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  1. Home
  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. About the NetBackup Host Properties
  6. Methods to set the NetBackup configuration options
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Methods to set the NetBackup configuration options

A NetBackup administrator can use one of the following methods to read or set the default configuration options or to change those options that do not appear in the Host Properties:

Table: NetBackup Host Properties configuration methods

Method

Description

NetBackup Administration Console interface

Most properties are listed in the NetBackup Administration Console in the Host Properties. To navigate to the various properties, select NetBackup Management > Host Properties. Depending on the host to be configured, select Master Servers, Media Servers, or Clients.

See About the NetBackup Host Properties.

Command line

Use the nbgetconfig command or bpgetconfig command to obtain a list of configuration entries. Then use nbsetconfig or bpsetconfig to change the options as needed.

These commands update the appropriate configuration files on both Windows (registry) and UNIX (bp.conf file) master servers and clients.

Use the nbemmcmd command to modify some options on hosts.

Detailed information on these commands is available in the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

vm.conf file

The vm.conf file contains configuration entries for media and device management.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II for more information.

Backup, Archive, and Restore client interface

Administrators can specify configuration options for NetBackup clients.

See the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore Getting Started Guide.

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