Managing the Jobs Database

NetBackup uses the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs -clean command to periodically delete done jobs.

By default, the bpdbjobs process deletes all done jobs that are more than three days old and retains more recent done jobs until the three-day retention period expires.

If the bprd NetBackup request daemon is active, bprd starts the bpdbjobs process automatically when performing other cleanup tasks. This occurs the first time bprd wakes up after midnight. The automatic startups occur regardless of whether you choose to run bpdbjobs at other times by using cron or alternate methods.