I've just tried corrupting bptestbpcd to see what effect it would have on nbdeployutil...
[root@rhel64 /]# cd tmp
[root@rhel64 tmp]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdeployutil --gather --output="/tmp/sdo"
NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.5.0.7
Gathering license deployment information...
Discovered master server hserver
failed bptestbpcd to 4 of 5 clients, for details see: /tmp/sdo/20150807_161816_hserver/nbdeployutil-gather-20150807_161816.log
Output for hserver at: /tmp/sdo/20150807_161816_hserver
Gather DONE
Execution time: 36 secs
To create a report for this master server, run one of the following:
capacity : nbdeployutil --report --capacity /tmp/sdo/20150807_161816_hserver
traditional: nbdeployutil --report --traditional /tmp/sdo/20150807_161816_hserver
[root@rhel64 tmp]# cd /usr/openv/netbackup/bin
[root@rhel64 bin]# find . -name bptestbpcd
./admincmd/bptestbpcd
[root@rhel64 bin]# cd admincmd/
[root@rhel64 admincmd]# mv bptestbpcd bptestbpcd.sav
[root@rhel64 admincmd]# touch bptestbpcd
[root@rhel64 admincmd]# cd /tmp
[root@rhel64 tmp]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdeployutil --gather --output="/tmp/sdo"
NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.5.0.7
Gathering license deployment information...
Discovered master server hserver
`tpconfig` status: 127 (exec failed, Permission denied)
`nbdevquery` status: 127 (exec failed, Permission denied)
`nbemmcmd` status: 127 (exec failed, Permission denied)
`emmcmd_lh` status: 127 (exec failed, Permission denied)
`nbftconfig` status: 127 (exec failed, Permission denied)
`vault` status: 127 (exec failed, Permission denied)
failed bptestbpcd to 5 of 5 clients, for details see: /tmp/sdo/20150807_172724_hserver/nbdeployutil-gather-20150807_172724.log
Failed gathering for hserver, /tmp/sdo/20150807_172724_hserver
Gather DONE
Execution time: 2 secs
Unable to gather information for the following masters:
hserver in directory /tmp/sdo/20150807_172724_hserver
[root@rhel64 tmp]#
...and then putting the bptestbpcd binary file back:
[root@rhel64 tmp]# cd /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/
[root@rhel64 admincmd]# rm bptestbpcd
rm: remove regular empty file `bptestbpcd'? y
[root@rhel64 admincmd]# mv bptestbpcd.sav bptestbpcd
[root@rhel64 admincmd]# cd /tmp
[root@rhel64 tmp]# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdeployutil --gather --output="/tmp/sdo"
NetBackup Deployment Utility, version 7.5.0.7
Gathering license deployment information...
Discovered master server hserver
failed bptestbpcd to 4 of 5 clients, for details see: /tmp/sdo/20150807_173113_hserver/nbdeployutil-gather-20150807_173113.log
Output for hserver at: /tmp/sdo/20150807_173113_hserver
Gather DONE
Execution time: 37 secs
To create a report for this master server, run one of the following:
capacity : nbdeployutil --report --capacity /tmp/sdo/20150807_173113_hserver
traditional: nbdeployutil --report --traditional /tmp/sdo/20150807_173113_hserver
[root@rhel64 tmp]#
...and all is ok again.