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Command|Backup/Restore|Storage|Windows|NMDA|
DailyJobs

Command

MMINFO
Basedondate/time
Allvolumeswrittenoninthepastweek(notincludingtoday):
mminfomt'lastweek'
Listbackupdoneonedayago:mminfoq"savetime>1day
ago"
GetsavesetsofSQLgroup3monthsago:mminfoavotq
"savetime<'91daysago',group='SQLBackups'"
Lookforsavesetbetweendate:mminfoavq
"client=usuman1,savetime>09/27/08,savetime<09/30/08"
Lookforsavesetafterdate:mminfoavq"client=usuman1"t
"10/28/08"
Or:mminfoavq"client=usuman1,savetime>10/28/08"
Morecomplicatedexamplestoquerybetweentimes
mminfosuslgto2cuscoredb3r
"client(1),volume(1),barcode(1),ssid(1),name(1),savetime(1)"q
"savetime>\"09/30/200816:59:00\",savetime<\"10/01/2008
20:59:00\""
mminfoavsuslgto2cuscoredb3q"savetime>\"09/30/2008
16:59:00\",savetime<\"10/01/200820:59:00\""
mminfosuslgto2cuscoredb3r
"client(1),volume(1),barcode(1),ssid(1),name(1),savetime(1)"q
"savetime>\"12/31/200820:59:00\",savetime<\"01/01/2009
20:59:00\""
Listvolume,%usedandpoolinformationovercertaintime:

mminfoar"volume,%used,pool"t"3days"
Note:Thetcanbeusedwithvarioudtimeframe.
*Relativetime:"3second/minute/hourday/week/month/year".
*Absolutetime:"05/11"
*Grammartime:"yesterday/lastweek"
Listsavesetinthevolumebasedonexpirationdate(retention
policy)
mminfooer"name,savetime(20),ssbrowse,ssretent"q
"volume=XING.Unix.OracleD.0001"
BasedonSSID
ListspecificsofSSID:mminfoqssid=120010372V
SearchforSSIDofparticularclientinparticularday:
mminfosuslgto2r
"client(1),volume(1),barcode(1),ssid(1),name(1),savetime(1)"q
"savetime>\"09/30/200820:59:00\""|grepuscoredb3|grep
09/30/08
Basedonhost
mminfoN<filesystem>c<hostname>#listvolumes/date
relatedto<filesystem>in<hosthame>
eg:mminfoN/usoradb8
ListparticularfilesystembackuphistoryinLegato:mminfo
avotqname=/obackup3
Basedonvolume/media
Reportcontentsonmedia:mminfom"Unix.1541"
Todisplayamediareportofallnonfullvolumes,showingthe
percentused,poolname,andlocationofeachvolume:
mminfoar'volume,%used,pool,location'q'!full'
ListSavesetbackedupinonevolume:mminfoav<volname>
TapeUsageQuery
mminfoavotr"olabel,labeled,mounts,recycled"<tapename>
olabel:thefirsttimethevolumewaslabelled
labeled:themostrecenttimethevolumewaslabelled
mounts:numberoftimethelabelwasread
recycled:numberoftimethetapewasrelabeled
mminfoavr"volume,state,pool,location,volretent"|grep

Scalar_100#AllvolumesintherobatScalar_100
mminfo:listdetailsbackuptimeofaparticularclient
mminfoqclient=ussapp1r
'savetime(32),sscreate(32),sumsize,name't'lastweek'ot
Savesetsummaryreport:mminfoX
Printoutweeklyreport:mminfoXt"lastweek"
Listbackupvolume/dateforfilesystem/inclientcesario:
mminfoN/ccesario
Tapesusedlastnight(thepast12hours):mminfoavr
"volume,%used,pool"t"12hours"
NOTE:Abovecommandusingmminfofortapesusedpastxx
hoursisoftenusedbutitiswrongbecausethedatemminfo
reliedonisthedatewhenthetapestartingtobeused(creation
time),notthedatetapeactuallybeingaccessed.Forexample,if
thetapefirstbeingusedisoneweekago,butconsequently
beingusedsincethen,itwillNOTshowupasbeingusedover
pastfewdays.
Correctcommandforthispurposeis:mminfoavq
"volaccess>=01/30/201117:59:00"rvolume,%used,pool
mminfowith"p"optionwillprintoutbrowse/retentiontimeof
savesets.
mminfowith"v"optionwillprintoutrecoverablesavesets(not
onlybrowsable)
Queryallvolumesusedforaparticularclientlastnight:mminfo
mvcuscoredb3t"12hours"
Locatecloneidofsaveid:
mminfoqssid=2268782890r
"volume,name,cloneid,ssbrowse,ssretent,ssflags,state"
Querytogetmonthendtapes:
mminfoavq"savetime>01/30/2009
17:59:00,savetime<02/01/200917:59:00,group=Unix_Prd"|
grep^PW
mminfoavq"savetime>01/31/2009
17:59:00,savetime<02/01/200917:59:00"cuscoredb3|grep
^PW
Querytolistcloneinformation:

mminfoavcuscoredb3q"savetime<2/02/2009
20:59:00,savetime>2/1/200920:59:00"r
"volume,pool,ssid,sumsize,name"
sscomp(20)cangiveanapproximatevalueofbackuptimefor
eachsaveset
mminfootq"group='Windows_Exch',savetime<1dayago"r
"name,pool,sscomp(20)"
MMINFOSavesetStatus
"fl"frommminfooutputwillrevealstatusofsavesets.Hereare
meaningsofvariousflags:
Flagsforsuccess
cbcompletebrowsable(completebackupdataonasingle
volume)
tbtailbrowsable
hbHeaderbrowsable
mbmiddlebrowsable
crcompleterecoverable(indexhasexpired)
cEcompleteerasable(retentionperiodhasbeenpassed)
Flagsforfailure
cacompleteaborted
ha,ta,ma,
ciinprogress(thismightnotbeafailurebutthesavesetmight
bestillbackinguporhanged)
hi,ti,mi.
FlagsforNDMP
NmeansNDMPbackup(eg,cbNS,hBNSetc.)
NSRJB
Resettheautochanger:nsrjbHv
Performaninventory:nsrjbIv
Performquickinventory:nsrjbII
Changecleaningtapetouse50moretimes:nsrjbU50S58
Commandtolabelslot3tapeinto"Unix"pool:nsrjbLf
/dev/rmt/1cbnS3b"Unix"
Unloadtapefrom/dev/rmt/0cbnintospecificslot:nsrjbuf
/dev/rmt/0cbnS10
Loadinganvolumeintospecificdrive:uslgto1#nsrjblf

/dev/rmt/0cbnXING.Archive.0001
ReinventoryLibrary:nsrjbIv
Resettheautochanger:nsrjbH
Returntapeinthedrivetowhereitcamefrom:nsrjbuf
/dev/rmt/0cbn
Withdrawvolumetoaccesspoint:nsrjbwj
rd=uslgto3.melonm.com:HPMSL1P1S30
Depositvolumefromaccesspoint(port1)intospecificslot
(total2ports#1&#2inMSL6060)
nsrjbdjrd=uslgto3.melonm.com:HPMSL1P1S43
MMLOCATE
Listcurrentvolumesinthelibrary:mmlocate'Scalar_100'
Listallvolumesinparticularlocation/library:mmlocate|grep
Scalar_100
NSRCLONE
/usr/sbin/nsrclonevb<clonepool><volumename>
/usr/sbin/nsrclonesuslgto2.melonm.comb"XINGUnixD"S
4115098422
/usr/sbin/nsrclonesuslgto2.melonm.combXINGUnixS
`mminfoN/u4cuscoredb3t"24hours"`
Cloneusingstoragenode:
nsrclonevJuslgto3.melonm.comb"DefaultClone"
uslgto3.melonm.com.002
nsrcloneofasavesetoutofmanycopies/clones
nsrclonevb"MonthendUnix"S2953554712/1225527855
findcloneid:mminfoqssid=2953554712r
"volume,name,cloneid,ssbrowse,ssretent,ssflags,state"
nsrclonefromfilewithssid(makesureenoughtimebetween
eachssid'sclone,sincedriveneedstimetoreinitialize)
mminfor"ssid"q"volume=uslgto2.melonm.com.014,!
incomplete">/tmp/1
nsrcloneb"DefaultClone"Sf/tmp/1
/tmp/1isthefileofallcompletedssidinthevolume
Ifnotsleeptimebetweenssids,willgeterroras
"DRIVE_STATUS_NEED_INIT".
nsrclonenewfeaturesin7.5.x

nsrclonevb"XINGUnixOracleD"Senowcuscoredb3g
Unix_Oracle
enow:past24hours
Withoutbflag,itwillcloneto"DefaultClone"pool
nsrclone:cloneasavegroupfromlastnight:nsrclonevb
"XINGWindows"SenowgWindows_Usr
nsrclonevb"XINGExchange"St"07/01/0918:59:00"e
"07/02/098:59:00"cusevs1gWindows_Exc
AscripttogetrequiredSSIDandrunnsrcloneforthemincron.
Downloadfromhere.
NSRADMIN
Beextremelycarefulaboutusingnsradmin>delete<query>
clause.Itwilldeleteclientaslongas<query>is
matched/successfully.Alwaysusing"update"isresourcesneed
tobeupdated.
Listrelatedattributesusing"echo>print"
echo"printtype:nsr<group>"|nsradmini><output>
cd/searchoutputfileandgetrelatedattributes(eg,"autostart"or
"laststart")
Morespecificexample:echo"printtype:nsrclient;name:
<clientname>"|nsradmini><output>
Listofresourcetypescanbeusedwith"echo>print"
combination.
nsradmin>showtypename
nsradmin>printtype:type
typename:NSR;
typename:NSRnotification;
typename:NSRlicense;
typename:NSRdevice;
typename:NSRstage;
typename:NSRgroup;
typename:NSRdirective;
typename:NSRschedule;
typename:NSRpolicy;
typename:NSRclient;
typename:NSRjukebox;

typename:NSRlabel;
typename:NSRpool;
typename:NSRarchiverequest;
typename:NSRmigration;
Listallclientsandtheirsavesets
Createatextfileclient_saveset.txt
showname
showsaveset
showgroup
printtype:nsrclient
nsradminiclient_saveset.txt><output.txt>
Updateallclientsproperty(updatefieldofstoragenode)?
/var/tmp/emc/sysnamelistsallhostnameoneperline
Scriptdownloadshere.
Migratingclienttonewserverusingnsradmin
Generatingclientproperty
echo"printtype:nsrclient;name:<clientname>"|nsradmini
>client_config
Copyclient_configtextfiletonewserver
Editclient_configfileandupdatethefollowingproperty
Firstline:update"type:NSRclient;"to"createtype:NSR
client;"
Removenumberof"clientid:"
Update"server:"tonewservername
Updateotherfieldsnonexistinginnewserver(eg,groupname,
directives,etc.)
Importclientintonewserver
nsradminiclient_config
DisableGSSauthenticationbetweenclient&server
Whenyougeterroras"GSSLegatoauthenticationfrom
<servername>failed",youwillneedtodisableGSS
authenticationinclients.
nsradminpnsrexec
.type:nsrla
showauthmethods
print

updateauthmethods:"0.0.0.0/0,oldauth"
Print
RestartLegatoagentafterwards.
Howtoenablensrddebuggingmodefortroubleshooting?
Rundateonclientsideandrecordtime.
psef|grepnsrd>getPIDofnsrd
dbgcommandp26863debug=9
Alldebugginginformationwillbewrittentodaemon.logfile.
Daemon.logwillgrowrapidly.
dbgcommandp26863debug=0
Turndebuggingoffoncedetailcollected.
Basedonrecordedtimepreviously,lookingthroughdaemon.log
forerrors.
HowtotroubleshootingLegatonetworkingproblem?
Startingsession
Using"lsofiTCP"andgrephost/nwsrvforconnectivitystatus
OtherLegatocommands
Listlicenseinformation:nsrlic
SearchallSCSIdevices:/etc/LGTOuscsi/inquire
Commandlinemonitoringtool:nsrwatch[sserver]
Scanner:mediaverifierandindexrebuilder
ListLegaotNetworkerenabler/authcode:/usr/sbin/nsradmin
f/nsr/res/nsr.res
nsradmin>showname;enablercode;expirationdate;authcode
nsradmin>printtype:nsrlicense
AddingdefaultLegatoAdministratorintoadministratorsgroup:
nsraddadminuadministrator@uslgto2.melonm.com
nsraddadminu"user=*,host=*"
Convertdaemon.rawintomorereadableformat:nsr_render_log
daemon.raw
Removeclient'sindex:nsrckRY<clientname>
Locatetapedrives:
*inquireLc
*sjisn1.1.0>changerIDfromabovecommand

Backup/Restore

HowtoBackupfilesinLegatofromclientside
saveg'XING_USSWIFTNET1_archive'b"XINGArchive"l
0vEy'08/15/2013'w'08/15/2013'//u1/u2/u3
*g:SavetogroupXING_USSWIFTNET1_archive
*b:UsepoolXINGArchive
*l:Level0
*v:Verbose
*E:Estimatetotalsize
*y:Retentionuntil08/15/2013
*w:Browseuntil08/15/2013
*Backupset://u1/u2/u3
Howtoprobe/testbackupforclientsinserverside?
Probegroup:savegrpvvvpSaveGroup
Probeclient:savegrpvvvpcclientnameSaveGroup
Probewithmodedebugginglevel:savegrpD9cclientname
SaveGroup
Actulbackupclient:savegrpvvvpcclientnameSaveGroup
BackupIndexonly:savegrpvvvOlfullcclientname
SaveGroup
Howtofixerror"/dev/rmt/4cbnopening:
DRIVE_STATUS_NEED_INIT"?
nsrjbHEv>Eoptionwillinitializethedriveelementstatus
nsrjbIev
Howtorestorefilestolocaldirectory?
/usr/bin/recover
recover>ls(toseefiles)
recover>add<filename>(addfiletorestorelist)
recover>changetimemm/dd/yy(changerestoretimeoffile)
recover>versions<filename>(showfileversions)
recover>voline<filename>(showvolumefileison)
recover>relocate<location>(relocaterestoretilestolocation)
recover>rocover(dotherestore)
Aninteractivesessiontorestore/etc/mailinusuman1into
/recoverdirectoryoflocalserver:

usuman1#recovercusuman1suslgto2
Currentworkingdirectoryis/
recover>relocate/recover
recover>changetime'March092009'
recover>cd/etc
recover>addmail
recover>recover
Anexamplerecoversessiontorestoredirectoryincertaindate
using"versions"keyword.Downloadhere.
HowtorestoreadhocfilesusingLegato?
recoversuslgto2d/u6S988276637
/usr/sap/PRD/INT/AP/IN/CHECK_STATEMENT_0121.out
/u6istargetdirectory
988276637isSSID
HowtoexcludecertaindirectoriesinWindows?
Creatensr.dirfileunderabovedirectorieswhereyouwantto
exclude.
Content:skip:ZyLab_6
Howtocreatepre/postexecscriptforLegatobackupclient?
Createrelated.resfileunder/nsr/res(eg,Unix_Archive.res)
type:savepnpc;
precmd:"suoraclec'/oracle/dba/bin/start_hot_backup'";
pstcmd:"suoraclec'/oracle/dba/bin/end_hot_backup'";
timeout:"12:00:00";
ConfigureLegatoclient.Makesureinclientproperty"Apps&
Modules"tab,choose"savepnpc"as"BackupCommand".
HowtorestorefilesinWindows?
Restoresavesets
recoversuslgto2dR:\S595232097/1232766305
*R:mappeddestinationdrivewithspace
*595232097/1232766305:ssid/cloneid
RecoveradhocWindowsfile:
recoversuslgto2dc:\tempS2530483243
W:\PATH1\PATH2\filename.xls
Howtorestorefilesystemsbackedupincrementally?

Getthevolumeusedforthefilesystem:mminfoc<client
name>N<filesystem>
Eg,uslgto2#mminfocuscoredb3N/u6
volumeclientdatesizelevelname
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/25/084Bincr/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/26/084Bincr/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/27/089960MBfull/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/29/08699MBincr/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/30/084Bincr/u6
GettheSSIDrelatedtothefilesystem:mminfoav<volume
name>|grep<filesystem>
Eg,uslgto2#mminfoavXING.UnixD.0001|grepu6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/25/0819:04:454B
2832996617cbincr/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/26/0819:01:034B
4208814506cbincr/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/27/0822:00:089960MB
1692329252cbfull/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/29/0818:17:01699MB
3420541910cbincr/u6
XING.UnixD.0001uscoredb309/30/0818:09:524B
3504513968cbincr/u6
Intherestoreserver,createascriptwhichwillrestorethefull
backup&relatedincrbackups:
Eg,recoversuslgto2d/u6S1692329252/u6/elvis
recoversuslgto2d/u6S3420541910/u6/elvis
recoversuslgto2d/u6S3504513968/u6/elvis
AshellscripttocheckLegatobackuptimedaily.Download
fromhere.
LocaldirectivestoexcludecertaindirectoreisinUnix
<</filesystem>>
action:file.filter
eg,toexclude/olbackup3&/olbackup4frombackup,createa
file.nsrunder/withthefollowing:
<</olbackup3>>
+skip:.

<</olbackup4>>
+skip:.
Note:theplus(+)signmeansthatitappliestothenamed
directoryandallofitssubdirectories(i.e.recursive).
HowtoconfigureportsforLegato?(portsconfigurationin
firewall)
Inclientside:
nsrports,showportsusedbyNSRclient;
rpcinfosuslgto2.melonm.com,showportsusedforconnection
(optional)#nsrportsS79377940>restirctportsusedinthe
clientside(these4portsaresufficient).
Opentheinboundportsinthefirewallforthefollowing4ports,
sobothclientscantalktoLegatoserver/Storagenodeinsidethe
firewall.
Usws1>ports(79377940)>uslgto2/uslgto3.melonm.com
Intheserverside,restricttheportsbasedonthefollowing
fomula:
12(default)+numberofJukeBox+2*numberofdevices
(tape+aftd)+5
eg,12+3(Jukeboxes)+2*12(numberoftape/diskdevices)
+5=72
Sothetotalportwillbe:79378080(adding71moreportstobe
onthesafesideontopof72ports,7937+72+71)
HowdoesmultiplexingworkinNW??(wouldliketoincrease
theamountofdrivesusedononesavegroup)
Thenumberofdrivesusedforbackupisdependentondifferent
parameters,mainlyondrivesessions.Inthepropertiesofthe
drivecheckthenumberoftargetsessions.Bydefaultitis4so
youcanincreaseitto8.Alsoverifythattheclient,storagenode
andnetworkerserverparallelismismorethan8.
Inadditiontotheabovesettingscheckthenumberofclientsin
thegroup.Ifthebackupistargettedtodrivewith8target
sessionsfirstitwillstartbackupof8savesetstosingledrive,if
thenumberofsavesetsismorethan8itwillthenstartthe
backuptonextdrive.

HowtobackupNDMPdatathroughstoragenode?
nsrndmp_saveMTdumpP<storagenode>
M:backuptostoragenode.However,trafficfromNASwill
cometonwserverfirstandsendtostoragenode.
P:usingstoragenodeasproxyhostandtrafficfromNASwill
cometostoragenodeandsaveonstoragenode.
T:typeofbackup
HowtorestoreNML(LotusNotes)clientthroughcommand
line?
nsrnml_remrecovd"/dparb/restore"sryeaxbkm.rye.avon.com
cnamail2baX/dparb/data/mail/utrainee.nsf
HowtorestoreNetAppsfilerwithNDMP?
NetAppsview/vol/vol0:javanetapp.cmds.jsh
RecoverNDMPfilefromNetApps
*Onlyinstoragenode:uslgto3
*recovervvvcusnas1suslgto2.melonm.com
recover>cd/vol/vol3_nas1/ToolsRoot/Tools/temp
recover>add"filename.pdf"
recover>recover
##83minutesforsinglefilefromusnas1
Usingcommandline:

#nsrndmp_recovercfiler_names(server)Sssidvoffm
(filername)::target_dir_pathsource_dir_path
#AbovecommandcanonlybeusedtorestoreSSIDor
directory,notsinglefile.Itwillrestoresavesetsoverbrowsing
policyperiod.
ForExample:
#nsrndmp_recovercfiler2snicodemusS964505857voff
mburn::/vol/vol2/destination/vol/vol0/user/rkapoor/test
The"voff"isanewswitchaddedinNW6.1.3which
accordingtomanpagedoesnotverifythedirectorypathwith
clientfileindex.Thisswitchcanbeusedtorecoverdatawhen
theIndexinformationislostoriscorrupted.
#nsrndmp_recovercusnas2suslgto2.melonm.comS

3433001941voffmusnas2::/vol/vol3_nas2
/vol/vol3_nas2/Users/NSu/Logs
##110minutesforsinglefilefromusnas2:
##mismountpoint.Thiscommandwilltrytorestorefileinto
samedirectory.
Anotherexampleofrecovery:
uslgto2#recovervvvcusnas2suslgto2.melonm.com
Noindexwasfoundfor/nsr/scripts/restore/.Thecurrent
workingdirectoryis/.
recover>cd"/vol/vol3_nas2/Common/SYSTEMS/Unix
Systems/Documentation"
recover>relocate"/vol/vol3_nas2/Common/SYSTEMS/Unix
Systems/LegatoOperations/Restore"
recover>addWiltonHostsMaster040309.xls
/vol/vol3_nas2/Common/SYSTEMS/Unix
Systems/Documentation
1file(s)markedforrecovery
recover>recover
Procedurestorestorefileindexforexpiredsaveset?
LocateSSID:mminfoavotcclient_name
Note:Checkonthe"level"ofthetargetsavesetthattheuser
needstorecover,asifitisanincrementalrequesttoperformthe
instructionsbelowforthemostrecent,alongwithall
incrementalbeforethedesireddate.
Obtaincloneid:mminfoavqssid=XXXXrcloneid
Settheexpirationdate:nsrmme"mm/dd/yy"SXXXX/YYYY
Themm/dd/yyisthedatetheuserwouldlikethesavesettobe
browsablefrom.
Makesavesetnotrecyclable:nsrmmonotrecyclableS
XXXX/YYYY
Input"y"whenitaskstomarkthesavesetasnotrecyclable.
nsrmmoynotrecyclableSXXXX/YYYY
Verifysavesetstatus:mminfoavotcclient_name
Fromtheoutput,theuserwillbeabletoseethesavesetworked
onisnowbecomes"cr").
Locatefileindexforsaveset:mminfoavotN

index:client_name
Locatetheindexthatisbeingbackedupwiththetargetsaveset
andmarkdownitstime.
Starttorecoverindex:nsrckL7t"mm/dd/yy"client_name
Inputthetimeobtainedfromlaststepwithin""
eg,nsrckL7t'03/28/0919:46:53'usnas2
Validateindexrecovered:mminfoavotcclient_name
Fromtheoutput,theuserwillbeabletoseethesaveset
worked??on?nowbecomes"cb".
Repeattheabovestepsforanyfurthersavesetrequires.Ifno
moresavesetoperationsarerequired,doublecheckwithinNMC
tomakesurevolumesrequiredareavailableforrecovery.

Storage

KeyProcesses
Thefollowing3processesstartedfrom/etc/rc2.d/S95networker
nsrexecd:clientservice.
lgtolmd:licensedaemon
nsrd:daemontostartthefollowing3serverprocesses(nsrmmd,
nsrindexd,nsrmmdbd)
nsrmmd:storagenodedaemonandwritedatato/fromtape.
nsrindexd:maintain&cachingindexofsavesets.
nsrmmdbd:databasedaemonresponsibleforvolumedatabase
under/nsr/mm/mmvolume6
nsrexecd:mainservicerunninginclient.Alsorunninginservers
tobackupserversthemselves.
ssflagsmeaning:ssflagscancontainfollowingvalues:
CvrSEiIF
C=continued
v=valid
r=recoverable
S=scannedin
E=eligibleforrecycle
i=incomplete
I=inprogress

F=finished.
Additionally,Nmeans"NDMP"
Tovalidateclonesetstatus,using"clflags"."a"or"E"
meansthatitiscorruptedcloneset.
mminfoavotq"ssid=3973556614"r
"volume,ssid,ssflags,clflags"
ValidatingLegatohardwarestatus
Shutdownnetworkerserver
uslgto2#sjirdtag/dev/scsi/changer/c2t100000E00222AF71d0
inquirecl#seealltapes&changer
sjirjc
sjirjc1.0.0(where1.0.0ischangeraddress.Locateitusing
inquirecl).
sjirdtag1.0.0(listdetailslibraryinformation)
HowtomanuallyconfigureMSL6000Jukeboxusing
jbconfig?Downloadscreenlogsfromhere.
inquiretogetdevicepath&serialnumberofdrives;
sjisntogetelementaddresswithserialnumber;
jbconfigtomatchtheelementwithrightdevicepathusingserial
number.
Iftherearestoragenodeneedstobeconfigured(2nodestosee
samedrives),followthisinstructionforconfiguration.
Thekeytoallsamedrivehas2paths(onetoNetworkerserver
andanothertoStoragenode).
Eachtimehardwarechanged(eg,replaceadrive),thelibrary
needstobereconfiguredinLegatousingjbconfig.
NDMPBackup
RegardingtoincrementalbackupusingNDMP
TheNetWorkersoftwaredoesnotsupportincrementalbackup
settingsforNDMPbackups.Ifyouselecttheincremental
setting,theNetWorkerserverperformsafullbackup.However,
youcanschedulelevelbackupstofunctionlikeincremental
backups.Forexample,completeafullbackuponday1and
level1backupsondays2through7.
IncrementalwillnotworkwithNetAppifyouforgettospecify

"UPDATE=Y".ThisparameteractuallyinstructsOntapNDMP
toupdatethe
dumpdatesfilewhichisusedtodeterminewhatshouldbe
backedup.
ToviewallNDMPdumphistory&levelsonNetApps,see
file:/vol/vol0/etc/dumpdates
BackupCommand:nsrndmp_savec
hostname_of_nas_interface/client_namesbackupserverI
indexserverMTdump;
NDMPRestorethroughLegato
nsrndmp_recovercusnas2suslgto2musorarestore:/u6S
3439474549"/vol/vol2_nas2/WPSysMan/file.pdf"
NDMPSavethroughstoragenodepublicnic
nsrndmp_savecusnas2MTdumpb"XINGNDMP"P
uslgto3vy"11/07/08"/vol/vol0/home#uslgto3vispubnicof
storagenode.Commandisruninstoragenode.
Howtoexcludefiles/dirsfromNDMPbackupofNetApps
filer?
ToexcludefilesordirectoriesfromanNDMPbackupofa
NetAppfiler,usetheEXCLUDE=optionintheNDMPClient
resource'sApplicationinformationfield.EXCLUDE=takesa
commaseparatedlistoffileand/ordirectorynamestoexclude
fromthebackup.ThisisequivalenttotheXoptionofthedump
command.Thefollowingarerulesforspecifyingnamesinthe
EXCLUDE=list:
Ifaspecificfileordirectoryistobeexcludedfromthebackup,
theexactnameofthefileordirectorymustbeused.
Anasterisk(*)canbeusedasthewildcardcharacter.The
asteriskmustbeeitherthefirstorthelastcharacterofthestring.
Eachstringcanhaveuptotwoasterisks(oneinthefrontand
oneattheend).
Ifafileordirectorynamecontainsacomma,thecommamust
beprecededbyabackslashtodenotespecialcharacter.Thisis
becausecommaisusedintheEXCLUDE=stringtoseparate
values.
TheEXCLUDE=listcancontainupto32names.

Herearesomeexamples:
Toexcludethe'tmp'directoryfromasaveset,use
EXCLUDE=tmp
Toexcludeall.PSTfilesfromthesaveset,use
EXCLUDE=*.PST
Toexcludeallfilesordirectoriesthatcontainthecharacters'old'
intheirnames,use:EXCLUDE=*old*
Toexcludealloftheaboveatthesametime,use:
EXCLUDE=tmp,*.PST,*old*
RecoverNetappfiler'sNDMPdata
nwrecover:BeforestartingnwrecoverGUI,pleasechangethe
directoryto
/filermountpoint,thenstartnwrecoverwithcommand
"nwrecovers(nwserver)c(filername)"
orafterstartingnwrecoverguiwithcommand"nwrecovers
(nwserver)c
(filername)",youneedtoexpandthefiler'sfileintheSelect:.
Forexample,/vol/vol*.
Usingcommandline:recoversaveset
nsrndmp_recovercfiler_names(NWserver)Sssidm
(filername)::target_dir
Recoversinglefile:
Recover
TorecoverNDMPsavesessioninFP,usinguslgto3asrecover
serverduetoNIC(pub&priv)issues.
Redirect"BootstrapCompletion"printout
InConfiguration>Notification,specify"cat>
/nsr/bootstrap/nsr_bootstrap_`/usr/bin/date'+20%y%m%d'`"as
actionof"BootstrapCompletion"
Createdirectory/nsr/bootstrapandwewillgetupdated
bootstrapinformationeachday.
Ifpossible,setuprdistsowhole/nsrdirectorywillbeduplicated
toremoteserverasbackup.
Eachday,thebootstrapinformationaftereachexecutedjobwill
besavedintoabovedirectoryinsteadofprintingtophysical
printerbydefault.

Somecommandlineexamplesfromthislink.Localcopyhere.
Howtoexcludeadirectoryfromscheduledbackupusing
localdirectives?
ForWindows
Createafilecallednsr.dirundertheparentdirectory(eg,C:\)
withcontent:
skip:<nameofdir>
Makensr.dirfilehidden/readonlyifnecessary.
Createaseparateclientwithonlythisdirectoryassavesetifit
needstobebackedupseparately.
ForUnix
Create.nsrfileunderparentdirectories:
<</olbackup1>>
+skip:.
<</olbackup2>>
+skip:.
<</olbackup3>>
+skip:.
<</olbackup4>>
+skip:.
Howtorecoveranexpiredsaveset?
Findthessid(s)ofthesaveset:mminfoavq
"client=myclient,savetime<mm/dd/yy"
Mountthecorrepondingtape:nsrjblS<slot>f<tapedevice>
Scanthetapeforthessid:scanneriS<myssid>f
<filenumber><tapedevice>
Filenumbercanbeidentifiedby:mminfoqssidV
Setthestatusofthesaveset:nsrmmS<myssid>o
notrecyclable
(Optional)Specifyanewbrowseorexpirationtime:nsrmmS
<myssid>emm/dd/yywmm/dd/yy
HowtorecoversavesetsondiskfromanotherLegato
server?
Adddiskfolderintodevice;
Run:scannerm<device/folderpath>

Mountdiskdevices
Recover
Howtomakeasavesetnonrecyclable?
Getthecloneidofsaveid:mminfoqclient=uscoredb3r
"ssid,cloneid"t"12hours"
nsrmm<y>onotrecyclableS<saveid>/<cloneid>
Howtolistfileswithinssid?
mminfoavotcusuman0t"yesterday"r
"volume,savetime,nsavetime"
nsrinfonallt<nsavetime>usuman0
Orusingrecover(slow):recovernS<ssid>
OrusingGUI:nwrecover
Howtoremoveexpiredsavesetinthevolume?
DeletesavesetfromMediaIndex:nsrmm(v)dSssid/cloneid
Abovewillnotremovedatafromtape/disk,itonlyremoves
index.
Toremoveinvalidsaveset,clonethevalidonestoother
tape/adv_filedevicesandrelabelthem.
Howtorecycletapesolderthan1month(keepinmindof
savesetdependency)?
mminfoq"savetime>1monthago"r"volume"
Or:mminfoavq"savetime<09/25/08""XING.UnixD.0001"
nsrmmyorecyclablevolume_name(loopthroughthelist)
Howtousensrmmtochangebrowseandretentionpolicies?
Changetheretentiontimetomidnight,January1,2009.Change
thebrowsetimetomidnight,January1,2008.
nsrmmS3315861249e"01/01/0923:59:59"w"01/01/08
23:59:59"
Changethebrowsetimetosixmonthsfromthecurrentdateand
time.
nsrmmS5315861249w"6months"
Changetheretentiontimetotwoyearsfromthecurrentdateand
time.
nsrmmS3315861249e"2years"
Howtoremoveexpiredsavesetfromdiskvolumeand

reclaimspace?Detailsinstructiondownloadfromhere.
mminfom1>volume2>&1
mminfor'name,ssid,ssbrowse,ssretent,ssflags,state'q
volume=XING.UnixD.00011>query2>&1
Locatessid
nsrmmdS<ssid>toremovethemfromIndex
nsrimX>runtwicetoreclaimthespace
Scripttoremove"duplicatevolumes"frommediadatabase
bysearchingdaemon.log.Downloadfromhere.
Tips
Kickoffstartinggroupfromcommandline:savegrplfullG
Unix_Test
Scanthecontentoftape:scannern/dev/rmt/6cbn(loadedtape
intodrivefirst)
Savefromclientside:/usr/sbin/saveb"XINGUnix"lfull/u4
DisableVSSforWindowsclient:VSS:*=off(in"Save
Operations"ofclientdefinition)
Toenablelegatoautomaticlabelblanktapes,choose"Auto
MediaManagement"intheJukebox'sproperty.
ListVSSWritersinWindows2003:vssadminlistwriters
nsrmm(C)>displayconfigureddevices(tape/disk)and
mountedvolumns
RetentionPolicy:Thereare2placestosetupRetentionpolicy:
intheclientlevelandinthepoollevel.
TheactualRetentionpolicywillrespectthelongeronebetween
client&mediapool.Thelongeronewillbetheretentionpolicy
ofsavesets.
ChangeRetentionpolicyofsaveset:nsrmmSsside
xx/xx/xx
Toverify:mminfovpqssid=3528014006
HowtocontrolNSRIndexsize?
ContribultingFactors:Numberofclients;Numberoffiles;
BrowsingPolicy
RetentionpolicyhasnothingtodowithIndexsize,only
browsingpolicydoes.

Workaround:
Cleanupolddecommissionedhostsindex;
Movetheindextootherlocation
HowtocompletelyremoveclientfromLegato(eg,for
reclaiminglicenses)?
Performafullbootstrapbackupforgroupwhichhasclientsto
beremoved(eg,savegrplfullOGUnix_Prd).Recordssidin
casemediaindexneedstoberestored.
DeletetheclientinNMC
Stopnsrservices
Backuptheclient'sindexfolder(/nsr/index/<client_name>)
Clearthecachebyrenaming\nsr\tmp\folderto
\nsr\tmp_old_todaysdate
Startnsrservices
TemporarilysettheAutostartfunctiononallGroupsto
'Disabled'(itisbesttoperformthefollowingwhenNWisidle)
Runthefollowingcommandstoverify,fixandpurgetheindex
andmdbrecords:
nsrckL6>thiswilltakeaveryLONGtime.Pleasemakesure
enoughtimeisscheduledbetweenbackups.
nsrimX
SettheAutostartfunctionongroupsthatwaschangedinstep8
backto"Enabled".
HowtoremoveoldhostnamesfromregisteringinNSR
server?
Searcholdhostnameinnsrindexes:/nsr/res/nsrdb&
/nsr/res/nsrladb
eg,grep*/*/nsr/res/nsrdb&grep*/*/nsr/res/nsrladb
Edittheindexfileandremovetheoldhostname
Retrythebackup
HowtorelocateclientindextodifferentlocationinUnix?
Stepsdownloadfromhere.
Howtoconfigurelibrarytounloadtapeswhenidle?
Device>Library>Property>Timers(mayneedtoenablediag
modeinView)>Idledevicetimeout(setto1,whichis1

minute).
Whentapedriveisidlemorethan1minute,itwillunloadtapes
backtoslot.
Howtoincreasenumberofcleansusingcleaningtape?
Device>Library>Property>DefaultCleanings(Changefrom5
to50)
#Cleaningtapecannowbeused50timesinsteadofdefault5
times.
#Usingcommandline:nsrjbU50S58(#cleaningtapeisin
slot58).

Windows

HowtobackupSystemStateofWindowsclient?
Specifythefollowingsavesets:
ASR:\
SYSTEMDB:\
SYSTEMFILES:\
SYSTEMSTATE:\
In"Apps&Modules",specify"Saveoperations:""VSS:*=off"
HowtobackupVSSstateofWindowsclient?
C:\
VSSASRDISK:\
VSSSYSTEMFILESET:\
VSSOTHER:\
VSSUSERDATA:\
VSSSYSTEMSERVICES:\
VSSSYSTEMBOOT:\
HowtorecoverWindowsclientusing"SystemState"
backup?
InstallthebasicOS(installSP2iforiginalhosthasSP2)
RenametheHosttooriginalhostnameandhardcodeoriginalIP
address;
InstallNSRclientafterserverrenamed(thatwaytheNSRclient
willidentifieditselfwithcorrectname),clickallsystemstate
savesetsandC:drive,thenstart"DirectRecovery".

Whendone,removedhardcodedIPaddressandrebootthe
server.Theservershouldbebackwithdomainenabled.
LegatoWindowsAgentIssues
NotlocateNSRserver:FirsttimewhenLegatoWindowsAgent
starts,itwillsearchforNetworkerserverthroughbroadcast.If
Legatoserverisinadifferentnetworkthanagent,thesearch
willfailandtheagentguiwillclose.
Tofixthisproblem,appendtheserverstringafterthe
executable,eg:"C:\...winworkr.exe"s<legatoserver>
DMZserversNameResolution:Legatoagentrequiresreverse
lookupworkingforbothNetworkerserver&storagenode.For
DMZserverswhichhavedifferentDNSserver,add
IP/HostnameofLegatoserversinto
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Ifhostsfiledoesn'twork,CREATEANEWONE.Itispossibly
corruptedbutnotevidenttoyou.Holysmokes,itworksforme.
Turningoffvssforspecificdrive
VSS:h:\=off
HowtobackupExchangeserver?
Backinguptheinformationstores(msexch:IS)andrecoverthem
totherecoverystoragegroup.Usetheexchangetaskwizardto
recoverindividualmailboxesfromthat.
Forthesavesetspecification,putMSEXCH:ISandMSEXCH:
DSwithabackupcommandofnsrxchsv.exe

NMDA

HowtoconfigureLotusNotesbackupusingNMDA?
TokeepconfigurationinMMCclientproperty,configure:
Saveset:NOTES
BackupCommand:nsrdasvTLotus
BackupConfig:copyandmodifythisfile.Payparticular
attentiontothefollowngtoconfigurations.
NSR_CROSS_MOUNT_POINTS:"TRUE";>Importantif
mailboxeslocatedindifferentfilesystem
NSR_FOLLOW_LINKS:"TRUE";>Importantifmailboxes

locatedindifferentfilesystem

Alias:Bothlong&shortnameofvirtual&physicalnode

TokeepconfigurationinLotusNotesclient:

Saveset:NOTES
BackupCommand:nsrdasvz/nsr/apps/config/nmda_lotus.cfg

Alias:Bothlong&shortnameofvirtual&physicalnode
HowtorestoreLotusNotesusingNMDAthroughcommand
line?

Createnmda_lotus_recovery_cmd.cfgfile,whichwillbeused
forrestore.

NSR_BACKUP_PATHSwillspecifyobjectsneedstobe
restored

NSR_RELOCATION_DESTwillspecifypathwheredatawill
berestoredto

NSR_RECOVERY_TIMEwillspecifywhichdatedataneedsto
berestored
Togetallinformationaboutbackupobjects,usingfollowing
commandandsearchoutput
nsrinfos<NWSRV>nnotesXAll<NOTESCLIENT>

Anissuewasdiscoveredthroughdebuggingthatnsrnotesrcwas
tryingtolocateitselfunder"/usr/sbi/nsrnotesrc"insteadof
"/usr/sbin/nsrnotesrc".Itcouldbespecifictoenvironmentor
couldbeaprogrambug.

nsrnotesrc:using`/usr/sbi/nsrnotesrc'forexecpath,

nsrnotesrc:/usr/sbi/nsrnotesrcstarted,pid20705

nsrnotesrc:waitchildreaped,pid20705

nsrnotesrc:waitchilderroronreap,pid20705(10)

Toworkaroundthisissue,Icreatedthedirectory"/usr/sbi"and
copied"nsrnotesrc"toitfrom"/usr/sbin".Restoreswere
successfulafterthisfix.

Thiscouldbeanotherenvironmentalissuesince
"/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux/"wasnotinlibrarypath.The
library"libxmlproc.so"isrequiredby"libnotes.so"forrestore.

lnsf/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux/libxmlproc.so
/usr/lib/libxmlproc.so

AnotheroptionistospecifyLD_LIBRARY_PATHforuser

whichwillbedoingrestore:export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux
Runlddtovalidate:ldd
/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux/libnotes.so
Asuserdoingthebackup(eg,notes),runbelowcommandto
recovermailboxintoNSR_RELOCATION_DEST
/usr/sbin/nsrnotesrcz
/nsr/apps/config/nmda_lotus_recovery_cmd.cfg
HowtorestoreLotusNotesusingNMDAthroughNMDA
clientGUI?
InstallNMDAforWindowsGUIonWindowssystemwhich
runsrecovery
Run"DirectedRecovery">ChooseMailbox>"Recovery
Options">Recovery
Specifyconfigurationfileforrecoveryinthe"Options".
TheNMDAGuiwill,bydefault,lookingforausercalled
"notes".IfLotuswasrunningunderdifferentusernameinthe
emailserver,createadummyuser,withinthesamegroupas
otherNotesusers,intheemailserver.
Makesureuser"notes"haswritepermissiontodirectorywhere
mailboxesarerestoredto(specifyin"RecoveryOptions").
HowtoconfigureExchangeclusterbackupusingNME?
NSRagent&NMEintobothnodes;
CreateentryforeachphysicalnodeinNetworkerserver;
CreateentryforvirtualnodeofExcluster.
**Forvirtualnodeconfiguration:
Remoteaccesslist,specifySYSTEM@node1,
SYSTEM@node2,Administrator@node1,
Administrator@node2
BackupCommandinApps/Modules:nsrxchsvcusevs2
SpecifySavesets.eg:MSEXCH:IS/SG1or
MSEXCH:IS/SG1/PublicFolderStore
HowtoconfigurestandaloneExchangebackupusing
NMM?
UsingExchange2007standaloneenvironmentasanexample

Client:
Backupcommand:nsrsnap_vss_save
Saveset:APPLICATIONS:\MicrosoftExchange2007

ApplicationInformationVariables:
NSR_SNAP_TYPE=vss
NSR_ALT_PATH=C:\mount_replica

Group:
Snapshotbackup=yes(Justcheckthebox)
SnapshotPolicy=ServerlessBackup
SnapshotPool=Anyconfiguredpoolforthisbackup
HowtoconfigureNMDAbackupforDB2(refertoDB2
sectionformoredetails)?
Createconfigurationfileforbackupnmda_db2_backup.cfg

Runfromcommandline:db2backupdbdb2insonlineload
"/usr/lib/libnsrdb2.so"options@/nsr/apps/config/nmda_db2.cfg
HowtorestoredatathroughNMDAbackup(refertoDB2
sectionformoredetails)?
Createconfigurationfileforrestorenmda_db2_restore.cfg

Runfromcommandline:db2restoredbdb2insload
/usr/lib/libnsrdb2.sooptions
@nsr/apps/config/nmda_db2_restore.cfg

DailyJobs

TapeDailyRecording&Archive
Madeoneprocessinplacetoarchivedailytapelistoffsiteand
uploadtoWindowsshareddrive.2Pointsaboutthisprocess:
Wehavedailycloneinplaceatdaytime,soanytapeswithin
past24hourswillstayinlibrariesuntilclonescomplete.
LegatoserverisinUnixandshareddrive/storageforarchiveis
inWindows,sowehavetoresortedtoSamba/Expectscriptin
anothermiddlewaresystemforuploading.
Hereistheactualprocessflow:
Schedulethisjob(dailyTapes.sh)togenerate2reportingfiles
(tapeReport.txt&tapeOffsite.txt).tapeReport.txtwillbesending
tovariousrecipentsbyemailwhiletapeOffsite.txtwillbe

uploadedtosharedrivetobe(eventually)importedintoSQL
servermediadatabase.
Abovescriptwillalsocopy2listfilestoSambamiddleware
server.Usingthisjob(nsrOfftapes.sh)atlatertimetoupload
bothlistsintosharedrive.TheuploadscriptwilluseExpect
script(nsrOfftapes.exp)withSambaclienttoupload.
Onceaboveprocessisinplace,wehaveanautomatedprocess
togenerateoffsitetapesandthelistwillbearchivedincentral
serverforfuturereference.
DailyLegatoRoutines(chkNSR.sh)
checkinginterruptedovernightbackupjobs
BackupdailysavesetIndex(samethingsendingthroughemail)
toalocaldirectory
ReplicateIndexdirectorytoamirrorsite
Regularschedulechangeonjobs
ClonesomearchivelogsofOracledatabases
DailyLegatoMediaDatabaseHealthCheck(nsrDBchk.sh)
Checkmediadatabasestatusandarchiveresult.
"d"optionfordebugging
ThisscriptwillneedtorunwhenNWserverisidle(eg,no
devicemount/unmount).Otherwise,alldevicemount/unmount
willbeautomaticallycancelledandonpending.
HowtocalculateDataDomainusageperhostthrough
Networker(sizeCal.sh)
Using"mminfoavot"togetallsavesetsinDataDomain.Then
producealistofclients.
Abovescriptwillcalculateeachhost'sspaceinDataDomain.
Note:Sincesizeproducedfrommminfodidn'thavefloating
point,abovearithmeticusingBASHisOK.Foradding
arithmeticnumbers,youmustuseprogrammingtoolsuchas
"bc".
Hereisascriptusing"bc"forarithmeticoperationswith
floatingpoints(sizeFal.sh).
Howtosavedailybootstrapinformation?
BootstrapiscriticalwhenthetimecomestorecoverSSIDand

youneedtoknowwhichtapescontainit.Youmaybeabletoget
someinformationfrommminfo,butwhathappensifthatclient
hasbeenremovedfromIndex(forreclaiminglicense,for
example).
InLegatoGUI>Configuration>Notification>Bootstrap
>Action"cat>/nsr/bootstrap/nsr_bootstrap_`/usr/bin/date
'+20%y%m%d'`"
NowyoushouldhaveabootstraptextfilesavedtoLegato
directoryeachdayeveryday.
HowtocustomizeSavegroupcompletionemail?
Bydefault,eachdayyouwillreceiveemailswhensavegroup
completes.Ifyouwanttocustomizeit(eg,addSavegroupname
ontheemailsubject),intheNotification>Savegroup
completion,addnameofscripttoActionfield:
/nsr/scripts/savegroupEmail.sh
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