You should be able to disable it if you are performing local backup for master, which means server is client too.
Follow the technote and replace cient_name with your server name or client name specified in your bp.conf file (it should be same as your server name) -
DOCUMENTATION: How to enable or disable Veritas Snapshot Provider (VSP) from the command line.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/268339
Modification:
The VSP option can be enabled or disabled from the command line with the use of the bpclient command. This command is found in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd directory on UNIX/Linux master servers, and in the <install_path>\veritas\netbackup\bin\admincmd directory on a Windows master server.
To determine the current status of VSP for a client, open a command prompt, change to the admincmd directory, and run the following command:
bpclient -client <client_name> -L
If this command returns a message "bpclient: no entity was found (227)", none of the client options for that client have been configured and the default Windows Open File Backup settings are used. The default settings are: VSP enabled, Individual snapshots, and Abort on error
Otherwise, the output from looks similar to the following (bold added for clarity):
C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>bpclient -client client_name -L
Client Name: client_name
Current Host:
Hostname: client_name
IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Dynamic Address: no
Free Browse: Allow
List Restore: Not Specified
Max Jobs This Client: Not Specified
WOFB Enabled: Yes
WOFB FIM: VSP
WOFB Usage: Individual Drive Snapshot
WOFB Error Control: Abort on Error
Connect options: 2 2 3
The "WOFB Enabled: Yes" line indicates VSP is in use.
To activate VSP for an already existing client, run the following command:
bpclient -client <client_name> -update -WOFB_enabled 1
To deactivate VSP for an already existing client, run the following command:
bpclient -client <client_name> -update -WOFB_enabled 0
To add a client and activate VSP, run the following command:
bpclient -client <client_name>-add -WOFB_enabled 1
To add a client and deactivate VSP, run the following command:
bpclient -client <client_name>-add -WOFB_enabled 0
Alternatively, you can try another workaround as mentioned in technote below. Keep in mind that your server is the client too and for it's own backup it gets treated just like another client.
DOCUMENTATION: How to enable/disable Veritas Snapshot Provider settings by file creation or manipulation
http://support.veritas.com/docs/282296
Message Edited by Rakesh Khandelwal on 04-09-200711:50 AM
Message Edited by Rakesh Khandelwal on 04-09-200711:50 AM
