Excellent suggestions. Thank you.

fred fred wrote:
> Filesystem size/capacity - check that it hasn't been filled up by logs
> and other junk
> Time successful catalogue backup and tape used,   same for vaulting
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Larry Mascarenhas <LMascare AT comcast DOT 
> net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>  I'm writing a Netbackup Health Check Script to "proactively" check the
>>  status of my infrastructure. This will help me to be aware of potential
>>  issues & then correct / fix them so that less time is spent
>>  troubleshooting the problems after a failed backup. To that end, here's
>>  my list of items I'm checking for (in no particular order). Please
>>  provide comments / suggestions / additions regarding this list and what
>>  you think of this idea.
>>
>>  1. Ping the client (IP/Media Server).
>>  2. Media Server status (via vmoprcmd - Tells you if offline).
>>  3. Verify if NBU processes are running.
>>  4. All Tape Drives are UP.
>>  5. Long running backups.
>>  6. Pending Tape Requests.
>>  7. Enough tapes in the Scratch Pool (quantity).
>>  8. Robots are accessible.
>>  9. Any policy was changed and what was changed.
>>  10. New policy added & details.
>>  11. Verify the installation directory and files have not been changed.
>>  12. Verify connectivity via Netbackup (eg from Master Server run
>>  bpcoverage -c <hostname>.
>>  13. I'm tempted to rsh to client and then run bpclntcmd -sv.
>>  14. Verify the performance files are in place (eg NET_BUFFER_SZ).
>>
>>  Thanks.
>>
>>  --
>>
>>  Larry Mascarenhas
>>  LMascare AT comcast DOT net
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