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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide
  3. NetBackup Deduplication logging
  4. Client deduplication logging
Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

Client deduplication logging

Client deduplication logging uses the logs at the following location; select one of the following deduplication location options. On the applicable MSDP storage pool, edit install_path\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg and install_path\etc\puredisk\contentrouter.cfg and specify Logging=full,thread and then restart the spad and spoold services in order for the changes to take effect.

  • The client-side log (NetBackup Proxy Service log) is as follows:

    Windows:

    install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbostpxy

    UNIX/Linux:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbostpxy

    PBX (nbostpxy (OID450):

    vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o 450 -s DebugLevel=6 -s DiagnosticLevel=6
  • The media server log is as follows:

    bptm and storage_path\log\spoold\IP_address\nbostpxy.exe\*

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