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manatee's avatar
manatee
Level 6
9 years ago

how do you read "bp.conf" file?

i'm troubleshooting a problem with "bpclntcmd -pn" in a different thread and i came across a troubleshooting article to check "bp.conf" file. when i checked, what i saw doesn't seem right. SERVER ...
7.6
Backup and Recovery
Linux
NetBackup
  • RiaanBadenhorst's avatar
    RiaanBadenhorst
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Resilient network is used for clients that backup across a WAN link that might drop packets, lose connection etc.

    There are so many entries because in per 7.7 when we had the good old Remote admin console. Every desktop that had the console on it needed to be listed as a "SERVER" so it could access the master server.

    SPS redirects show the front end to backend database mapping for SharePoint. 

     

    All of this is just a reflection of the host properties > master server settings. You can adjust it there instead of editing the bp.conf.

Genericus's avatar
Genericus
Moderator
9 years ago

In the olden days (before 7.7 NB) the windows admin console required an entry for each PC in the master server bp.conf so they have authority to connect to it.

IF you are not using the windows version of the admin console, remove the PC entries. I have found that too many non-existant SERVER entries will cause significant performance issues as the master tries and fails to contact them.

 

Essentially the list of SERVER entries will be only master, media and windows admin access, the only significant order is that the master MUST be first.

SERVER = master

SERVER = media server

SERVER = windows admin users