a search for specified files folders or registry keys The NetBackup Restore window will show the folders that match the search criteria NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Specify Backup Options Dialog Box Use this d
71. are 0 1 or 2 The higher the level the more information that is written The default is 0 wr 108 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Verbose TCP Flush Database OK Cancel Help Verbose controls the amount of information that the NetBackup Windows NT server writes to its logs This parameter is only in effect when the local machine where the NetBackup client is being run is also a NetBackup Windows NT server Supported values are 0 No extra logging This is the default 1 99 Verbose logging Use the default setting of 0 unless advised otherwise by VERITAS Technical Support Enables TCP debugging Supported values are 0 No extra logging This is the default 1 Log basic TCP IP functions 2 Log all TCP IP functions including all read and write requests 3 Log contents of each read write buffer Note Setting TCP to 2 or 3 can cause the status reports to be very large It can also slow the performance of a backup or restore operation NetBackup periodically flushes the progress reports on NetBackup operations This setting specifies the frequency of the flushes or how often the internal buffer gets written to the progress report The higher the flush level the more often the buffer is written to the file Supported values are 0 1 or 2 The default
72. art a true image restore operation Backup Exec Opens the NetBackup Restore window You can select files folders or Backups registry keys saved during previous backups and restore Backup Exec images Normaland Opens the NetBackup Restore window You can select files folders or Backup Exec registry keys saved during previous backups and restore NetBackup Backups and Backup Exec images w 48 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus Proxy Normal Backups Proxy Archived Backups Proxy Raw Partition Backups Proxy True Image Backups Administer This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to browse the backups of another Windows NT 2000 machine The remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the remote machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming from the remote Windows NT 2000 machine This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to browse the archives of another Windows NT 2000 machine The remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the remote machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming from the remote Windows NT 2000 machine This menu option should be used to restore proxy raw partition backups of UNIX clients To restore a proxy backup of a Win
73. ation for network communications drive cleaning The use of a special cleaning tape to clean the heads on a drive duplicate image A copy of a backup image eject Move media out of a robotic library encryption Provides additional security by encrypting backup data on the client This capability is available only with the NetBackup Encryption option entry and exit ports See media access port exclude list A list that designates files or directories to exclude from automatic backups expiration image The date and time when NetBackup stops tracking a backup image Glossary 155 Sr NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows expiration volume The date and time when the physical media tape is considered to be no longer usable external media ID This is an identifier written on a media cartridge or canister to help the operator identify the volume before inserting it into a drive or robot For labeled media the external media ID should be the same as the media ID recorded on the media EVSN See external media ID FlashBackup A special type of raw partition backup that requires the NetBackup FlashBackup separately priced option this option is available only for NetBackup DataCenter flush level Controls how often Netbackup clears its log files on a Novell NetWare or Microsoft Windows client platform fragment A part of a backup or a
74. ave read access to all directories in the file paths You can list files that were backed up or archived by another client only if you are validated to do so by the NetBackup administrator If you create directory usr openv netbackup logs bplist with public write access bplist creates an debug log file in this directory that you can use for troubleshooting The output of bplist goes to standard output OPTIONS A B Specifies whether to produce the listing from archives A or backups B The default is B C client Specifies a client name to use for finding backups or archives to list This name must be as it appears in the NetBackup configuration The default is the current client name S master_server Specifies the name of the NetBackup server The default is the first SERVER entry found in the usr openv netbackup bp conf file t policy_type Specifies one of the following numbers corresponding to the policy type the default is 0 on all clients except Apollos where it is 3 0 Standard 4 Oracle Appendix B NetBackup Commands 127 or NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bplist 1 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 10 2 NetWare 13 MS Windows 2000 NT 14 OS 2 15 MS SQL Server 16 MS Exchange Server 19 NDMP Note The following policy types apply only to NetBackup DataCenter 3 Apollo wbak 11 DataTools S
75. b A parcel of work submitted to a computer NetBackup jobs are backups archives or restores kernel The nucleus of an operating system keyword phrase A textual description of a backup kill a job See cancel a job label Identifier of a tape or optical disk volume A recorded label includes a media ID A barcode label allows a barcode scanner to be used for media tracking library See robotic library Glossary 159 M NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows link See hard link or symbolic link LMF Library Management Facility A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site This robot type is supported only by NetBackup DataCenter servers load noun Amount of work that is being performed by a system or the level of traffic on a network For example network load affects performance verb Copy data to internal memory For example load the installation program verb Used to indicate tape drive initialization done when new media is being added logs Files where a computer or application records information about its activities mailslot See media access port man pages Online documentation provided with UNIX computer systems and applications Master and media server cluster A NetBackup master server and the remote media servers that
76. backup or bparchive command You can use this option in place of or in combination with the other restore options in order to make it easier to restore your backups and archives The following meta characters can be used to simplify the task of matching keywords or parts of keywords in the phrase matches any string of characters matches any single character matches one of the sequence of characters specified within the brackets on matches one of the range of characters separated by the The keyword phrase can be up to 128 characters in length All printable characters are permitted including space and period The phrase must be enclosed in double quotes or single quotes to avoid conflict with the UNIX shell The default keyword phrase is the null empty string Names the file or directory to list If you do not specify a path the default is the current working directory NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bplist 1 Any files or directories that you specify must be listed at the end following all other options For directories if you do not use the R option include the trailing path separator for Windows and for UNIX as in the following bplist 1 D WS FTP LOG Windows bplist 1 home user1 UNIX NOTES The format that you must use fo
77. cent backup If the client belongs to more than one policy the default display starts with the last full backup that occurred first For example assume that the client belongs to PolicyW1 and PolicyW2 Also assume that full backups occur for both of them PolicyW1 s most recent full backup occurred on Feb 2 and PolicyW2 s most recent full backup occurred on Feb 10 The display shows files ranging from the time of the PolicyW1 full backup on Feb 2 The default range will satisfy the majority of your needs to restore files There will be times however when you must restore a file that was not backed up during the default time period For example a file that was deleted prior to the last full backup does not appear in the default display In this case you must use the NetBackup History pane to select a backup that contains the file Searching for Files to Restore 1 Open the NetBackup Restore window 2 Onthe View menu choose Show All Backups This will display all copies of files and folders from all of the backups To display the most recent copy of the file or folder choose Show Most Recent Backup from the View menu 3 Select the images from the NetBackup History pane that you believe contain the files and folders you want to restore 4 Narrow the search range as much as possible to speed up your search by doing the following Selecta specific backup image in the NetBackup History pane Toselectarange of backup images
78. chive or restore as it is running on the client Once a backup is sent to the NetBackup Server it will not update the status of that job For example the client sends all of the data to be backed up to the server successfully It reports the backup status as Successful If at a later time an error occurs on the server which causes the backup to fail the status shown by the Job Tracker is not updated x Job ID fip 1011286463 Sevecamtnulcom Job Type Bakp Status Succes StatTime 1 17 20021058188M EndTime 1 17 20021058454M CurentName CAProgramFiesWERITASWelBackupWieadme Clientttt Current Size po Bytes Actual E Files jg KBytes Data Bp KBytes Sec Ju Folders Bo KBytes Image ps Estimated Files KBytes Data B Folders Mo BEUEBEBRHERHEEEHESEBEBHEEZHESEBESEEBHSBEBEESN Nest To access the NetBackup Client Job Tracker dialog 1 Start the NetBackup Client Job Tracker by pointing to Start Programs VERITAS NetBackup then choosing NetBackup Client Job Tracker When the NetBackup Client Job Tracker has been started the NetBackup Client icon displays in the system tray 2 Right click on the NetBackup Client icon in the system tray to display the Job Tracker menu Chapter 3 Reference 8 or NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows 3 Click the Start NetBackup Client Service menu opti
79. ckup Windows service that runs on clients and servers and listens for connections from NetBackup servers and clients in the network When a connection is made this service starts the necessary programs NetBackup configuration options On UNIX servers and on UNIX and Macintosh clients these settings are made in the bp conf file On NetWare target and OS 2 clients they are in the bp ini file On Windows servers and Windows clients these settings are called properties and are made through the Backup Archive and Restore interface or the Host Properties dialog in the NetBackup Administration Console NetBackup databases See catalogs NetBackup Database Manager service NetBackup Windows service that runs on the master server and manages the NetBackup internal databases called catalogs This service must be running on the master server during all NetBackup administrative operations 162 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Device Manager service The NetBackup Windows service that runs on a NetBackup server and starts the robotic control processes and controls the reservation and assignment of volumes This service runs only if the server has devices under Media Manager control The process is 1t id NetBackup properties Same as NetBackup configuration options but are called NetBackup properties on Mi
80. crosoft Windows platforms NetBackup Request Manager service The NetBackup Windows service that runs on the master server and starts the scheduler and receives requests from clients NetBackup Volume Manager service A NetBackup Windows service that runs on a NetBackup server allows remote administration of Media Manager and manages volume information The process is vmd NIS Network information service NLM NetWare loadable module NFS Network file system nonrobotic See standalone ODL Optical disk library This robot type is supported only by NetBackup DataCenter servers offsite volume group A volume group in which media will appear after having been ejected from the robot for vaulting When Vault ejects media it is moved from the robotic volume group to the off site volume group Glossary 1639 Or NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows offsite volume pool A volume pool that contains media that is to be ejected and vaulted Backup images written to an off site volume pool by an original NetBackup backup policy or by Vault s duplication feature will be ejected and vaulted More than one off site volume pool can be specified for the Eject step of a Vault profile original backup A backup image created by a backup job A single backup image or all backup images created by an Inline Tape Copy multiple copy configuration are considered original
81. cy client The system with the files to back up archive or restore client user interface See user interface cluster See master and media server cluster command lines Commands that users can execute either from the system prompt or in scripts compression The process of compacting data to enable more efficient transmission and storage x 52 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows configuration The parameters that govern the behavior of an application This term can also refer to the manner in which a network or system is laid out or connected for example a network configuration consolidated eject A process of ejecting media for more than one Vault session at a time A Consolidated Eject can be performed for one or more logical vaults at one time consolidated report A process of generating reports for more than one Vault session at a time A Consolidated Report can be performed for one or more logical vaults at one time Consolidated reports are organized by report title not by vault cpio A UNIX command that can be used for copying files to or from a cpio archive on disk or tape ctime The time that a UNIX inode was changed cumulative incremental backup A backup that is scheduled by the administrator on the master server and backs up files that have changed since the last successful f
82. d returning them to their original directory locations or to a different directory retention level An index number that corresponds to a user defined retention period There are 10 levels from which to choose 0 though 9 and the retention period associated with each is configurable Also see retention period retention period The length of time that NetBackup keeps backup and archive images The retention period is specified on the schedule robotic arm The component of a robotic library that physically selects the media tape or optical disk robotic library Refers to a robot and its accompanying software A robotic library includes a collection of tapes or optical platters used for data storage and retrieval For example a Tape Library DLT TLD refers to a robot that has TLD robotic control robotic volume group A volume group from which media will be ejected and vaulted When Vault duplicates backups they are duplicated to media in the robotic volume group root The highest level directory in a hierarchical directory structure In MS DOS the root directory on a drive is designated by a backslash for example the root on drive C is C On UNIX the root directory is designated by a slash Also a UNIX user name having administration capability RS 232 An industry standard interface for serial communications and sometimes used for communicating with storage peripherals Glossary 167 ww NetBackup 4 5 User s Gu
83. d restore to a different client Specify NetBackup Machines E x Servers Source Clients Policy Type Destination Clients New Client Name Make Current IV Use this client list for future backup and restore windows Policy Type MS Windows NT m Cancel Help NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators To access this dialog box 1 Make a Restore window active 2 Onthe File menu click Specify NetBackup Machines 3 Click the Source Clients Policy Type tab Notes The NetBackup master server must be configured to allow restores to be redirected to different clients Refer to the section on server directed restores in the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows for details For information on file permissions required see File Permissions Required By NetBackup on page 6 New Client To add another client name to the Client List type the name of the Name client in the New Client Name box and click Add The client name entered must also be defined in a policy on the NetBackup server If a new client is added to the list it will be in the client list for all windows currently opened and any new window that is opened The new client will be saved in the Cli
84. ded only for restoring entire folders To list or select individual files use Normal Backups If NetBackup cannot find any folders click Search Folder in the Search Backups dialog box Also check the range of backups that you are searching NetBackup History pane If all of these settings are correct and no folders are found ask the administrator to see if the NetBackup policy that is backing up your files and folders is configured to collect true image restore information 3 Selectthe folder you want to restore by marking it in the Contents of folder pane of the NetBackup Restore True Image window you must select from this side of the window xd Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 27 WC NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Note When a file in the folder has the same file name as a file in the true image backup NetBackup will delete the file from the folder and replace or restore the file from the true image backup NetBackup will not delete files from the folder that are not in the true image restore 4 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files By default NetBackup restores the folder to its original location Restoring from Backup Exec Images It is possible to restore Backup Exec images or both Backup Exec and NetBackup images in a single NetBackup restore job To be able to restore from B
85. dles the client side of the operation The Backup Archive and Restore interface enables server directed backup archive and restore operations on entire folders or individual files that reside on your NetBackup client This interface also allows you to perform user directed backup archive and restore operations on your NetBackup client without logging into the NetBackup master server Once you start a user directed operation the NetBackup process runs under the control of the NetBackup master server You request the service and the NetBackup master server manages the rest including the storage and retrieval of data In NetBackup terminology the system that requires the backup or archive is the NetBackup client The system that manages the storage and retrieval of the backup data is called the NetBackup master server NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Backup and Archive Operations Backup and Archive Operations A backup saves copies of selected files and folders from a NetBackup client to a storage device on a NetBackup master server or a NetBackup media server An archive saves copies of selected files and folders from a NetBackup client to a storage device on a NetBackup master server or NetBackup media server then deletes the original files from the NetBackup client User Directed Backups and Archives You can perform a user directed backup during the
86. dow The period of time during which backups can begin block size The number of bytes in each block of data written on the media during a backup bp A backup archive and restore utility for users on NetBackup UNIX clients It has a character based menu interface that can be run from terminals that do not have X Windows capabilities bpadm An administrator utility that runs on NetBackup UNIX servers It has a character based menu interface that can be run from terminals that do not have X Windows capabilities bp conf file A NetBackup configuration file on UNIX servers and also on UNIX Macintosh and OS 2 clients bp ini file NetBackup initialization file for Novell NetWare target clients bpcd NetBackup Client service on Windows and the NetBackup Client daemon on UNIX Glossary bl NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprd NetBackup Request Manager service on Windows and NetBackup Request daemon on UNIX cancel a job Terminating a job and removing it from the job queue carousel See robotic library catalogs Internal NetBackup and Media Manager databases These catalogs contain information about configuration media devices status errors and the files and directories in the stored backup images CDF Context dependent file which is a type of directory structure on a Hewlett Packard system changer See robotic library class See poli
87. dow a Onthe Actions menu point to Select Restore Type then click Proxy Normal Backups The Browse for Computer dialog box displays 21 x Select Proxy Server weed Scrappy Seaweed Sedum Seed Seedling b Select the file server to which you want to restore folders and or files and click OK For this tutorial we will select a computer called sasweed Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 39 WE NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures The NetBackup Restore window displays The NetBackup server will change to the master server of the selected file server amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Proxy Restore Server sasweed Source Client folip Desti anl xl File Edit View Actions Window Help 81x E Select for Backup F select for Restore RS view Status e NetBackup History Contents of folip de dE E Lec Osc 2 15 2002 1 54 59 PM 2 Select the item you wish to restore lt 3 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Proxy Restore Server sasweed Source Client folip Destination Clier ini xi File Edit View Actions Window Help 18 xl El Select for Backup F Select for Restore Rayview Status e NetBackup History mue ER CO Be Contents of C Program Files YERITAS NetBackup A 38 folip Name Time BackedUp A Size Time Modified B gle
88. dows disk image choose the Proxy Normal Backups menu option This feature allows a user on a Windows NT 2000 machine to browse the true image backups of another Windows NT 2000 machine The remote user can select files folders or registry keys from the backup and restore to the remote machine NetBackup will see all the requests as if they were coming from the remote Windows NT 2000 machine Allows you to list remove rename edit and run existing Oracle Oracle Templates templates Window Menu The Window menu has commands for arranging your NetBackup windows It becomes available when the NetBackup Backup window or the NetBackup Restore window is opened amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore loj xl File Edit View Actions Window Help 81 xl E Select for Backup Fils Cascade Shift FS Tile Horizontally Shift F4 NetBackup History Tile Vertically Arrange Icons m Close All X x All Folders v 2 Restore Server windows Client folip 1 Backup Server windows Client Folip Chapter 3 Reference NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus These menu options are available on the Window menu Cascade Arranges NetBackup windows so they overlap but the title bars will still be visible Tile Horizontally Modifies the size of NetBackup windows and arranges them
89. e S master server master server t policy type w hh mm ss k keyword phrase DESCRIPTION bpbackup starts either of the following processes On clients Using the first form of the command above bpbackup starts a user backup that is the equivalent to what is performed by using the interface on the client This type of backup can be started from any NetBackup client in order to back up files from that client The bpbackup command processes the files that you list on the command line or in the file that you specify with the f istfile option A file path can be a file or directory name If the named files include a directory bpbackup backs up all files and subdirectories of that directory starting at the directory itself On master servers Using the second form of the command shown above bpbackup starts an immediate manual backup of a client This variation requires the i option on the bpbackup command and is available only to the administrator on the master server It is the equivalent of starting a manual backup from the NetBackup administrator s interface Use the h option to specify the host Since progress logs are written only on clients and since this form of the bpbackup command is run from the master server only the L option is undefined The following restrictions apply to this command You must be the owner of the file or an administrator to back up a file with bpbackup You can back up
90. e If the host has installed the Advanced Reporter option the reports show information on multiple master servers Global Data Manager GDM A separately priced option for UNIX servers that provides an interface with a tree view where the administrator can view and administer multiple master servers The server where the option is installed is called a GDM Server Global Device Database A single host that serves as the repository for global device configuration information When you install NetBackup by default the master server is configured as the global device database host GNU tar A public domain version of the UNIX tar program goodies directory A directory containing programs scripts and other files that are not formally supported GUI Graphical user interface Glossary 157 ww NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows hard link On UNIX a hard link is a pointer to the inode for the data On a Windows server a hard link is a directory entry for a file Every file can be considered to have at least one hard link On NTFS volumes each file can have multiple hard links and a single file can appear in many directories or even in the same directory with different names heap level A parameter for memory heap debugging on a Novell NetWare or Windows NetBackup client hierarchical storage management The process of automatically migrating selected
91. e and on the File menu select NetBackup Explorer Extensions 1 Open Windows Explorer Click on the Windows Start menu point to Programs point to Accessories and choose Windows Explorer 2 Locate the file or folder you wish to back up For example Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 1 we NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Backups and Archives a Openthe Program Files VERITAS NetBackup folder b Find the Readme_Client txt file 3 Drag the file to NetBackup Bin You can do this by either Dragging the file to the NetBackup Bin icon on your desktop or Dragging the file to the NetBackup Bin folder in Windows Explorer Io Exploring NetBackup Bin oy x File Edit View Tools Help All Folders Contents of NetBackup Bin Desktop File CientHot Master My Computer amp 9 3 Floppy Hag C Eg D Hga E s Control Panel Printers g Scheduled Tasks 8 Web Folders Bra Network Neighborhood gj Recycle Bin GY My Briefcase NetBackup 0 Files 4 To view the files in the NetBackup Bin folder Double click on the NetBackup Bin icon on your desktop or Right click on the NetBackup Bin folder in Windows Explorer and click Open 5 Right click on NetBackup Bin icon or on the NetBackup Bin folder in Windows Explorer and click Backup Now To show the progress of
92. e database host volume database host The host where Media Manager is installed that contains information about the volumes that Media Manager uses in a device Because NetBackup BusinesServer supports only a single server the volume database host is always on the same server volume group A set of volumes that are configured within Media Manager to reside at the same physical location for example in a specific robot volume pool A set of volumes that are configured within Media Manager to be used by a single application and are protected from access by other applications and users wakeup interval The time interval at which NetBackup checks for backups that are due umi NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows wildcard characters A character that can be used to represent other characters in searches Microsoft Windows noun Describes a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft Inc For more information on the Windows operating systems that NetBackup supports refer to the VERITAS support web site at http www support veritas com Windows adjective Used to describe a specific product or clarify a term Some examples are Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows servers Windows clients Windows platforms Windows hosts and Windows GUI Windows servers A term that defines the Window
93. e information File Permissions Required By NetBackup You need backup privileges to back up or archive a file Without backup privileges you must have read access to a file in order to back up the file and read and delete access to a file in order to archive the file since the archive operation removes the file from the disk Listing and restoring files and directories require the following permissions To list or restore files in a directory owned by someone else you must have restore privileges Without restore privileges you can only restore from a user directed backup you have performed unless Free Browse is turned on Refer to Free Browse on page 85 for more details Torestore a file to its original location you must have write access to the file if the file exists or to the directory if the file does not exist The following table shows how NetBackup restores files in various situations for example if a copy of the file or directory already exists File Permissions Type of Restore Attempted Results Restore a file that already exists If you have restore privileges NetBackup restores the file and sets and overwrite the existing file file ownership to the same owner as the backup image If you do not have restore privileges NetBackup restores the file only if you have write access to it In a case where the file is read only but you have write access to the parent directory NetBackup removes the f
94. e queue Shows the operating status of the next NetBackup operation in the queue Chapter 3 Reference NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes w v 84 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows System Administrators A This section contains information for the NetBackup Administrator Free Browse The Free Browse feature allows users without restore privileges to restore from scheduled backups In previous versions of NetBackup when a scheduled backup was performed by a system administrator using a root user id the client user was not able to restore from that backup The Free Browse feature allows the user to use a scheduled backup to restore files The user will be able to restore only those files to which they have write access There are three different settings Use Deny and Allow When the client is set to Use the user will be allowed to browse scheduled backups if the NetBackup server is set to Allow or Use When the client is set to Deny the user will not be allowed to browse backups no matter how the NetBackup server is configured When the client is set to Allow the user will be able to browse scheduled backups if the NetBackup server is set to Use The NetBackup master server setting is configured using
95. e to your client You can also add names of remote clients Chapter 3 Reference 67 o NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes To access this tab 1 On the File menu click Specify NetBackup Machines 2 Clickon the Clients tab or the Clients Policy Type tab Note Most changes made to the this tab will not apply to currently open backup or restore windows If however a client is added the open windows will be able to switch to them New Client Name To add another client name to the Client List type the name of the client in the New Client Name box and click Add The client name entered must also be defined in a policy on the NetBackup server If a new client is added to the list it will be in the client list for all windows currently opened and any new window that is opened The new client will be saved in the Client List box after the current window is closed Add Adds the client entered in the New Client Name box to the Client List Client List The Client List contains the client name for your computer It can also contain the names of remote NetBackup clients You can select local or remote NetBackup clients on which to perform NetBackup operations The NetBackup server administrator must set up the required permissions before you can browse and restore from any remote client To perform a NetBackup operation on a NetBackup c
96. e user s request The default is 60 seconds The minimum setting is 0 The maximum setting is 32 400 seconds Keep status of Specify the number of days to store progress reports before the system user directed will automatically delete them backups f ba E Default is 3 days The minimum allowable value is 0 The maximum is archives and 9 999 restores for w Appendix A System Administrators 100 wg NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Perform incrementals based on archive bit Allow server directed restores Perform default search OK Cancel Help This parameter should be changed only by a system administrator Select this check box to have NetBackup include files in an incremental backup only if their archive bit is set The system sets this bit whenever a file is changed and it will remain set until NetBackup clears it A full backup always clears the archive bit A differential incremental backup clears the archive bit if all files are successfully backed up within the number of seconds indicated by the Clear Archive Bit Incr Wait parameter A cumulative incremental backup or user backup has no effect on the archive bit Clear this checkbox to have NetBackup include a file in an incremental backup only if the file s datetime stamp has been changed since the last backup For a cumulative inc
97. ecorded label Media Manager Software that is part of NetBackup and manages the storage devices and removable media Media Manager Host Host where Media Manager is installed may have devices attached media server A NetBackup server that provides storage within a master and media server cluster The master can also be a media server A media server that is not the master is called a remote media server NetBackup BusinesServer does not support remote media servers menu interface A character based interface for use on terminals that do not have graphical capabilities mount Make a volume available for reading or writing mount point The point where a file system on a disk logically connects to a system s directory structure so the file system is available to users and applications w Glossary 161 Sr NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows MPX See multiplexing mtime The point in time when a UNIX or NTFS file is modified multiplexing The process of sending concurrent multiple backups from one or more clients to a single storage device and interleaving those images onto the media multiplexed group A set of backups that were multiplexed together in a single multiplexing session NDMP Network data management protocol NetBackup requires the NetBackup for NDMP separately priced option to support NDMP NetBackup Client service NetBa
98. ectory path does not apply to NDMP restores The exclude capability is useful for example if you want to exclude part of a directory from the restore By default you are returned to the system prompt after bprestore is successfully submitted The command works in the background and does not return completion status directly to you The w option lets you change this behavior so bprestore works in the foreground and returns completion status after a specified time period The bprestore command restores the file from the most recent backups within the time period you specify except for a true image restore see the T option description bprestore overwrites any file of the same name that already exists on the local client disk unless you include the K option It is also possible to restore files that were backed up or archived on another client C option You must be validated by the NetBackup administrator to restore from other clients Use the bplist command to display information on the files and directories that were backed up or archived bprestore writes informative and error messages to a progress log file if you create the file prior to running the bprestore command and then specify the file with the L progress log option If bprestore cannot restore the requested files or directories you can use the progress log to find the reason for the failure For detailed troubleshooting information create a directory named usr open
99. egistry NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Related Documentation Related Documentation The following documents provide related information For a more detailed listing of NetBackup documents refer to NetBackup Release Notes NetBackup Installation Guide for PC Clients Explains how to install NetBackup PC client software The PC clients are Windows Mac OS and Novell NetWare If you have a UNIX server refer to these documents NetBackup Release Notes Provides important information about NetBackup DataCenter and BusinesServer products on UNIX and Windows based servers such as the platforms and operating systems that are supported and operating notes that may not be in the NetBackup manuals or the online help NetBackup DataCenter System Administrator s Guide for UNIX Explains how to configure and manage NetBackup DataCenter on a UNIX server NetBackup BusinesServer System Administrator s Guide for UNIX Explains how to configure and manage NetBackup BusinesServer on a UNIX server NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for UNIX Provides troubleshooting information for UNIX based NetBackup products If you have a Windows server refer to these documents NetBackup Release Notes Provides important information about NetBackup software such as the platforms and operating systems that are supported and operating notes that may not be in the
100. el and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Destination Clients Tab Use this tab to select the client which will receive the restored backups Restoring files to another client is a type of server directed restore Specify NetBackup Machines x Servers Source Clients Policy Type Destination Clients New Client Name Client List Make Curre 3 Cancel Help To access this dialog box 1 Make a Restore window active 2 Onthe File menu click Specify NetBackup Machines 3 Select the Destination Clients tab v 98 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators Notes The NetBackup master server must be configured to allow restores to be redirected to different clients Refer to the section on server directed restores in the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows for details Forinformation on file permissions required see File Permissions Required By NetBackup on page 6 A client can prohibit server directed restores by clearing the Allow server directed restores option on the General tab in the NetBackup Client Pr
101. elow home All files or folders named temp that are two levels below the root All files or folders named temp at any level ww 112 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows User Directed Archive Operations NTFS5 and later User Directed Archive Operations NTFS5 and later Mount Points NetBackup will not enter mount points encountered in an archive operation Instead the mount point will be unmounted and the then empty folder deleted If an archive operation starts inside a mounted volume not at the root the target items will be removed For example assume that a file structure exists as follows Mount Point is a volume mount point and d2 and is an object in the mounted volume c NdiMMountPointNd2 Depending on what is archived the following may occur Archiving c d1 results in an unmount of Mount Point and its removal along with any other objects in c d1 Nothing in the mounted volume is deleted Archiving c Nd1 Mount Point d2 results in the deletion of c d1 MountPoint d2 and any non mount point children of 32 Single Instance Store SIS NetBackup will not delete any items in the Common Store for Single Instance Store volumes If requested links can be deleted and the SIS manager will determine whether or not to delete corresponding Common Store items Appendix A System Administrators 13
102. ency with which Open Transaction Manager clears its cache during a backup which can help to reduce the size of the cache file For example if this value is set to 50 then after every 50 files that are backed up Open Transaction Manager clears its cache of data that it has for those files A lower number results in the cache being cleared more often but that can decrease performance The default setting is 0 which means cache clearing does not occur When OTM Current is set to 0 meaning that global snapshots are used the OTM Cache Control setting works as described in the following examples For these examples assume that OTM Current is set to 0 and that there are two drives C and D Also assume that both drives are backed up and that Open Transaction Manager places the cache on drive C fOTM Cache Control is set to 0 the cache is never cleared and cannot grow pastthe OTM Cache Size Init setting This means that OTM Cache Size Init must always be set for the maximum amout of data expected fOTM Cache Control is greater than 0 Open Transaction Manager clears the cache of data for drive C after the backup of drive C is complete Open Transaction Manager then allows the cache to grow to the OTM Cache Size Max setting and clears it periodically according to the OTM Cache Control setting This allows you to set OTM Cache Size Init to a lower value because if more space is required Open Transaction Manager can increase the OTM Cache S
103. ent List box after the current window is closed Add Adds the client entered in the New Client Name box to the Client List Client List The Client List shows the names of the NetBackup clients that your client can access To change the name of the client whose backups you can browse for files to restore select a name from the Client List and click Make Current The word CURRENT displays in parentheses beside the name of the new source client Make Current Designates the client backup images you can browse for restore operations First highlight the client in the Client List then click Make Current Changing the current client will affect only the selected window This setting will not be saved after the currently selected window is closed Use this client If selected NetBackup applies any changes to the client list to all list for future backup and restore windows opened after the tab modifications have backup and been saved restore windows Appendix A System Administrators 97 WE NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators Policy Type View and select a policy type for the client selected in the Client List The policy type must be the same as specified for the client in the NetBackup configuration on the NetBackup server OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To canc
104. entire drives to restore File Permissions and Open Files File permissions require write permission on the destination folder in order to restore a file A file will not be restored when a file with the identical name is open on the NetBackup client Access Control Lists If the access control list to a file on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system has changed since the file was backed up it will be restored to what it was at the time of the backup A file will be restored by NetBackup as follows A user that has been granted access to the file since the backup will not have access to the file after the restore A user that has had access to the file removed since the backup will again have access after the file is restored Server Directed Restores The administrator on the NetBackup master server can direct restores to any NetBackup client regardless of which NetBackup client the files came from Refer to Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client on page 88 for details A client can prohibit server directed restores by clearing the Allow Server Directed Restores option in the General tab This option can only be cleared by the system administrator Refer to General Tab on page 100 for more information User Directed Restores A user can start a restore operation at any time Restored folders and drives include all files that were backed up or archived during a range of backups NetBackup is also able to restore from Bac
105. esde dern 104 Backups Tab 43 8 b stes epee hey en eed ep Spo awe pr e pipa e ade 106 Network Lab reyes i Sue eR Eh epe a paved e lead shes 107 Troubleshooting Tab sssssssssss rur rnn ra rnn ranne 108 Syntax Rules for Exclude and Include Lists 0 cece eee eee eee 111 lt vi NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Syntax RUSS rm 111 Example of an Excludelist ssee eee eee ee 112 User Directed Archive Operations NTFS5 and later 00 cee eee ee 113 Mount Poinls iie rnb kem bee Mer uie PREND REANO IP XGIUEPRE PX ERES 113 Single Instance Store SIS sssesssssss eh 113 Appendix B NetBackup Commands 02 00sec ee eee eee eee 115 bparchive 1 ji ssc chasis ebat tane ter Sentus nc perpeti Rp E ie eee 116 bpbackup M cen reet Enia oet XU ERR RS REA ERUNT E TT CREE 121 bplist L 1er deett eo aie eta dar etre nde deir d eee sec 127 bpr store 1 ops en rp EE RI eri E ITelL EV devia oie Rr ud ves os 133 Appendix C OTM Parameter Information sleseeeseeeeenn 141 Open Transaction Manager Parameters 00 cee cece eee eens 141 Windows Registry Description 0 06 een ees 141 Guidelines for Setting the OTM Cache 6 cece 145 Example Windows Registry 0 cece eee 147 GIOSSANY osc eee ewe aed eae een einen cae eee 149 Inde
106. ese buttons are available in the NetBackup Backup window Button Description Opens the Specify Backup Options dialog box From this dialog you can start ps the backup operation oB Unmarks all files folders and registry keys in this window You can also oB execute this command by selecting Unmark All from the Edit menu Opens the Preview List dialog box during a backup operation You can also execute this command by selecting Preview List from the Edit menu Chapter 3 Reference 55 PEN NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows Panes The NetBackup Backup window contains two panes All Folders and Contents of folder To adjust the width of the panes position the cursor over the split bar The cursor will change to a double headed arrow Press the left mouse button and move the cursor left or right to position the split bar To resize columns in a pane move the mouse over the column header until the cursor changes to a double headed arrow Hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse left or right to decrease or increase the column width To sort information in a pane click on the column header for the information you wish to sort by For example to sort the pane by Size click on the Size column This will sort the list from the smallest to largest size Click the Size column again to sort from largest to smallest NetBacku
107. ested operation was succe v z The status of the operation displays under the Operation Status column 3 Click Refresh Select the operation for which you want to check the progress The lower pane will reflect the progress of the item selected in the top pane Select a refresh interval from the Refresh Rate box The default setting is 0 seconds which means the status will not be automatically refreshed By default the progress file is displayed in an abbreviated form If you wish to view the entire contents of the progress file select the Verbose option The NetBackup operation is finished when the Status changes to Successful If NetBackup was unable to back up or restore all of the requested files a status code appears a few lines before the end of the progress report The NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for Windows list the meaning of the final status code NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Advanced Restore Procedures The following sections give detailed explanations of how to perform different types of advanced restore procedures Selecting Specific Backup Dates to Restore By default the NetBackup Restore window shows the files and folders that were backed up from the time of the last full backup to the most re
108. estore window See Search Backups Dialog Box on page 75 for more information 7 Click Search When the search is complete NetBackup updates the NetBackup Restore window Restoring an Earlier Version of a Folder or File This procedure will restore all files that were backed up during the range of backup dates This includes files that were deleted from your online folder after they were backed up If you do not want to restore the deleted files refer to Restoring a True Image of a Directory on page 25 1 Opena NetBackup Restore window 2 Open the backup NetBackup History pane NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures If the NetBackup History pane is not open click and drag the horizontal split bar down 3 Inthe NetBackup History pane select backup images for the dates of the backed up files or folders you want to restore NetBackup will search the backup images and display the contents of the backup images in the All Folders and Contents of folder panes To restore a version of a folder or file that existed prior to the last full backup select only the backups that include the desired version of the folder or file Continue with step 4 To further narrow your search for a specific folder file or keyword go to step a a Onthe Actions menu click Search Backups
109. ges to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Exclude List Tab Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab System administrators should refer to Exclude List Tab on page 103 for details on these parameters Include List Tab Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab System administrators should refer to Include List Tab on page 104 for details on these parameters wr 62 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Backups Tab Use this tab to specify the policies and schedules to use when you start a backup from the client xi General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting Backup Policy Backup Schedule any Archive Policy any Archive Schedule any Cancel Help To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Properties 2 Click the Backups tab Note Changes made to this tab will not apply to currently open backup windows The changes will apply to all backup windows opened after the tab modifications have been saved Backup Policy Specify the policy to use for user directed backups of this client If you set this value to any which is the default NetBackup uses the first policy
110. gured within a profile progress report Log where NetBackup records events that occur during user operations proxy restore A proxy restore allows the user to restore files that he has write access to on a machine other than his desktop The files must be in a backup of the machine to which they are being restored GIC Quarter inch cartridge tape queued job A job that has been added to the list of jobs to be performed raw partition backup Bit by bit backup of a partition of a disk drive on UNIX On Windows this is called a disk image backup rbak The program that Apollo clients use to read data from tape during a restore Glossary 165 we NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows recorded media ID This is an identifier written as part of the label on a volume and used by Media Manager to ensure that the correct volume is mounted The recorded media ID should match the external media ID redirected restore different client Restoring files to your client when they were originally backed up from a different client The administrator using the interface on the master server can direct a restore to any client this variation is called a server directed restore redirected restore different target On a Novell NetWare server platform running the NetBackup target version of client software this operation restores files to a different target th
111. he files have spaces or newlines in the names To archive files that do not have spaces or newlines in the names use this format filepath Where filepath is the path to the file you are archiving For example home etc NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bparchive 1 var To archive files that have spaces or newlines in the names use this format filepathlen filepath Where filepath is the path to the file you are archiving and filepathlen is the number of characters in the file path For example 5 home 4 etc 4 var 19 home abc test file filenames Names one or more files to be archived and can be used instead of the option Any files that you specify must be listed at the end after all other options For Apollo clients specify absolute file paths Apollo clients are supported only by NetBackup DataCenter master servers NOTES The format that you must use for date and time values in NetBackup commands varies according to the locale setting If you are uncertain of the NetBackup command requirements for your locale enter the command with the help option and check the usage The following is part of the bparchive usage statement output that shows the w option w hh mm ss Notice the hours minutes seconds requirements These are for a locale setting of C and can be different for o
112. hoose Start Restore of Marked Files from the Actions menu The Restore Marked files dialog box displays x Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices C Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source Destination Restore individual folders and files to different locations double click to modify Source Destination Time Backed Up Time Modified 2 15 2002 1 54 59 PM 2 15 2002 2 01 gt i r Restore Options If the destination file already exists Overwrite the existing file C Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file coed 6 Choose the Restore individual files and folders to different locations option 7 To specify the destination drive double click on the line of text in the window The Enter New Destination dialog box displays Enter New Destination x Source C New JAAD Browse Cancel a Inthe New field enter the drive in which the restored information should be placed To avoid getting a syntax error message the drive path must be entered as follows NN ND where D is the drive in which the restored information should be placed Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 37 WE NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures b
113. horizontally on the desktop Tile Vertically Modifies the size of NetBackup windows and arranges them vertically on the desktop Arrange Icons Arranges icons so they are located in the lower left corner of the desktop Close All Closes the NetBackup Backup windows and the NetBackup Restore windows Help Menu This menu provides access to the online instructions for using NetBackup lt 3 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore Server wind inl xl File Edit View Actions Window Help la x Eh Select for Backup EJ Select for Re Contents Search For Help On NetBackup History How to Use Help T qi VERITAS Web Page E i NetBackup Third Party Software Information About NetBackup Client Contents of folip These menu options are available on the Help menu Contents Opens the table of contents in the online help Search For Help Opens the search facility for the online help On How to Use Help Describes how to use the online help VERITAS Web Opens the VERITAS Web site in your internet browser Page w v 50 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus NetBackup Third Displays additional copyright information for third party software Party Software used in NetBackup Information About Displays information about NetBackup including the version NetBackup number Client D Chapter 3 Reference 5 we
114. hout accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button To view online help for this dialog box click this button Include List Tab Use this tab to make exceptions to the list of files that are excluded from a server directed backup those files listed in the Exclude List For example if you want to exclude all files with a bat extension except the autoexec bat file from backups you would add bat to the Exclude File List and autoexec bat to the Include File List Include lists only apply to backups initiated by the NetBackup master server Refer to Syntax Rules for Exclude and Include Lists on page 111 for details NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Include lists can be created for specific policies and schedules The first include list has the policy and schedule disabled The list cannot be deleted but it can be empty NetBackup Client Properties 4 xj General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting Policy E Schede Include Fis Include File List Note Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Properties 2 Click the Include List tab Policy Enter the name of the policy The name must match the pol
115. ia sq Fe Represents a file or a folder with all of its contents that has been marked for backup or restore Used in the All Folders pane and the Contents of lt folder gt pane Represents a folder with some of its contents marked for backup or restore Used in the All Folders pane and the Contents of lt folder gt pane S Represents a file or folder that has not been marked for backup or restore but could be Used in the All Folders pane and the Contents of folder pane L1 202 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows Icon Es E TE be W t 6 B Description Represents an object with all of its contents marked for backup or restore but the object itself cannot be marked Used in the All Folders pane and the Contents of folder pane Represents an object with some of its contents marked for backup or restore but the object itself cannot be marked Used in the All Folders pane and Contents of folder pane Represents an object that cannot be marked for backup or restore but contains other objects that can be marked for backup or restore Used in the All Folders pane and Contents of folder pane Represents a folder that wasn t specifically backed up but at least some of its contents were backed up Used in the AII Folders pane of the NetBackup Restore
116. ialog box to view your selections before proceeding with the operation Specify Backup Options E x Back up to NetBackup server windows General Options Items marked to be backed up C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client txt Archive files delete files after successful backup Keyword phrase to associate with the backup optional Cancel Help This dialog box displays after you have initiated a backup or archive by selecting Start Backup of Marked Files from the Actions menu Back up to To change the NetBackup server that will perform the backup NetBackup operation select another server from the drop down list Server List box Contains a list of objects to be backed up Archive files Select this option to perform an archive instead of a backup Files or delete files after folders will be deleted after they have been backed up successfully successful backup Chapter 3 Reference 77 We NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Keyword phrase Specifies a keyword phrase up to 128 characters in length that to associate with NetBackup will associate with the image created by this backup the backup operation You can then restore the image by specifying the keyword phrase in the Search Backups dialog box All printable characters are permitted including period The default keyword phrase is the null
117. ices For example an administrator or computer room operator can use this utility to manually reset devices or set them to the UP or DOWN state DHCP Dynamic host configuration protocol This TCP IP protocol automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to hosts when they connect to the network differential incremental backup Scheduled by the administrator on the master server and backs up files that have changed since the last successful incremental or full backup All files are backed up if no prior backup has been done Also see cumulative incremental backup directory depth The number of levels below the current directory level that the NetBackup interfaces show in their directory and file list displays directory tree The hierarchical structure in which files are organized on a disk Each directory lists the files and directories that are directly below it in the tree On UNIX the topmost directory is called the root directory 154 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows disaster recovery Recovering data from backups after a disk crash or other catastrophe disk Magnetic or optical disk storage media disk image backup A bit by bit rather than a file system backup of a disk drive on a Windows platform DLT Digital linear tape or tape drive type Domain Name Service DNS A program that handles name transl
118. ick a backup image The NetBackup server does not have any backups of files for your client Ensure that the client is connecting to the correct server see Servers Tab on page 65 Also ensure that you are using the correct client name see Clients Tab and Clients Policy Type Tab on page 67 You can also refer to the title bar which Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 17 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Restores displays the names of the client and the server the client is connected to If these settings are correct and you believe there are backups available contact your system administrator 3 Select a file to restore If you know the backup image or the range of images you can select the file from the NetBackup History pane without going through the Search Backups dialog box In this tutorial we are going to use the Search Backups feature to restore the Readme Client txt file backed up in Performing Backups and Archives on page 11 Tip Before initiating a search collapse the tree in the All Folders pane as much as possible NetBackup will expand the tree to the folders that match your search criteria a Onthe Actions menu click Search Backups The Search Backups dialog box displays b Inthe Search Folder box type the path to the backed up file For this example the path is C NProgram Files V VERITASNNetBack
119. icy name on the master server To create an include list with a different policy and schedule combination click the New List button The Include File List applies only to server directed backups for the specified policy Schedule Enter the name of the schedule The name must match the schedule name on the master server To create an include list with a different policy and schedule combination click the New List button The Include File List applies only to server directed backups for the specified schedule This requires that a policy be specified Appendix A System Administrators 10 wer NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Include File Add Include File List Remove New List Delete List Previous Next OK Cancel Help Backups Tab Enter the file or folder that you want to include in the list box Click Add to move the file or folder to the Include File List The include list is case sensitive unless the case sensitive exclude list data valuein the registry is set to no Click this button to add a file or folder to the Include File List The file list applies only to scheduled backups It shows the names of the files that will be included in a scheduled backup To remove a file from the list select the name and click Remove Click this button to remove a selected file or folder from the file list
120. ide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows Button Description Shows the most recent backup of files folders or registry keys in the selected ah backup images You can also execute this command by selecting Show Most Recent Backup from the View menu Panes The NetBackup Restore window is split into three panes the NetBackup History pane on the top the All Folders pane on the left and the Contents of lt fo der gt pane on the right To adjust the height of the NetBackup History pane position the cursor over the horizontal split bar The cursor will change to a double bar with two arrows Press the left mouse button and move the cursor up or down to position the split bar To adjust the width of the All Folders pane and the Contents of folder pane position the cursor over the vertical split bar The cursor will change to a double bar with two arrows Press the left mouse button and move the cursor left or right to position the split bar To resize columns in a pane move the mouse over the column header until the cursor changes to a double headed arrow Hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse left or right to decrease or increase the column width To sort information in a pane click on the column header for the information you wish to sort by For example to sort the pane by Size click on the Size column This will sort the list from the smallest to
121. ide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows RSM Interface Application in Windows 2000 used to manage Removable Storage Manager RSM devices RSM Removable Storage Manager A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site Also a component of the Windows 2000 operating system that manages storage devices RVSN See recorded media ID schedules Controls when backups can occur in addition to other aspects of the backup such as the type of backup full incremental and how long NetBackup retains the image SCSI Small computer system interface This is a type of parallel interface that is frequently used for communicating with storage peripherals server directed restore Using the user interface on the master server to restore files to any client Only the administrator can perform this operation server independent restore Restoring files by using a NetBackup server other than the one that was used to write the backup This feature is available only with NetBackup DataCenter server list The list of servers that a NetBackup client or server refers to when establishing or verifying connections to NetBackup servers On a Windows server and Microsoft Windows clients you update the list through a dialog box in the interface On a UNIX server and UNIX and Macintosh clients the list is in the
122. ient can be restored to a UNIX client using the following redirection path export pathMdirl where export path is defined in the agent cfg file on the UNIX client The agent cfg file is a Backup Exec configuration file for the Backup Exec UNIX client Files can be redirected and restored only to paths that have been exported in the agent cfg file For example if the agent cfg file on the UNIX client contains the following lines export space home as space home export homel as homel To redirect to space home dir1 the redirection path should be specified as space home dirl To redirect to home1 dir1 the redirection path should be specified as home1 dir1 Note When restoring a NetWare client backup to a UNIX client the NetBackup Windows client interface nbwin exe should be used To restore a Backup Exec image to a NetWare client the NetWare client must also be a NetBackup NetWare client Refer to the NetBackup User s Guide for Novell NetWare NonTarget for information on restoring NetWare backups to NetWare clients Redirecting a Restore to a NetWare Client When restoring a NetWare client backup to a NetWare client the NetBackup Windows NetWare client interface nbnwnt exe should be used To restore a Backup Exec image to a NetWare client the NetWare client must also be a NetBackup NetWare client Refer to the NetBackup User s Guide for Novell NetWare NonTarget for information on restoring NetWare backups to NetWa
123. ile List applies only to server directed backups for the specified schedule This requires that a policy be specified To create an exclude list with a different policy and schedule combination click the New List button Appendix A System Administrators 10 wg NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Exclude File Add Exclude File List Remove New List Delete List Previous Next OK Cancel Help Enter the file or folder that you want to exclude in the list box Click Add to move the file or folder to the Exclude File List The exclude list is case sensitive unless the case sensitive exclude list data valuein the registry is set to no Click this button to add a file or folder to the Exclude File List The file list applies only to scheduled backups It shows the names of the files that will be excluded in a scheduled backup To remove a file from the list select the name and click Remove Click this button to remove a selected file or folder from the file list Use this button to create a new list with a policy and schedule Duplicates of policy and schedule are not allowed Use this button to delete the current list Use this button to view the previous list Use this button to view the next list To accept changes to the parameters click this button To cancel and return to the previous display wit
124. ile and restores the backup image with the original owner as the owner Restore a file that already exists Whether you have restore privileges or not NetBackup does not and not overwrite the existing restore the file and places a message in the progress log file Restore a file that doesn t exist Whether you have restore privileges or not NetBackup restores the file and sets file ownership to the owner that originally owned the file 6 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows File Permissions Required By NetBackup File Permissions Type of Restore Attempted Results Restore a file when a directory Whether you have restore privileges or not NetBackup places a exists with the same name as the message in the log file indicating that the directory will be replaced file with the file after the next system reboot After the system boot the directory is not replaced and the file is restored with a temporary filename in the parent directory of the directory This occurs only when overwrite existing files is enabled The log file will indicate the name the file was given and to which directory it was restored Restore a directory when a file The directory will not be restored exists with the same name as the directory Restore a file in a directory that NetBackup creates the directory with the owner set to the
125. ins how NetBackup chooses a drive for the cache and how this choice affects the cache requirements When open transaction management is enabled and a backup starts the cache file is created and NetBackup attempts to place it on a drive where open transaction management is not used If it is used on all drives NetBackup places the cache file on a drive that is big enough to contain it The requirement for the initial cache size depends on whether the cache is placed on a drive where open transaction management is used Ifthe cache file is on a drive where open transaction management is being used the size of the cache file does not grow past the initial size Here the initial cache size must be large enough to hold the maximum amount of data that is anticipated 1076 of the used disk space is the guideline Appendix C OTM Parameter Information 145 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters Ifthe cache file is placed on a drive where open transaction management is not used the size of the cache file can grow to the maximum size Here initial cache size can be set to less than the maximum because it will grow The snapshot setting determines the drives where NetBackup uses open transaction management and at what point is it enabled Individual drive snapshot set OTM Current to 1 enables open transaction management o
126. ion maintaining existing structure Source Mc Destination VAC Browse Restore individual folders and files to different locations double click to modify Time Backed Up Time Modified 2 15 2002 1 54 59 PM 2 15 2002 2 01 00 PM 2j r Restore ptions If the destination file already exists Overwrite the existing file Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file Cancel Help a Choose the Restore everything ot its original location option b Choose the Overwrite the existing file option 6 Click Start Restore to start the restore process Restoring the Drive to a Different Location A backup of a disk image can be restored to a drive that is different from the drive that was backed up The restored files will overwrite all of the information currently on the drive You cannot select individual files or folders to restore w To restore the drive to a different location 1 Shut down all applications that are running on the drive that you want to restore to 2 Open the NetBackup Restore window 3 Click on the arrow on the right edge of the Select for Restore button then click Restore from Normal Backup 4 Select the drive that you want to restore ww 36 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures C
127. is 0 Controls the amount of information the NetBackup Database Extensions write to their log files Supported values are 0 through 9 The higher the level the more information is written The default is 0 To accept changes to the parameters click this button To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button To view online help for this dialog box click this button Appendix A System Administrators 10 r NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Troubleshooting Logs NetBackup will generate troubleshooting logs only if you create the following folders on your client Windows NT 2000 This assumes that your install directory is C Program Files NVERITAS C N Program Files VERITAS Net Backup logs BPBKAR BPCD BPINETD NBWIN TAR Windows 95 98 This assumes that your install directory is C Program Files VERITAS C N Program Files NVERITAS NetBackup logs BPCD NBWIN All log files use the format yymmdd LOG BPBKAR Log files in this folder contain information about user directed and server directed backups BPCD Log files in this folder have information useful for troubleshooting communications between your NetBackup client and the NetBackup server BPINETD Log files in this folder have information on the
128. it If the datetime stamp is used the differential incremental backup includes all files with datetime stamps that are more recent than the last full or incremental backup If the archive bit is used the differential incremental backup includes all files that have their archive bit set Archive bits are cleared on differential incrementals if all files are successfully backed up Refer to General Tab on page 61 for more details on performing incremental backups with archive bits True Image Backup A true image backup takes place when the Collect true image restore information attribute has been set on the NetBackup master server When this attribute is set NetBackup collects additional information necessary to restore a folder to exactly what it was at the time of the full backup or incremental backup Only those backups performed with this attribute set can be used for the true image restore For complete details refer to the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows Chapter 1 Introduction 3 wm NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Restore Operations Restore Operations A restore reads backups from the storage device on the NetBackup master server or the NetBackup media server and restores them to the NetBackup client NetBackup allows you to select a combination of files folders with files or
129. it is using for additional storage It is possible to configure clusters only with NetBackup DataCenter servers NetBackup BusinesServer supports only a single server the master Master of Masters A NetBackup host where Global Data Manager software is installed When logging into this host the interface has a tree view where the administrator can view and administer multiple master servers master server The NetBackup server that provides administration and control for backups and restores for all clients and servers in a master and media server cluster NetBackup BusinesServer supports only a single server and it is the master Ww 160 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows media Physical magnetic tapes optical disks or magnetic disks where data are stored media access port A slot or other opening in a robot where you can insert or remove a tape without having to access the interior of the robot After inserting a tape you move it to a slot by using an inject command Prior to removing a tape you move it to the port by using an eject command The inject and eject commands are supported through the add and move screens in the Media Manager administration interface media host NetBackup server to which the job client is sending the data media ID An identifier that is written on a volume as part of the r
130. ite http www support veritas com VERITAS Customer Support has an extensive technical support structure that enables you to contact technical support teams that are trained to answer questions to specific products You can contact Customer Support by sending an e mail to support veritas com or by finding a product specific phone number from the VERITAS support web site The following steps describe how to locate the proper phone number Preface xii NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows w NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Getting Help 1 Opennhttp www sSupport veritas com in your web browser 2 Click Contact Support The Contacting Support Product List page appears 3 Selecta product line and then a product from the lists that appear The page will refresh with a list of technical support phone numbers that are specific to the product you just selected um xiv NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Introduction 1 During installation the Backup Archive and Restore interface is configured to work with a specific NetBackup client When a user starts an operation using the Backup Archive and Restore interface the software sends the appropriate messages to its designated NetBackup client The software on the NetBackup client then communicates with the server and han
131. ive Operations Full Backup When the NetBackup master server is configured to perform a full backup NetBackup backs up all files in a specified folder or volume to a storage unit The archive bit is cleared as each file is backed up If the full backup fails NetBackup will attempt another full backup at the same time each day until successfully completed A successfully completed backup will include all files Cumulative Incremental Backup When the NetBackup master server is configured to perform a cumulative incremental backup NetBackup backs up all files that have changed since the last successful full backup Cumulative incremental backups can be configured to use either the datetime stamp or the archive bit If the datetime stamp is used the cumulative incremental backup includes all files with a datetime stamp that is more recent than the last full backup If the archive bit is used the cumulative incremental backup includes all files that have their archive bit set Archive bits are not cleared on cumulative incrementals Refer to General Tab on page 61 for more details on performing incremental backups with archive bits Differential Incremental Backup When the NetBackup master server is configured to perform a differential incremental backup NetBackup backs up all files that have changed since the last successful backup Differential incremental backups can be configured to use either the datetime stamp or the archive b
132. ize Max setting OTM Cache Control is not used if Allow multiple data streams is also set for the policy and more than one backup runs ata time The action that occurs in this instance depends on whether the backups were synchronized If more than one backup is running and the backups were synchronized then cache control is not performed for any of the backups F 142 NetBackup User s Guide Target Novell NetWare NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters If more than one backup is running but the backups were not synchronized then open transaction management is enabled for the first backup but disabled for the rest OTM Cache Size Init Specifies the initial size of the cache file in megabytes If you do not specify a value NetBackup sets it to 150 megabytes See Guidelines for Setting the OTM Cache on page 145 for more information OTM Cache Size Max Specifies the maximum cache size in megabytes of the cache file The guideline for maximum cache size is to set it to 1076 of all used disk space For example if your used disk space is 1 GB set the maximum cache to 100 MB A shortcut is to set the maximum cache size to 0 MB and let NetBackup determine the appropriate value at run time The default maximum cache size for the client is 592 MB and for a master or media server is 250 MB If the cache file reaches this
133. kup Exec images redirect a restore to a different client and perform true image restores wr 4 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Restore Operations Restoring from Backup Exec Images NetBackup 4 5 can read Backup Exec media written by Backup Exec 7 3 or later To be able to restore from Backup Exec images the Backup Exec catalogs need to have been converted to the NetBackup catalog format using the catalog converter utility The Backup Exec Tape Reader option also needs to be installed on the NetBackup server See your system administrator for more information Redirected Restore to a Different Client With the necessary permissions and configuration users can browse the NetBackup database for files backed up by another NetBackup client and restore files to their own computer System administrators can direct restores to the client that originally backed up the files or to different client This type of restore must be performed on the master server and is called a server directed restore Refer to Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client on page 88 for details on using the Backup Archive and Restore interface on the NetBackup server for redirected restores to different clients Restores from True Image Backups True image backups can be restored only on server directed backups and archives in which the
134. l folder Restore everything to a different location Source Destination Browse This pane contains radio buttons which determine the destination for restored files The user must choose one of the radio buttons in the pane Restore files folders or registry keys to the folder from which they were backed up This is the default Enter the folder to which you want to redirect the files folders or registry keys Enter the path from which the files folders or registry keys were backed up This field is enabled when the Restore everything to a different location checkbox is selected Enter the path to which the files folders or registry keys will be restored This field is enabled when the Restore everything to a different location checkbox is selected By default the lowest level folder common to all the items being restored appears in the Source box If this is changed to a folder that only contains some of the items only those items will be restored to the folder specified in the Destination box All other items will be restored to their original location This button is enabled when the Restore everything to a different location checkbox is selected Click this button to open the Browse for Folder dialog box You can then select a destination folder Note You will be browsing the local machine where the Backup Archive and Restore interface is running even if you are redirecting a restore to a different client
135. lient select the name from the Client List and click Make Current The word CURRENT appears in parentheses beside the name of the new default client Remove Removes a client First highlight the client in the Client List then click Remove Make Current Designates the client backup images you can browse for restore operations First highlight the client in the Client List then click Make Current Changing the current client will affect only the selected window This setting will not be saved after the currently selected window is closed 68 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Policy Type Only available when a restore window is the active window Specifies the policy type for the client selected in the Client List The policy type must be the same as specified in the configuration for that client on the NetBackup server Use this client list for Only available when a restore window is the active window If future backup and selected NetBackup applies any changes to the client list to all restore windows backup and restore windows opened after the tab modifications have been saved OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online he
136. lp for this dialog box click this button View Status Dialog Box Use this dialog box to view the results of each user operation in a progress report S55 View Status EBlaufus lol xl Operation Type Time Requested peration Status Close Delete Help Backup 1 15 2002 11 42 194M Successful r Selected Operation Refresh Rate seconds E v Verbose Progress 12 32 39 INF BACKUP START a 12 32 42 INF Waiting for mount of media id D0035 on server carrot 12 33 10 INF OTM enabled 12 33 34 INF Total Size 8309 12 33 34 INF Client completed sending data for backup 12 34 35 INF Waiting for positioning of media id D0035 on server carrot 12 36 03 INF Beginning backup on server carrot of client folip 12 36 37 INF Backup by EBlaufus on client folip the requested operation was succe v z To access this dialog box On the File menu click View Status Chapter 3 Reference e or NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Note If a backup is split across more than one media ID the Status lists all the media NetBackup uses only what it needs to restore the requested files folders or registry keys Operations List Lists operation status reports for NetBackup operations The most current NetBackup operation is on top of the list By default NetBackup operation status repor
137. mages on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore then click from Normal Backup To restore from Backup Exec images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore and click from Backup Exec Backup The NetBackup Restore window appears 3 Select the files or folders you wish to restore 4 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files The Restore Marked Files dialog box will appear 5 Click Restore individual folders and files to different locations The individual items you marked for restore will appear in the Restore individual folders and files to different locations list box If you mark a folder to be restored that folder name not the individual files will appear in the list box To be able to restore individual files to different locations files must be selected individually 6 To change the destination location for a file a Double click on the file name in the Source window The Enter New Destination dialog box opens b Type anew path to restore to or Click the Browse button to browse for and select a new path to restore to C Click OK wu 32 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures The new path entered appears in the Destination column Restore Marked Files 7 x Restore Marked Files r Restore Destinatio
138. manuals or the online help NetBackup DataCenter System Administrator s Guide for Windows Explains how to configure and manage NetBackup DataCenter on a Windows server NetBackup BusinesSeroer System Administrator s Guide for Windows Explains how to configure and manage NetBackup BusinesServer on a Windows server NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for Windows Provides troubleshooting information for Windows based NetBackup products X NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Accessibility Accessibility NetBackup contains features that make the user interface easier to use by people who are visually impaired and by people who have limited dexterity Accessibility features include Support for assistive technologies such as screen readers and voice input Windows servers only Support for keyboard mouseless navigation using accelerator keys and mnemonic keys For more information see the NetBackup system administrator s guide Conventions The following explains typographical and other conventions used in this guide Type Style Typographic Conventions Typeface Usage Bold fixed width Input For example type cd to change directories Fixed width Paths commands filenames or output For example The default installation directory is opt VRTSxx Italics Book titles new te
139. n Choices C Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Destination C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Browse Restore individual folders and files to different locations double click to modify Source C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client txt C temp sample inl m Restore Options If the destination file already exists c 3 temporary filename C Do not restore the file Cancel Help d Repeat these steps for each file or folder you want to restore 7 Under Restore Options click the desired option 8 Click Start Restore Restoring Using a Temporary Filename Note If restoring from Backup Exec images or both Backup Exec and NetBackup images a file cannot be restored to a temporary filename 1 Open the NetBackup Restore window 2 Select the desired restore type To restore from NetBackup images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore then click from Normal Backup Torestore from Backup Exec images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore and click from Backup Exec Backup Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 33 r NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures The NetBackup Restore wi
140. n each drive as it is backed up Here it is possible to place the cache on a drive where open transaction is not used so a smaller initial cache size is possible Global drive snapshot set OTM Current to 0 enables open transaction management on all drives that are backed up at the start of the backup Here the cache can grow from its initial size only if there is a drive that is not being backed up so that cache can be placed on that drive Open Transaction Manager uses a kernel mode driver The type of Windows system NT or 2000 on which OTM is installed can affect the amount of memory available and the maximum cache file size Windows Windows 2000 NT Memory that can be allocated by kernel mode drivers 380 MB 192 MB the memory is shared by all kernel mode drivers in the system Memory used by Open Transaction Manager per MB of OTM cache 40 KB 40 KB file Maximum cache file size which is dependent on the number of 3 GB 2GB kernel mode drivers on the server The OTM Cache Size Max setting may need to be manually 30 GB 20 GB configured downward if the total amount of data on the server is greater than This is dependent on the amount of memory being used by other kernel mode drivers on the server If OTM has reached the kernel driver memory limitation or the physical memory limitation available for the Windows NT or Windows 2000 system the following entry is logged in the bpkar log from the client OT
141. ndow appears 3 Select the item to restore 4 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files The Restore Marked Files dialog box will appear 5 Click Restore the file using a temporary filename Restore Marked Files E x Restore Marked Files r Restore Destination Choices Restore everything to its original location C Restore everything to a different location maintaining existing structure Source gram Files VERITAS NetBackup Destination C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup C Program Files VERITAS NetBackup Readme_Client txt r Restore Options If the destination file already exists C Overwrite the existing file Restore the file using a temporary filename C Do not restore the file 6 Click Start Restore NetBackup will restore the item to ilenameXXXXXX TMP Where filename is the name of the file being restore and XXXXXX is generated based on the current date and time Restoring from a Disk Image Backup A restore of a disk image backup can be performed using the Backup Archive and Restore interface When restoring a backup of a disk image only an entire drive can be restored Individual files or folders cannot be selected Before you restore from a disk image backup make sure that you shut down all applications that are running on either the source or the destination drive um O34 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User
142. ndows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Free Browse Security FreeBrowse Deny 2 Set the user share permissions on each key 3 Enter a data value for each key with the name of Flag type DWORD Only when a key has a non zero Flag value will that privilege be turned on If both of the Flag values are zero then all users will get the Allow privilege For example Deny Use Key Values and Privileges Given to User Deny Key Use Key Deny Key Flag Use Key Flag Privilege value value Read access non zero 7 Deny Read access non zero Use Read access Read access non zero non zero Use Read access Read access non zero zero Deny No access No access Allow Appendix A System Administrators 87 lt NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client The administrator on the NetBackup master server can use the Backup Archive and Restore interface on that server to direct a restore to any client of the same type that backed up the files However it is not possible to perform a server directed restore through a database extension product such as NetBackup for Oracle Policy Type Settings When redirecting from or to a different client the source and destination clients must be of
143. nistrators 99 Or NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box This section contains information on the NetBackup Client Properties dialog box for the system administrator Configuration information is kept in the registry key HKEY_ LOCAL MACHINE Software VERITAS NetBackup CurrentVersion Config General Tab Use this tab to set any of the configuration parameters for your client xl General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting Client name List files timeout Restore retries 300 ES seconds 0 a Time overlap User directed operation timeout 60 E minutes 60 a seconds Keep status of user directed backups archives and restores for 3 E days IV Perform incrementals based on archive bit IV Allow server directed restores IV Perform default search To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Properties 2 Click the General tab Client name This parameter should be changed only by a system administrator Specify the NetBackup client name of your client This name is used when backing up archiving and restoring files folders or registry keys The client name in the NetBackup server policy configuration must match the client name specified here 100 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User
144. of the backup in kilobytes Whether the backup is compressed Y for yes N for no Type of schedule gt 99 Name of the policy associated with the backup The system administrator configures the policy names as explained in the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows Keyword assigned to the backup 60 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Dialog Boxes This section describes the dialog boxes used in the Backup Archive and Restore interface NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box This section explains the tabs found in the NetBackup Client Properties dialog box To open this dialog box choose NetBackup Client Properties on the File menu General Tab xl General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting Client name ffolig List files timeout Restore retries 200 E seconds a Time overlap User directed operation timeout eo E minutes 60 zi seconds Keep status of user directed backups archives and restores for E aj days IV Perform incrementals based on archive bit IV Allow server directed restores IV Perform default search Use this tab to set any of the configuration parameters for your client To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Pro
145. om the remote machine NetBackup Client Opens the NetBackup Client Properties dialog box From this Properties dialog box you can specify the parameters that control backups archives and restores for your client See NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box on page 61 for more information Specify NetBackup Opens the Specify NetBackup Machines dialog box From this Machines dialog you can change the settings for the master server and client machines See Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box on page 64 for more information View Status Opens the View Status dialog box From this dialog box you can review the progress report of a user operation in progress You can also review logs from past user directed NetBackup operations Chapter 3 Reference 43 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup If the NetBackup Explorer Extensions feature is installed this item Explorer Extensions toggles this feature off and on Close This command appears in the File menu when a NetBackup Backup window or a NetBackup Restore window is open Use this command to close an active window Exit Terminates the Backup Archive and Restore interface Any backups or restores in progress will continue to completion Edit Menu This menu is available when either the NetBackup Backup window or the NetBackup Restore window is opened Backup Archive and Restore
146. on Manager keeps all relationships between files in the backup intact For example assume that keywords in files A and B must be synchronized for an application to work Without OTM if A is backed up but B is changed before it is backed up the two files are not synchronized after a restore and the application will not work With OTM all files are backed up as they exist at a single point in time so that relationships are maintained and these problems cannot occur Windows Registry Description The Windows registry is divided into sections and each section is formatted as follows section name parameter name value Where section name Identifies the start of a new configuration file section parameter name Identifies the name of a configuration file parameter value Is the value to be set for the associated configuration file parameter NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters The following describes the OTM section of the registry An example registry follows these descriptions otm Section OTM Cache File Specifies the location of the cache file that contains the copy of data that changes during the backup For best performance place the cache file on a drive that is not backed up By default the program determines the cache location at run time for example C temp OTM Cache Control Specifies the frequ
147. on if it is available If this menu option is disabled the Job Tracker service has already been started 4 Ifthe Details option is disabled there have not been any backups or restores since the NetBackup Job Tracker was started 5 Perform either a backup or restore then right click on the NetBackup Client icon in the system tray to display the Job Tracker menu then choose the Details menu option to display the NetBackup Client Job Tracker dialog box Once the NetBackup Client Job Tracker is started it reports on server directed operations scheduled operations and user operations When the NetBackup Client Job Tracker is shut down it forgets about the jobs it has been tracking this includes logging off the system job ID Server Job Type Status Start Time End Time Current Name Current Size Actual Files Folders KBytes Data KBytes Image KBytes Sec Estimated Displays the NetBackup Job ID Displays the name of the server to which the file was backed up Shows the type of NetBackup operation for the selected job backup archive or restore Displays the progress of the selected operation Displays the time the NetBackup operation started Displays the time the NetBackup operation stopped Displays the name of the file currently being backed up archived or restored Displays the size in bytes of the file currently being backed up archived or restored Displays the status of the NetBackup
148. on status from the server before returning you to the system prompt The date and time format depend on the user s locale See NOTES You can optionally specify a wait time in hours minutes and seconds The maximum wait time you can specify is 23 59 59 If the wait time expires before the archive is complete the command exits with a timeout status The archive however still completes on the server If you use w without specifying the wait time or if you specify a value of 0 NetBackup waits indefinitely for the completion status Prints a command line usage message when help is the only option on the command line k keyword phrase f listfile Specifies a keyword phrase that NetBackup associates with the image created by this archive operation You can then restore the image by specifying the keyword phrase with the k option on the bprestore command The keyword phrase is a textual description of the archive that is a maximum of 128 characters in length All printable characters are permitted including space n and period Enclose the phrase in double quotes or single quotes to avoid conflict with the UNIX shell The default keyword phrase is the null empty string Specifies a file listfile containing a list of files to be archived and can be used instead of the filenames option In istfile place each file path on a separate line The format required for the file list depends on whether t
149. operation Displays the number of the files currently backed up archived or restored Displays the number of folders backed up A folder is counted each time a file or sub folder contained in the folder is backed up Displays the amount of data in kilobytes currently backed up archived or restored This is rounded to the nearest whole number so it is possible this number may be 0 if the number of bytes being backed up is less then 500 Displays the current size in kilobytes of the image backed up or archived Displays the rate of the NetBackup operation in kilobytes per second Displays an estimate of the finished NetBackup operation NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Files Folders KBytes Data OK Previous Next Displays the total number of files to be processed by the NetBackup operation Displays the number of folders being backed up A folder is counted each time a file or sub folder contained in the folder is backed up Displays the total amount of data in kilobytes to be processed by the NetBackup operation This is rounded to the nearest whole number so it is possible this number may be 0 if the number of bytes being backed up is less then 500 Closes the NetBackup Client Job Tracker dialog box Shows the operating status of the previous NetBackup operation in th
150. operties dialog box See General Tab on page 61 New Client To add another client name to the Client List type the name of the Name client in the New Client Name box and click Add The client name entered must also be defined in a policy on the NetBackup server If a new client is added to the list it will be in the client list for all windows currently opened and any new window that is opened The new client will be saved in the Client List box after the current window is closed Add Adds the client entered in the New Client Name box to the Client List Client List The Client List shows the names of the NetBackup clients that your client can access To change the name of the client whose backups you can browse for files to restore select a name from the Client List and click Make Current The word CURRENT displays in parentheses beside the name of the new source client Make Current Designates the client that will receive the restore operations First highlight the server in the Client List then click Make Current Changing the current client will affect only the selected window This setting will not be saved after the currently selected window is closed OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Appendix A System Admi
151. original media storing it at an offsite location and later returning expired media to your robot Vaulting is an integral part of the disaster recovery process verbose flag Configuration file entry that causes a higher level of detail to be written in the logs Glossary 173 wEF NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows verify An operation that compares the list of files that are actually on a volume with what NetBackup has recorded as being on it The data that is on the media is not verified vmadm A Media Manager administrator utility for managing volumes It runs on UNIX and has a character based menu interface that can be run from terminals vm conf A Media Manager configuration file with entries that include the servers that can manage local devices and default media ID prefixes for media that do not contain barcodes volume Media Manager volumes are logical units of data storage or cleaning capability on media that have been assigned media IDs and other attributes which are recorded in the Media Manager volume database volume configuration Refers to configuration information that is stored in the Media Manager volume database volume database An internal database where Media Manager keeps information about volumes All hosts where Media Manager is installed have a volume database However the database is empty unless the host is designated as a volum
152. ou can open the NetBackup Client Job Tracker for an estimate of the backup operation Indicates that the NetBackup Client Job Tracker is running with at least one backup and one restore processing Used in the system tray with the yellow arrows blinking Menus This section explains the menu bar commands on the Backup Archive and Restore interface NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus File Menu The commands on the File menu provide overall control of your NetBackup session amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Backup Server windows Client lol xl f Fie Edit View Actions Window Help 81 x E rj Select Files and Folders to Backup Same 22 d Pas Select Files and Folders to Restore gt A from Normal Backup iz NetBackup Client Properties from Archived nnt s amp Specify NetBackup Machines from Raw Partition Backup From True Image Backup E Ka Mew status from Backup Exec Backup EE V NetBackup Explorer Extensions from Normal and Backup Exec Backups Close Cte F4 from Normal Backup as a Proxy Exit from Archived Backup as a Proxy from Raw Partition Backup as a Proxy from True Image Backup as a Proxy xil 4 These menu options are available on the File menu Select Files and Opens the NetBackup Backup window From this window you can Folders to
153. oup permissions and the last set shows permissions for all other users Each set of three specifies the read write and execute permissions as follows r means the file is readable w means the file is writable x means the file is executable means the indicated permission is not granted Listseconds EUIS Specifies that seconds granularity be used for the time stamp when the the 1 option is used Lists raw partitions that were backed up The default is to list file systems flops file options Allows either Backup Exec files to be listed or both Backup Exec and NetBackup files to be listed The default 1ops not specified is to list only NetBackup files To list only Backup Exe files specify flops 524288 To list Backup Exe and NetBackup files specify flops 1048576 Lists directories in true image backups The default is to list non true image backups unix files Lists the files and directories in UNIX format For example C users test nt files Lists the files and directories in Windows format For example C users test s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss Specifies the start and end date range for the listing The date and time format are dependent on the user s locale See NOTES s specifies a start date and time for the listing The resulting list shows only files in backups or archives that occurred at or after the specified date and time Use the following format for the
154. ow by using commands from the Window menu Notes Ifthe client belongs to more than one policy the default display starts with the last full backup that occurred first For example assume that the client belongs to Policy A and Policy B and full backups occur for both of them If the last full backup for Policy A occurred before the one for Policy B then the display shows files ranging from the time of the Policy A full backup Ifyou are restoring from a true image backup the NetBackup Restore window shows only the folders that were included in true image backups Files do not appear in this window because you cannot select individual files for a true image restore Buttons These buttons are available on the NetBackup Restore window Button Description Opens the Search Backups dialog box Opens the Restore Marked Files dialog box From this dialog you can start the Ta restore operation o Unmarks all files folders or registry keys in this window You can also execute aB this command by selecting Unmark All from the Edit menu Opens the Preview List dialog box during a restore operation You can also ES execute this command by selecting Preview List of Marked Files from the Edit menu Shows all instances of the files folders or registry keys in the currently selected pis image s You can also execute this command by selecting Show All Backups from the View menu Chapter 3 Reference 57 NetBackup 4 5 User s Gu
155. p 0 cece eee eens 3 True Image Backup 34 424 seca e Re RET ennai ed CERT 3 Restore Operations cues eniga te e tbe eO Rs kA Page rd E dera ert debet uter 4 File Permissions and Open Files isse 4 Access Control List 15 ngg eere ges RULES E erghe ure tp aia 4 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Server Directed Restores 0 titis BIS NEEE ENE ee 4 User Directed Restores 0 cece eee e nee ene enee 4 Restoring from Backup Exec Images 0 000 e cece eee eee eee eee 5 Redirected Restore to a Different Client 0 0 00 0 0 c eee eee 5 Restores from True Image Backups 00066 e eee eee eee 5 View Statis Sro giai EMT 6 File Permissions Required By NetBackup 0c cece eee eens 6 Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 000 cece eee eee 9 Starting the Backup Archive and Restore Interface nunnur nnna eee 9 Toolbar stac rede RA tre trade ered lp ELI ER vied E ES es 9 Helprul EInls ertet he ore sce depot ang leoied h obe eri d te e rapa 9 Performing Backups and Archives 0 ec cece 11 Backing Up a File Through Windows Explorer 0 660 e eee eee ees 11 Backing Up a File Using NetBackup Bin 0 11 Backing Up a File Through the Backup Archive and Restore Interface 13 Backing Up Shared Folders 0 00 e eee 16
156. p DataCenter servers The StorageTek STK system for robotic control The highest level component under STK s ACS library software which refers to a specific standalone robotic library or to multiple libraries connected with a media passthru mechanism active job A job for which NetBackup is currently processing backup or restore data activity logs See debug logs activity monitor A NetBackup administration utility that displays information about NetBackup jobs and provides limited control over them administration client See remote administration console administrator A user that is granted special privileges to install configure and manage the operation of a system network or application NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows AIT Sony Advanced Intelligent Tape a type of tape drive or media type alternate client restore See redirected restore different client alternate target restore See redirected restore different target alternate path restore See redirected restore different path alternate read server A server used to read a backup image which was originally written by a different media server The media server specified as Alternate Read Server must have access to the media containing the backup image or images it is configured to read archive A special kind of backup where NetBackup
157. p Exec images on the File menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore and click from Backup Exec Backup The NetBackup Restore window appears 3 Select the items to restore 4 Onthe Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files The Restore Marked Files dialog box will appear 5 Click Restore everything to a different location 6 Inthe Source box enter the folder from which the items were backed up By default the lowest level folder common to all the items being restored appears in the Source box If this is changed to a folder that only contains some of the items only those items will be restored to the folder specified in the Destination box All other items will be restored to their original location 7 Inthe Destination box indicate the folder to which you want to restore the items Note When redirecting a restore from a Backup Exec image and restoring to a specific drive on your Windows client the sharename for that drive must be specified in the path For example if you wanted to redirect a restore to C Vt emp and the sharename for drive C is C you would need to specify the path as C temp For more examples please refer to Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client on page 88 v 30 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Restore Marked Files q
158. p Restore Window This window shows the files folders or registry keys that you can mark for restore amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore Server windows Client folip 5 x File Edit View Actions Window Help 8 x inj select for Backup Kj select for Restore RS view Status e NetBackup History 2002 2001 iul Jan Dec 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 us 2 1 31 30 29 28 27 t B e s s aAA sg A e ts D e se a a 4 EY 3 0 amp folip agac H O E ADOBEAPP H O A check ins L1 CJ Config Msi aO Directions H O CJ Documents and seti gt 1 15 2002 12 27 58 PM 1 5 2002 8 49 38 PM 0 1 5 2002 9 34 06 PM OE System 1 14 2002 8 49 41 PM Ready r 56 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows To access this window On the File menu click Select Files and Folders to Restore then click the desired type of restore To open the same type of restore as opened previously click Select for Restore on the toolbar To open a different type of restore click the arrow next to the Select for Restore button then select the desired type of restore The folder trees in this window contain only files and folders that were backed up You can position this window separately You can also cascade tile or minimize the wind
159. perties 2 Click the General tab Only the system administrator should change the following parameters Refer to General Tab on page 100 for details on these parameters Client name List files timeout Restore retries Chapter 3 Reference ei uw NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Time overlap User directed operation timeout Perform incrementals based on archive bit 9 9 Allow server directed restores The NetBackup client user as well as the system administrator can change the following parameters Keep status of Specify the number of days to store progress reports before the system user directed will automatically delete them Default is 3 days The minimum backups allowable value is zero The maximum is 9 999 archives and restores for Perform default If selected NetBackup will automatically search the default range of search backup images and display the backed up folders and files whenever a restore window is opened Clear this box to disable the initial search The NetBackup Restore window will not show any files or folders when initially opened Clicking a backup image or selecting a range of backup images will initiate a search By default this box is selected OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting chan
160. ppear below a date The most current backup image is on top of the list As you move the cursor over the icons tool tips will show the schedule type and the date and time of the backup Tip If you do not see tool tips open the Toolbar Options dialog box from the View menu and select Show tool tips Description This green icon represents a full backup This blue icon represents a differential incremental backup This light blue icon represents a cumulative incremental backup This red icon represents a user directed backup This yellow icon represents a user directed archive o66eo900 This grey icon represents an unknown type of backup w ToSelect Backup Images Select a single backup image by clicking on it Select a range of backup images by clicking on the first holding down the Shift key and clicking on the last image w Backup History as a Detailed List To show the NetBackup History pane as a detailed list clear the Show NetBackup History as a Timeline option on the View menu The list starts with the most recent backup and includes the following information reading from left to right Date and time when the backup occurred Chapter 3 Reference 59 wer NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows Date when NetBackup will expire the backup and delete it from the NetBackup History pane Number of files in the backup Size
161. progress report for the selected NetBackup operation Refresh Updates the status display for the selected NetBackup operation Refresh is enabled when a NetBackup operation is selected from the Operations List Print Opens the Microsoft Windows print dialog box and prints out the progress report for the selected NetBackup operation ww 70 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Progress Displays the progress of the selected operation If the Refresh Rate seconds parameter is set to 0 the user can click Refresh to view the progress of the selected NetBackup operation Select Verbose for a more detailed progress report Each message begins with the time of the related event and an acronym that indicates the nature of the message see below Operation Status also lists all the media IDs used to store the data DAT Informational messages that are helpful in debugging ERR Error message FTL Fatalerror message INF Informational message no error occurred TRV Trivial error message WRN Warning error message Note If the drive on which NetBackup is installed is full no progress messages are displayed except those indicating the job has been initiated and the job has been completed Preview List Dialog Box Use this dialog box to view all of the files folders or registry keys you have marked This is a
162. r NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows Windows This section explains the windows on the Backup Archive and Restore interface NetBackup Window Icons This section describes all icons displayed in the windows Icon Description Represents NetBackup It is used on the title bar in the Backup Archive and Restore interface in the Windows Start menu and Windows Explorer Represents a backup It is used on the title bar of the backup window Represents a restore It is used on the title bar of the restore window Represents a floppy drive Used in the All Folders pane Represents a logical hard drive Used in the All Folders pane Represents a CD ROM drive Used in the All Folders pane Represents a networked drive Used in the All Folders pane Represents a client PC Used in the All Folders pane Expand or collapse these structures to see more or fewer subentries A plus sign indicates that the folder can be expanded A minus sign indicates that the folder can be collapsed Used in the All Folders pane Represents a closed folder that may or may not contain other items Used in the All Folders pane where only folders are displayed under drives Also in the Contents of lt folder gt pane Represents an opened folder that may or may not contain other items Used in the All Folders pane where only folders are displayed under drives Hf Cos Sh
163. r date and time values in NetBackup commands varies according to the locale setting If you are uncertain of the NetBackup command requirements for your locale enter the command with the help option and check the usage The following is part of the bpbackup usage statement output that shows the w option w hh mm ss Notice the hours minutes seconds requirement These are for a locale setting of C and may be different for other locales For more information on locale see the locale 1 man page for your system EXAMPLES Example 1 To perform a user backup of a single file enter bpbackup usr userl1 filel Example 2 The following command starts a user backup of the files that are listed in a file named backup_list Appendix B NetBackup Commands 125 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bpbackup 1 bpbackup f backup list Example 3 The following command all on one line starts an immediate manual backup of the client host named diablo in the policy named cis_co The policy type is Standard policy and is in the configuration on the master server named hoss bpbackup p cis co i h diablo S hoss t 0 Example 4 The following command all on one line or using the backslash continuation character associates the keyword phrase Backup My Home Directory 01 01 0 to the user backup of the directory home kwc The progress log is home
164. r date and time values in NetBackup commands varies according to the locale setting If you are uncertain of the NetBackup command requirements for your locale enter the command with the help option and check the usage The following is part of the bplist usage output that shows the s and e options s mm dd yy hh mm ss e mm dd yy hh mm ss These formats are for a locale setting of C and may be different for other locales For more information on locale see the 1ocale 1 man page for your system EXAMPLES Example 1 To list recursively in long format the files that were backed up in home user1 bplist 1 R home userl lrwxrwxrwx userl eng 0 Apr 5 12 25 home userl dirlink drwxr xr x userl eng 0 Apr 4 07 48 home userl testdir drwxr x userl eng 0 Apr 4 07 49 home userl dir rwxr userl eng 1002 Apr 2 09 59 home userl dir file lrwxrwxrwx userl eng 0 Apr 4 07 49 home userl dir link Example 2 To list with details the files that were backed up and associated with all or part of the keyword phrase My Home Directory in directory home kwc enter the following bplist keyword My Home Directory 1 home kwc Example 3 To list with details the files that were archived and associated with all or part of the keyword phrase My Home Directory Appendix B NetBackup Commands 131 wee NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows
165. rators should refer to Network Tab on page 107 for details on these parameters Troubleshooting Tab Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab System administrators should refer to Troubleshooting Tab on page 108 for details on these parameters Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box This section explains the tabs found in the Specify NetBackup Machines dialog box when using the Backup Archive and Restore interface for the client To open this dialog box choose Specify NetBackup Machines from the File menu For information on the tabs available when using the Backup Archive and Restore interface on the server see Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators on page 96 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Servers Tab Use this tab to add and remove NetBackup servers and to specify the current server to be used for user operations Specify NetBackup Machines q xi Servers Clients New Server Name Server List windows CURRENT carrot cattail To access this tab 1 On the File menu click Specify NetBackup Machines 2 Click on the Servers tab New Server Name To add another NetBackup server to the Server List type the name of the new server in the New Server Name text box and click Add The name must be as defined by the
166. rchive image NetBackup can be configured to divide images into fragments when they exceed a certain size or span tapes frequency backup How often NetBackup performs scheduled backups For example if the frequency is seven days then backups occur once a week FROZEN media state If a volume is FROZEN NetBackup keeps it indefinitely and can restore from it but not use it for further backups or archives full backup A backup that copies to a storage unit all files and directories that are beneath a specified directory FULL media state If this appears in a report or listing it indicates the volume is FULL and cannot hold more data or be used for further backups wr 156 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows global attributes NetBackup configuration attributes that affect all policies GDM Dashboard The name for the Global Data Manager interface The Dashboard enables monitoring job and drive activity on multiple master servers as well as providing alerts to problem conditions GDM Managed Server A NetBackup master server that appears as a managed master server in the left pane of the GDM Dashboard GDM Server A NetBackup master server that has the Global Data Manager license activated When logging into this host the user can monitor the activity on multiple master servers using the GDM Dashboard interfac
167. re backup and restore windows Policy Type MS Windows NT x c Select the client whose backup image you are going to restore files from and click Make Current In this example windows was selected d Select the policy type for the images that you are going to browse Refer to the Table Policy Settings for Clients on page 88 8 Select the Destination Clients tab Specify NetBackup Machines xi Servers Source Clients Policy Type Destination Clients New Client Name Add Client List Make Current Cancel Help Appendix A System Administrators 93 ee NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client e Select the client to which you are going to restore the files and click Make Current In this example folip was selected f Click OK 9 Inthe NetBackup Restore window select the files for restore 10 On the Actions menu click Start Restore of Marked Files 11 Select the desired option from the Restore Destination Choices For more information on redirecting restores to different paths see Redirecting Files to a Different Path on page 29 The paths in the Source and Destination boxes must use the formats required by the clients as shown in the table Restore Path Formats on page 89 In this example we are restoring a file from one Windows client windows to another
168. re clients ES 90 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client w Torestore files to a different client server directed restore 1 Logon to the master server as administrator 2 Start the NetBackup Administration Console P NetBackup Administration Console File Edit View Actions Help E3 fen 1 ax 2 42s VERITAS 24 Activity Monitor a NetBackup Management H E Reports m Getting Started a el Policies 44 Get step by step help setting up NetBackup H Storage Units e Catalog Configure Storage Devices i d Host Properties Define robots and drives E ES Media and Device Management ER Device Monitor H Media oF Configure Volumes E B Devices Inventory robots and define volumes for use in standalone drives Configure the Catalog Backup gd Specify how and when NetBackup configuration and catalog information is to be backed up Create a Backup Policy Define schedules for backing up data on a single client or a set of clients lt Import Images d This wizard will assist you in stepping through an import For Help press F1 Master Server tyche Connected 7 3 Onthe File menu click Backup Archive and Restore The Backup Archive and Restore interface opens 4 OntheFile menu point to Select File
169. remental backup NetBackup compares the file s time stamp against the last full backup For a differential incremental backup NetBackup compares the time stamp against the last full backup or incremental backup If you install or copy files from another computer the new files retain the datetime stamp of the originals If the original date is before the last backup date on this computer then the new files will not be backed up until the next full backup whichever is most recent Windows 95 98 and Windows NT 2000 clients use the create and modify datetime stamp This parameter should be changed only by a system administrator Select this check box to let the administrator on the NetBackup server initiate restores to this client The default is to allow server directed restores If selected NetBackup will automatically search the default range of backup images and display the backed up folders and files whenever a restore window is opened Clear this box to disable the initial search The NetBackup Restore window will not show any files or folders when initially opened Clicking a backup image or selecting a range of backup images will initiate a search By default this box is selected To accept changes to the parameters click this button To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button To view online help for this dialog box click this button
170. revious display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Search Backups Dialog Box Use this dialog box to narrow the backup history search parameters for a restore xi Search Folder IV Perform case insensitive search Keyword Phrase optional Start Date 12 27 2001 9 02 55 PM End Date 1 15 2002 12 27 58 PM x Cancel Help Chapter 3 Reference 75 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows To access this dialog box 1 Open a Restore window 2 From the Actions menu click Search Backups Search Folder Perform case insensitive search Keyword Phrase optional Start Date and End Date Search Shows the folder or registry key for which you are searching The initial value for the Search Folder is V If you select a folder in the NetBackup Restore window that folder becomes the new default To change the path enter a new value and press Return If you enter a full path name NetBackup will search for the specific path and file in the selected backup images Or you can enter only the filename csb tmp or tmp and NetBackup will show in the All Folders pane the folders where the specified files were found You can use these wildcard characters Tip Before initiating a se
171. rms or used for emphasis For example Do not ignore cautions Sans serif italics Placeholder text or variables For example Replace filename with the name of your file Serif no italics Graphical user interface GUI objects such as fields menu choices etc For example Enter your password in the Password field Preface xi NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Conventions Notes and Cautions Note This is a Note Notes are used to call attention to information that makes using the product easier or helps in avoiding problems Caution This is a Caution Cautions are used to warn about situations that could cause data loss Key Combinations Some keyboard command sequences use two or more keys at the same time For example holding down the Ctrl key while pressing another key Keyboard command sequences are indicated by connecting the keys with a plus sign For example Press Ctrl t Command Usage The following conventions are frequently used in the synopsis of command usage brackets The enclosed command line component is optional Vertical bar or pipe 1 Separates optional arguments from which the user can choose For example when a command has the following format command arg arg2 the user can use either the arg or arg2 variable wa xii NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s G
172. rwrites existing files folders or registry keys The default is to not overwrite In this mode the restore does not occur if the files folders or registry keys exist NetBackup will rename a file so as not to copy over an existing file NetBackup will restore the item to filenameXXXXXX TMP where filename is the name of the file being restore and XXXXXX is generated based on the current date and time This option is only valid when the restore has been requested by and performed on the same machine This option is not supported by server directed restores This is the default Initiates the restore operation To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button To view online help for this dialog box click this button NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes NetBackup Client Job Tracker Dialog Box NetBackup Client Job Tracker s purpose is to inform the user that a backup or restore is being done on the client machine The NetBackup Client Job Tracker gives an estimate of the size of the job It is not intended to replace the View Status dialog box available through the Backup Archive and Restore interface or the Activity Monitor available through the NetBackup Server Job Tracker only reports on the status of a backup ar
173. s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Backups and Archives Performing Backups and Archives This section includes a tutorial which goes through a simple backup of the Readme Client txt file installed in the NetBackup folder You can back up a file either through the Windows Explorer by using the NetBackup Bin feature or through the Backup Archive and Restore interface Backing Up a File Through Windows Explorer Note Explorer Extensions must be enabled in order to be able to back up files through Windows Explorer To enable this feature open the Backup Archive and Restore interface and on the File menu select NetBackup Explorer Extensions 1 Open Windows Explorer Click on the Windows Start menu point to Programs point to Accessories and choose Windows Explorer 2 Locate the file or folder you wish to back up and right click on it For example a Openthe Program Files VERITAS NetBackup folder b Find the Readme_Client txt file and right click on it 3 Click Backup Now To show the progress of the backup operation select Automatically Show Progress Log 4 To begin the backup operation click Yes Backing Up a File Using NetBackup Bin Note Explorer Extensions must be enabled in order to back up files using NetBackup Bin To enable this feature open the Backup Archive and Restore interfac
174. s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box List files timeout This parameter should be changed only by a system administrator Specify the number of seconds to wait for a response from the NetBackup master server when listing files If this amount of time is exceeded the user receives the socket read failed error even if the server is still processing the user s request The default is 300 seconds The minimum setting is 0 The maximum setting is 36 000 seconds Restore retries This parameter should be changed only by a system administrator Specify the number of times to retry a restore after a failure The default is 0 which is no retries The maximum setting is 999 Time overlap This parameter should be changed only by a system administrator Specify the extra number of minutes to add to the date range for incremental backups when using date based backups This value can be used to compensate for differences in the speed of the clock between the client and NetBackup server The default is 60 minutes The minimum setting is 0 The maximum setting is 1 440 minutes User directed Specify the number of seconds to wait for a response from the operation NetBackup master server when performing user directed operations timeout If this amount of time is exceeded the user receives the socket read failed error even if the server is still processing th
175. s and Folders to Restore and click on the type of restore desired from those listed Appendix A System Administrators 9 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client The Restore window displays Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore Server sasweed Source Client sasweed Destinat ioj xl B File Edit View Actions Window Help 81 xl E select for Backup F select for Restore RS view Status amp NetBackup History E 8 ye Contents of sasweed ED 8 sasweed e ec L amp 3c 1 15 2002 3 53 20 PM amp m L C1 swap Ready vA 5 Onthe File menu click Specify NetBackup Machines x Servers Source Clients Policy Type Destination Clients New Server Name _ Add Server List Remove Make Current TN re 6 On the Servers tab select the server that you are using and click Make Current In this example sasweed was selected ww 92 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client 7 Click on the Source Clients V Policy Type tab Specify NetBackup Machines x Servers Source Clients Policy Type Destination Clients New Client Name IV Use this client list for futu
176. s server platforms that NetBackup supports those platforms are Windows NT and 2000 Windows clients A term that defines the Windows client platforms that NetBackup supports those platforms are Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP for 32 and 64 bit versions and LE Windows Display Console A NetBackup Java interface program that runs on Windows 2000 NT 98 and 95 computers Users can start this interface on their local system connect to a UNIX system that has the NetBackup Java software installed and then perform any user operations that their permissions allow WORM media Write once read many media for optical disks NetBackup BusinesServer does not support WORM media xbp The X Windows based backup archive and restore program for users on NetBackup UNIX clients Glossary 175 ww NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows wm 176 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Index NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows A Administrator configuration 100 exclude list tab 103 include list tab 105 troubleshooting tab 108 directed backup 2 5 restore 4 directed restores 5 reference 85 restore options 96 true image restore procedure 27 Alternate client restore See Redirected restores Alternate client restores server directed 88 Alternate path restore See Redirected restores server
177. same type Refer to the table Policy Settings for Clients below to select the appropriate policy type Policy Settings for Clients Client Policy UNIX Standard Macintosh Standard Microsoft Windows 98 or 95 Standard Microsoft Windows NT 2000 NetWare Target NetWare Non Target IBM OS 2 Warp MS Windows NT Standard NetWare OS 2 Restore Path Formats When redirecting a restore to a different client the appropriate path format must be used when specifying the source and destination information Refer to the table Restore Path Formats below NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Redirecting a Restore to a Different Client Restore Path Formats Client Path Format Example UNIX from a Normal directory usr openv netbackup Backup image UNIX from a Backup Exec export_path directory exported_path netbackup image where exported_path is defined in the agent cfg file Macintosh folder folder NetBackup Admin Configuration Files Dist Microsoft Windows from drive directory c Veritas NetBackup a Normal Backup image Microsoft Windows from NT_share_name directory V C VERITAS NetBackup a Backup Exec image NetWare NonTarget drive directory c Veritas NetBackup NetWare Target target volume data_path SYS MARGE veritas netbackup IBM O
178. see the p option S master server master server Specifies the name of the NetBackup master server The default is the first SERVER entry in the usr openv netbackup bp conf file t policy type Specifies one of the following numbers corresponding to the policy type The default for NT clients is 13 for Apollo workstations the default is 3 and for Netware clients the default is 10 The default for all others is 0 0 Standard 4 Oracle 6 Informix On BAR 7 Sybase 13 MS Windows NT 14 OS 2 15 MS SQL Server 16 MS Exchange Server 19 NDMP Note The following policy types apply only to NetBackup DataCenter 3 Apollo wbak 11 DataTools SQL BackTrack 17 SAP 18 DB2 20 FlashBackup 21 Split Mirror 22 AFS Appendix B NetBackup Commands 17 wy NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bparchive 1 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows L progress log en Specifies the name of an existing file in which to write progress information The file name must begin with For example home tlc proglog The default is to not use a progress log Include the en option to generate a log in English The name of the log will contain the string en This option is useful to support personnel assisting in a distributed environment where differing locales may create logs of various languages w hh mm ss help Causes NetBackup to wait for a completi
179. ses filepathlen filepath F 138 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 5 home 4 etc 4 var 19 home abc test file 12 etc passwd filenames Names one or more files to be restored and can be used instead of the option Any files that you specify must be listed at the end following all other options You must also specify absolute file paths You can exclude a file or directory path that was previously included in the restore by placing an exclamation mark in front of the file or directory path except when performing NDMP restores NOTES The format that you must use for date and time values in NetBackup commands varies according to the locale setting If you are uncertain of the NetBackup command requirements for your locale enter the command with the help option and check the usage The following is part of the bpbprestore usage statement output that shows the s e and w options s mm dd yyyy HH MM SS e mm dd yyyy HH MM SS w hh mm ss Note formats for the month day year and hours minutes seconds These are for a locale setting of C and may be different for other locales For more information on locale see the locale 1 man page for your system EXAMPLES Example 1 To restore files from backups of usr userl1 file1 that were performed between 04 01 2001 0
180. single quotes to avoid conflict with the UNIX shell The default keyword phrase is the null empty string Specifies a file listfile containing a list of files to be backed up This option can be used instead of the filenames option but cannot be used with the i option List each file on a separate line The format required for the file list depends on whether the files have spaces or newlines in the names To back up files that do not have spaces or newlines in the names use this format filepath Where filepath is the path to the file you are backing up For example home NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bpbackup 1 etc var To back up files that have spaces or newlines in the names use this format filepathlen filepath Where filepath is the path to the file you are backing up and filepathlen is the number of characters in the file path For example 5 home 4 etc 4 var 19 home abc test file filenames Names one or more files to be backed up This option can be used instead of the option but cannot be used with the i option Any files that you specify must be listed at the end following all other options For Apollo clients specify absolute file paths Apollo clients are supported only by NetBackup DataCenter master servers NOTES The format that you must use fo
181. size and more cache is required the action depends on the OTM Error Control setting fOTM Error Control is set to 0 abort on error the backup aborts This is the default setting fOTM Error Control is set to 1 disable OTM open transaction managment is turned off and the backup continues However relationships between the backed up files can be lost because the snapshot is not used fOTM Error Control isset to 2 retry OTM NetBackup disables open transaction management and then attempts to enable it again before continuing the backup This second try starts over with a new snapshot so as with OTM Error Control set to 1 disable OTM relationships between backed up files can be lost For more information see Guidelines for Setting the OTM Cache on page 145 OTM Logging Specifies the logging level for open transaction management but does not affect other logging This allows you to obtain more information about an open transaction management problem without affecting the logging level for other parts of the backup The value can range from 0 to 3 with level 3 providing the most information The default value is 0 OTM Quiescent Timeout Specifies how many seconds to wait for a quiet period to occur If this time expires the backup proceeds but without open transaction management The default time period is 60 seconds Appendix C OTM Parameter Information 143 wee NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows
182. system administrator on that server If a new server is added to the list from this dialog box it will appear in the server list for all windows currently opened and any new window that is opened The new server will be saved in the Server List box after the current window is closed Add Adds the server entered in the New Server Name box to the Server List Chapter 3 Reference 65 wm NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Server List Shows the names of the NetBackup servers that require access to the client for scheduled backups and any other servers used when performing user directed backups The master server and any remote media servers that perform scheduled backups of the client must appear in this list The machine designated as CURRENT will be the server used for user directed operations To mark a server as CURRENT select a server from the Server List and click Make Current The word CURRENT appears in parentheses beside the name Remove Removes a server First highlight the server in the Server List then click Remove Note The master server cannot be removed from the Server List While other servers can be removed from the list be careful not to remove any remote media servers Doing so will prevent scheduled backups from being performed For more information on making changes to the Server List refer to the NetBackup System Adminis
183. t Actions Menu The following menu items appear when the NetBackup Backup window is active These commands control backup operations cs Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Backup Server windows C ien ifm x fj File Edt View Actions Window Help la xl rj select for Backup Specify Policy and Schedule E start Backup of Marked Files Po Size Time wa Add to Exclude List Add Eo Include List Administer Or Specify Policy Opens the Backup Policy and Schedule dialog box See Backup Policy and Schedule and Schedule Dialog Box on page 74 for more details Start Backup of Opens the Specify Backup Options dialog box You can also execute Marked Files this command by clicking Start Backup of Marked Files on the NetBackup Backup window toolbar Add to Exclude Adds the selected files folders or registry keys to the Exclude File List List For more details refer to Exclude List Tab on page 103 Add to Include Adds the selected files folders or registry keys to the Include File List List For more details refer to Include List Tab on page 104 Administer Allows you to list remove rename edit and run existing Oracle Oracle Templates templates Chapter 3 Reference 47 wm NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus The following menu items appe
184. t Properties Clear Allow UNIX Macintosh NetWare Target and Non Target IBM OS 2 dialog box on the client click NetBackup Client Properties on the File menu to display this dialog box usr openv netbackup bin bp conf NetBackup Admin Configuration Files Dist bp conf General tab in NetBackup Configuration dialog box on the client click Configure on the Actions menu to display this dialog box c veritas netbackup bp ini server directed restores box Add DISALLOW SERVER _ FILE WRITES Add DISALLOW SERVER _ FILE WRITES Clear Allow server directed restores box Delete Allow_Server_ Write Appendix A System Administrators NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators Specify NetBackup Machines Dialog Box for System Administrators When the current window is a Restore window and the Specify NetBackup Machines dialog is opened on a NetBackup server the following tabs are available Servers Source Clients Policy Type Destination Clients Servers Tab Refer to Servers Tab on page 65 for more information Source Clients Policy Type Tab Use this tab to select the client whose backups you want to restore Files or folders that were backed up or archived from one NetBackup client can be restored to a different NetBackup client This is called a redirecte
185. t backups to duplicate This parameter is used to restrict the list of backups from all backups that reside on media in any volume group to backups that reside on media in a single volume group Where a volume group corresponds to a particular robot the profile will duplicate only backups on media in that robot The Source Volume Group is normally only specified if you have multiple robots attached to the same server for example you want to duplicate backups that reside in robot 0 to media that reside in robot 1 SSO See Shared Storage Option SSO stacker Usually a small robotic library that contains one drive only See robotic library Glossary 1099 wy NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows standalone A qualifier used with drives and media to indicate they are not associated with a robot For example a standalone tape drive is one where you must manually find and insert tapes before using them A standalone volume is one that is located in a standalone drive or is stored outside of a drive and designated as standalone in the volume configuration status code A numerical code usually accompanied by a troubleshooting message that indicates the outcome of an operation storage migrator Refers to the VERITAS Storage Migrator line of hierarchical storage management products for UNIX and Windows These products make extra room on a disk by transparently
186. t occurred at or before the specified date and time Use the same format as for the start date and time The end backup date and time do not need to be exact except for a true image restore see the T option description The bprestore command restores the file that has the specified backup date and time or the file that is the most recent backup preceding the end date and time The default is the current date and time If you do not specify either s or e bprestore restores the most recently backed up version of the file T Specifies a true image restore where only files and directories that existed in the last true image backup are restored This option is useful only if true image backups were performed If this option is not specified all files and directories meeting the specified criteria are restored even if they were deleted When the T option is specified the image requested must be uniquely identified Unique identification is accomplished by using the e option with seconds granularity The s option if any is ignored The seconds granularity of an image can be retrieved by using the bplist command with the 1 and Listseconds options w hh mm ss Causes NetBackup to wait for a completion status from the server before returning you to the system prompt The date and time format are dependent on the user s locale See NOTES You can optionally specify a wait time in hours minutes and seconds The maximum wai
187. t service target service A Novell NetWare service that needs storage management The SMS views all services for example print services communication services workstations as targets Target Service Agent A Target service agent is a Novell NetWare agent that prepares the target s data for SMS during a backup and for the target during a restore TLD Tape Library DLT A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site TLH Tape Library Half inch A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site This robot type is supported only by NetBackup DataCenter servers TLM Tape Library Multimedia A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site This robot type is supported only by NetBackup DataCenter servers TL4 Tape Library 4MM A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the VERITAS support web site Glossary 171 WEM NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows TL8 Tape Library 8MM A Media Manager designation for a category of robot For the specific vendor types and models in this category see the V
188. t time you can specify is 23 59 59 If the wait time expires before the restore is complete the command exits with a timeout status The restore however still completes on the server Specifying 0 or not specifying a time means wait indefinitely for the completion status k keyword phrase Specifies a keyword phrase for NetBackup to use when searching for backups or archives from which to restore files The phrase must match the one that was previously associated with backup or archive by the k option of the bpbackup or bparchive command You can use this option in place of or in combination with the other restore options in order to make it easier to restore your backups and archives The following meta characters can simplify the task of matching keywords or parts of keywords in the phrase matches any string of characters Appendix B NetBackup Commands 137 wee NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 matches any single character matches one of the sequence of characters specified within the brackets matches one of the range of characters separated by the The keyword phrase can be up to 128 characters in length All printable characters are permitted including space and period The phrase must be enclosed in double quotes or single quotes to avoid conflict with the UNIX shell The default keyword
189. the backup operation select Automatically Show Progress Log 6 To begin the backup operation click Yes NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Backups and Archives Backing Up a File Through the Backup Archive and Restore Interface 1 Start the Backup Archive and Restore interface as described in Starting the Backup Archive and Restore Interface on page 9 The Backup Archive and Restore interface displays 2 Onthe File menu choose Select Files and Folders to Backup The NetBackup Backup window is displayed amp 5Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Backup Server windows Client folip I ni xj T fie Edit Yiew Actions Window Help 81 x E select for Backup F Select for Restore view Status 2 amp All Folders Ed Network g Registry E om System State Contents of C O CjaposEAPP O Gi chedeins o G Directions o G Documents and Settings o a FrameDoc O CiLocalization 4 5 O E My Download Files o G My Music O G Program Files O RECYCLER O E System volume Information O temp L1 Citest O Test WinHelp O C3 windows Update Setup Files Size Time modified l 0 al 10 11 2001 4 18 36 PM 1 9 2002 10 13 20 AM 12 17 2001 10 38 22 AM 10 9 2001 2 17 19 PM 12 17 2001 10 54 43 AM 1 2 2002 4 43 22 PM 7 26
190. the backup when an open transaction management error is encountered during a backup The most likely error is a cache full condition The possible settings are as follows fOoTM Error Control is set to 0 abort on error the backup aborts This is the default setting fOTM Error Control is set to 1 disable OTM open transaction managment is turned off and the backup continues However relationships between the backed up files can be lost because the snapshot is not used fOTM Error Control isset to 2 retry OTM NetBackup disables open transaction management and then attempts to enable it again before continuing the backup This second try starts over with a new snapshot so as with OTM Error Control set to 1 disable OTM relationships between backed up files can be lost Use 1 disable OTM or 2 retry OTM only if there is no concern about file relationships With either of these settings file relationships can be affected if for example two files are backed up from different snapshots or if one is from a snapshot and the other is not from a snapshot um 144 NetBackup User s Guide Target Novell NetWare NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Open Transaction Manager Parameters OTM Current The OTM Current setting determines the type of snapshot that is taken of the drive Two snapshot types are available individual drive or global Individu
191. ther locales For more information on locale see the locale 1 man page for your system EXAMPLES Example 1 To archive a single file enter bparchive usr userl filel Example 2 To archive files listed in a file named archive list enter bparchive f archive list Example 3 Appendix B NetBackup Commands 119 wer NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bparchive 1 To associate the keyword phrase Archive My Home Directory 02 02 02 to the archive of the directory home kwc and use a progress log named home kwc arch 1ogenter the following the backslash continues the command as if it were on one line bparchive k Archive My Home Directory 02 02 02 N L home kwc arch log home kwc FILES SHOME bp conf usr openv netbackup logs bparchive log mmddyy SEE ALSO bp 1 bpbackup 1 bplist 1 bprestore 1 wr 120 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bpbackup 1 bpbackup 1 NAME bpbackup Back up files to the NetBackup server SYNOPSIS usr openv netbackup bin bpbackup p policy s schedule S master server master server t policy typel L progress log en w hh mm ss help k keyword phrase t listfile filenames usr openv netbackup bin bpbackup p policy i h hostname s schedul
192. tions Dialog Box on page 73 for more details Show NetBackup Displays the NetBackup History pane as a timeline To show the History asa NetBackup History pane as a detailed list clear this checkbox Timeline Show All Backups Shows all instances of files folders or registry keys in the currently selected image s You can also execute this command on the NetBackup Restore window toolbar Show Most Recent Shows the most recent backup of files folders or registry keys Backup from the currently selected backup image s You can also execute this command on the NetBackup Restore window toolbar Split Changes the cursor to a double bar with two arrows and positions it over the vertical split bar between the All Folders and Contents of folder panes You can then move the cursor left or right to position the split bar w 46 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Menus NetBackup History Changes the cursor to a double bar with two arrows and positions Split it over the horizontal split bar between the NetBackup History pane and the All Folders and Contents of folder panes You can then move the cursor up or down to position the split bar Refresh NetBackup Updates information in the NetBackup History pane History Save Settings on When selected this command will save window specific settings Exit upon exi
193. to the Request Service NetBackup request service bprd on the NetBackup server m The default is 13720 OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Appendix A System Administrators 107 lt NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box Troubleshooting Tab Use this tab to view and change the amount of information that NetBackup saves in its debug troubleshooting logs NetBackup only creates log files if the log folders are created See Troubleshooting Logs on page 110 for more details Also see the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide for Windows for information on using these logs E General Exclude List Include List Backups Network Troubleshooting r Debug Levels General ICP CA 3 E Verbose Flush 0 zd Database 0 a Cancel Note Only the system administrator should change the parameters on this tab To access this tab 1 On the File menu click NetBackup Client Properties 2 Click the Troubleshooting tab General Controls the amount of information that NetBackup writes to the troubleshooting logs Supported values
194. trator s Guide for UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide for Windows Make Current First highlight the server in the Server List then click Make Current Changing the current server will affect only the selected window This setting will not be saved after the currently selected window is closed OK To accept changes to the parameters click this button Cancel To cancel and return to the previous display without accepting changes to the parameters in this dialog box click this button Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button war 66 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Dialog Boxes Clients Tab and Clients Policy Type Tab If the NetBackup Backup window is active when you open the Specify NetBackup Machines dialog box the Clients tab is available Specify NetBackup Machines E 1 xj Servers Clients New Client Name Client List If the NetBackup Restore window is active when you open the Specify NetBackup Machines dialog box the Clients Policy Type tab is available Specify NetBackup Machines xj Servers Clients Policy Type New Client Name Add Client List ee Make Current IV Use this client list for future backup and restore windows Policy Type MS Windows NT he Use this tab to select the remote client whose backups you want to restor
195. ts will be stored on the NetBackup client for three days Refer to General Tab on page 61 for more information on changing the configuration setting called Keep status of user directed backups archives and restores for Operation Shows the type of NetBackup operation for the selected progress Type report Backup Archive or Restore Time Shows the start date and time of the selected NetBackup operation Requested The format of the start date and time depends upon how the date and time display has been configured on the computer Operation Shows the status of a NetBackup operation Status Close Closes the dialog box Close does not terminate NetBackup or affect other dialog boxes or windows Delete Deletes the progress report selected in the Operations List First select the progress report in the Operations List then click Delete Operation status reports are automatically deleted after a specified number of days The Keep status of user directed backups archives and restores for parameter in the General tab in the NetBackup Client Properties dialog box specifies the number of days Help To view online help for this dialog box click this button Refresh Rate Changes the rate at which NetBackup updates the Status display for seconds the selected operation Recommended value is 10 This parameter can be set at any time during a NetBackup operation A value of 0 turns off automatic refreshing Verbose Displays a more detailed
196. u commands Clicking a button on a toolbar has the same effect as using the menu command Any action initiated by the buttons on the vertical toolbar only pertains to the window it is associated with Helpful Hints Marking Files and Folders To mark a file for backup or restore select the checkbox to left of a file To mark a folder for backup or restore select the checkbox to the left of a folder A check mark will appear in the box A slash mark in the box indicates only some of the files or subfolders within that folder are marked NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Starting the Backup Archive and Restore Interface To mark all the files and folders that currently appear in the Contents of lt folder gt pane click Mark Displayed Files from the Edit menu Unmarking Files and Folders Tounmark a file clear the checkbox to the left of the file Tounmark a folder and all the files and subfolders marked within that folder clear the checkbox to the left of the folder Tounmark all files and folders that currently appear in the Contents of lt folder gt pane select Unmark Displayed Files on the Edit menu To unmark all previously marked files and folders select Unmark All on the Edit menu You can also click the Unmark All button on the NetBackup Backup window or NetBackup Restore window toolbars 10 NetBackup User
197. uccessful backup Keyword phrase to associate with the backup optional test Cancel Help C Click Start Backup The backup request goes to the NetBackup master server A NetBackup message displays indicating that the backup was successfully started INMENSO 2d Q The backup was successfully initiated Wi Do you want to view the progress of the backup 5 Click Yes on the NetBackup Message dialog box to open the View Status dialog box The View Status dialog box allows you to view the progress report of a NetBackup operation For more information see View the Status of a User Directed Operation on page 22 Note The NetBackup operation may take a few minutes to complete You can close the Backup Archive and Restore interface after starting a backup operation NetBackup will continue the backup operation in the background Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 15 e NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Backups and Archives Backing Up Shared Folders For information on backing up shared folders refer to the Backup Network Drives topic in the NetBackup System Administrator s Guide 16 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Restores Performing Restores This section walks you thro
198. uet EE UR Rr acute cocer te eee are t ek a a tes 42 Edit Merit re eR EEEF TEENE SRAT cue deeds dura petas 44 View Ment 050044 hb Eye Er E Icd Ped Ah a ese ee eae eig 45 Actions Ment ci reprae e vet EE a paa ku uc px re ark e pur uds ERE E 47 Window Menit nes ERR ERE EEEE S EEEE S CREER dre at and apd qug 49 Help Ment 522i umi ERR Ebkat Rx ti Drkx SERA dered eee EE TERCER PEU S 50 Wind OWS iiceenrexe deed edu ee tees bas E IgE ILE DR REESE EP a uda ee 52 NetBackup Window Icons esseeeeeeeee n 52 Backup Archive and Restore Window 000 eee eee eee eee 54 NetBackup Backup Window sse en 55 B ttonS sibs l6ezik erdt ae ER LP Ea ERE ROC REI E du eder d 55 Lun pP 56 NetBackup Restore Window ssssssseeeeee ne 56 BUNS 5 orte hp RT Et EP Mcr Ebenen xta idee tbe qe leads 57 lur B 58 NetBack p History Pane ssi e et eere Re rv ve p Y rx ne 58 Dialog BOXES bm 61 NetBackup Client Properties Dialog Box 0 0 c eee cece 61 General Tab M T 61 Exclude List Tabi tees et eee epe e eSI XS rEEPETERE S cede oes 62 Inclade List lab 1 2 5 rr the per hie be cen eld en seen edad 62 Backups lab icdeciie idiot iere MR Re ER Bx Gee E ERRAT OR bee eben ie kets 63 Network Tab tere be tees Ae Soe LR RE ERE RI TREE YR ER 64 Contents if lt NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows
199. ugh a simple restore of the Readme Client txt file backed up in Performing Backups and Archives on page 11 of this manual 1 Start the Backup Archive and Restore interface as described in Starting the Backup Archive and Restore Interface on page 9 2 OntheFile menu point to Select Files and Folders to Restore then click from Normal Backup The NetBackup Restore window displays amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore Server windows Client folip File Edit View Actions Window Help Eh select for Backup F7 select for Restore Qa view Status e 15 x NetBackup History 2002 2001 cdl Jan Dec 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 owe 2 1 31 30 29 28 27 E i e 9 e eis eise e 2 05 c amp CJ ADOBEAPP H O C3 check ins OG Config Msi O Directions LI CJ Documents and n gt There may be a delay before lists display in the NetBackup Restore window NetBackup has to obtain the file information from the catalogs on the NetBackup master server 1 15 2002 12 27 58 PM 0p 1 5 2002 8 49 38 PM d O 1 5 2002 9 34 06 PM DC Basystem_ 1 14 2002 8 49 41 PM If files or folders do not display in the NetBackup Restore window it can be due to one of the following Perform Default Search is not enabled In this case start a search manually by clicking Search Backups on the Actions menu Or to display the files in a backup cl
200. uide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Getting Help Terms The terms listed in the table below are used in the VERITAS NetBackup documentation to increase readability while maintaining technical accuracy Term Definition Microsoft Windows Terms used as nouns to describe a line of operating systems Windows developed by Microsoft Inc A term used as an adjective to describe a specific product or noun Some examples are Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows servers Windows clients Windows platforms Windows hosts and Windows GUI Where a specific Windows product is identified then only that particular product is valid with regards to the instance in which it is being used For more information on the Windows operating systems that NetBackup supports refer to the VERITAS support web site at http www sSupport veritas com Windows servers A term that defines the Windows server platforms that NetBackup supports those platforms are Windows NT and Windows 2000 Windows clients A term that defines the Windows client platforms that NetBackup supports those platforms are Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP for 32 and 64 bit versions and LE Getting Help For updated information about this product including system requirements supported platforms supported peripherals and a list of current patches available from Technical Support visit our web s
201. ull backup All files are backed up if no prior backup has been done Also see differential incremental backup daemon A program on a UNIX system that runs in the background and performs some task for example starting other programs when they are needed Daemons are generally referred to as services or processes on Windows server systems database agent clients Clients with additional NetBackup software that is designed to back up relational databases database extension clients See database agent clients Glossary 153 Sr NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows debug logs Logs that can be optionally enabled for specific NetBackup and Media Manager programs and processes and then used to investigate problems destination storage unit A storage unit to which Vault sends the data from a duplication operation If the duplicated backup images are to be vaulted then the destination storage unit must correspond to the robotic volume group device delays Delays caused by the device that are beyond the control of the storage application An example is the time required to position tape under the read and write heads device host A host that has Media Manager installed where a drive or robotic control is attached or is defined device monitor A Media Manager administration utility that provides monitoring and manual control of Media Manager storage dev
202. upN C Type test in the Keyword phrase optional box xi Search Folder C Program Files WERITAS NetBackup M Perform case insensitive search Keyword Phrase optional test Start Date 12 27 2001 9 02 55 PM End Date 1 15 2002 7 48 43 PM x Cancel Help a 18 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Restores d Click Search NetBackup will display the tree to the lowest levels of folders which contain files that were backed up Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore Server windows Client folip ini x File Edit View Actions Window Help la x Eh Select for Backup EJ Select for Restore GSview Status e NetBackup History Contents of C Program Files ERITAS NetBackup O foip Name Time BackedUp A Size Time Modified eOec COE Readme_Client txt 1 15 2002 12 27 58PM 8309 11 13 2001 7 23 56 PM 0G Program Files amp D1 C1 veritas Os qu 4 Select the checkbox to the left of the Readme_Client txt file Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup Restore Server windows Client folip lol xl ABl xl FA Fie Edit view Actions Window Help Eh Select for Backup EJ Select for Restore GSview Status 8 NetBackup History PEE EAE Contents of C Program Files YERITAS NetBackup 2A
203. v netbackup logs bprestore with public write access bprestore then creates an debug log file in this directory Appendix B NetBackup Commands 133 wee NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bprestore 1 NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows In addition if a nonroot user specifies USEMAIL mail address in their SHOME bp conf file NetBackup sends mail on the restore completion status to mail address This message is sent when the restore process is complete The following restrictions apply to bprestore You can restore files and directories that you own and those owned by other users if you have read access You need write access to another user s directories and files to restore that user s files to their original location The operating system restricts the number of files and directories that you can specify on a single bprestore command line If this is a problem use the option to restore the files OPTIONS A B Specifies whether to restore from archives A or backups B The default is B BR be redirection path Contains the redirection path when restoring Backup Exec files Valid only when F is set to 524288 For example when only Backup Exec files are being restored F file options Allows either Backup Exec files to be restored or both Backup Exec and NetBackup files to be restored The default F is not specified is to restore only NetBackup files To
204. version of a directory Example of a True Image Restore To illustrate the concept of a true image restore refer to the following table which shows the contents of a directory named c Ndoc during a series of backups performed between 12 01 00 and 12 04 00 Day 12 01 00 12 02 00 12 03 00 12 04 00 12 04 00 Type of Backup Full Incr Incr User Back Incr file1 file1 file1 file1 file1 file2 file2 file2 file2 file2 dirA fileA dirA fileA dirA fileA dirA fileA dirB fileB file3 x dirC fileC file4 file4 Assume that you are going to restore the most recent version of the directory Ifyou perform a standard restore NetBackup will restore all files and subdirectories that were backed up during the time period from 12 01 00 last full backup through 12 04 00 filel file2 dirA fileA dirB fileB file3 dirc filec file4 Ifyou restore a true image backup NetBackup restores only the files and directories that existed at the time of the incremental backup on 12 04 00 filel file2 file4 NetBackup does not restore anything deleted prior to the 12 04 00 incremental backup Xd v 2 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Advanced Restore Procedures Notice that the restored directory does not include the dirA and dirC subdirectories even though they were backed up on 12 04
205. we NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows User Directed Archive Operations NTFS5 and later F 114 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup Commands NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows This section describes man pages specific to the NetBackup product The following are special conventions used in the command descriptions Brackets mean that the enclosed command line component is optional A vertical bar or pipe symbol separates optional arguments from which the user can choose For example assume that a command has the following format command arg1 arg2 Here the user can choose either arg1 or arg2 but not both Italics indicate that the information is user supplied For example the user supplies policy schedule and filename in the following command bpbackup p policy s schedule filename An ellipses means that you can repeat the previous parameter For example consider the following command bpbackup S master server master server filename Here the S option requires the first master server name Additional names can be added separated by commas and followed by a file name as in bpbackup Smars coyote shark minnow memofile doc NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows bparchive 1 NetBackup 4 5 User
206. window Represents a file that doesn t have an icon associated with it Used in the Contents of folder pane Represents the entire registry Used in the AII Folders pane The registry opens to two base keys HKEY LOCAL MACHINE and HKEY USERS Represents a registry key Used in the All Folders pane Also used in Contents of folder pane if it contains subkeys Represents the entire network Used in the AII Folders pane Represents a specific network Used in the All Folders pane and the Contents of folder pane Represents a domain within a network Used in the All Folders pane and the Contents of lt folder gt pane Chapter 3 Reference NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Windows Backup Archive and Restore Window This window displays when you start NetBackup amp 5 Backup Archive and Restore NetBackup File View Actions Help E Select for Backup E Select for Restore Yaview Status e The following buttons appear on the toolbar Button Description Opens the NetBackup Backup window Opens the NetBackup Restore window Opens the View Status dialog box Updates the list of backup images This button is only available when a Restore window is open and is the active window e Opens the online help NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows
207. ws you to view the progress report of a NetBackup operation For more information see View the Status of a User Directed Operation on page 22 20 NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Performing Restores Note The NetBackup operation may take a few minutes to complete After starting a restore operation you can close the Backup Archive and Restore interface and perform other tasks on your computer NetBackup will continue the restore operation in the background Chapter 2 User Directed Operations 21 wee NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows View the Status of a User Directed Operation View the Status of a User Directed Operation 1 Onthe File menu click View Status x View Status EBlaufus Backup 1 15 2002 11 42 19 4M Successful Operation Type Time Requested peration Status mu Ini xl Close Delete Help r Selected Operation Refresh Rate seconds E a v Verbose Progress 12 33 34 INF Total Size 8309 12 33 34 INF Client completed sending data for backup 12 36 09 INF Beginning backup on server carrot of client folip 12 34 35 INF Waiting for positioning of media id D0035 on server carrot 12 36 37 INF Backup by EBlaufus on client folip the requ
208. x coulucsanelsleu ACTI are ates A a ete eens ae RCM MEE 177 Contents vii wwe NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows m vii NetBackup User s Guide Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Preface This guide describes how to use NetBackup to back up and restore files and folders that reside on a Microsoft Windows PC Audience This guide is written for the end user and for the system administrator Organization This guide is organized to help you find the information you need in the chapters and appendices described below Chapter 1 Introduction provides an overview of NetBackup describes how the end user operates NetBackup and describes technical terms and concepts Chapter 2 User Directed Operations explains how to use NetBackup to perform backup archive and restore operations Chapter 3 Reference describes the various windows screens and menus associated with NetBackup Appendix A System Administrators contains information important to the NetBackup system administrator Appendix B NetBackup Commands provides a detailed listing of commands available for use on the NetBackup client Appendix C Open Transaction Manager Parameters gives information on configuring the Open Transaction Manager OTM parameters in the Windows r
209. y Inc Created 1991 All rights reserved VERITAS Software Corporation 350 Ellis Street Mountain View CA 94043 USA Phone 650 527 8000 Fax 650 527 8050 www veritas com NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows NetBackup 4 5 User s Guide for Microsoft Windows Contents Preface coclox ug ets xu E ie ee EAR X SERE MR REA RA ER RR E ER NA Era m Rx ds ix Audience v xeecpeeLls eRRI9bU Or UR EC OOICERPI ERN EC TEE RP REC e ERS ERA ix Organization sec tei a pasce eese See pd ed pla Fabra A d Iq es anes ix Related Documentation 0 EE cece hr x neci e xi Conventions ere ctos Cer E UO eu a un eda Reins ette es a e eu ges xi Type Style 2 edere RE YUPPRIC eI ei di Pe rede Vest ees xi Notes and Cautions iio eines cy RE EE Rar eds EU RE RUE RUEORR EE 08 xii Key Combinations i ose iet em ep eee eter tt Edu ap Vect e wyileogse tes xii Command Usage i k4ke xk Rb PEE ER EE RR E LEVER niente nies xii yan prc xiii Getting Help eskeec tee re hp RR pea cp Ie ER I cbe er aia a EERE EES xiii Chapter 1 Introduction slelieslelsseeeeeee eR nmn 1 Backup and Archive Operations 0 eee eee 2 User Directed Backups and Archives sssseeeeee 2 Server Directed Backups and Archives sse 2 Full Backup crore etre eR ere he E e dede Ede edes ee en 3 Cumulative Incremental Backup 0000 3 Differential Incremental Backu

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