About NetBackup administration interfaces
NetBackup can be administered with several interfaces. The best choice depends on personal preference and the workstation that is available to the administrator.
Table: NetBackup administration interfaces
Name of interface | Description |
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NetBackup Administration Console | The is the recommended interface and is the interface referred to by most procedures and examples in the documentation. Veritas recommends that you run the NetBackup Administration Console on the master server to configure and manage the storage devices on all of your media servers. NetBackup includes an administration console for all the supported versions of NetBackup. Select the version of the console that is compatible with the NetBackup server that you want to administer. For information about supported versions of NetBackup, see https://sort.veritas.com/eosl. See Administering remote servers of different versions. To start the
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Character-based, menu interface | Run the tpconfig command to start a character-based, menu interface for device management. Use the tpconfig interface from any terminal (or terminal emulation window) that has a termcap or a terminfo definition. |
Command line | NetBackup commands are available on both Windows and UNIX platforms. Enter NetBackup commands at the system prompt or use the commands in scripts. All NetBackup administrator programs and commands require root or administrator user privileges by default. See About authorizing nonroot users for specific applications. For complete information on all NetBackup commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide. To view help for the commands, use the UNIX man command. |
Note:
If there is more than one NetBackup server, the NetBackup Administration Console can be run on more than one server at one time. However, if more than one administrator makes changes to the configuration, the results are unpredictable.