Troubleshooting guide

Chapter 3, Using the Logs and Reports 67

Activity Logs

Before using the activity logs, note the following:

◆ For Windows clients, logs are kept for the number of days specified in the Backup,

Archive, and Restore utility, under the Actions menu, Configure, General tab: “Keep

status of user-directed backups, archives, and restores for.” For NetWare clients, logs

are kept the number of days specified in file openv\netback\bp.ini (under

Keep_Log_Days).

The currently active logs have names of the form:

mmddyy.log

For example, 120198.log.

◆ You can increase the amount of information that processes write in the logs.

bpcd All Windows and

NetWare clients

NetBackup client daemon. These logs have

information on communications between the

server and client. On NetWare and Windows

98 and 95 clients, these logs also contain the

log information for the

backup and restore processes.

bplist Windows NT/2000, 98,

List program that is run from the command

line.

bpmount Windows NT/2000, 98,

Program used to collect drive names on the

client for multistreaming clients.

bprestore Windows NT/2000, 98,

Restore program that is run from the

command line.

bpsrv NetWare nontarget NetBackup service utility. This program

allows the system with the user interface to

communicate with the NetBackup for

NetWare client.

nbwin Windows 98, 95 Client-user interface program for Windows

98/95.

nbwin Windows NT/2000 Client-user interface program for Windows

NT/2000.

tar Windows NT/2000 tar process. These logs have information

about the tar32 process.

user_ops Windows NT/2000, 98,

See Table 3.

Table 5. PC Client Activity Logs

Activity Log