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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
  3. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
  4. bpdown
Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

Name

bpdown — shut down NetBackup services on Windows systems

SYNOPSIS

bpdown [-S|v] [-f] [-c] [-d] [-m] [-n][-s] [-r]

 

The directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\

DESCRIPTION

This command operates only on Windows systems.

bpdown shuts down the NetBackup services including many components of the product, such as the NetBackup databases, Media Manager, clients, and some robotic control daemons. This option does not shut down the processes.

The bpup command starts the NetBackup services.

OPTIONS

-S

Silent mode. No listing is generated and no confirmation is requested.

-v

The selected verbose mode generates a detailed listing.

-f

Forces a shutdown of the NetBackup services without prompting the user for a confirmation.

-c

Shuts down the client.

-d

Shuts down the NetBackup database.

-m

Shuts down Media Manager.

-n

Shuts down the NetBackup server and not the client.

-s

Shuts down the server (NetBackup and Media Manager).

-r

Shuts down the robotic control daemons.

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