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[Veritas-bu] Source of the data for "Full" view in Job Monito r

2002-03-05 09:33:06
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Source of the data for "Full" view in Job Monito r
From: larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com (Larry Kingery)
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:33:06 -0500 (EST)
Well yes, the format and layout of the jobs directory changes in 4.5,
so if you're scripting some custom parsing, be prepared.

If you can reference the backups by backupid (or time window, class,
etc), check out bpimagelist and the -L option.

William Enestvedt writes:
> I have had several people point me to the bpdbjobs command and to the files
> in the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/jobs directory, which puts me on the right
> track -- and I appreciate it! (Specific thanks to Penelope Carr, Patrick
> Whelan, Michael Graff Andersen, and Peter L. Buschman, all of whom were too
> kind to strike me on the head with the NBU SA's manual -- for fear of
> killing me, I suppose.)
>    The biggest drawback (for me) to the files in the
> /usr/openv/netbackup/db/jobs directory is that the summary information
> includes the STU used, but not the specific media ID.
>    I didn't realize that I'd seen the bpdbjobs command before, until I
> started trying to use it. I wish there was a simple way to find out the tape
> used in a successful backup without some weird, recursive scripting -- or
> Perl :7) -- but I guess I'll have to roll up my sleeves are start working.
>    Anyone know whether this is one of the things being changed in 4.5?
> -wde
> --
> Will Enestvedt
> UNIX System Administrator
> Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI
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