NetBackup Administration Console logging configuration on NetBackup servers and clients

Java console logging is automatically set up on systems on which the NetBackup client or server software is installed along with the Java GUI option. The Java logs are located in the following pre-existing log directories:

The administrator needs to create the non-root username directories under the nbjlogs directory using mklogdir -user username -group groupname command which is present in the NetBackup legacy log folder. If these username directories are not created with appropriate write permission for that user, then the users home directory is used for logging. The nbjlogs folder is created in the user's home directory first and all logs appear in this folder. If the home directory is not accessible, the logs are redirected to console. The administrator can also use the mklogdir command to create a specific log directory for a specific user. For example, use the mklogdir -create user_ops/nbjlogs -user username -group groupname command to create this directory.