Legato NetWorker ClientPak and Storage Node Installation Guide

Chapter 3: Configuration

Creating Logs of Your NetWorker Backups

You can set the NSR_MPE_LOGNAME system variable in the MPE/iX Command

Interpreter to save information on scheduled backups in a log file.

To create logs of your server-initiated backups, add the following system variable to

the JNSRSTRT job stream file to set the variable, as in the following example:

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_LOGNAME "/ACCOUNT/GROUP/

log

You can also set this system variable from the POSIX shell:

export NSR_MPE_LOGNAME="/ACCOUNT/GROUP/

log

The name log is the required name of the log file. Note that the name of the directory

and file are in POSIX format. The actual name of the file will have the date and time

stamp appended to it. You can name this directory anything you want and put it

wherever you want.

Storing Temporary Shadow Logs for Online Backups

You can set the NSR_MPE_ONLINE_SAVE_LOGVOLSET system variable to specify

the MPE volume set on which the 7x24 TurboSTORE will store the temporary shadow

logs for online backups. Shadow logs contain the before-backup images of any files that

are changed during the backup. If you do not set this system variable, the shadow logs

are saved to the MPE volume set of the file that NetWorker and TurboSTORE are

backing up currently. If you decide not to save the shadow log to a different volume

set, then make sure that you have enough space on the volume set where you are

backing up files.

Important: You must not include the NetWorker-expected tag “_VOLUME_SET” on

nonsystem volume sets.

To store temporary shadow logs on a separate MPE volume set named

SHADOW_LOG, enter the following system variable to the JNSRSTRT file:

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_ONLINE_SAVE_LOGVOLSET "SHADOW_LOG"

You can also set this system variable from the POSIX shell:

export NSR_MPE_ONLINE_SAVE_LOGVOLSET="SHADOW_LOG"

Specifying the Frequency for Displaying the Progress of Backups

You can set the NSR_MPE_PROGRESS variable to set the frequency for displaying a

message on the progress of backups.

To report on the progress of backups, for example, enter the following system to the

JNSRSTRT file:

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_PROGRESS "5"

Note that the value given represents a time in minutes.

You can also set this system variable from the POSIX shell:

$ export NSR_MPE_PROGRESS=5