preview before backup start

[robertloh]

Hi folks,

Knowing that we can use command #bpimagelist to preview backup images so that u know which tape needed for recovery. Just wondering whether NBU 5.0 Windows server allows a preview of all backup policies without actually starting them, knowing that Legato NetWorker can do it by #savegrp -pvvvvv <group_name>

Cheers...
Robert

 

[PGPhantom]

To get tapes needed for restores use:

bpimmedia -client <ServerName> -d <StartDate> -e <EndDate> -L


I am not sure what you are asking on the second part - What, exactly, do you need to see?

 

[robertloh]

#bpimmedia display netbackup images on media, this is only after backup jobs completed.
What I want is before any backup jobs started, I want to preview the policies configuration like which volume pool the job will use etc....This is actually more predictable and after that I know exactly netbackup is going to use this pool for tonight backup job for instance.

Cheers....

 

[PGPhantom]

Something along these lines ??

for CLASS in `$BPDIR/bpcllist`; do
echo "*******************************************************" >> $TMPF
echo "* CLASS NAME: $CLASS *" >> $TMPF
echo "*******************************************************" >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
$BPDIR/bpclclients $CLASS >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
echo "------------------ CLASS ATTRIBUTES -------------------" >> $TMPF
$BPDIR/bpclinfo $CLASS -U >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
echo "--------------------- SCHEDULE ------------------------" >> $TMPF
$BPDIR/bpclsched $CLASS -U >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
echo "------------------- FILESYSTEMS -----------------------" >> $TMPF
$BPDIR/bpclinclude $CLASS -l | cut -f2 >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
echo "" >> $TMPF
done
exit

Note that each section outputs a different bit of data but it works like a charm. I use the above to create a daily report to fall back on in the event that someone accidentally deletes a policy etc.