Jonathan,

 

I think this is the best way if you have your master setup as a trusted server. Ie setup ssh keys etc

 

Do the following:

 

In a script, I’d use perl run:

 

rsh <client> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpmount

 

Do what you need with the output and you’re done.

 

Dominik

 

 

Yes, I know of the bpmount command. I mentioned it in my original post.

 

I have considered putting the bpmount command in a bpstart_notify script and then using bpgp to receive a copy of the output.

The challenge to that is deploying this to the vast number of clients.

I could use bpgp to copy the script to the client but I would still have to make it executable to run and I do not know how to do that through nbu.

 

 

Currently, I am analyzing the packet sent by the master to the client when issuing the bpcoverage command.

It instructs bpcd to run a remote bpmount -i and bpcd passes back the information so it looks like bpmount is the key.

 

Does anyone know how to programmatically pass commands directly to bpcd daemon?

I have tried cleartext commands in telnet but the connection closes.