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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
  3. Additional configuration
  4. About dynamic host name and IP addressing
  5. bpclient commands that control client entries
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

bpclient commands that control client entries

The bpclient command creates, updates, lists, and deletes client entries. The following table shows the bpclient commands that control client entries.

Table: bpclient commands that control client entries

Action

Command

Create a dynamic client entry

On Windows:

bpclient.exe -add -client client_name -dynamic_address 1

On UNIX:

bpclient -add -client client_name -dynamic_address 1

Where client_name is the NetBackup client name. The -dynamic_address 1 argument indicates that the client uses dynamic IP addressing. It's possible to create entries with -dynamic_address 0 for static IP addressing. However, to do so is unnecessary and adversely affects performance.

Delete a client entry

On Windows:

bpclient.exe -delete -client client_name

On UNIX:

bpclient -delete -client client_name

List a client entry

On Windows:

bpclient.exe -L -client client_name

On UNIX:

bpclient -L -client client_name

List all client entries

On Windows:

bpclient.exe -L -All

On UNIX:

bpclient -L -All

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