Legato NetWorker ClientPak and Storage Node Installation Guide

Naming Conventions for Backing Up MPE Volume Sets

Setting System Variables for Server-Initiated Backups

You can set system variables to customize the scheduled backups of the HP 3000

NetWorker MPE client from the NetWorker server. You set these system variables by

adding them to the JNSRSTRT file on the MPE/ix client.

Users can also set these system variables in the CI shell for client-initiated backups.

Refer to “Backing Up Volume Sets” and “Recovering Volume Sets” in the Legato

NetWorker User’s Guide, MPE/iX Version, which came with the Legato NetWorker

product.

System variables that you add to the JNSRSTRT file do not affect client-initiated

backups.

The system variables that you can set for server-initiated backups, include:

• Setting the NetWorker time zone to match the HP STORE process

• Creating logs of your NetWorker backups

• Storing shadow logs of TurboSTORE online backups on a separate MPE volume

set

• Specifying the frequency for displaying a message on the progress of backups

• Turning the parallelism attribute on and off

• Specifying a notification to start an action either at the start or end of an online

backup

• Controlling the 7x24 true online back up

Important: When you enter system variables in the JNSRSTRT file, put them before the

following line: !run nrexecd.netwrkr.sys;info=””

Setting the NetWorker Time Zone to Match the HP STORE Program

The HP STORE program runs in the Command Interpreter, which uses the local time

zone set for your MPE client. NetWorker runs in POSIX, which by default is Greenwich

Mean time. To correct a potential discrepancy between time zones, set the TZ variable.

Important: You should always have the TZ variable set when performing server-

initiated backups, doing client-initiated backups, or recovering files and directories

with NetWorker. For example, when you are recovering your files, you need to set the

time zone variable; otherwise the recover browse will be in Greenwich Mean Time.

To set the time zone for server-initiated backups, add the following system variable to

the JNSRSTRT file:

!setvar TZ "

EST5daylight

Note that the value EST5daylight is only an example; it might not be appropriate for

your time zone.

For information about the value to use to set the TZ variable, display the timezone man

page from the POSIX prompt only:

$ man timezone