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  2. NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide
  3. Section I. NetBackup Snapshot Manager installation and configuration
  4. Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager using container images
  5. Restarting NetBackup Snapshot Manager
NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide

Restarting NetBackup Snapshot Manager

If you need to restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager, it's important that you restart it correctly so that your environmental data is preserved.

To restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager in the Docker environment

Warning:

Do not use commands such as docker restart or docker stop and docker start to restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager. Use the docker run command described below.

  • On the instance where NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed, enter the following command:
    # sudo docker run -it --rm -u 0
    -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint 
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
    veritas/flexsnap-deploy:<version> restart

    Here, version represents the currently installed NetBackup Snapshot Manager product version.

    For example:

    # sudo docker run -it -rm -u 0
    -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.x.xxxx restart

    Note:

    Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

To restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager in the Podman environment

  1. First, stop the NetBackup Snapshot Manager by using the following command on the instance where NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed:
    # podman run -it --rm -u 0 -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
    -v /run/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock
    veritas/flexsnap-deploy:<version> stop
  2. Then, start it again by using the following command:
    # podman run -it --rm -u 0 -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
    -v /run/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock
    veritas/flexsnap-deploy:<version> start

    Note:

    Ensure that you enter the commands without any line breaks.

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