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  2. NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide
  3. Troubleshooting procedures
  4. Troubleshooting problems with validation of the remote host
  5. Approving pending host ID-to-host name mappings
NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide

Approving pending host ID-to-host name mappings

Run the following command to check the list of pending approval requests for host ID-to-host name mappings:

  • Windows: Install_Path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbhostmgmt -list -pending

    Example output:

    Host ID: zzzzzz-1271-4ea4-zzzz-5281a4f760e6

    Host: example1.com

    Master Server: example1.com

    OS Type: Windows

    Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server yyyy Rn 64-bit Service Pack n, Build nnn(nnnnnn)

    NetBackup EEBs:

    Hardware Description : GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz, 4 CPUs

    CPU Architecture: Intel x64

    Version: NetBackup_8.1

    Secure: Yes

    Comment:

    Mapped Host Name

    Approved

    Conflict

    Auto-discovered

    Shared

    Created On

    Last Updated On

    example1.com

    No

    No

    Yes

    No

    Jul 28, 2017 03:53:30 PM

    Jul 28, 2017 03:53:30 PM

  • UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhostmgmt -list -pending

    Example output:

    Host ID: xxxxx-52e8-xxxx-ba92-7be20c6dceb9

    Host: example2.com

    Master Server: example2.com

    OS Type: UNIX

    Operating System: RedHat Linux(2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64)

    NetBackup EEBs:

    Hardware Description: AuthenticAMD AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6366 HE, 16 CPUs

    CPU Architecture: x86_64

    Version: NetBackup_8.1

    Secure: Yes

    Comment:

    Mapped Host Name

    Approved

    Conflict

    Auto-discovered

    Shared

    Created On

    Last Updated On

    example2.com

    No

    No

    Yes

    No

    Jul 28, 2017 02:52:20 PM

    Jul 28, 2017 02:52:20 PM

Run the following command to approve a host ID-to-host name mapping:

  • Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbhostmgmt -add -hostid zzzzzz-1271-4ea4-zzzz-5281a4f760e6 -mappingname myprimary

    Example output: example1.com is successfully updated.

  • UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbhostmgmt -add -hostid xxxxx-52e8-xxxx-ba92-7be20c6dceb9 -mappingname myprimary

    Example output: example2.com is successfully updated.

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