Just note, I believe the bpclient sets prefs which are
stored at the server.  The bpsetconifg suggested I
*think* sets it at the client side, changing a
registry value to perform this task.  If the client
gets nuked and replaced you will have to remember to
do it again.

Jerry

--- Mark Eisenhardt
<mark_eisenhardt AT stoneybrookfl DOT com> wrote:
> Thanks David,
> That?s going in my list of goodies and will probably
> become a VSP_ON_OFF
> script.
> 
> Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On
> Behalf Of David Rock
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:03 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NB5.0MP3 on Sol8 with
> Win2003 clients..
> backups stalling - FIXED (for me at least)
> 
> 
> * Williams, Kristopher L <kris.williams AT hp DOT com>
> [2005-03-12 15:02]:
> > I found the reason why I was unable to use the
> bpclient.exe command. I
> 
> > thought I would share in case anyone else has
> problems.
> 
> Here is one more way that works from Solaris and
> does NOT require
> "adding" the client.
> 
> use bpsetconfig
> 
> I use bpsetconfig and bpgetconfig to script a LOT of
> mass changes.
> bpgetconfig allows you to see just about any config
> option on the
> clients (including Excludes on Windows clients). and
> conversely,
> bpsetconfig can change just about anything.
> 
> in this case, 
>   echo "VSP_USE = NO" | bpsetconfig -h clientname 
> 
> will turn off VSP.
> 
> You can check the status of VSP on the client by
> using
>   bpgetconfig -M clientname | grep VSP
> 
> The -M is a bit of a misnomer. It stands for master,
> but actually works
> on clients. I also use bpgetconfig as an early
> comunications test. If I
> get a response from the client, it's a good
> indicator that it will be
> able to back up.
> 
> One thing to note using bpsetconfig, though. It
> REPLACES the entry, not
> append. So in the case of lists of media servers,
> you have to feed it
> the ENTIRE list of servers, not just the one or two
> you want to add.
> Doing that incorrectly can result in you removing
> the master server from
> its list and it's "hello VNC" ;-)
> 
> -- 
> David Rock
> david AT graniteweb DOT com
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