Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Commands Reference Guide

To create a new checkpoint from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu:

1. Log on to the appliance as an administrator and open the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2. Enter the following command to create a user-directed checkpoint:

   Main_Menu > Support > Checkpoint Create

   An interactive process begins. The NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu informs you of any existing checkpoints before you can create a new checkpoint.

3. Enter Yes to proceed with the creation of the new checkpoint.
4. Enter a description for your checkpoint. That is an optional field.
5. Enter Yes to begin the checkpoint creation process.

To roll back to an existing checkpoint from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

1. Log on to the appliance as an administrator and open the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2. Enter the following command to roll back to a checkpoint:

   Main_Menu > Support > Checkpoint Rollback

   The following interactive process begins. The NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu informs you of the components that are reverted during this process. It also lists all of the existing checkpoints.

   Rolling back to an Appliance Checkpoint will restore the
   system back to the checkpoint's point-in-time. This can help
   undo any misconfiguration or system failures that might have
   occured.
   
   Rolling back to an Appliance Checkpoint will revert the following
   components:
           1) Appliance Operating System
           2) Appliance Software
           3) NetBackup Software
           4) Clustering Software
           5) Networking Configuration
           6) Any previously applied patches
           7) Backup data is not reverted
   
   The existing Appliance Checkpoints in the system are:
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   (1) Checkpoint Name: User directed checkpoint
   Date Created: Fri Oct  5 09:27:32 2012
   Description: User checkpoint after configuring network
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   Please enter the checkpoint to rollback to (Available options: 1 only):

3. Enter the number of the checkpoint that you want to use for the Rollback operation.
4. Enter Yes, if you want to automatically restart all appliances after the rollback completes.
5. Enter Yes a second time to confirm that you want to restart appliances automatically after the rollback operation completes.
6. Enter Yes to begin the rollback to a checkpoint operation.