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Gabriel-A
Level 3
5 years ago
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changing the vmware backup host via command

Hi all

 

i would like to change the configuration of many vmware policies in netbackup via the command line interface. the desired change is the vmware backup host, i need to change the host, however being many, it would take a lot of time to use the console.

 

i have reviewed the bpplinfo command but did not find any attribute for exactly the vmware backup host.

 

any ideas are welcome.

 

thanks in advance

8.1.2
Windows Server 2016
  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    5 years ago

    Hi

    You should be able to use the (undocumented) -alt_client_name parameter to update the backup host (set to the new host you want to use or MEDIA_SERVER if you want to use any available - the equivalent of the default 'Backup Media Server' in the drop down).

    So the command would be something like:
    bpplinfo <policy> -modify -alt_cleint_name <new vmware backup host>

    It works on my 8.3 test system and I think I have used this before on older versions.

  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    Level 6
    5 years ago

    Hi

    You should be able to use the (undocumented) -alt_client_name parameter to update the backup host (set to the new host you want to use or MEDIA_SERVER if you want to use any available - the equivalent of the default 'Backup Media Server' in the drop down).

    So the command would be something like:
    bpplinfo <policy> -modify -alt_cleint_name <new vmware backup host>

    It works on my 8.3 test system and I think I have used this before on older versions.

    • Gabriel-A's avatar
      Gabriel-A
      Level 3
      5 years ago

      Good Morning David,

       

      thank you very much for your quick response.

       

      i have been looking for info exactly for the same argument ACN/alternative client name because i found that the vallue corresponds:

      PS D:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd> .\bpplinfo.exe $policyname -l
      INFO 40 0 0 0 *NULL* 0 0 2147483647 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1381850068 932327A29BFF47C8ACE642652426A064 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15 1 3 0 28800000 0 1 1 0 0
      KEY vmware
      BCMD *NULL*
      RCMD *NULL*
      RES slp-fr2-ld2rd______-s-rt31d-03 *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL*
      POOL NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup
      FOE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      SHAREGROUP Any
      DATACLASSIFICATION *NULL*
      ACN xxxxxxxxx
      SSM VMware_v2
      SSMARGCOUNT 16

      Alternate Client Name: xxxxxxxx

      i have tried to run the command you suggested but the following error is shown:

      .\bpplinfo.exe $policyname -modify -alt_cleint_name $vmwarebackuphost

      noticed there is a typo in the -alt_cleint_name part

      Using the correct way the command:

      .\bpplinfo.exe $policyname -modify -alt_client_name $vmwarebackuphost

      it worked as a charm!

       

      thank you so much!