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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Configuration options for NetBackup servers
  6. ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING for NetBackup servers and clients
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING for NetBackup servers and clients

The ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING option lets you automatically log critical NetBackup processes. Log directories for the critical processes are created and logging begins when this option is enabled in the Logging host properties.

Table: ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup servers or clients.

How to use

Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view the option.

For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

Initially, the bp.conf file does not contain ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING entry.

After logging for critical processes is enabled, a corresponding entry is added in the bp.conf file as follows:

ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING = YES

Note:

You should not modify the ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING parameter. To disable the logging for critical processes, you need to modify their logging levels.

See Disabling the logging of NetBackup processes.

Equivalent Administration Console property

NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Click Master Servers, Media Servers, Clients > Double-click on server > Logging > Logging for critical processes.

See Logging properties.

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