About the bin directory
On Windows, NetBackup\bin contains NetBackup-specific binaries and commands for administrating NBDB and BMRDB:
NbDbAdmin.exe
This file launches the NetBackup Database Administration utility, which provides administrators with a way to perform the tasks based on the nbdb commands.
See Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on Windows.
To access the utility, the administrator must know the database password.
create_nbdb.exe
Used during installation and upgrades to create and upgrade the NetBackup database, NBDB.
nbdb_admin.exe
Among other things, use nbdb_admin.exe to change the DBA and NetBackup account passwords, or to start and stop individual databases.
nbdb_backup.exe
Use to make an online backup of the SQL Anywhere database files to a file system directory.
Note:
Using this command (or the NetBackup Database Administration utility) to restore the NetBackup database can potentially break the consistency between the NetBackup catalog and the database. This loss of consistency can lead to loss of data. Use this command (or the NetBackup Database Administration utility) to restore the NetBackup catalog only as a precautionary measure.
nbdb_move.exe
Use to change the location of the SQL Anywhere database files from the default location.
nbdb_ping.exe
Displays the status of the SQL Anywhere database.
nbdb_restore.exe
Use to recover from an online backup in a file system directory that was created using nbdb_backup.
nbdb_unload.exe
Use to create a dump of all or part of the NBDB database or the BMRDB database schema and data.
nbdbms_start_server.exe
Use to start and stop the SQL Anywhere service.
nbdb_upgrade.exe
Used internally to upgrade the NetBackup and BMR databases.
On UNIX, /usr/openv/db/bin contains SQL Anywhere commands and NetBackup-specific commands for administrating NBDB and BMRDB:
dbadm
This file launches the NetBackup Database Administration utility, which provides administrators with a way to perform the tasks based on the nbdb commands.
See Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on UNIX.
To access the utility, the administrator must know the database password.
create_nbdb
Used during installation and upgrades to create and upgrade the NetBackup database, NBDB.
nbdb_admin
Among other things, use nbdb_admin to change the DBA and NetBackup account passwords, or to start and stop individual databases.
nbdb_backup
Use to make an online backup of the SQL Anywhere database files to a file system directory.
Note:
Using this command (or the NetBackup Database Administration utility) to restore the NetBackup database can potentially break the consistency between the NetBackup catalog and the database. This loss of consistency can lead to loss of data. Use this command (or the NetBackup Database Administration utility) to restore the NetBackup catalog only as a precautionary measure.
nbdb_move
Use to change the location of the SQL Anywhere database files from the default location.
nbdb_ping
Displays the status of the SQL Anywhere database.
nbdb_restore
Use to recover from an online backup in a file system directory that was created using nbdb_backup.
nbdb_unload
Use to create a dump of all or part of the NBDB database or the BMRDB database schema and data.
nbdbms_start_server
Use to start and stop the SQL Anywhere daemon.
nbdb_upgrade
Used internally to upgrade the NetBackup and BMR databases.
Note:
Due to performance issues, NetBackup supports database files only on locally attached drives.
The commands are described in the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide and the online Help.