Some forum posters are unable to post even fragments of, let alone complete, raw log files for NetBackup. If a poster takes a copy of the attached script and places it on their desktop they will then be able to drag'n'drop log files onto the script ...
Sometimes it's not easy to quickly determine which images contain specific drives/volumes/folder-sets. Here's a simple reporting script which will list backup images, and the first 'name' entry at the top of the backup image contents.
One of the more complicated facets of NetBackup is that the 'copy number' of a backup image bears no relation to its locality/residence/age or duplication life history. The copy number of a backup image is an arbitary number, and does not convey any ...
Hoping that this might prove useful for some. It's a Windows DOS/batch script which will query all NetBackup clients and retrieve basic details such as version, and installation path, and OS type, etc.. and create a CSV file which can then be used/m...
The following scripts will enable you to find all servers with Remote Agents installed and will export to a .csv file. It is strongly suggested to use these scripts on a test environment first: 1. Download the "ServerList.zip" file. 2. Extract it t...
Symantec NetBackup OpsCenter Release Notes, Administration Guides, Reporting Guides, and Performance and Tuning Guide OpsCenter 7.6 NetBackup 7.6 Release Notes OpsCenter 7.6 Administrator's Guide OpsCenter 7.6 Reporting Guide What's new in OpsC...
I had a request from a customer to get a daily report whether all servers were backed up in a small matrix showing two weeks back. See the attached screenshot sample_report.png The attached report shows a matrix of colored squares one per server a...
Since media and drive name can only be seen by looking at detail status of a job....it can be painful in large enviornment with mulitple tape drives.. i have spent much time by looking at the detail status and then going to device monitor. though my ...
This is the direct download for the script referenced in the blog entry "NetBackup Scheduling Timelines." By downloading this script, you are accepting the responsibility of the usage of the script. In other words: use it at your own risk. The scr...
I am not the original author of this script, but have modified and maintained it over the years. #!/usr/bin/ksh #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Keith G. Deems # Check drives, bring drive up if down, emai...
#The following filters out select columns, filters out the most recent job results for #a given client/policy/schedule, converts the ctime to readable format and sorts by schedule example: bperror -backstat -l -d 07/20/2011 -e 07/20/2011 | errorchk....
Hi, Here is the script that gives count of available media in robot according to hcart2 and hcart3 ( thisis up to you ). You can put this script into crontab so email can be send backup operator groups. /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_medi...
This script checks for the Policy changes made in netbackup and shows all the change made in the Policy database from the last run time of this script.
Hi NBU Folks, In this download I'm sharing the VB utility that i coded to generate Netbackup reports. Features. Can be automated to run daily.Either run it on master or media server, But it needs to be Windows as its a VB utility.Can be used to trace...
The script is intended to automate the drive monitoring. The drive goes down due to read / write failures. The monitoring needs to be done to bring up the drives to make sure that backup happens through those drives. This script is in execut...
This script checks the XML file that stores the real status of the assigened backup job. It assumes that the backups are taken daily, if the job did not run it reports the actual last runtime of the job. You need to run it as scheduled task under a...
Its quite common for management or other teams asking for Netbackup Policies and A netbackup admin needs to keep these details updated every time there are changes done to the policy. I found this need to automate this task which made me to write t...
This reporting script generates a report for clients that have had problems backing up for: The past 2 consecutive days The past 3 consecutive days No backups for the past 7 days No backups for the past 24 hours Error code 196 (Window Closed) # Pur...
This is a report script that tracks changes from day-to-day. It provides more details than Deepak's script (http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/policy-change-details-script) for those who want more. This is designed to run once per day via cr...
There is no mechanism in netbackup to track the changes in the policies. We can get the details of the modified policies only from the OS level. This script can be added in the crontab and when executing it will find the policies which were changed...
