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H_Sharma
Level 6
11 years ago

BPDM VS BPDBM

Dear Experts, Could somebody please tell me the difference between BPDM VS BPDBM? Thanks, Hargyan
7.1.x and Earlier
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Basics
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  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    11 years ago

    From the troubleshooting guide

    bpdbm

    On master servers, the NetBackup database manager program
    that manages the configuration, error, and file databases.
    Started By: bprd (also by
    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbpdbm on UNIX)
    Stopped By: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm -terminate
    command on UNIX and by stopping the NetBackup Database
    Manager service on Windows.
    Debug Log: bpdbm legacy log directory on the server.

    bpdm 

    On master and media servers, bpdm is used for the following disk
    operations: read phase of disk duplication, read phase of synthetic
    backups, disk verify and disk import, true image restore from disk,
    disk image deletion.
    Started By: For each operation, bpbrm starts an instance of bpdm,
    on the server with the storage unit.
    Stopped By: Completion of operation.
    Debug Log: bpdm legacy log directory on the server.
mph999's avatar
mph999
Level 6
11 years ago

From the troubleshooting guide

bpdbm

On master servers, the NetBackup database manager program
that manages the configuration, error, and file databases.
Started By: bprd (also by
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbpdbm on UNIX)
Stopped By: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm -terminate
command on UNIX and by stopping the NetBackup Database
Manager service on Windows.
Debug Log: bpdbm legacy log directory on the server.

bpdm 

On master and media servers, bpdm is used for the following disk
operations: read phase of disk duplication, read phase of synthetic
backups, disk verify and disk import, true image restore from disk,
disk image deletion.
Started By: For each operation, bpbrm starts an instance of bpdm,
on the server with the storage unit.
Stopped By: Completion of operation.
Debug Log: bpdm legacy log directory on the server.