Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

Specifies a file (listfile) that contains a list of files to be archived and can be used instead of the filenames option. In listfile, place each file path on a separate line.

The required file list format depends on whether the files have spaces, newlines, or returns in the names. To archive the files that do not have spaces or newlines or returns in the names, use the following format:

filepath

The path to the file you want to archive. Some examples on UNIX systems are:/home, /etc, and /var. Some examples on Windows systems are: c:\Programs and c:\documents\old_memos

To archive the files that have spaces or newlines or returns in the names, use this format:

filepathlen filepath

filepath is the path to the file you want to archive and filepathlen is the number of characters in the file path.

The path to the file you want to archive. Some examples on UNIX systems are:/home, /etc, and /var. Some examples on Windows systems are: c:\Programs and c:\documents\old_memos

Examples on UNIX systems are the following:

5 /home
4 /etc
4 /var
19 /home/abc/test file

Examples on Windows systems are the following:

11 c:\Programs
8 c:\winnt
22 c:\documents\old memos

Names one or more files to be archived and can be used instead of the -f option. Any files that you specify must be listed at the end, after all other options.

Specifies a keyword phrase that NetBackup associates with the image created by this archive operation. You then can 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 (" ") and period (".").

Enclose the phrase in double quotes ("...") or single quotes ('...').

The default keyword phrase is the null (empty) string.

Specifies the name of an existing file in which to write progress information.

On UNIX systems, the file name must begin with /.

For example: netbackup/logs/user_ops/proglog

On Windows system, an example is NetBackup\logs\user_ops\proglog

The default is to not use a progress log.

Include the -en option to generate a progress log that is in English. The name of the log contains the string _en. This option is useful to support personnel in a distributed environment where different locales may create logs of various languages.

Only default paths are allowed for this option and Veritas recommends using the default paths. If you cannot use the NetBackup default path in your setup, you should add custom paths to the NetBackup configuration.

For more information on how to add a custom path, see the "BPCD_ALLOWED_PATH option for NetBackup servers and clients" topic in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

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.

On UNIX systems, this option specifies the name of the NetBackup master server. The default is the first SERVER entry in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file.

On Windows systems, this option specifies the name of the NetBackup master server. The default is the server designated as current on the Servers tab of the Specify NetBackup Machines dialog box. To display this dialog box, start the Backup, Archive, and Restore user interface on the client. Then click Specify NetBackup Machines on the File menu.

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 currently uses. (See the -p option.)

Specifies one of the following numbers that correspond to the policy type. The default for Windows clients is 13. The default for all others is 0:

0 = Standard

4 = Oracle

6 = Informix-On-BAR

7 = Sybase

13 = MS-Windows

15 = MS-SQL-Server

16 = MS-Exchange-Server

19 = NDMP

The following policy types apply only to NetBackup Enterprise Server:

11 = DataTools-SQL-BackTrack

17 = SAP

18 = DB2

20 = FlashBackup

21 = Split-Mirror

39 = Enterprise-Vault

This option tells NetBackup that the file list that is provided is in UTF-8 format. With this option, NetBackup does not try to convert the path names. The option has no effect for non-Windows platforms or for other policy types.

For some policy types, NetBackup on Windows assumes that the input file list is formatted in the active code page (ACP). It converts each path specification from the ACP to UTF-8. The option applies to any backups that are initiated from the command line on Windows, for the following policy types:

DB2
MS-Exchange-Server
Lotus-Notes
Oracle
SAP
MS-SQL-Server
Sybase
MS-Windows

Causes NetBackup to wait for a completion status from the server before it returns you to the system prompt.

The required date and time values format in NetBackup commands varies according to your locale. The /usr/openv/msg/.conf file (UNIX) and the install_path\VERITAS\msg\LC.CONF file (Windows) contain information such as the date-time formats for each supported locale. The files contain specific instructions on how to add or modify the list of supported locales and formats.

See the "About specifying the locale of the NetBackup installation" topic in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.

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.