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  2. NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide
  3. Disaster recovery
  4. Options to recover the NetBackup catalog
  5. About recovering the NetBackup databases
  6. Terminating database connections
NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide

Terminating database connections

Before you run nbdb_unload, shut down NetBackup to terminate all active connections to the database. Shutting down NetBackup eliminates any possible concurrency problems.

To terminate database connections on Windows

  1. Shut down all NetBackup services by typing the following command:

    install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpdown

  2. In the Windows Services Manager, restart the service called NetBackup Scale-Out Relational Database Manager.
  3. Use one of the following methods to terminate database connections:
    • Use the NetBackup Database Administration utility.

    • Run nbdb_unload and indicate the outputs (database name, tables, or schema only) and the destination directory.

  4. Stop the NetBackup Scale-Out Relational Database Manager service with the following command:

    install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpdown -e vrtsdbsvc_psql

  5. Start all NetBackup services by typing the following command:

    install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpup

To terminate database connections on UNIX

  1. Shut down all NetBackup daemons by typing the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all

  2. Start the NetBackup database daemon with the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbdbms_start_stop start

  3. Start only the database server by using /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbdbms_start_stop start
  4. Use one of the following methods to terminate database connections:
    • Use the NetBackup Database Administration utility.

    • Run nbdb_unload and indicate the outputs (database name, tables, or schema only) and the destination directory.

  5. Shut down the database server by using /usr/openv/netbackup/bin nbdbms_start_stop stop.
  6. Stop the NetBackup Scale-Out Relational Database Manager service with the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbdbms_start_stop stop

  7. Start all NetBackup daemons by typing the following command:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all

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