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NetVault 13.0 - CLI Reference Guide

Table of Contents

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

Getting started

About NetVault Command Line Interface Working with command-line utilities

Command syntax CLI help Command exit status Environment variables

Starting or stopping the NetVault Service

Using the command-line utilities

Client-specific utilities

nvclient nvclientaccess nvclientadd nvclientlist nvclientname nvclientremove

Device-specific utilities Media-specific utilities

nvblankmedia nvsetmedia 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 nvpluginpreconfig 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

nvclientaccess

Grants access to specified NetVault Clients.

nvclientaccess [-client <Client Name>] | [-clients <Client Names>] |
[-tdclients <Teradata DBS name>] [-password <password>]

Table 4. nvclientaccess
Option	Description
-client or -clients	Specifies the names of NetVault Clients to which access is granted.
-tdclients	Specifies the name of the Teradata DBS. You can use this option to grant access to all added clients.
-password	Specifies NetVault password of the client. This option is required if security is enabled on the client.

nvclientadd

Adds a single NetVault Client to the server. You must run this utility on the NetVault Server.

nvclientadd [-client <Client Name> | -clientip <Client IP address>]
[-clientgroup <Client Group Name>] [-password <password>]
[-timeout <timeout period>] [-version]

Table 5. nvclientadd options
Option	Description
-client	Specifies NetVault name of the client that you want to add.
-clientip	Specifies IP Address of the NetVault Client that you want to add.
-clientgroup	Specifies the name of the client group to which you want to add the client. Verify that the client group is created before you add the client.
-password	Specifies NetVault password of the client. This option is required if security is enabled on the client.
-timeout	Specifies the amount of time NetVault waits for the client to approve the “add” request. The timeout value is specified in minutes. If a client cannot be added within the specified period, an error message is displayed
-version	Displays build date of the NetVault distribution installed on the machine.

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Client names are case-sensitive.

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A client must be available and running a valid installation of NetVault before it can be added to a server.

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To locate a client that is unavailable, use the nvclientlist -find <ipaddress> command. For more information, see nvclientlist.

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Client groups can only be created from the NetVault WebUI. The CLI does not provide any utility to create client groups.

nvclientlist

Performs the following functions:

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Lists clients added to the NetVault Server.

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Lists available NetVault machines that can be added as clients.

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Locates a NetVault machine using its resolvable name or IP address.

nvclientlist [-current [-name <Client Name>]] [-available [-name <Client Name>]]
[-find <Resolvable Name or IP address>] [-version]

Table 6. nvclientlist
Option	Description
-current	Lists clients that are currently added to the NetVault Server.
-available	Lists available NetVault machines that can be added as clients.
-name	Specifies NetVault name of the client that you want to locate.
-find	Specifies the resolvable name or IP address of the machine that you want to locate.
-version	Displays build date of the NetVault distribution installed on the machine.

nvclientname

Allows you to rename a NetVault Client. You cannot use this utility to change the name of a NetVault Server.

nvclientname -clientname <New NetVault name>

Table 7. nvclientname
Option	Description
-clientname	Specifies the new NetVault name for the client.

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