NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup commands
    2.  
      Navigating multiple menu levels
    3.  
      NetBackup command conventions
    4.  
      NetBackup Media Manager command notes
    5.  
      IPV6 updates
  2. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
    1.  
      acsd
    2.  
      add_media_server_on_clients
    3.  
      backupdbtrace
    4.  
      backuptrace
    5.  
      bmrc
    6.  
      bmrconfig
    7.  
      bmrepadm
    8.  
      bmrprep
    9.  
      bmrs
    10.  
      bmrsrtadm
    11.  
      bp
    12.  
      bparchive
    13.  
      bpbackup
    14.  
      bpbackupdb
    15.  
      bpcatarc
    16.  
      bpcatlist
    17.  
      bpcatres
    18.  
      bpcatrm
    19.  
      bpcd
    20.  
      bpchangeprimary
    21.  
      bpcleanrestore
    22.  
      bpclient
    23.  
      bpclimagelist
    24.  
      bpclntcmd
    25.  
      bpclusterutil
    26.  
      bpcompatd
    27.  
      bpconfig
    28.  
      bpdbjobs
    29.  
      bpdbm
    30.  
      bpdgclone
    31.  
      bpdown
    32.  
      bpduplicate
    33.  
      bperror
    34.  
      bpexpdate
    35.  
      bpfis
    36.  
      bpflist
    37.  
      bpgetconfig
    38.  
      bpgetdebuglog
    39.  
      bpimage
    40.  
      bpimagelist
    41.  
      bpimmedia
    42.  
      bpimport
    43.  
      bpinst
    44.  
      bpkeyfile
    45.  
      bpkeyutil
    46.  
      bplabel
    47.  
      bplist
    48.  
      bpmedia
    49.  
      bpmedialist
    50.  
      bpminlicense
    51.  
      bpnbat
    52.  
      bpnbaz
    53.  
      bppficorr
    54.  
      bpplcatdrinfo
    55.  
      bpplclients
    56.  
      bppldelete
    57.  
      bpplinclude
    58.  
      bpplinfo
    59.  
      bppllist
    60.  
      bpplsched
    61.  
      bpplschedrep
    62.  
      bpplschedwin
    63.  
      bppolicynew
    64.  
      bpps
    65.  
      bprd
    66.  
      bprecover
    67.  
      bprestore
    68.  
      bpretlevel
    69.  
      bpschedule
    70.  
      bpschedulerep
    71.  
      bpsetconfig
    72.  
      bpstsinfo
    73.  
      bpstuadd
    74.  
      bpstudel
    75.  
      bpstulist
    76.  
      bpsturep
    77.  
      bptestbpcd
    78.  
      bptestnetconn
    79.  
      bptpcinfo
    80.  
      bpup
    81.  
      bpverify
    82.  
      cat_convert
    83.  
      cat_export
    84.  
      cat_import
    85.  
      configureCerts
    86.  
      configureMQ
    87.  
      configurePorts
    88.  
      configureWebServerCerts
    89.  
      create_nbdb
    90.  
      csconfig cldinstance
    91.  
      csconfig cldprovider
    92.  
      csconfig meter
    93.  
      csconfig reinitialize
    94.  
      csconfig throttle
    95.  
      duplicatetrace
    96.  
      importtrace
    97.  
      jbpSA
    98.  
      jnbSA
    99.  
      ltid
    100.  
      mklogdir
    101.  
      nbauditreport
    102.  
      nbcallhomeproxyconfig
    103.  
      nbcatsync
    104.  
      NBCC
    105.  
      NBCCR
    106.  
      nbcertcmd
    107.  
      nbcertupdater
    108.  
      nbcldutil
    109.  
      nbcloudrestore
    110.  
      nbcomponentupdate
    111.  
      nbcplogs
    112.  
      nbcredkeyutil
    113.  
      nbdb_admin
    114.  
      nbdb_backup
    115.  
      nbdb_move
    116.  
      nbdb_ping
    117.  
      nbdb_restore
    118.  
      nbdb_unload
    119.  
      nbdb2adutl
    120.  
      nbdbms_start_server
    121.  
      nbdbms_start_stop
    122.  
      nbdc
    123.  
      nbdecommission
    124.  
      nbdelete
    125.  
      nbdeployutil
    126.  
      nbdevconfig
    127.  
      nbdevquery
    128.  
      nbdiscover
    129.  
      nbdna
    130.  
      nbemm
    131.  
      nbemmcmd
    132.  
      nbfindfile
    133.  
      nbfirescan
    134.  
      nbfp
    135.  
      nbftadm
    136.  
      nbftconfig
    137.  
      nbgetconfig
    138.  
      nbhba
    139.  
      nbholdutil
    140.  
      nbhostidentity
    141.  
      nbhostmgmt
    142.  
      nbhypervtool
    143.  
      nbidpcmd
    144.  
      nbimageshare
    145.  
      nbinstallcmd
    146.  
      nbjm
    147.  
      nbkmiputil
    148.  
      nbkmscmd
    149.  
      nbkmsutil
    150.  
      nboraadm
    151.  
      nborair
    152.  
      nbpem
    153.  
      nbpemreq
    154.  
      nbmlb
    155.  
      nbperfchk
    156.  
      nbplupgrade
    157.  
      nbrb
    158.  
      nbrbutil
    159.  
      nbregopsc
    160.  
      nbreplicate
    161.  
      nbrepo
    162.  
      nbrestorevm
    163.  
      nbseccmd
    164.  
      nbserviceusercmd
    165.  
      nbsetconfig
    166.  
      nbsmartdiag
    167.  
      nbsnapimport
    168.  
      nbsnapreplicate
    169.  
      nbsqladm
    170.  
      nbstl
    171.  
      nbstlutil
    172.  
      nbstop
    173.  
      nbsu
    174.  
      nbsvrgrp
    175.  
      netbackup_deployment_insights
    176.  
      resilient_clients
    177.  
      restoretrace
    178.  
      stopltid
    179.  
      tldd
    180.  
      tldcd
    181.  
      tpautoconf
    182.  
      tpclean
    183.  
      tpconfig
    184.  
      tpext
    185.  
      tpreq
    186.  
      tpunmount
    187.  
      verifytrace
    188.  
      vltadm
    189.  
      vltcontainers
    190.  
      vlteject
    191.  
      vltinject
    192.  
      vltoffsitemedia
    193.  
      vltopmenu
    194.  
      vltrun
    195.  
      vmadd
    196.  
      vmchange
    197.  
      vmcheckxxx
    198.  
      vmd
    199.  
      vmdelete
    200.  
      vmoprcmd
    201.  
      vmphyinv
    202.  
      vmpool
    203.  
      vmquery
    204.  
      vmrule
    205.  
      vmupdate
    206.  
      vnetd
    207.  
      vssat
    208.  
      vwcp_manage
    209.  
      vxlogcfg
    210.  
      vxlogmgr
    211.  
      vxlogview
    212.  
      W2KOption
  3.  
    Index

Name

bpfis — create or delete a snapshot, or return information about existing snapshots

SYNOPSIS

bpfis delete [-force] -id id -copy copynum

bpfis query [-fq] [-id id -copy copynum]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\

DESCRIPTION

The bpfis command can delete or query (discover) snapshots of a client system (file system or volume).

Note:

To store the image on tape or other media requires that you run a separate backup job.

For more information about the locale of your system, see "About specifying the locale of the NetBackup installation" in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.

For detailed examples and procedures about using bpfis, see the NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide.

You must have administrator privileges to run this command.

OPTIONS

-copy copynum

Identifies the copy number. When used with the query function, -copy lists detailed information for the specified copy number of the snapshot. With the delete function, -copy specifies the copy number of the snapshot to be deleted.

delete

Deletes the snapshot that -id identifies.

-force

Forces the delete operation.

-fq

Generates a full query which includes a detailed description and information about a given snapshot.

-id

Returns the path of the original file system (snapshot source) and the path of the snapshot file system. The default ID is a timestamp that shows when the image was created.

For bpfis delete, this option designates the ID of the snapshot to be deleted.

For bpfis query, this option designates the ID of the snapshot for which to return information.

query

Retrieves detailed information on the specified snapshot of a client system.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Obtain information about a particular snapshot on the local host. The output shows the path of the snapshot source (UNIX: /mnt/ufscon) and the path of the snapshot file system (UNIX: /tmp/_vrts_frzn_img_26808/mnt/ufscon).

# bpfis query -id 1034037338
INF - BACKUP START 26838
INF - Frozen image host : ricochet
INF - Frozen image owner: GENERIC
INF - Time created      : Mon Oct  7 19:35:38 2011
INF - REMAP FILE BACKUP /mnt/ufscon USING (UNIX systems)
INF - REMAP FILE BACKUP E: USING GUID (Windows systems)
/tmp/_vrts_frzn_img_26808/mnt/ufscon (UNIX systems)
OPTIONS:ALT_PATH_PREFIX=/tmp/_vrts_frzn_img_26808,FITYPE=MIRROR,
MNTPOINT=/mnt/ufscon,FSTYPE=ufs (UNIX systems)
MNTPOINT=E:\,FSTYPE=NTFS (Windows systems)
INF - EXIT STATUS 0: the requested operation was successfully completed

Example 2 - Delete a snapshot on the local host:

# bpfis delete -id 1034037338
INF - BACKUP START 26839
INF - EXIT STATUS 0: the requested operation was successfully 
completed