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belse
Level 5
12 years ago

BPCD and BPRD

Hi All,

I need to know about BPCD and BPRD. I found much confusion in the admin books somewhere written both are microsoft protocal and another guide says bpcd is used in windows and bprd in unix?

Can somebody elaborate about these two?

Thanks,

Belse

7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Basics
NetBackup
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    12 years ago

    Both are used in Unix and Windows.

    bprd is the executable that is called the Request daemon on a Unix/Linux master and the Request service on a Windows master.

    bpcd runs on all servers and clients and is used for initial handshake between servers and clients  - Client daemon on Unix/Linux  and Client Service on Windows.

    See Appendix A of the Troubleshooting Guide for overview of NetBackup processes.

    First read through the process flow diagrams, then read up about the different processes under the topic NetBackup programs and daemons.

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Both are used in Unix and Windows.

    bprd is the executable that is called the Request daemon on a Unix/Linux master and the Request service on a Windows master.

    bpcd runs on all servers and clients and is used for initial handshake between servers and clients  - Client daemon on Unix/Linux  and Client Service on Windows.

    See Appendix A of the Troubleshooting Guide for overview of NetBackup processes.

    First read through the process flow diagrams, then read up about the different processes under the topic NetBackup programs and daemons.

  • CRZ's avatar
    CRZ
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    I found much confusion in the admin books somewhere written both are microsoft protocal and another guide says bpcd is used in windows and bprd in unix?

    Where exactly in our documentation did you read this?  We'll be sure to correct it right away.