10-13-2010 01:28 AM
Hi,
New to NetBackup, I read ebooks and view eTraining (STS accreditation track).
On some of them (at least NBU7 administration - Part1 - Lesson 2), some slides
say that a "bpps -a" command will list all services.
I had a try at this command and it looks like the "-a" is not implemented (at least
not documented in the command help)!
May I have missed something?
Regards
Bernard
10-13-2010 01:37 AM
In the commands manual it appears that the options are different for Windows & *NIX?
?Question mark as I'm still running 6.5.4 on *NIX - it appears that this is also the case here too?!
***EDIT***
So a basic thing that I've missed to for nn years! Still learning!
10-13-2010 01:42 AM
You did not mention O/S?
bpps -a works on Unix (-x as well):
root@v240-2 # bpps -a
NB Processes
------------
root 4977 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:14 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbjm
root 4480 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:04 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vnetd -standalone
root 4921 1 0 Oct 12 ? 1:22 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbemm
root 4989 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:08 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbstserv
root 4483 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcd -standalone
root 4816 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:12 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbevtmgr
root 4981 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:06 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm
root 5086 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:13 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbars
root 4953 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:23 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprd
root 6462 4983 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbproxy dblib nbpem_email
root 4979 4977 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbproxy dblib nbjm
root 5073 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbsl
root 4939 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:24 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbrb
root 4991 4981 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpjobd
root 4986 4983 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbproxy dblib nbpem
root 4960 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcompatd
root 4996 4983 0 Oct 12 ? 0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbproxy dblib nbpem_cleanup
root 4801 1 0 Oct 12 ? 6:06 /usr/openv/db//bin/NB_dbsrv @/usr/openv/var/global/server.conf @/usr/openv/var/
root 5011 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:27 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbrmms
root 4983 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:07 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbpem
root 25420 4960 0 10:27:24 ? 0:00 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcompatd
root 25421 4960 0 10:27:24 ? 0:00 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcompatd
MM Processes
------------
root 4951 1 0 Oct 12 ? 0:04 vmd
On Windows, run bpps without any switches (I have all the dir's in my PATH variable):
C:\Windows\system32> bpps
* MASTER 10/13/10 10:39:26.092
COMMAND PID LOAD TIME MEM START
bpcompatd 1932 0.000% 3.884 2.3M 10/07/10 11:52:50.663
bpinetd 2012 0.000% 29.998 2.5M 10/07/10 11:52:54.922
bpjava-msvc 1428 0.000% 0.031 1.8M 10/07/10 11:52:55.843
dbsrv11 1160 0.000% 5:05.106 18M 10/07/10 11:52:55.983
bmrd 2204 0.000% 0.499 4.1M 10/07/10 11:53:05.437
nbars 2264 0.000% 0.873 6.6M 10/07/10 11:53:07.122
bpdbm 2440 0.000% 17.472 3.6M 10/07/10 11:53:10.538
nbemm 2548 0.000% 2:11.337 19M 10/07/10 11:53:12.051
nbevtmgr 2644 0.000% 4.461 8.2M 10/07/10 11:53:14.157
nbjm 2664 0.000% 45.333 13M 10/07/10 11:53:14.641
nbpem 3140 0.000% 16.489 10M 10/07/10 11:53:17.714
nbrmms 3260 0.000% 8.283 8.3M 10/07/10 11:53:18.510
bprd 3472 0.000% 7.098 4.8M 10/07/10 11:53:20.335
nbrb 3544 0.000% 50.169 11M 10/07/10 11:53:21.240
nbsl 3632 0.000% 3.619 7.3M 10/07/10 11:53:22.410
nbsvcmon 3672 0.000% 0.421 3.8M 10/07/10 11:53:23.080
nbstserv 3872 0.000% 33.805 8.3M 10/07/10 11:53:24.001
nbvault 2076 0.000% 0.265 3.8M 10/07/10 11:53:25.545
vmd 3644 0.000% 23.992 5.9M 10/07/10 11:53:26.341
ltid 3844 0.000% 14.913 5.2M 10/07/10 11:53:31.536
tldd 3896 0.000% 0.218 1.9M 10/07/10 11:53:32.893
avrd 2612 0.000% 1:06.128 2.1M 10/07/10 11:53:33.033
tldcd 3964 0.000% 0.920 3.1M 10/07/10 11:53:33.408
bpjobd 4020 0.000% 5:01.471 3.9M 10/07/10 11:53:41.442
nbproxy 3936 0.000% 8.392 5.4M 10/07/10 11:53:48.103
nbproxy 632 0.000% 1.606 5.5M 10/07/10 11:53:51.831
nbproxy 5076 0.000% 0.873 4.9M 10/07/10 18:03:01.779
nbproxy 4584 0.000% 0.218 5.3M 10/07/10 21:49:55.132
NbWin 1568 0.000% 4.071 2.9M 10/08/10 09:17:16.714
NBConsole 3412 0.000% 4.368 5.0M 10/08/10 09:19:14.634
NBConsole 4424 0.000% 14.523 6.4M 10/11/10 10:37:06.779
bpps 1820 0.000% 0.093 8.0M 10/13/10 10:39:24.985
10-13-2010 02:03 AM
bpps -a ....... in NB7.x Windows, this option is no longer
C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin>bpps -a
bpps - Error: illegal -a option.
10-13-2010 02:38 AM
as I read those command & parameter (-a) in the windows part of the NBU7 eTraining.
It looks like that this parameter was removed in NBU7 (see Mohamed reply) and that some eTraining were not updated to reflect this.
This is not so important as long as the protored assesment don't ask this!
Regards
Bernard
10-13-2010 02:46 AM
It's not there for windows in the 6.x documentation either:
SYNOPSIS
install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpps [-l | -s | -S] [-t sample_time[m]] [-i | -x process_group] ... [host_name] ...
install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpps -? [process_group ...]
DESCRIPTION
The bpps command lists the process statistics for all processes that run on your system. This command enables you to list a specific process group. It also enables you specify a sample time in seconds (or milliseconds) before it lists the processes.
Note: The command options used by bpps are unrelated to the options used by the Unix bpps command.
So that beggars the questions "Was it ever?" & "Was your training documentation correct?"
10-13-2010 06:29 AM
Must be a Windows thing because it works and is documented in the man page for NBU 7.0.1 on Solaris.
10-13-2010 06:40 AM
covers both with the caveat that they are different from the perspective of each OS!
Wasn't aware that there were such marked differences for commands between OS's - wonder if they're are many more?
10-13-2010 08:08 AM
Its not in 6.5 Windows either, you just run bpps :)
10-13-2010 09:01 AM
All above posts, comments and replies confirm that the "-a" is gone away... I hope people in charge of upcomming releases of various training and manuals will take this in account.
BTW: is there elsewhere a dedicated forum for posting errors we can found in the documentation?
Regards
Bernard
10-13-2010 12:00 PM
Altimate, please post your suggestions/enhancements related to documentation on the Ideas section. Thanks!
10-14-2010 07:02 AM
Ok, next time I will use Ideas section.
Regards
Bernard
10-14-2010 10:37 AM
Let's make sure we're clear here - the -a command line switch is still available in UNIX. It is documented as such in the UNIX guide and specifically calls out UNIX.
Marianne's post above clearly shows that it's working. I just tried it on my own 7.0.1 (Solaris) server and it worked for me, too.
So it's not "gone away" from Windows so much as "never was." Does that make sense? ;)
10-14-2010 10:57 AM
Hi Swati - I'm going to take you up on this one... I have found a diagram in one of the NBU manuals today that is totally wrong...
So far none of my Ideas have had a positive outcome.
10-14-2010 11:08 AM
Thats what i said too, was never there in windows :)
10-14-2010 11:22 AM
My surprise was that there were different options for the two environments & wasn't even aware until this week that this was the case!
I live in a sheltered *NIX environment!
10-15-2010 11:05 AM
You've got all the attention this time:). Will post a response to your Idea some time soon. Thanks!
10-18-2010 12:14 AM
Hi,
I'm always glad to help improving products and/or related documentations.
Good catch isn't it?
Regards
Bernard