Master/Media/Clients

Hi Sdo,

Master is on 2008 R2 server with 7.6.0.1 version...

Hi Marianne you are right.

The main purpose is for licensing issue.

They are trying to fetch the keywords from master/media/cliets from any file,directory that would distinguish from master to media or client.

Trying to get info from a client/server at OS level is the wrong way to perform licensing audit.

You need to look at NBU config along with good knowledge of the environment.

What would you look for on a client to know that this only Standard client (filesystem backup) or Database client? And if there is Server software installed, how would you know by only looking at the machine that is a SAN media server only backing up the SQL db on itself. (Enterprise Client and Db & Application pack license)?

Above info exits on Master server only.

Show your auditers this discussion ....

For license audit you should take a look at the nbdeploy util as well:

Symantec NetBackup Traditional and Capacity License Deployment Utility (nbdeployutil)

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH148678

Using nbdeployutil

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO105060

Hi sdo

Any chance you could give us a Windows version of Mark Donaldson's script? 
See https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/how-get-client-nbu-version-form-master-0#comment-9816101 

Will do.

Quick attempt at a Windows DOS/batch equivalent:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=1,2,* skip=1" %%a in ('reg query HKLM\Software\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion /v "InstallDir"') do (set z_install_dir=%%c)
set z_admincmd=!z_install_dir!NetBackup\bin\admincmd
echo       Client                    OS Level           Release
echo =====================   ========================   =======
for /f "tokens=1,2,3" %%a in ('"!z_admincmd!\bpplclients.exe" -allunique -noheader') do (
  set z_client_name=%%c
  set z_client_os=
  set z_client_protocol=
  set z_client_patch=
  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6" %%a in ('"!z_admincmd!\bpgetconfig.exe" -s !z_client_name! -L -A') do (
    if "%%a %%b %%c"=="Patch Level ="              set z_client_patch=%%d
    if "%%a %%b %%c"=="Client OS/Release ="        set z_client_os=%%d
    if "%%a %%c %%c"=="NetBackup Client Protocol"  set z_client_protocol=%%f
  )
  set z_client_version=!z_client_patch!
  if "!z_client_version!"==""  set z_client_version=!z_client_protocol!
  set z_display_name=!z_client_name!                      *
  set z_display_os=!z_client_os!                          *
  echo !z_display_name:~0,21!   !z_display_os:~0,24!   !z_client_version!
)
echo+
pause
exit /b

Windows is not as advanced as Unix.   :p      (Did I really say that?  I didn't mean it!   But, sometimes I do!)

For reference, just re-posting here a copy of the script originally provided by Mark Donaldson in veritas-bu mailing list some time ago:

#!/bin/ksh
PATH=$PATH:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd
echo "      Client         \t         OS Level        \t Release"
echo "=====================\t ========================\t ======="
for c in `bpplclients -allunique -noheader | awk '{print $3}'`
do
  bpgetconfig -s $c -L -A | \
    awk -F'=' '{if($1~/Client.OS/){os=$2}
                if($1~/Patch/)   {p=$2}
                if($1~/Protocol/){v=$2}}
                END { if(p~/^ *$/){r=v}else{r=p}
                      printf("%-22s\t%-25s\t%s\n","'$c'",os,r)} '
done

I've just posted a more comprehensive script here:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/windows-script-collect-netbackup-client-details-csv-file

...which hasn't been released for general viewing yet - but hopefully will be available in a day or two.

HTH.