The bplist is a handy tool for the Netbackup admin to list files and folders , however it’s pretty picky with it’s arguments. The cause is bplist assumptions.
- If no path is specified current path is presumed
- if no start time is specified , bplist searches 12 hours back.
- if no type (-t) is specified standard is assumed (type 0).
Always remember to :
Specify a path, / is a good start
Specify a start time unless you know the backup is younger than 12 hour.
Always specify the -R option.
Specify a type (-t) unless you are listing UNIX type backup.
For Windows hosts.
List files from a Windows client use:
# bplist -B -C host.acme.com -l -R -t 13 -s 06/05/2010 /
YES, the / as path actual work. You can substitute the / with a drive letter, but you must use drive letter in upper case.
# bplist -B -C host.acme.com -t 13 -l -R -s 06/07/2010 /C/
# bplist -B -C host.acme.com -t 13 -l -R -s 06/07/2010 /c/ WRONG !!
For Unix host
Since UNIX system uses type 0 (Standard) you can omit the -t option.
# bplist -B -C host.acme.com -l -R -s 06/05/2010 /
Listing a Oracle backup, Oracle is type 4
# bplist -B -C ora.acme.com -R -l -t 4 -s 01/01/2015 /
For NDMP host
bplist will also work with NDMP backup’s
# bplist -B -C nasdkba001.acme.com -l -R -t 19 /
Netbackup types:
As a service, a list of the Netbackup types (Source: Symantec Tech note TECH27299). Use the Netbackup types jointly with bplist -t option.
0 Standard 1 Proxy NetBackup internal setting 2 Non-Standard NetBackup internal setting 3 Apollo-wbak NetBackup DataCenter only 4 Oracle 5 Any policy type 6 Informix-On-BAR 7 Sybase 8 MS-Sharepoint NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 9 MS-Windows Not active, use MS-Windows-NT (13) for Windows 2000/NT/XP/2003 clients. 10 NetWare 11 DataTools-SQL-BackTrack 12 Auspex-FastBackup 13 MS-Windows-NT 14 OS/2 15 MS-SQL-Server 16 MS-Exchange-Server 17 SAP NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 18 DB2 NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 19 NDMP 20 FlashBackup NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 21 Split-Mirror NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 22 AFS NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 23 DFS Not an active policy type. 24 DataStore 25 Lotus-Notes 26 NCR-Teradata No longer supported, contact NCR to see if they provide an extension. 27 OpenVMS 28 MPE/iX 29 FlashBackup-Windows NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 30 Vault 31 BE-MS-SQL-Server 32 BE-MS-Exchange-Server 33 Macintosh Not active, use Standard (0) for Macintosh OSX clients. 34 Disk Staging NetBackup Server /Enterprise Server only 35 NBU-Catalog NetBackup 6.0 only