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Veritas NetBackup™ Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide

Windows logging folders for backup

During a backup, Snapshot Client messages are logged to the following folders.

Messages pertaining to NAS_Snapshot can be found in the ndmp unified log (originator ID 151), in install_path\NetBackup\logs.

Table: Windows logging folders for backup

Path of log directory

Where folder is created

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbrm

NetBackup master server if Instant Recovery backup is set to snapshot only; otherwise, on media server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bptm

NetBackup media server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bppfi

NetBackup client or alternate client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbkar

NetBackup client or alternate client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpfis

NetBackup client or alternate client

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