what's the difference of bp.kill_all and netbackup stop

[Gavin_Tu]

Hi All experts,

I encounter a questions that what's difference of the "bp.kill_all" and "netbackup stop" commands in NBU7.5.

These two commands can both stop the NBU process in the Linux/Unix platform.

But what's difference about them?

Could you please kindly show your light on this stupid question?

Best Regards

Gavin

[Marianne]

The scripts are text files - you can open them and have a look.

I remember some years ago that using 'netbackup stop' did not kill ALL processes - acsd-related processes were left behind (when using ACSLS-controlled robot). We used bp.kill_all to ensure all processes were stopped when we had to restart NBU.

Best is to test in your environment and see the difference.

[Nicolai · Accepted solution]

bp.kill_all is the administrator "die now" netbackup command where as "netbackup star / stop" is the script called upon OS shutdown / reboot. 

You cold say "netbackup" is the graceful way top stop netbackup and bp.kill_all is less graceful but really handy if "netbackup stop" doesn't do the job.

Test the command out as Marianne suggested.

[Gavin_Tu]

Thanks Marianne and Nicolai!