Troubleshooting guide

Media Manager Functional Description
254 NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide - UNIX
NetBackup Databases
Table 8 describes the NetBackup databases. These databases contain information that is
used internally by NetBackup and reside in the /usr/openv/netbackup/db directory
on UNIX servers and in the install_path\NetBackup\db directory on Windows NT/2000
NetBackup servers.
Media Manager Functional Description
This section explains the operation of Media Manager software and contains the following
discussions:
◆ Startup Process
◆ Media and Device Management Process
Table 8. NetBackup Databases
Database Contents
config Configuration information. This database resides on the master server
and has three parts:
class: Contains information about each NetBackup class.
config: Contains information about global attributes, storage units,
and database backups.
altnames: Contains information about alternate client names for
restores.
error Error and status information about NetBackup operations. This
database resides on the master server and has two parts:
error: Contains information recorded during backup operations and
used in the NetBackup reports.
failure_history: Contains daily history of backup errors.
images Information about the backup images and resides only on the master
server. One of the files in the images directory is the file database.
The file database is the one that NetBackup accesses when a user
browses for files to restore.
jobs Job information that is used by the NetBackup job monitor (UNIX
NetBackup server) and activity monitor (Windows NT/2000
NetBackup server). The Jobs database is on the master server
media Media related information used by bptm. Each master or media server
has a media database with media information for the images stored on
that server’s storage units.
The media database also has an errors file that contains error history
information for media and devices.