Legato Networker commands and tips

List of Legato Networker commands and tips.

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Complete listing of legato Bullitins:
       http://web1.legato.com/lefaq/bulls/
Frequently asked questions
       http://www.backupcentral.com/networker-faq.html
The Networker Journal
       http://www.drenpress.com/

Setup:
Schedule, Directives, retention, Browse Policy
Setup cron to check /usr/tmp

savepnpc
       Check lck files in savepnpc groups (/nsr/res)
       Save files to long term storage with NetWorker and performs pre and post processing
       commands on a NetWorker client.
       savepnpc performs pre/post-processing commands if any exists in the /nsr/res/.res file.


inquire                         Lists SCSI devices available.
ldunld                          Sends and load or unload command to the tape device.
jb_config                       Configure an autochanger
mminfo -m                       Get Media information from the Networker Database
                               Example :
                               mminfo -av -c chocbar -r "name,level,ssid,pssid" BPK678
                               pssid   When part of a save set series, the
                                       previous save set identifier in the series, zero for the
                                       first or only save set in a series.
daemon.log                      Most usefull log
nsr_shutdown -a or -q           Shutsdown networker
nsrck -m                        Checks media
nsrck -F |         Fix client indexes. Clientname is optional
                               Indexes can be corrupted when stopping networker
nsrck -C           Compress index
nsrck -c                        Rebuilds Client Indexes
nsrinfo                         NetWorker file index reporting command
nsrls                           List statistics of NetWorker index files
nsrim                           NetWorker index management program
nsrim -l                        Remove the oldest save set to decrease the size of the indexes.
nsrd                            Server daemon. Coordinates server operations.
nsrexecd                        Client/server communications daemon
savegrp -pvvv       Run the probe step to backup a group (does not do anything)
savegrp             Backup the specified group
nsrindexd                       File-index database management
nsrmmd                          Media Management (tape drives) daemon
nsrmmdbd                        Medai Database Management
nsrmm                           The nsrmm program provides a command line interface to manage the media
                               and backup devices used by NetWorker servers and storage nodes.
nsrjb                           Manipulate the jukeboxs
nsrjb -I                        To read the new tapes that are in the jukebox volumes (Inventory)
nsrjb -j DLT891 -O81 -Y -L -g -bDefault -f /dev/nrmt0h -S 1-1
                               To label tape in slot 1
nsrjb -j DLT891 -O84 -p -n -f /dev/nrmt0h -S 3-3
                               Verify volume in slot 3
nsrjb -j DLT891 -O85 -Y -L -g -bDefault -f /dev/nrmt0h -S 3-3
                               Label volume in slot 3
nsrjb -j DLT891 -O86 -p -n -f /dev/nrmt0h -S 4-4
                               Verify volume in slot 4
nsrjb -j DLT891 -O87 -Y -L -g -bDefault -f /dev/nrmt0h -S 4-4
                               Label tape in slot 4
nsrjb -L -S 5-19                To label the volumes in slots 5 through 19, use the -S option
                               This is what the manual provides.
nsrjb -u                        Unload volume from DLT
nsrjb -o recyclable BPK687      Set volume BPK87 to recyclable. NOTE You will never be able to recover these files
                               again. Not even with the scanner command.
nsrmm -d                Delete a volume in the media database (when getting message duplicate name)
nsrmmdbd                        Media Management db daemon
nsrwatch                        Watch the progress of networker in a terminal mode.
nsrls                           list statistics of NetWorker index files
                               The nsrls program, when invoked without any options, prints the number of
                               files in client file index, the number of kilobytes that the client file index
                               currently requires, and the utilization of the client file index with respect to the
                               number of kilobytes allocated to its UNIX file.
                              
nsrjb                           Juke Box manipulation and information
mmlocate                        Show location of media

nsradmin -s         Terminal mode for nwadmin
savegrp -pvvv       Run Group Group_name. If this group has several clients
                               then you can also specify the client name.
                               Run this command in cron if the group only has to be
                               backed up once a week. Deactivate the group in Legato.
scanner                         The scanner program directly reads NetWorker media (such as backup tapes,
                               optical disks, or files) to confirm the contents of a volume, to extract a save set
                               from a volume, or to rebuild the NetWorker online indexes. You can only run
                               this command as root. You must specify a device, which is usually one of the
                               device names used by the NetWorker server. If the device is a tape drive, it
                               must be a nonrewinding type.


Any script in the backup command must begin with nsr or save

Do not use remote user except with rman

skips in directives             No more than 35 lines

Index management
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nsrls                           List statistics of NetWorker index files
nsrck -F                        Compress Indexes
nsrim                           NetWorker index management program

Problem Solving.
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If the savegrp -pvvv Group_name does not come back with a list of filesystems then there could be
TCP/IP problem. Use the following commands and files to identify the problem.
1)      Is default route correct? Use netstat -rn
2)      Is the DNS correct. You might have to use resolf.conf to use the /etc/host file first.
       This is done in svc.conf in Tru64 and /etc/nsswitch in Solaris.
3)      Use nsrlookup
4)      Use rcpinfo


Reports
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something like
mminfo -m -r 'volume, pool, state,  volflags, location, %used, written'

will give you   a E in state when the volume is recyclable(expired), an
r in volflags when its read only.

You can write querys using -q and just get tapes in the location of
"libraryname" or use grep like i do.

mminfo -m -t 'yesterday'
       Will give all the backups yesterday
mminfo -m -t 'last week'
       Will give all the backups last week

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savepnpc

Client has savepnpc specified in the "Backup command:" field on server

/nsr/res/TEST.res file on client contains:

type: savepnpc;
precmd: /nsr/bin/precmd.sh;
pstcmd: /nsr/bin/pstcmd.sh;
timeout: "11:00pm";

When a savegroup starts the following happens (example using the group TEST):

The server starts the group. The server sees the client has savepnpc
specified as the backup command. The server contacts the client and
checks for a /nsr/res/TEST.res file. (If there is not one, a dummy res
file will be created.) The client executes the pre command/script
specified in the file (precmd: /nsr/bin/precmd.sh;). It creates a tmp
file indicating that savepnpc is running, /nsr/tmp/TEST.tmp It also
executes a process that monitors the status of the saves waiting for
completion and/or the timeout value specified in /nsr/res/TEST.res.
(timeout: "11:00pm";) After the pre script successfully completes, the
server then initiates the filesystem saves. During this time the client
is constantly checking the server to see if the saves are completed. As
soon as they have completed (or the timeout value has been reached), the
client executes the post script specified in the /nsr/res/TEST.res file.
(pstcmd: /nsr/bin/pstcmd.sh) It then removes the /nsr/tmp/TEST.tmp file.

NOTES:

The pre/post scripts need to have the necessary environment setup in
them, as savepnpc does not pass any kind of environment to the scripts.
The start/stop of the pre and post commands are recorded in
/nsr/logs/savepnpc.log If the pre command fails (exit status non-zero),
the saves for that client will abort and not be run. It will also not
start the post command process, so the post script will never run and
the /nsr/tmp/TEST.tmp file will be left. You will need to remove this by
hand. If a savegroup session is manually aborted or stopped on the
server, the /nsr/tmp/TEST.tmp file is left. (This is because the server
allows you to restart it later.) Also, because an abort does not clear
up the work list for the client,the client still thinks there are saves
to be completed and the post script will not run. If a new savegroup
session is started and there is an existing /nsr/tmp/TEST.tmp file, it
will skip the pre/post commands; however it will run the filesystem save
sessions.

Taken from: http://www.georgenet.net/oracle/files/reference/networker.txt