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

Name

nbfirescan — scan for SCSI disk devices and print out report

SYNOPSIS

nbfirescan

 

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

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VxFI\4\Bin\

DESCRIPTION

The Frozen Image Rescan (nbfirescan) utility scans for SCSI disk devices and prints what it finds. It is available on all media servers and is used to triage import problems.

Before you run the command, add the NetBackup bin directory in the PATH statement. For example, setx path "%path%;C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin" for Windows or export PATH=$PATH:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin for UNIX or Linux.

Only authorized users can run this command.

For more information about NetBackup authorization, refer to the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

EXAMPLES

The following applies to Windows systems only; it is a sample output from the local host SCSI bus scan:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Veritas\VxFI\4\Bin>nbfirescan.exe

nbfirescan v4.4.1 - Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Veritas Technologies LLC.
Rescanning 
devices..............................................Complete.
Device count: 48
DevicePath           Vendor   Product ID        EnclosureId          
DeviceId                                        [Ctl,Bus,Tgt,Lun]
------------------------------------------------------
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0   SEAGATE  ST336607LW        -                                                [00,02,00,00]
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1   SEAGATE  ST336607LW        -                                               [00,02,01,00]
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2   COMPAQ   HSV111 (C)COMPAQ  5000-1FE1-5004-5660  
6005-08B4-0010-120F-0000-7000-0956-0000         [00,04,00,01]
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE3   COMPAQ   HSV111 (C)COMPAQ  5000-1FE1-5004-5660  
6005-08B4-0010-4E39-0000-4000-0010-0000         [00,04,00,02]

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