Can anybody please give me a script which starts the backup by calling specific netbakup policy. The server is windows based server and it needs the backup to be started after a specific activity gets completed. Please help me to get this script.
Where will the backup be initiated from? Client or master?
If master, you can use 'bpbackup -i' (same as right-click on a policy and select Manual Backup) e.g.:
<install-path>\veritas\netbackup\bin\bpbackup -i -p <policy-name> -s <schedule> -h <client-name> -L <logfile>
The schedule needs to be automatic type schedule (Full, Cum_Inc or Diff_Inc). The policy Backup Selection will be used.
If initiated from client:
<install-path>\veritas\netbackup\bin\bpbackup -p <policy-name> -s <schedule> -f <listfile> | <filenames> -L <logfile>
File/path name(s) can either be specified as part of the command or added to a filename, specified by -f option. The schedule needs to be User type and needs an open window during which user type backups are allowed. The policy Backup Selection will be ignored.
bpbackup also takes a -t argument for the policy type. An MS-Windows-NT policy is type 13. If policy happened to use FlashBackup-Windows, you'd want to specify type 29. There are other special types for other application-style backups (Exchange, MS SQL, etc.)
To test your script, create a policy with a very simple file list like C:\WINDOWS\system and work with that. Write it to a disk staging unit with a very short retention (1 day) and you can quickly ensure you have the right arguments.
bpstart script and use normal Netbackup scheduling.
