bpbackupdb

bpbackupdb — initiate a hot catalog backup

SYNOPSIS

<admin_dir_path>bpbackupdb -p policy_name -s sched_label

On Windows systems, <admin_dir_path> is <install_path>\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\

DESCRIPTION

bpbackupdb initiates a hot catalog backup using the specified policy and schedule.

The NetBackup Administrator's Guide provides additional information on how to back up NetBackup catalogs. The NetBackup utility bprecover recovers the catalogs that bpbackupdb has backed up.

The NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide provides information on how to restore the NetBackup catalogs if a disaster recovery is required.

OPTIONS

-p policy_name -s sched_label: The -p and -s options launch a policy-based, hot catalog backup.