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NetVault 11.4.5 - CLI Reference Guide

Table of Contents

About Quest® NetVault® Backup About this document Target audience Recommended additional reading

Getting started

About NetVault Backup Command Line Interface Working with command-line utilities

Command syntax CLI help Command exit status Environment variables

Starting or stopping the NetVault Backup Service

Using the command-line utilities

Client-specific utilities

nvclient nvclientaccess nvclientadd nvclientlist nvclientname nvclientremove

Device-specific utilities Media-specific utilities

nvblankmedia nvbulkblankmedia nvexportmedia nvlabelmedia nvlistblankmedia nvlistmedia nvloadmedia nvmakemedia nvmediadetails nvremovemedia nvreusemedia nvscanmedia nvsyncronizesilomedia nvupdateserialnumber

Job-specific utilities

nvexpiresaveset nvjobabort nvjobcreate nvjobdelete nvjobhold nvjoblist nvjobmodify nvjobresume nvjobstart nvpolicy nvrestore nvsetcreate

Backup Selection Set Restore Selection Set Backup Options Set Schedule Set Backup Target Set Backup Advanced Options Set Restore Advanced Options Set

nvsetdelete nvsetexport nvsetimport nvsetmodify nvtrigger

Log-specific utilities

nvlogdump nvlogpurge nvreadlog

Other utilities

bonedate getmachineid installplugin licenseinstall nvlicenseinfo nvmeddbcheck nvpassword nvpluginaccess nvpgdbpasswd nvreport nvscheddbcheck nvsendmail nvsendopmsg nvtrace

Using the nvreport utility

About nvreport utility Report classes Plain text template files Formatting the reports

Using the format option Using the sort option Using the include option Using the title option

Creating external report files HTML template files

installplugin

Installs NetVault Backup plug-ins on the server or client machines. This utility is located in the bin directory.

installplugin <Full path to the .npk installation file>

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Verify that you provide the full file path to the “.npk” installation file. Enclose the path within quotation marks (“”) if it contains any spaces.

licenseinstall

Installs product license keys. This utility is located in the bin directory.

licenseinstall <key string> | <.npk file that contains the key>

nvlicenseinfo

Provides license information for the NetVault Backup Server.

nvmeddbcheck

Verifies the structural, entity, and referential integrity of the Media Database. It checks the following:

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Raw file structure

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Database table integrity

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Inter-table references and dependencies

nvmeddbcheck List

nvmeddbcheck Check [-v <warning level>]

nvmeddbcheck Compact [-v <warning level>] [-f]

Table 80. nvmeddbcheck

Lists various records stored in the Media Database. The output includes the following items:

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Retired RAS segments

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Retired RAS indexes

You can use this option to determine which records should be deleted.

Performs database checks, and displays the status. You can use -v with this option to specify the minimum severity level of messages that are displayed.

Specifies the minimum severity level of messages that are displayed. -v can take the following values:

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all: All messages

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back: Background messages

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inf: Information messages

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job: Job messages

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warn: Warnings

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error: Errors

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severe: Severe errors

When you set the severity level, only messages at that level and higher are displayed.

Performs database checks, and removes inconsistent and invalid entries identified during the Check phase. You can use the -v and -f options with this option. -v lets you specify the minimum severity level of messages that are displayed; -f lets you purge retired RAS segments and indexes.

Purges retired RAS segments and indexes from the Media Database. This option can only be used with the Compact option.

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You can also use this utility to check and remove the obsolete session records.

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