Hot catalog backup
The hot catalog backup is a policy-based backup, with all of the scheduling flexibility of a regular backup policy. This backup type is designed for highly active NetBackup environments where other backup activity usually takes place.
You can use an option in the NetBackup Administration Console to start a manual backup of the NetBackup catalogs. Or, you can configure a NetBackup policy to automatically back up its catalogs.
Figure: Hot catalog backup process shows the hot catalog backup process.
NetBackup initiates the following hot catalog backup jobs:
A parent job that is started manually by the administrator or by a catalog backup policy schedule.
A child job that creates the
.drpkgfile for use when recovering the identity of the master server. After successful creation of the.drpkgfile and before staging, the same child job will run an online backup of the SQL Anywhere database files to the staging directory located at:UNIX:
/usr/openv/db/stagingWindows:
install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\stagingA child job that backs up the NBDB database files.
After the files are in the staging area, the SQL Anywhere database agent backs them up in the same manner as an ordinary backup.
A child job that backs up the NetBackup database files (all files in /usr/openv/netbackup/db).
NetBackup creates the disaster recovery file, and emails it to the administrator if the email option was selected in the policy.
Consult the following logs for messages on hot catalog backup:
bpdbm, bpbkar, bpbrm, bpcd, bpbackup, bprd
For messages pertaining only to the relational database files, see the EMM server.log file and the bpdbm log file in the following directories:
UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm
/usr/openv/db/log/server.log
Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm
install_path\NetBackupDB\log\server.log