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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
  3. Additional configuration
  4. About busy file processing on UNIX clients
  5. bp.conf file entries on UNIX
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

bp.conf file entries on UNIX

The following table describes the bp.conf file entries that are used to configure busy file processing.

Table: bp.conf file entries

Entry

Description

BUSY_FILE_PROCESSING

Enables the NetBackup busy file-processing feature. By default, this entry is not present in the client's /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file.

BUSY_FILE_DIRECTORY

Specifies an alternate path to the busy files working directory. This entry is not required. By default, this entry is not present in the client's /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf or $HOME/bp.conf file. By default, NetBackup creates the busy_files directory in /usr/openv/netbackup or the user's home directory.

BUSY_FILE_ACTION

Directs the action that NetBackup performs on busy files. By default, this entry is not present in the client's /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf or $HOME/bp.conf file.

Multiple entries may exist in the following form:

BUSY_FILE_ACTION = 
filename_template action_template

Where

  • filename_template is the absolute pathname and file name of the busy file. The shell language metacharacters *, ?, [], [ - ] can be used to match the patterns of file names or parts of file names.

  • action_template is one of the following:

    MAIL | mail

    Directs NetBackup to mail a busy file notification message to the user that the BUSY_FILE_NOTIFY_USER option specifies.

    REPEAT | repeat [repeat_count]

    Directs NetBackup to retry the backup on the specified busy file. A repeat count can be specified to control the number of backup attempts. The default repeat count is 1.

    IGNORE | ignore

    Directs NetBackup to exclude the busy file from busy file processing. The file is backed up and a log entry that indicates that the file was busy appears in the All Log Entries report.

    BUSY_FILE_NOTIFY_USER

    Specifies the recipient of the busy file notification message when BUSY_FILE_ACTION is set to MAIL or mail. By default, BUSY_FILE_NOTIFY_USER is not in /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf or $HOME/bp.conf file on a client. By default, the mail recipient is root.

    See Table: Examples of how a BUSY_FILE_ACTION entry works.

The following table shows examples of how a BUSY_FILE_ACTIONentry works.

Table: Examples of how a BUSY_FILE_ACTION entry works

Example

Description

BUSY_FILE_PROCESSING
 BUSY_FILE_DIRECTORY =
  /tmp
 BUSY_FILE_NOTIFY_USER =
  kwc
 BUSY_FILE_ACTION =
  /usr/* mail
 BUSY_FILE_ACTION = 
  /usr/local ignore

This example causes NetBackup to take the following actions when it encounters busy files:

  • Create the busy files working directory in /tmp

  • Send an email notification message to user kwc for all busy files that it finds under /usr except for those in /usr/local.

BUSY_FILE_PROCESSING
BUSY_FILE_ACTION =
 /usr/* repeat 2
BUSY_FILE_ACTION = 
 /usr/openv mail
BUSY_FILE_ACTION = 
 /usr/local ignore

This example causes NetBackup to take the following actions when it encounters busy files:

  • Send a busy file notification message to root for busy files in /usr/openv.

  • Repeat the backup up to two times for all busy files that it finds under /usr, except for those in /usr/openv and /usr/local.

  • Exclude the busy files in /usr/local from all actions.

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