File to enable enhanced debug logging of the bpbkar process free download as. Before begin test change bpbkar log level to 5 the results can be found in the bpbkar log on the same client that the command was run from. Jan 11, 2019 1 a database administrator requires that a custom script be executed prior to the backup of the database. Vmware backup jobs intermittently fail due to bpbkar process hangs or core dumps on linux vmware backup hosts, including netbackup. Status code 162 incorrect server platform for license. Below is the list of netbackup commands which are used mostly in windows and unix platform. In 2005 symantec acquired veritas and netbackup became a symantec product. Tuning the veritas netbackup data transfer linuxlandit. Veritas netbackup emergency engineering binary guide nec. We are the second customer to run into this issue and they installed a patch on our backup server that has not yet been released to the public. Label netbackup statuscode inside hardware mediamanagerstatus techno os software whatisnew howto inside veritas netbackuptm storage troubleshoot mediastorage news appliance enterprise virtualization.
A list of the entire netbackup documentation set appears as an appendix in the netbackup release notes. This symantec product may contain third party software for which symantec is required to provide attribution. This symantec product may contain third party software for which symantec is. Which two configuration options must be modified to allow this operation in a veritas netbackup environment. This product may contain thirdparty software for which veritas is. If legacy debug logging is not enabled on your netbackup servers, you must create the. This test is usefully to isolate disk reads performances. You can also check most distributed file variants with name bpbkar32. For the legacy logging files created by the bpbkar and bpcd processes. Tried restarting the netbackup services with bpkill. All netbackup documents are included in pdf format on the netbackup documentation cd. Though this is my candid and brutally honest answer, there is a way to benchmark what you could expect from backing up a particular client by examining the performance of the bpbkar process. This software is not distributed for free and is only available on commercial basis.
You can use the netbackup client command bpbkar unix or bpbkar32 windows to determine the speed at which the netbackup client can read the data to be backed up from the disk drive. The symantec netbackup server provide a complete solution for backup restore for linux, windows, vmware, multiple databases like sybase, ibm db2, informix, oracle. You can run bpbkar the process responsible for reading from disk by hand to see how performance is when networktape drive layer is cut off. Though there are many factors that impact the overall backup performance of a specific client this is a good starting point. The actual developer of the software is symantec corporation. I was running an older version of the netbackup software 5. In 2015 symantec announced they would be splitting off the information management business which contains netbackup, into a new public company named veritas technologies corporation. This same process can be used to add exclusively the bpinetd.
These logs have information on the bpbkar32 process. This is probably due to the fact that symantec netbackup is relatively new or current in the market. Troubleshooting exchange 2007 backup failures using symantec. How to configure buffers for netbackup in a windows. Hi all, i have a query, today found a server in which cpu utilization was high upto 95%. Symantec netbackup veritas netbackup is a backup and recovery software suite designed for enterprise users. I often joke about this common netbackup support question. Oct 16, 2014 vmware backup jobs intermittently fail due to bpbkar process hangs or core dumps on linux vmware backup hosts, including netbackup appliances acting as the vmware backup host. Why is the catalog the most important component of netbackup.
The information is sent by means of bpdbm on the master server. Please help to resolve this issue nb processes root 14010 974 2 18. Vmware backup jobs intermittently fail due to bpbkar process hangs or core dumps on linux vmware backup hosts, including netbackup appliances acting as the vmware backup host. This custom script requires approximately 20 minutes to execute. Which netbackup component manages and allocates device and media resources required for netbackup operations. Send the backup data stream to the child bptm process.
Veritas netbackup is built to be flexible and fast, capable of scaling by fusing innovative design and the latest in data backup and recovery technology. A good way to determine the theoretical maximum read performance of the bpbkar daemon process on the client is to run a dev null test. Next, the backup and archive manager bpbkar does the following. This files most often belongs to product netbackup.
For definitions of netbackup terms, consult the online glossary. Nov 20, 2012 netbackup encounters a problem when two systems attempt to authenticate one another. Please contact the applications support team for more information. Several processes, including the netbackup request daemon. Netbackup unable to kill hewlett packard enterprise community. Hklm\ software \veritas\netbackup\currentversion\config\ 8.
Host properties or client bar gui must have etbackup\logs\ dirs created. A good way to determine the theoretical maximum read performance of the bpbkar daemonprocess on the client is to run a dev null test. This may eliminate data read speed as a possible performance bottleneck. The software is designed to work with various types of operating systems and setups, making it a very popular choice for small to large enterprises and organization. Sep 28, 2010 i often joke about this common netbackup support question. Backup of a windows client hangs indefinitely and must be. It will give an idea ofhow quickly data is read from the file system being tested. After the backup finishes running and bpbkar exits, none of the memoryinodes are released. Determining the theoretical performance of the netbackup client software. When checked on the server, found many bpbkar process were running there. This product may contain third party software for which veritas is required to. This product may contain third party software for which veritas is required to provide attribution. The bpbkar process is terminated with an access violation while performing a grt backup.
Portions of this software are derived from the rsa data security, inc. How to benchmark the performance of the bpbkar32 process. So, in order to support the creators and help them make improvements to the software, we should all repay their hard work. The most frequent installation filenames for the program include.
This file belongs to product netbackup and was developed by company veritas software corporation. You can find it running in task manager as the process bpbkar32. Bpbkar32 is the process on a windows netbackup client, that reads data from the clients disk and sends it to the media server. Netbackup commands for unix and linux fuberlin zedat. High cpu utilization due to many bpbkar process vox. The netbackup server daemons and programs occasionally log information. This problem can occur when a process tries to connect to the netbackup request daemon bprd or database manager daemon bpdbm and the daemon is not running on windows nt, these daemons are the netbackup request manager and netbackup database manager services.
This command is used to configure or display global configuration attributes for netbackup. When var backup failed bpbkar process hung on the client and as a result cpu utilization will get higher on client systemand if we cancel thevar backup even then the bpbbkar process showing hung on the client. There are lots of option which can be used to list or change configuration attributes. How to benchmark the performance of the bpbkar process. Netbackup client, netbackup fibre transport, and symantec private branch exchange. That was obvious because backup for that server running, is there a way we can minimize cpu utilization while bpbkar process and backup. A process that timed out while it connects to another process for. Sybase sql anywhere database netbackup catalog has been upgraded to version 12. On a unix system, netbackup could not process a sparse file. Netbackup training module1 backup server computing. When issuing bpbkar by hand data is read from disk and thrown in the bit bucket. The test in this document will use bpbkar32 to pass data to a local null device on the client itself.
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