Stand-alone services

These NetBackup services always run and listen to accept connections. Examples include bpdbm, bprd, bpjobd, and vmd.

Multiprocess stand-alone services

These NetBackup services "fork" a child process to handle requests. Examples include bpdbm and bprd.

Single-process stand-alone services

These NetBackup services accept connections and handle requests in the same process.

inetd services

inetd(1m) or bpinetd usually launch these NetBackup services. Examples include bpcd, bpjava-msvc, and vnetd.