On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Paul Robertson wrote:

> I'm just getting started with Veritas Netbackup, and am disappointed
> that all the documentation I've seen seems to focus on the GUI
> interface(s). The Netbackup System Administrator's Guide includes the
> manual pages for many of the commands, but there's nothing like the
> depth of CLI documentation that Veritas provides for VxVM and VCS.
> 
> When you're just starting, it's awkward to read the manual pages and
> place them in the context of the product as a whole. Is there a
> "Veritas Netbackup Command Line Reference" manual somewhere?
> 
I wish there was something slightly better, but there doesn't seem to
be.  I found that the best way to tackle it was to:

1)  Familiarize yourself with the path that netbackup processes
take.  (Read the troubleshooting guide).

2)  RTFM the man pages.  

3)  Use the GUI for a little while and check the netbackup log files to
find out which CLI commands are fired off by the GUI process.  

The best part is that after looking at the logs for awhile, you'll find
that most of the useful command arguments that the GUI fires off aren't
documented in the man pages.

Good luck!

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Casey Feskens <cfeskens AT willamette DOT edu>
System Administrator/Network Svcs. Consultant
Willamette Integrated Technology Services
Willamette University, Salem, OR
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