One more item to add to that list:

+ Run "strings" on all useful NBU command binaries.  There are undocumented 
flags buried in some
commands that show up in neither the manpages nor the -help command 
text.  Many of these result in
better program-parseable output.

Cheers'

--PLB

At 11:37 AM 01/18/2002 -0800, Casey Feskens wrote:
>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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