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andrich2016
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5 years ago
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Command to list the status of a job from a client

Hi, everybody

I am using the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpbackup to perform a User Backup and I have to remove the files that were backuped successfully. What command should I fire from my client to list this backup status (example 0 - succesfull, 1 - partial , 96 - unable to allocate new media)?

There aren´t bperror and bpdbjobs on client install.

My client is a Oracle Linux 7.8, Netbackup client version 7.7.3.

Thanks

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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    5 years ago

    hi andrich2016 

    Use the -w parameter if you need to check status of the bpbackup command.

    When using the -w qualifier,  bpbackup wont return to the command prompt, but wait until the backup job is complete, and bpbackup exit code will be the status of the backup.

    I have used the same trick many time before to ensure a client initiated backup is OK.

    Exit code from a command in Linux/UNIX is stored in the variable $? and return value shoudl be check as first command after the bpbackup command. 

    Pls See: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-get-exit-code-of-command/

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  • Krutons's avatar
    Krutons
    Moderator
    5 years ago

    I'm unsure what you're asking about. Are you running bpbackup and the backup is failing? If so, what error code?

    Are you running bpbackup and it completes successfully but the files aren't being deleted after a successful backup? That would be because you should be using bparchive to achieve that result.

    • andrich2016's avatar
      andrich2016
      Level 4
      5 years ago

      Should I ran the command line this way and read the exit.txt file to check the result. If its empty, the backup was fine.

      I woul like a command that I fire from the client tha ran the job to check if the backup has finished fine. Is there this command?

      /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpbackup -p $POLITICA -s $SCHEDULE -w 0 -f $DIRETORIOS &> exit.txt
      bash-3.2$ more exit.txt
      EXIT STATUS 96: unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none available

  • jnardello's avatar
    jnardello
    Moderator
    5 years ago
    First off a quick opinion : It's called NetBackup, not NetDelete; if end users want files deleted after a backup, make them do it. =) Use bplist to provide a complete list of all files you've backed up for them (or better yet, train them how to run the command at their convenience) and if they then choose to delete some/all of those files for whatever reason, that's their call as the owners. If YOU delete the files however, suddenly you're putting yourself on the hook for a classic "oops I removed the wrong critical production file" moment and managers start asking pointed questions. Second, if for whatever reason you're stuck with this responsibility anyway...you probably want the bparchive command, not bpbackup. Clients have very limited binary/library set and it does not include any direct commands to check backup statuses - bplist is probably as far as you could get with that anyway.
  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    5 years ago

    hi andrich2016 

    Use the -w parameter if you need to check status of the bpbackup command.

    When using the -w qualifier,  bpbackup wont return to the command prompt, but wait until the backup job is complete, and bpbackup exit code will be the status of the backup.

    I have used the same trick many time before to ensure a client initiated backup is OK.

    Exit code from a command in Linux/UNIX is stored in the variable $? and return value shoudl be check as first command after the bpbackup command. 

    Pls See: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-get-exit-code-of-command/