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Using host aliases to query the NetBackup Image Database in NetBackup 7.5

Article: 100008224
Last Published: 2013-11-01
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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection

Problem

In NetBackup 7.5 all NetBackup client image list queries are performed in the EMM database, and these are associated with single hostname. To enable queries via an alias use the bpclient command to define the alias.

Windows :

<install-path>\netbackup\bin\admincmd\bpclient -client <client-name> -add_alias <alias>

UNIX/Linux

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpclient -client <client-name> -add_alias <alias>

This is especially useful for client side restore requests where the server is clustered and the backup was performed using the virtual hostname or the query from the client side restore is using the shortname for the query, but the backup was performed using the FQDN as defined in the backup policy.
 

Solution

 Example :

The backup was performed using FQDN win2k8r2-test-sql.Veritas.com, but the restore or image query is required to use the shortname win2k8r2-test-sql

  # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimagelist -client win2k8r2-test-sql.Veritas.com  -d 05/01/2012 -U
Backed Up         Expires       Files       KB  C  Sched Type   On Hold Index Status Policy
----------------  ---------- -------- --------  -  ------------ ------- ------------ ------------
05/20/2012 00:02  06/03/2012   106469 41733783  N  Full Backup  0       0            NBU-VMware-Test
05/20/2012 00:00  06/03/2012       33        0  N  Full Backup  0       0            NBU-VMware-Test

#  /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimagelist -client win2k8r2-test-sql  -d 05/01/2012 -U
no entity was found

# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpclient -client win2k8r2-test-sql.Veritas.com -add_alias win2k8r2-test-sql

# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpclient -client win2k8r2-test-sql.Veritas.com -list_all_aliases
win2k8r2-test-sql.Veritas.com
win2k8r2-test-sql

# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimagelist -client win2k8r2-test-sql -d 05/01/2012 -U
Backed Up         Expires       Files       KB  C  Sched Type   On Hold Index Status Policy
----------------  ---------- -------- --------  -  ------------ ------- ------------ ------------
05/20/2012 00:02  06/03/2012   106469 41733783  N  Full Backup  0       0            NBU-VMware-Test
05/20/2012 00:00  06/03/2012       33        0  N  Full Backup  0       0            NBU-VMware-Test  

See the related articles for the Best Practices for Client Aliases.
 

 

 

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