How to start/stop Net Backup services on master/media servers?

As adviced from Symantec from version 6.5

Use

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all  ---> To terminate existing/hung processes and stop netbackup services

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all ---> To start Netbackup processess.

In case you still find processess running you can always use bpps -a and use the kill -9 <pid> to terminate them.

Thank you.

And if I am to stop any particular service, how do I go for it?

Cheers,
DDS

ps -ef | grep <service name>

kill <pid_of_the_service>

Hi DDS,

On AIX, you can use these to start and stop netbackup services (For 6.0):

/etc/rc.veritas.aix stop
/etc/rc.veritas.aix start


For 6.5


/etc/rc.netbackup.aix stop
/etc/rc.netbackup.aix start


Basically the netbackup script found in /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies has been copied to /etc/rc.netbackup.aix

On Unix master or media server you can issue the command:

# bpps -a

This shows you a list of processes split into NetBackup and Media Manager services.

The MM Services are primarily started via the ltid process.

To stop Media Manager processes issue the command:

# stopltid

Similarly
# vmoprcmd -stopltid
# vmoprcmd -startltid

Or to control it all via a text interface menu

# vmadm

Choose Special Actions (s)

And the options
i) Initiate Media Manager Volume Daemon
t) Terminate Media Manager Volume Daemon


You can stop the Backup request Daemon also via text menu
# bpadm
s) Special Actions

i) Initiate Request Daemon
t) Terminate Request Daemon


Confirm these paths are in your system PATH environment: for the above commands to work
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/


However, once you become familiar with NetBackup you very rarely need to use the text menus.

I can't find stop programs for bp* processes, are they exist?

# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all

Recommend only use this to cleanup any processes not stopped gracefully with the commands mentioned above.

Header info:

# Script for terminating all NetBackup, Media Manager and client
# daemons and processes.
#
# Notes:
#    - Use bp.start_all to start all NetBackup, Media Manager and
#      client daemons.
#    - Script does not handle all processes on media servers.
#    - Graceful termination is attempted, but some processes may be
#      ungracefully killed.
#    - Script is mainly intended to stop all daemons when there is
#    - no activity, i.e. no backups/restores in progress.

Thanks!!

Hope this may help

run the command 

/usr/opnev/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdown -f -v    ----> to stop the netbackup services 
/usr/opnev/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpup -f -v    ----> to start  the netbackup services