Good point about systems behind a FW Len. Didn't know about this command. Thanks for the FYI.
Len Boyle wrote: > Hello Larry, > > An interesting list. > > > > if you have clients/servers behind firewalls you may not be able to use the > ping command as the firewall may block. This is for questions 1 and 13. > > If you are at level 6 you can use the > /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bptestbpcd command to check that the > clients can talk to netbackup. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry > Mascarenhas > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 6:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Health Check Script > > Hello, > > I'm writing a Netbackup Health Check Script to "proactively" check the > status of my infrastructure. This will help me to be aware of potential > issues & then correct / fix them so that less time is spent > troubleshooting the problems after a failed backup. To that end, here's > my list of items I'm checking for (in no particular order). Please > provide comments / suggestions / additions regarding this list and what > you think of this idea. > > 1. Ping the client (IP/Media Server). > 2. Media Server status (via vmoprcmd - Tells you if offline). > 3. Verify if NBU processes are running. > 4. All Tape Drives are UP. > 5. Long running backups. > 6. Pending Tape Requests. > 7. Enough tapes in the Scratch Pool (quantity). > 8. Robots are accessible. > 9. Any policy was changed and what was changed. > 10. New policy added & details. > 11. Verify the installation directory and files have not been changed. > 12. Verify connectivity via Netbackup (eg from Master Server run > bpcoverage -c <hostname>. > 13. I'm tempted to rsh to client and then run bpclntcmd -sv. > 14. Verify the performance files are in place (eg NET_BUFFER_SZ). > > Thanks. > > -- > > Larry Mascarenhas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > -- Larry Mascarenhas [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
