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MilesVScott's avatar
MilesVScott
Level 6
13 years ago

MSDP Always busy

I am trying to do some upgrades to the firmware and drivers on a server containing a MSDP. Being new to NetBackup I recently took a different pool down, most likely related to shuting the server down...
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  • Sachin_Pathare's avatar
    Sachin_Pathare
    13 years ago

    Hi Miles,

    -- Make sure there are no backups/duplications/image expirations happening from NBU side, as these operations will generate tlog(MSDP transaction logs files) and to process these tlogs, CRQP process runs twice in 24hrs(once at 12PM afternoon and 00:00 AM midnight).

    -- If all the operations are stopped in NBU, you can check the <drive>:\<MSDP Storage Location>\queue folder if there exists any tlog files, if yes, then you can manually run CRQP with below command:
    # crcontrol --processqueue

    -- Once you are sure that all tlogs are processed from the queue folder, you can safely bring down the NBU services on the MSDP media server using:
    # bpdown -f -v
    Note: NBU Deduplication Engine(spoold) and Manager(spad) service may take a while(from a few mins to more than an hour) to stop, please do not attempt to kill them from task manager or kill command.

    -- Once NBU is down, you can perform the driver and firmware update, once done bring up all the services, using:
    # bpup -f -v
    Note: NBU Deduplication Engine(spoold) and Manager(spad) service may take a while(from a few mins to more than an hour) to start, please do not attempt to kill them from task manager or kill command.

    Hope that helps !!

     Regards,

Sachin_Pathare's avatar
Sachin_Pathare
Level 4
13 years ago

Hi Miles,

-- Make sure there are no backups/duplications/image expirations happening from NBU side, as these operations will generate tlog(MSDP transaction logs files) and to process these tlogs, CRQP process runs twice in 24hrs(once at 12PM afternoon and 00:00 AM midnight).

-- If all the operations are stopped in NBU, you can check the <drive>:\<MSDP Storage Location>\queue folder if there exists any tlog files, if yes, then you can manually run CRQP with below command:
# crcontrol --processqueue

-- Once you are sure that all tlogs are processed from the queue folder, you can safely bring down the NBU services on the MSDP media server using:
# bpdown -f -v
Note: NBU Deduplication Engine(spoold) and Manager(spad) service may take a while(from a few mins to more than an hour) to stop, please do not attempt to kill them from task manager or kill command.

-- Once NBU is down, you can perform the driver and firmware update, once done bring up all the services, using:
# bpup -f -v
Note: NBU Deduplication Engine(spoold) and Manager(spad) service may take a while(from a few mins to more than an hour) to start, please do not attempt to kill them from task manager or kill command.

Hope that helps !!

 Regards,