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

Name

nbdb_ping — display status of NetBackup database (NBDB) or BMR database (BMRDB).

SYNOPSIS

nbdb_ping [-q] [-dbn database_name]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/db/bin/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\

DESCRIPTION

The nbdb_ping command is used to check and display the status of the NetBackup database (NBDB) or the BMR database (BMRDB). Enter the command with no options to display the status of NBDB.

OPTIONS

-dbn database_name

Displays the status of the specified BMR database.

-q

Puts the command in Quiet Mode. It does not make any standard output.

SEE ALSO

See nbdb_backup.

See nbdb_move.

See nbdb_restore.

See nbdb_unload.

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