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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section I. About NetBackup
  4. Introducing the NetBackup interfaces
  5. Using the NetBackup Administration Console
  6. Configuring log files for the NetBackup Administration Console
  7. NetBackup Administration Console log files
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

NetBackup Administration Console log files

The NetBackup Administration Console writes information into log files in the following directories:

Windows

install_path\NetBackup\logs\user_ops\nbjlogs

For the NetBackup Remote Administration Console, the log files are in the following directory:

install_path\NetBackup\Java\logs

UNIX

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/nbjlogs

The log file names have the following format:

Windows

jbp.yyyymmddthhtmmtssths.log

The log files always begin with jbp. The following items describe the other components of the log file name:

  • yyyy: Year

  • mm: Month

  • dd: Day

  • thh: Hour

  • tmm: Minute

  • tss: Second

  • ths: Half-second

The following is an example:

jbp.201504149323710.log

UNIX

jbp.'whoami'.gui.$$.log

The log files always begin with jbp. The following items describe the other components of the log file name:

  • gui: Either jpbSA (Backup, Archive, and Restore interface) or jnbSA (NetBackup Administration Console).

  • $$: The ID of the process for which log information was written when the log file was created.

The following is an example:

jbp.root.jnbSA.6156.log

NetBackup creates a new log file when the current log file reaches a certain size. The size varies depending on many factors. Those factors include the number of jobs that are active, the amount of activity that the NetBackup Administration Console performs, and others.

Log file retention corresponds to the retention level that you can configure in the master server host properties Logging screen.

See Logging properties.

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Configuring log files for the NetBackup Administration Console

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