Hot catalog backup
The hot catalog backup is a policy-based backup, with all of the scheduling flexibility of a regular backup policy. This backup type is designed for highly active NetBackup environments where other backup activity usually takes place.
You can start a manual backup of the NetBackup catalogs. Or, you can configure a policy to automatically back up its catalogs.
Figure: Hot catalog backup process shows the hot catalog backup process.
NetBackup initiates the following hot catalog backup jobs:
A parent job that is started manually by the administrator or by a catalog backup policy schedule.
A child job that creates the
.drpkgfile for use when it recovers the identity of the primary server. Before staging, the same child job runs an online backup of the NetBackup database to the following directory:UNIX:
/usr/openv/db/stagingWindows:
install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\stagingA child job that backs up the NBDB database.
After the database is in the staging area, it is backed up in the same manner as an ordinary backup.
A child job that backs up the NetBackup database.
If the email option is selected in the policy, NetBackup creates the disaster recovery file and emails it to the administrator.
Consult the following logs for messages on hot catalog backup:
bpdbm, bpbkar, bpbrm, bpcd, bpbackup, bprd
For messages that pertain only to the NetBackup database, see the bpdbm log file in the following directory:
UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm
Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm