System Admin upgrading all clients to 7.5.0.4- Leaving process bpcd running at all timess

[Netbackup_fan]

Hi experts.

The System Admin is upgrading all clients to 7.5.0.4, but I notice that the following processes are running at all times in all hosts clients:

    root 1237014       1   0   Feb 28      -  0:01 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vnetd -standalone
    root 2756726       1   0   Feb 28      -  0:02 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcd -standalone
 

Is this ok or normal in this version?

NetBackup-AIX53 7.5.0.4
 

[RamNagalla]

yes, that is the normal beharvior netbackup.

those are the process which runs alwasy to accept the connection from the master server and media server when ever requierd.( backup and restore tasks)

[Netbackup_fan]

Thank you.

But I notice also, that when a backup is triggered another process of bpcd starts and ends when the backup finished.

Is this normal also?

[RamNagalla]

I guess that should be bpbkar  not the bpcd...

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

Perfectly normal.

Each connection attempt will spawn a new bpcd process, same as multiple backup streams will generate multiple bpbkar processes.

Multiple processes are explained in Appendix A of Troubleshooting Guide.

vnetd and bpcd background processes are explained in this TN: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH181388

7- Note: as of NetBackup 7.x  bpcd and vnetd are started in standalone mode  via NetBackup Startup Script "S77netbackup "

               which reside in /etc/rc2.d   the script contains the followng commands

                bpcd -standalone

                vnetd -standalone

     when NetBackup 7.x shutdown during system shutdown ;   NetBackup script "K01netbackup "  which reside in /etc/rc0.d will terminate 

      both bpcd and vnetd using the following commands;

          bpcd -terminate

          vnetd -terminate

[Netbackup_fan]

Thank you Marianne.