Use one of the following methods to change the default values of the bpdbjobs_options on a permanent basis.
Note: In the following instructions that an example value of 192 is given, which is equal to 8 days. This value can be replaced with your desired number of hours.

• On Windows:

  To add new registry key(s) to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion\Config run the following commands. 
  1. Navigate to the directory:
  cd install_path\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\ 
  

  2. To set the number of hours that unsuccessful jobs are kept in the jobs database or Activity Monitor display, run:
  

  echo KEEP_JOBS_HOURS = 192 | bpsetconfig

  3. To set the number of hours that successful jobs are kept in the jobs database or Activity Monitor display, run:
  

  echo KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS = 192 | bpsetconfig

  
  

• On UNIX:

  To add new configuration to /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf, use the following commands:

  1. Navigate to the directory:
  cd /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/
  2. To set the number of hours that unsuccessful jobs are kept in the jobs database or Activity Monitor display, run:
  

  echo KEEP_JOBS_HOURS = 192 | bpsetconfig

  3. To set the number of hours that successful jobs are kept in the jobs database or Activity Monitor display, run:

  echo KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS = 192 | bpsetconfig

  
  

Consider the following notes when changing the default values:

• The default values for KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS and KEEP_JOBS_HOURS is 78 hours.

• The retention period values are measured against the time the job ended.

• Information about successful jobs cannot be kept longer than information about unsuccessful jobs. If KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS is greater than KEEP_JOBS_HOURS, bpdbjobs sets KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS to equal KEEP_JOBS_HOURS.

• If KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS is set to 0, bpjobd uses the KEEP_JOBS_HOURS bpdbjobs value instead for successful jobs.

  If the KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS value is greater than 0 but less than KEEP_JOBS_HOURS, KEEP_JOBS_HOURS is used for unsuccessful jobs only.