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CadenL's avatar
CadenL
Level 6
4 years ago

NetBackup vault reports

Hi Just a quick question on configuring NetBackup vault reports on NBU 8.1.2 Does it still use blat and nbmail to send the reports or is there a way to use opscenter these days? thanks Caden
8.1.2
windows server 2012
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    4 years ago

    CadenL 

    I have just checked my NBU documentation folders - the latest Vault manual is NetBackup81_AdminGuide_Vault.pdf.

    In chapter 9 - Administering Vault, there is a section called :  About setting up email.

    Extract:

    Depending on your computing environment, you may have to configure NetBackup
    or your computing environment so that notification email from NetBackup functions
    properly.
    On UNIX systems, NetBackup uses the sendmail mail transfer agent to send email.
    If sendmail is not installed, you must install it and configure your environment so
    it functions correctly.
    On Windows systems, NetBackup uses the nbmail.cmd script (in
    install_path\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\goodies) on the NetBackup master server
    to send email. For email notifications, NetBackup passes the email address, subject,
    and message to the script. NetBackup then uses the mail program that is specified
    in the script to send email. For instructions on configuring the script, see the
    comments in the nbmail.cmd script. Default NetBackup behavior: nbmail.cmd does
    not send email.
    Note: If you use the Blat email client to deliver email on Windows systems, include
    the -mime option on the blat command in the nbmail.cmd script. That ensures the
    Vault reports are mailed correctly.

CadenL's avatar
CadenL
Level 6

Thanks for the reply. I can't see any evidence of anything other than Blat being an option here and as nobody else has responded (despite quite a few views) I suspect that either nobody else knows or nobody else disagrees with you - I'll go with the latter. So I think I have my answer.

Did you say you've just done this yourself (using blat for vault reports?) Did it all work as expected with Blat? Just nice to know that I'm not heading down a dead end here.

thanks again

Slartybardfast's avatar
Slartybardfast
Level 5
4 years ago

Hi CadenL

Yes it all works as expected. I get emails every morning. I also save a copy to a folder specified in the vault management properties. Belt and braces approach. Just incase email is not working.