Is there any way to trace changes to bpconfig?

[hawkinsa]

Is there any way to trace changes (who changed it, what changed, when did they change it) to bpconfig?  We're using Netbackup 6.0 MP7.

[lu]

Every day we dump the NBU config to a different file using the "support" script, to trace changes. That's better than nothing...

[rjrumfelt]

but below is the link to a script in the downloads section that traces policy modifications.  Maybe you can start there and modify the script to meet your needs?

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/my-version-policy-addremovechange-monitoring-scrip...

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

The 'What' and 'When' can be traced via admin log on the master server, but since all changes are done by an Administrator/root, the user name will not be logged.

I have just done a test on my test system - changed 'keep logs' from the default 28 days to 20:

 bpconfig -kl 20

admin log:
22:36:53.943 [18851] <2> bpconfig: INITIATING: version NetBackup 6.5 created: 2009050106
22:36:53.943 [18851] <2> logparams: -kl 20
...
22:36:53.991 [18851] <2> vnet_vnetd_service_socket: vnet_vnetd.c.2060: service: bpdbm
22:36:53.996 [18851] <2> logconnections: BPDBM CONNECT FROM 192.168.120.4.51350 TO 192.168.120.4.13724
22:36:54.330 [18851] <2> bpconfig: EXIT status = 0