Here is my setup:
Maximum jobs per client: 4
Storage Unit: Maximum multiplexing per drive: 4
Class:allow multiple data streams

Here it what  I run from client:

#bpbackup -f filelist1
#bpbackup -f filelist2
#bpbackup -f filelist3
#bpbackup -f filelist4

filelist1:
/var
/opt

filelist2:
/home

filelist3:
/oracle

filelist4:
/apps


If I look at server acivity monitor, only one backup is active, all the
other three is queued.
That is not what I want, I want four all to be active.

I also tested start the class from server, multistreaming works, but now
from client

Thanks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Kingery [SMTP:larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:53 PM
> To:   Li, Yanhui (Jackie)
> Cc:   'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject:      Re: [Veritas-bu] Multiple backup stream from client.
> 
> I don't know Legato, so I'm not sure how close bpbackup and save are.
> But, what you'll want to know about bpbackup is that there's two main
> ways to run backups using it:
> 
> 1) Immediate backup.  The bpbackup command is run on a server and you
>    (can) specify the client.  Uses -i option.  Equivalent to choosing
>    'Manual Backup' via the GUI.  Will do multiple streams with one
>    command.  Will use exclude/include lists if they exist.  Affects
>    the scheduling of regularly scheduled backups.
> 
> 2) User-directed backup.  Run on the client.  You must have a
>    user-directed backup schedule configured, and the window must be
>    open.  You specify the files, which means no incrementals (unless
>    you handle this and create the file list accordingly).  If you want
>    multistreaming, you launch multiple backups (hopefully with
>    different file lists and different physical disks).
> 
> Of course, what you're probably looking for is the 'Max Jobs Per
> Client' option.  The default is one.  You can set this (on the master
> server) using bpconfig -mj <number>.  You also need a storage unit
> with more than one drive (or multiplexing greater than one and the
> same retention periods for multiple jobs).
> 
> Li, Yanhui (Jackie) writes:
> > 
> > We are changing out backup software from Legato to Netbackup, on Legato
> > networker,
> > we used to use client started  backup, I just start a couple of "save"
> > command simultaneously,
> > I know that "bpbackup" is equal to networker "save", but when I star
> > multiple bpbackup at the same time,
> > only one is active, all the others are queued.
> > 
> > Is any setting I have to change in order all stream to be active same
> time?
> > 
> > THanks
> > Jackie 
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