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H_Sharma's avatar
H_Sharma
Level 6
10 years ago

Master/Media/Clients

Hello Experts,

Pls help me with the below requirement.

Our audit team wants to have a look on each server to ensure whether its a master/media/nbu client.

So is there any file in windows/linux/solaris that shows its a master/media/nbu client?

1:Pls share the path...

2:-If no file pls let us know if we can run any command to check the same on each server to find the details.

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Backing Up
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Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    10 years ago

    Possibly your Windows admins will script it, scanning the entire AD OU of computers?

    If so, they should be able to remotely query the registry key HKLM\Software\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion for key value "Install Type".

    This REG_SZ key value will hold one of:

    NetBackup Master Server

    or NetBackup Media Server

    or NetBackup Administration Console

    or NetBackup Client

    HTH.

  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    Simple way...

    login to the each Mater server GUI -- go to host properties ---> clients

    click on all clients and connect...

    once they are connected, it will show you the host type wheater it is Master/media or client.

    if you are looking for a command that will be bpgetconfig , 

    bpgetconfig -g <servername> 

    it wil show you the details if it is master server or media server or client. 

  • H_Sharma's avatar
    H_Sharma
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    Hi Ramnagalla,

    Thanks very much... This is from the netbackup master console.. We would be requiring from clients point of view.

  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    not sure why you are looking to login each and everyclient seperatly when you are able to get this info from Master server...

    i can say if you dont see the admincmd folder under /usr/openv/netbackup/bin, it happens to be client.

  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    Possibly your Windows admins will script it, scanning the entire AD OU of computers?

    If so, they should be able to remotely query the registry key HKLM\Software\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion for key value "Install Type".

    This REG_SZ key value will hold one of:

    NetBackup Master Server

    or NetBackup Media Server

    or NetBackup Administration Console

    or NetBackup Client

    HTH.

  • Genericus's avatar
    Genericus
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    nbemmcmd -listhosts | grep -i master = master server

    nbemmcmd -listhosts | grep -i media = media servers

    If it is not in this list, not sure if it counts as a media server


     

  • DG-2005's avatar
    DG-2005
    Level 5
    10 years ago

    this is the most logical way to do it. why do they need to physically login each server when what they are asking for can be pulled manually.

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    I really like the suggestion above, for Windows you will have to tweak the command line a bit

    nbemmcmd -listhosts | findstr /i master

    nbemmcmd -listhosts | findstr /i media

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    10 years ago
    What is the purpose of getting the information from the host itself? Ram's suggestion to connect to all machines from Host Properties or to use bpgetconfig is good, because it needs to connect to each machine to pull information. Checking for admincmd folder is sort of good, but then it would list desktops and laptops installed with Windows Admin Console as media servers. These machines are normally neither clients nor media servers. So, you need to go back to them to understand the purpose of the exercise. If the purpose is a licensing audit, there are other ways to get the information.
  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    @Hargyan - OS version of master, and NBU version of master?

  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    FYI - the native "NetBackup Administration Console for Window" does not allow one to copy 'Ctrl-C' the list of clients from Host Properties / Clients within the admin console GUI.

    However, the "NetBackup Java Administration Console for Windows" does allow the list of clients to be copied, and therefore pasted in to something like Excel.

    So, RAM is right - but it's just that one of the Admin Consoles for Windows does not allow this to be done, whereas the other does allow (feature) the capability.

    So, the simplest option is... as RAM suggested... to use the java admin console for windows, and goto Host Properties / Clients, then press Ctrl-A to select all clients, which will immediately begin to connect to all clients and retrieve their basic details... when this is complete, select them all again, then Ctrl-C to copy the list, and the paste (Ctrl-V) in to Excel.

    As for any other 'server' in the estate which may or may not have NetBackup Client installed - well, the server admin team can find that out.  At least you can give whoever asked, a full list of all known (to NetBackup) and active backup clients.