NEW FEATURES in 7.0
Please see the readme file within the .zip file below for a listing of new NBCC featured and enhancements.
INSTALL AND UNINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
Place the correct platform binary of NBCC on the master server in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/support (for UNIX and Linux) or the
To uninstall, manually remove NBCC binary from the above directory.
INFORMATION PROCESSING PHASES:
The different phases of the process are broken down as follows:
Phase I - Gather program environment information:
This includes things such as operating system name and version, system root directory, configured network interfaces, etc.
Phase II - Gather configuration information:
NBCC gathers information such as the NetBackup version, media retention levels, and storage unit information. For NetBackup 6.5, NBCC also gathers unrestricted sharing status and server group information if media sharing is enabled.
Phase III - Gather NetBackup catalog information:
Among the items collected are image database information and media database information.
Phase IV - Check the consistency of the NetBackup catalogs.
Phase V - NBCC final processing:
In this final step, default NBCC files are updated, and, if necessary, preparing the bundled support package.
For more detail on any of these steps or on the use of the NBCC utility, run the NBCC utility from the command line with the -help switch. Given the size of the output of the -help switch, it is recommended the output be piped to a file for review in a text editor.
PRE-REQUISITES:
•NBCC is designed for use with the all the following revisions of NetBackup:
•3.4, 3.4.1, 4.5 (MP & FP), 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.5, 6.5.x and 7.0.
•NBCC inspects file system usage characteristics prior to the unloading of NetBackup configuration and catalog information and prior to the creation of a support package. This includes available free file system space (in Kilobytes). The NBCC requires, by default 1024000 Kilobytes. This amount can be modified using switches provided below.
•For NetBackup 6.0 and greater, the EMM server must be operational.
•The vmd process must be running on the master server, and on all other servers that act as volume database hosts for servers in the NetBackup configuration.
•The bpdbm process must be running on the master server.
•All media servers must be up and running, with NetBackup installed, the ltid process running, and network services configured.
•The UTC time on all servers in the NetBackup configuration and the on which the NBCC program is run, must be synchronized to within a few minutes of each other. FAILURE TO MAKE SURE THE CLOCKS ARE SYNCHRONIZED MAY CAUSE NBCC TO REPORT INACCURATE RESULTS!
•If NBCC is run in interactive mode, the end-user is prompted if the master or any media servers are part of a fail-over cluster. AN INCORRECT ANSWER MAY RESULT IN NBCC REPORTING INACCURATE RESULTS!
•A correctly updated ..\NetBackup\Bin\support\config\nbcc-server-aliases file
•On the first run of the NBCC utility, NBCC creates this file with the instructions on how to edit it. •NBCC populates this file with host names and IP addresses based on the NetBackup configuration and configured host services.
•Virtual host names may need to be manually added for clustered environments.
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Note: It is important to review (and edit if necessary) the nbcc-server-aliases file prior to running NBCC to ensure that accurate IP addresses and associated primary and alias hostnames are listed. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN INACCURATE CATALOG INCONSISTENCIES BEING REPORTED!
Note: NBCC translates all hostnames to lower-case for internal processing.
PROGRAM USAGE:
•NBCC should be installed and run from the following directory:
•..\NetBackup\Bin\support
Note: If for some reason it is desirable to run NBCC from a different directory location (ex. available file system space), NBCC utilizes the default directory location of ..\NetBackup\Bin\support\config to create/read the nbcc-server-aliases file.
•To be certain that catalog consistency problems are identified and fixed correctly, it is highly desirable that no NetBackup jobs are running or started from the time when the data is collected until the time when the repair work is completed. It may be necessary to deactivate all classes/policies.
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Note: It is possible to run NBCC while NetBackup jobs are running, but this may make it more difficult to correct catalog inconsistencies because NBCC will be running against "a moving target".
•For NetBackup 5.X, NBCC assumes that the Volume DB(s) is/are not shared with another NetBackup installation. If a Volume DB is shared by *multiple* master servers, catalog inconsistencies will be reported. NBCC should be run on each master server and the resulting support packages sent to Symantec NetBackup support for analysis.
•For NetBackup 6.0 and greater, NBCC detects EMM master servers. If more than one master server is detected, NBCC identifies the one that is associated to the system that NBCC is being run on. NBCC uses the identified EMM master server to determine which EMM media servers and for NetBackup 6.5 or greater, which EMM NDMP Attach hosts are associated to that master server..
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COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
-batch = Run NBCC in a non-interactive mode. In this mode:
- Automatic overwriting of the NBCC output report will occur
if the output report already exists.
- Failed NetBackup cluster server detection cannot be overridden.
- No support package will be created for cases where no
NetBackup catalog inconsistencies are detected.
-cluster = Used to indicate that either the master server or a media
server is part of a fail-over cluster
-debug = NBCC will add additional program debug information to the
nbcc-info.txt file.
Note: This will cause the size of this file
to increase substantially.
-gather = NBCC will gather NetBackup configuration and catalog
information only. No NetBackup catalog consistency checks
are done.
-help = Output this NBCC help information.
-idar = Used to include checks to identify abandoned tape media
resources.
-kbfree = To alter the amount of free filesystem space required to run
NBCC from the default value. Whole numbers only.
-nozip = NBCC will skip the creation of a support package bundle,
leaving the generated NBCC files in the output directory.
-nqahn = NBCC will skip the checking for configured host services
and will not check for hostname aliases for any hostnames that
were detected that were not part of the default
"nbcc-server-aliases" file.
Note: This option should only be used in cases where the
addition of associated alias hostname IS NOT
desired.
-terse = NBCC will only extract the fields associated with the consistency
checks from each catalog record into the individual catalog
content files.
-upgrade = NBCC will only include consistency checks that relate
to the ability to upgrade the NetBackup catalog.
-version = Output the internal version number of NBCC.
