The NetBackup catalog resides on the NetBackup master server.
Figure: Catalog configuration shows the default files and directories in a NetBackup catalog.
The catalog consists of the following parts:
The image database contains information about the data that has been backed up. It is the largest part of the catalog.
NetBackup data that is stored in relational database files.
The data includes media and volume data describing media usage and volume information, which is used during the backups.
NetBackup configuration files.
The configuration files (databases.conf and server.conf) are flat files that contain instructions for the SQL Anywhere daemon.