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Deb_Techie
Level 4
11 years ago

How to identity Status of a backup using Netbackup CLI ?

I launch 'bpbackup' command in my program and it just gives the return code. There is no way to know the corresponding JobId. Before I launch the next backup, I want to check the status of the Prev...
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  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    11 years ago

    The status of backups report uses the bperror command - several switches in there and this will report on running and completed backups - take a look to see if that helps you

     

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Stumpr2
Level 6
11 years ago

I also like the use of the -L logfile as it gives you information that you can use well after the job has since been removed from the Activity monitor. And you can tail -f the logfile for current time information as the backup is running.