Using the nbdiscover command to search the virtual environment

To search for VMs, run nbdiscover on the primary server.

UNIX and Linux:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbdiscover -noxmloutput "query"

Windows:

install_path\NetBackup\bin\nbdiscover.exe -noxmloutput "query"

where -noxmloutput displays one VM per line. The query specifies either a filter-based search rule or a browse operation.

See Query format and examples for searching virtual machine backups.

For example, to search for the backups of virtual machines that have "prod1" in their display names:

nbdiscover -noxmloutput "vmsearch:/;reqType=search?filter=VMDisplayName Contains 'prod1'"

For further descriptions of the command options, see the command's man page or the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.