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How to set bp.conf entries, vm.conf entries, and touch files using nbemmcmd in NetBackup

Article: 100017202
Last Published: 2009-01-12
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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection

Description

In NetBackup, the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) server handles some configurations previously set in the bp.conf, vm.conf and touchfiles.  Some of these settings are now configured using the nbemmcmd command.  
 
To see which settings are now configured using nbemmcmd run the following command:
 
# cd/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd
#./nbemmcmd -listsettings -machinename <media server>
 
The following configuration settings were found:
ALLOW_MULTIPLE_RETENTIONS_PER_MEDIA="no"
DISABLE_DISK_STU_JOB_THROTTLING="no"
DISABLE_STANDALONE_DRIVE_EXTENSIONS="no"
MEDIA_REQUEST_DELAY="0"
MUST_USE_LOCAL_DRIVE="no"
NON_ROBOTIC_MEDIA_ID_PREFIX="A"
MAX_REALLOC_TRIES="1000"
DISALLOW_NONNDMP_ON_NDMP_DRIVE="no"
DO_NOT_EJECT_STANDALONE="yes"
DONT_USE_SLAVE="no"
DRIVE_ERROR_THRESHOLD="2"
MEDIA_ERROR_THRESHOLD="2"
TIME_WINDOW="12"
RETURN_UNASSIGNED_MEDIA_TO_SCRATCH_POOL="yes"
VAULT_CLEAR_MEDIA_DESC="no"
Command completed successfully.
 
Note:  Additional options such as DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_HOST_NAME_ADD, DRIVE_NAME_SEED, and SSO_SCAN_ABILITY will only appear for shared storage option (SSO) environments. These values can be changed using either the Host Properties in the NetBackup Administration Console or the nbemmcmd -changesetting <options>-machinename <media_server> command. Setting these options in the bp.conf, vm.conf or by creating touch files will have no effect.  

The following values were previously configured using the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file:
  • ALLOW_MULTIPLE_RETENTIONS_PER_MEDIA
  • DISABLE_STANDALONE_DRIVE_EXTENSIONS
  • MEDIA_REQUEST_DELAY
  • MUST_USE_LOCAL_DRIVE
  • NON_ROBOTIC_MEDIA_ID_PREFIX

The following values were previously configured using the /usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf file. 

  • DISALLOW_NONNDMP_ON_NDMP_DRIVE
  • DO_NOT_EJECT_STANDALONE
  • DRIVE_NAME_SEED
  • RETURN_UNASSIGNED_MEDIA_TO_SCRATCH_POOL
  • SSO_SCAN_ABILITY
  • VAULT_CLEAR_MEDIA_DESC

The following values were previously configured using touch files created in the /usr/openv/netbackup directory:
  • DONT_USE_SLAVE
  • DRIVE_ERROR_THRESHOLD  
  • MEDIA_ERROR_THRESHOLD
  • TIME_WINDOW  
 
Here are the definitions for the following values:
 
DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_HOST_NAME_ADD
Enables EMM to automatically add a host name if the host name appears to be valid. An example of an invalid host name would be a name that duplicates another host.
 
DISABLE_DISK_STU_JOB_THROTTLING
If enabled, disables the disk storage unit job throttling that occurs when disk storage units approach their high water mark. Disk storage unit throttling limits the number of jobs that are started simultaneously to approach the high water mark more accurately. The default value is to throttle disk storage units approaching their high watermark.
 
MAX_REALLOC_TRIES
Enables you to set the maximum number of times some failed mount requests are allowed to be retried (with a different drive and/or media).
 
To see which settings can be changed, run nbemmcmd -changesetting with no options. This will display a usage statement along with a listing of options available for changing EMM settings.

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