Powering Down and Rebooting NetBackup Servers

When closing down and restarting NetBackup servers, use the recommended procedures.

  To power down a server

1. Look in the NetBackup Administration Console or use the command line to see that no backups or restores are running:
   • In the NetBackup Administration Console, click Activity Monitor, then select the Jobs tab to view jobs currently running.
   • From the command line, run bpps, which displays active NetBackup processes, for example, bpsched for backup processes and bprd for restore processes:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpps

2. Use the NetBackup Administration Console or the command line to stop the NetBackup request daemon:
   • In the NetBackup Administration Console, click Activity Monitor, then select the Processes tab. Right-click the request daemon (bprd) and select Stop Daemon.
   • From the command line, run:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprdreq -terminate

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     Note    bprdreq does not run on a media server.

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     Note    During installation, you should have installed the NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts in the appropriate init.d and rc directories. The scripts run automatically during system shutdown and system startup.

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3. Run system shutdown command.
4. Power down the server.

  To reboot a NetBackup master server

1. Restart the system.
2. Ensure that bprd, bpdbm, and vmd are up by running the following script:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpps -a

3. If necessary, start the NetBackup and Media Manager daemons:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup start

  To reboot a NetBackup media server

1. Restart the system.
2. Start ltid if it is not already running:

   From the NetBackup Administration Console:

   1. Click Activity Monitor, then select the Processes tab.
   2. Right-click ltid and select Start Daemon.

   From the command line, run:

   /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid