How to analyze NetBackup unified logs

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For legacy NetBackup logs which are located under /usr/openv/netbackup/logs, the following numbers can indicate to you the severity when troubleshooting NetBackup failures. Personally, I only usually look for errors codes 16 for error or 32 for fatal error which means you need to focus and google that error to look for answer:

Severity:

  • 1 = Unknown
  • 2 = Debug
  • 4 = Info
  • 8 = Warning
  • 16 = Error
  • 32 = Critical

Example:

# cd /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/dbclient
# grep -i "<16>" log.032211
01:01:47.985 [19945] <16> readCommFile: ERR - timed out after 900 seconds while reading from /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/dbext/logs/19945.0.1300767393
01:01:47.985 [19945] <16> VxBSAEndTxn: ERR - bsa_close() failed.
01:01:47.986 [19945] <16> xbsa_EndTransaction: ERR - VxBSAEndTxn: Failed with error:
02:27:59.607   [944] <16> readCommFile: ERR - timed out after 900 seconds while reading from /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/dbext/logs/944.0.1300772039

Log Directories

  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/admin - Log used as a central logging repository for all the commands located in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd directory.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bp - Log for the curses-based bp interface program (client-side).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpadm - Log for the curses-based bpadm interface program (server-side).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bparchive - High-level logging of the bparchive command.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbackup - High-level logging of the bpbackup command.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbjobs - High-level logging of the backup and restore job reporter command.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bplist - High-level logging of the detailed image list reporting command.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpmount - High-level logging for the drive-listing command, used for ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES on the client.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprestore - High-level logging of the restore command.

Logs for NetBackup daemons and other automatically-run commands:

  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar - Logs for the backup and archive daemon on the client (backup and archive operations).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbrm - Logs for the backup and restore manager on the media server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbrmds - Logs for the backup and restore manager on the media server (for disk staging operations).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcd - Logs for the communications daemon on media servers and clients.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcoord - (For NetBackup 5.x) Logs for the bpcoord daemon started by bpsynth on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm - Logs for the database manager daemon on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdm - Logs for the disk manager daemon on the media server (disk storage units only).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-msvc - Java GUI authentication service on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-susvc - (For NetBackup 4.5 and 5.x) Java GUI login service on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-usvc - Java GUI "user" service on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd - Logs for the request daemon on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpsched - Logs for the scheduler daemon on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpsynth - (For NetBackup 5.x) Logs for the bpsynth process for synthetic backups on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bptm - Logs for the tape manager daemon on the media server (media manager storage units only).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/mtfrd - (For NetBackup 5.x) Logs for phase 2 import of Backup Exec media on the master server.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/tar - Logs for the restore daemon on the client (restore operations).
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops - Contains directories and files used by Java and database agents on servers and clients.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bphdb - Logs for the program that starts scripts to backup the database on servers and clients.
  • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/dbclient - log for the DB Extension clients

Unified Logging

NetBackup daemons that use Unified Logging. A listing of processes and originators that use Unified logging include, but are not limited to:

  • NetBackup Policy Execution Manager (nbpem)
  • NetBackup Job Manager (nbjm)
  • NetBackup Resource Broker (nbrb)
  • NetBackup Enterprise Media Manager (nbemm)
  • NetBackup Service Layer (nbsl)
  • NetBackup Generic Job (nbgenjob)
  • NetBackup Notification Service (nbnos)
  • NetBackup for NDMP and ndmpagent
  • NetBackup avrd and robotic processes
  • NetBackup Operations Monitor (NOMTRS, NOMClient and NOMServer)
  • Bare Metal Restore daemons (bmrd, bmbbd, bmrc, bmrs, bmrconfig, bmrsavecfg, bmrsrtadm, bmrprep, bmrsetupmaster, bmrsetupboot, bmrpkg, bmrcreatepkg, bmrcreatefloppy.exe, bmrrst.exe and bmrmap.exe)
  • VERITAS Private Branch Exchange (VxPBX)

Legacy Logging

NetBackup daemons that continue to use Legacy logging. A listing of daemons that use Legacy logging include, but are not limited to:

  • NetBackup Master Server daemons (bprd, bpdbm, bpjobd, bpdbjobs, admin)
  • NetBackup Media Server daemons (bpbrm, bptm, bpdm)
  • NetBackup Robotic daemons (vmd, avrd, ltid and robotic daemons)
  • NetBackup Client daemons (bpcd, bpbkar, tar)