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belse
Level 5
11 years ago

bpclntcmd -pn

Hi All,   I had 59 status code and was trying whether i could check my server status via bpclndcmd -pn command. However when i typed this command it didnot return anything on client. Could somebo...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    11 years ago

    So, your master server is called WIN-WP5SZOJMGWG and the client is called master68?

    Your options need to be the other way round:

    On master it should be:
    bpclntcmd -hn <client-hostname>
    bpclntcmd -ip <client-ip-address>

    On client it should be:
    bpclntcmd -hn <master-hostname> 
    bpclntcmd -ip <master-ip-address>

    If you have media servers, you also need to check lookup on client for all media servers:
    pclntcmd -hn <media-hostname> 
    bpclntcmd -ip <media-ip-address>

    If your client is not on DNS, add hosts entries for the master and/or media server(s).
    If your client is on DNS, check lookup with:
    ping     WIN-WP5SZOJMGWG
    nslookup WIN-WP5SZOJMGWG
    nslookup 10.0.0.9
     

    Please remember to clear host cache after hosts file or DNS has been updated.

     

     

belse's avatar
belse
Level 5
11 years ago

Hi Marianne,

Thanks for this beautiful comment/info.

I really liked it. I run the below commands and find.

1:-On Master(I run the below command) for Client. Its fine.

C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -hn 10.0.0.5
host 10.0.0.5: Master68 at 10.0.0.5
aliases:     Master68     10.0.0.5
 
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -ip master68
host master68: Master68 at 10.0.0.5
aliases:     Master68     10.0.0.5
 
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>
 
2:-On client(I run the below command) for master. 
 
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -ip WIN-WP5SZOJMGWG
host WIN-WP5SZOJMGWG: not found.
 
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -self
gethostname() returned: master68
host master68: Master68 at 10.0.0.5 (0x500000a)
aliases:
 
 
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -hn 10.0.0.9
host 10.0.0.9: 10.0.0.9 at 10.0.0.9 (0x900000a)
aliases:
 
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -pn
 

However backups are running fine without any issue. But if i run clear host on master it didnot return any value as C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -pn does not return any value. Any suggestion?