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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section V. Configuring backups
  4. About the NetBackup relational database
  5. Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on UNIX
  6. About the Select/Restart Database and Change Password menu options
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

About the Select/Restart Database and Change Password menu options

Select this option to display the Select/Restart Database and Change Password menu.

The Select/Restart Database and Change Password menu contains the following options.

Table: Select/Restart Database and Change Password options

Option

Description

NBDB

Select NBDB and then view or modify the database using the other dbadm menu options.

BMRDB

Select BMRDB and then view or modify the database using the other dbadm menu options.

Start Selected Database

Starts the selected database.

Stop Selected Database

Stops the selected database.

Change Password

Changes the password for the databases. The password is changed for both NBDB and BMRDB, if applicable. Restart the database for the password change to take effect.

To log into the Database Administration utility, you must know the current DBA password.

To change the password for the first time after installation, use the nbdb_admin command. The command updates the vxdbms.conf file with the new, encrypted string:

See Changing the NetBackup database password.

To change a known password to a new password, you can either use the nbdb_admin command or the NetBackup Database Administration utility.

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