Troubleshooting guide

Appendix A, Functional Overview 245
Backup and Restore Functional Description
NetBackup Programs and Daemons
Table 7 describes the programs and daemons that provide most of the control for backup,
archive, and restore operations. The explanations include what starts and stops the
program or daemon, and the log (if any) where it records its activities.
Table 7. NetBackup Daemons and Programs
Program/
Daemon
Description
bp On UNIX clients, this menu-driven, character-based interface
program has options for starting user-directed backups, restores,
and archives.
Started By: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp command on
the client.
Stopped By: Exiting the interface program.
Activity Log: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bp on the
client. The activity logs for bpbackup, bparchive, bprestore,
and bplist also have information about bp activities.
BP.NLM On NetWare target clients, this is the NetWare Loadable Module
that starts the client-user interface.
Started By: LOAD BP command.
Stopped By: Choosing Quit Utility from the main menu.
Activity Log: SYS:\OPENV\NETBACK\LOGS\BP\mmddyy.log
file on the client.
bpadm On a UNIX master server, this administrator utility has a
menu-driven, character-based, interface with options for
configuring and managing NetBackup.
Started By: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpadm command
on the master server.
Stopped By: Quit option from within bpadm.
Activity Log: admin.log on the server.
bparchive On UNIX clients, this program communicates with bprd on the
master server when a user starts an archive.
Started By: Starting an archive by using the client-user interface
or executing the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bparchive
command on the client.
Stopped By: Completion of operation.
Activity Log: bparchive.log on the client.