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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide
  3. NetBackup Administration Console logging
  4. Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting NetBackup Administration Console issues
Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting NetBackup Administration Console issues

After the NetBackup Administration Console is installed, the log levels are configured to gather a detailed set of logs.

The NetBackup Administration Console uses the Debug.properties file to determine which logging level to use:

/usr/openv/java/Debug.properties

install_dir\VERITAS\Java\Debug.properties

The following settings are tuned to enable additional logging:

printcmds=true
debugMask=0x00040000

To increase the verbosity to max (which is recommended for troubleshooting), set debugMask to debugMask=0x00160000.

  1. Gather the following NetBackup Administration Console logs from the following pre-existing log directories on the system from which the console was started:

    • UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/nbjlogs

    • Windows: install directory\netbackup\logs\user|ops\nbjlogs

  2. On the master server, log on to the NetBackup Administration Console to create the admin, bpjava-msvc, bpjava-susvc, and bpjava-usvc log directories and enable VERBOSE 5 logging. You do not have to restart the NetBackup daemons for the logging level changes to take effect.

    For UNIX systems, create the following directories:

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/admin

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-msvc

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-susvc

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpjava-usvc

  3. In the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file add the following lines:

    ADMIN_VERBOSE = 5
    BPJAVA-MSVC_VERBOSE = 5
    BPJAVA-SUSVC_VERBOSE = 5
    BPJAVA-USVC_VERBOSE = 5
    
  4. For Windows systems, create the following directories:

    • install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\admin

    • install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\bpjava-msvc

    • install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\bpjava-susvc

    • install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\bpjava-usvc

  5. Update the Windows registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Veritas > NetBackup > CurrentVersion > Config and add the following entries of type DWORD:

    ADMIN_VERBOSE = 5
    BPJAVA-MSVC_VERBOSE = 5
    BPJAVA-SUSVC_VERBOSE = 5
    BPJAVA-USVC_VERBOSE = 5
    
  6. Run the following commands to set up detailed logging for nbatd (OID 18) and nbsl (OID 132). OID 137 (NetBackup libraries) and OID 156 (CORBA/ACE) write to the caller that requires access to either the libraries or CORBA/ACE, as follows:

    vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 18 -s DebugLevel=6
    vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 132 -s DebugLevel=6
    vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 137 -s DebugLevel=6
    vxlogcfg -a -p NB -o 156 -s DebugLevel=6
    
  7. Gather the nbatd and nbsl logs located in the following directory paths:

    For UNIX:

    • /usr/openv/logs/nbsl

    • /usr/openv/logs/nbatd

    For Windows:

    • install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\nbsl

    • install_dir\VERITAS\NetBackup\logs\nbatd

  8. Finally, gather the PBX logs, as follows:

    • For UNIX: /opt/VRTSpbx/log (gather any logs that cover the current date and time)

    • For Windows: install_dir\VERITAS\pbx\log

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