About the Catalog utility

Use the Catalog utility to create and configure catalog backups. Catalog backups are required for NetBackup to protect NetBackup internal databases. The catalogs contain setup information as well as critical information about client backups. The catalog backups are tracked separately from other backups to ensure recovery in case of a server crash.

The Catalog utility is also used to perform the following actions:

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Searching for backup images

Searching for backup images

Verifying backup images

Viewing job results

Promoting a copy to a primary copy

Duplicating backup images

Jobs that appear while making multiple copies

Importing backup images, Phase II

Expiring backup images