The Linux and Unix Menagerie: Duplicating And Modifying NetBackup Policies, Schedules And Client Via Command Line On Linux And Unix

Hey There,

SPOILER ALERT: THE BULLET POINTS IN THIS POST ARE IN ALL CAPS. I'M SORRY FOR SHOUTING. I HAVE NO SENSE OF HOW OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD I AM!

Actually tomorrow's post has turned into today's and I'm going to do today's tomorrow. I don't know why I felt compelled to write that. I guess I just don't want you to lose track of time like I do ;)

Today we're going to check out a way to copy (and modify) an existing host's NetBackup policies, clients and schedules to a new host, and then modify those policies, clients and schedules (just slightly) to suit the new host (you can't backup to a hostname that isn't the name of the host you want to back up. ...if you want to backup your the new host, that is ;)

The beauty of it is that it can all be done from the command line. No more UI GUI for you :)

And now, in one of my driest pieces to date, a step by step guide on how to perform the process I just described above (If you're interested in staying away from the GUI, check out our old post on our NetBackup command line activity monitor)

1. GET YOUR POLICIES AND SCHEDULES FROM THE KNOWN-GOOD HOST YOU WANT TO EMULATE/REPLICATE (orig_host will be the known-good host and new_host will be the host you want to be just about the same. Also, we're assuming you've installed the base product. This walk-through is focused only on policies, policy schedules and policy clients).

orig_host # ls /usr/openv/netbackup/db/class (you may have more than this - generally there's one directory per policy. Each directory includes the schedules for the policy the directory name indicates):

HOST_BACKUP           HOST_OS_BACKUP      HOST_CATALOG

You may want to copy off the old policy and schedule output, just so you can compare it with your new host setup later and make sure you didn't forget to change any instances of an old hostname to your new hostname

orig_host # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -allpolicies -U >/var/tmp/policies.txt

Then just tar that all up:

orig_host # tar cpf /var/tmp/policies_and_schedules.tar /usr/openv/netbackup/db/class /var/tmp/policies.txt

2. VERIFY THAT EITHER NO "class" DIRECTORY EXISTS ON YOUR NEW HOST, THE EXISTING "class" DIRECTORY IS EMPTY OR THAT IT JUST CONTAINS THE STANDARD TEST GARBAGE YOUR SETUP MAY COME WITH - DELETE IT OR UNTAR OVER IT IF YOU WANT TO (USER DISCRETION ADVISED!) - THIS MAY NOT BE A BIG DEAL SINCE YOU PROBABLY HAVE NO SCHEDULES OR POLICIES ON YOUR NEW HOST ANYWAY.

new_host # ls /usr/openv/netbackup/db
/usr/openv/netbackup/db: No such file or directory
new_host # ls /usr/openv/netbackp/db/class
/usr/openv/netbackp/db/class: No such file or directory
new_host # ls /usr/openv/netbackp/db
/usr/openv/netbackp/db: No such file or directory

3. AFTER SCP'ING/COPYING THE TAR FILE FROM YOUR KNOWN GOOD HOST, UNTAR IT ON THE NEW HOST AND LIST ALL POLICIES TO DOUBLE VERIFY - THE HOST NAMES WILL BE WRONG (FOR YOUR NEW HOST) SO THE DIFF WON'T BE TOO DIFFERENT!

new_host # tar xpf /var/tmp/policies_and_schedules.tar
new_host # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -allpolicies -U >/var/tmp/policies_new.txt
diff /var/tmp/policies.txt /var/tmp/policies_new.txt

4. CHECK THAT ALL THE POLICIES ARE THERE IN YOUR policies_new.txt FILE (YOU CAN LOOK IN BPADM, TOO). ALL HOSTNAMES AND TAPE RESIDENCE NAMES WILL STILL BE WRONG (ANYTHING THAT CONTAINS A HOSTNAME, ANYWAY)

new_host # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host
HOST_BACKUP
HOST_OS_BACKUP
HOST_CATALOG

5. DETERMINE YOUR TAPE RESIDENCE (TLD NAME) ON THE NEW HOST (FIRST ENTRY IN OUTPUT BELOW)

new_host # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpstulist
new_host-hcart3-robot-tld-o 2 new_host 8 0 20 2 0 "*NULL*" 0 1 1048576 *NULL* 0 1 0 0 0 0 *NULL* new_host

"new_host-hcart3-robot-tld-o" is the residence name

6. ASSUMING ALL POLICIES LISTED ABOVE ARE GOOD, YOU WON'T HAVE TO MODIFY THIS LINE TO REMOVE AND/OR UPDATE THE RESIDENCE FOR ALL POLICIES (OF COURSE, THEY PROBABLY AREN'T SINCE THIS POST WAS WRITTEN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ;)

new_host # while read line;do /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplinfo $line -modify -residence new_host-hcart3-robot-tld-o;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host`"

7. LIST OUT ALL THE SCHEDULES NOW - NOTE THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO MODIFY YOUR CATALOG POLICY AND THAT SOME POLICIES HAVE MORE THAN ONE CLIENT (This may vary from setup to setup, so it's important to check!)

NOTE ALSO THAT, SINCE YOU'RE NOT CHANGING YOUR SCHEDULES, ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO MODIFY THEM IS TO CHANGE THE CLIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, WHICH GETS DONE IN THE FOLLOWING STEPS, AS WELL :)

new_host # while read line;do echo "POLICY $line";/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host`"
POLICY HOST_BACKUP
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris10 orig_host
POLICY HOST_OS_BACKUP
Hardware OS Client
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Solaris Solaris10 orig_host
Solaris Solaris10 orig_host2
POLICY HOST_CATALOG
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris8 orig_host

8. WITH THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS AS ABOVE, USE THIS TO CHANGE CLIENTS FOR YOUR POLICIES - CHOPPING OFF LAST POLICY AND MODIFIYING CLIENTS BY TAKING INPUT FROM LIST, MODIFYING AND THEN RUNNING "ADD NEW" AND "DELETE OLD" IN A LOOP (The simple sed expression to change the host name can be as specific as you like)

A. DO A "PROOF OF CONCEPT" RUN FIRST

while read line;do count=3;for x in $(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line|awk '{print $3}'|grep db|/usr/bin/sed 's/orig_/new_/g'|xargs echo);do oldhwos=$(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line|sed -n ${count}p|awk '{print $1,$2}');let count=$count+1;echo "POC TEST $line /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line -add $x $oldhwos";done;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host|egrep -iv 'vault|catalog'`"
POC TEST HOST_BACKUP /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_BACKUP -add new_host Solaris Solaris10
POC TEST HOST_OS_BACKUP /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -add new_host Solaris Solaris10
POC TEST HOST_OS_BACKUP /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -add new_host2 Solaris Solaris10

B. THEN - IF ALL IS WELL - DO IT FOR REAL

while read line;do count=3;for x in $(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line|awk '{print $3}'|grep db|/usr/bin/sed 's/orig_/new_/g'|xargs echo);do oldhwos=$(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line|sed -n ${count}p|awk '{print $1,$2}');let count=$count+1;echo "Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line -add $x $oldhwos";/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line -add $x $oldhwos;done;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host|egrep -iv 'vault|catalog'`"
Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_BACKUP -add new_host Solaris Solaris10
Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -add new_host Solaris Solaris10
Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -add new_host Solaris Solaris10

C. CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE NEW CLIENTS ARE ADDED

while read line;do /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line ;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host`"
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris10 orig_host
Solaris Solaris10 new_host
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris10 orig_host
Solaris Solaris10 orig_host1
Solaris Solaris10 new_host
Solaris Solaris10 new_host1
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris8 orig_host
Solaris Solaris8 new_host

D. NOW SOME POC TO MAKE SURE THE DELETE OF THE OLD HOSTS WORKS OKAY

while read line;do for x in $(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line|awk '{print $3}'|grep orig_|xargs echo);do echo "POC TEST $line /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line -delete $x";done;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host|egrep -iv 'vault|catalog'`"
POC TEST HOST_BACKUP /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_BACKUP -delete orig_host
POC TEST HOST_OS_BACKUP /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -delete orig_host
POC TEST HOST_OS_BACKUP /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -delete orig_host1

E. THEN REMOVE THEM FOR REAL

while read line;do for x in $(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line|awk '{print $3}'|grep orig_|xargs echo);do echo "Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line -delete $x";/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line -delete $x;done;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host|egrep -iv 'vault|catalog'`"
Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_BACKUP -delete orig_host
Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -delete orig_host
Running /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients HOST_OS_BACKUP -delete orig_host1

F. THEN CHECK AGAIN

while read line;do /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients $line ;done <<< "`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist -M new_host`"
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris10 new_host
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris10 new_host
Solaris Solaris10 new_host1
Hardware OS Client
--------------- --------------- --------------
Solaris Solaris8 orig_host

9. NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE POLICIES, SCHEDULES AND CLIENTS MOVED OVER, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CATALOG JOB EXISTS (IF YOU USE ONE)

new_host # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist HOST_CATALOG
CLASS HOST_CATALOG *NULL* 0 650000 0 *NULL*
NAMES
INFO 35 1 0 0 *NULL* 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1236208342 EA91EDF01DD111B2AB1900144FEAC8FE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
KEY *NULL*
BCMD *NULL*
RCMD *NULL*
RES new_host-hcart3-robot-tld-o *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL* *NULL*
POOL CATALOGPOOL NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup NetBackup
FOE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHAREGROUP *ANY*
DATACLASSIFICATION *NULL*
CLIENT new_host Solaris Solaris8 0 0 0 0 *NULL*
INCLUDE CATALOG_DRIVEN_BACKUP

10. NOW JUST DEACTIVE ANY POLICIES THAT ARE ACTIVE AND SHOULDN'T BE AND ACTIVATE ANY POLICIES THAT SHOULD BE ACTIVE BUT AREN'T!

All set!

CHEERS! ;)

, Mike

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