If an AIX server is backed up by Veritas NetBackup, then this is how you can enable logging of the backups on your AIX client:

First, make sure the necessary folders exist in /usr/openv/netbackup/logs, and the access is set to 777, by running:

# mkdir bp bparchive bpbackup bpbkar bpcd bpdbsbora
# mkdir bpfilter bphdb bpjava-msvc bpjava-usvc bpkeyutil
# mkdir bplist bpmount bpnbat bporaexp bporaexp64 
# mkdir bporaimp bporaimp64 bprestore db_log dbclient
# mkdir symlogs tar user_ops
# chmod 777 *

Then, you have to change the default debug level in /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf, by adding:

VERBOSE = 2

By default, VERBOSE is set to one, which means there isn't any logging at all, so that is not helpful. You can go up to "VERBOSE = 5", but that may create very large log files, and this may fill up the file system. In any case, check how much disk space is available in /usr before enabling the logging of the Veritas NetBackup client.

Backups through Veritas NetBackup are initiated through inetd:

# egrep "bpcd" /etc/services
bpcd        13782/tcp # VERITAS NetBackup
bpcd        13782/udp # VERITAS NetBackup
# grep bpcd /etc/inetd.conf
bpcd stream tcp nowait root /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcd bpcd

Now all you have to do is wait for the NetBackup server (the one listed in /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf) to start the backup on the AIX client. After the backup has run, you should at least find a log file in the bpcd and bpbkar folders in /usr/openv/netbackup.



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