Troubleshooting guide

Chapter 5, Disaster Recovery 219
Recovering the NetBackup Databases
1. Stop the NetBackup request daemon (bprd) and NetBackup database manager
daemon (bpdbm):
◆ Stop bprd by using the Terminate Request Daemon command on the bpadm
Special Actions menu (or xbpadm File menu).
◆ Stop bpdbm by executing:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdbm -terminate
2. Insert the tape with the catalog backup into an appropriate drive.
If the tape is not in the drive, the Device Monitor shows a mount request when you
start the recovery.
3. On the NetBackup server where the drive attaches, execute the bprecover
command.
Example 1
Assume the drive is attached to the NetBackup server you are recovering and the
backup is on an 8 mm tape that has media ID JBL29. To recover the NetBackup part of
the databases from image 1 on the tape:
bprecover -r 1 -ev JBL29 -d 8mm
Recovering shark:/usr/openv/netbackup/db
Example 2
If the drive attaches to another NetBackup server, execute bprecover on the server
where the drive attaches and specify the destination server with the -dhost option.
bprecover -r 1 -ev JBL29 -d 8mm -dhost shark
Recovering shark:/usr/openv/netbackup/db
4. Start the NetBackup request daemon (bprd) and NetBackup database manager
daemon (bpdbm) by executing.
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd
(Note that bprd starts bpdbm)
5. Stop and restart both the device and volume daemons so they can read the recovered
configuration.
a. Stop ltid with the following command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/stopltid
b. Stop vmd by executing /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmctrldbm -t (or use
Terminate Media Manager volume Daemon command on the xvmadm File menu).