Data Protector commands

Data Protector commands

S.No.

Commands

Meaning

omnicellinfo

omnicellinfo - displays configuration information about the Data Protector cell

1

omnicellinfo -cell

to list the client information & components installed on each client

2

omnicellinfo -version

To print the version of data Protector

3

omnicellinfo -dev -detail

list the device details

4

omnicellinfo -object schedule

to list the next schedule of backup

5

omnisv -status

to list the status of daemons of data protector

6

omnimm -list_pool

to list the media pools and their health.

7

omnimm -list_pool

to see the medias available in a particular media pool

8

omnisv -stop

to stop the dataprotector daemons

9

omnisv -start

to start the dataprotector daemons

10

omnicellinfo -dlinfo

to list the backup specifications available

11

omnicellinfo -mm

Displays information about the media and media pools in the cell. The report shows for each pool: the Pool Name, Media Class, Media Usage Policy, Media Allocation Policy, and Amount of Free Space in the pool.

Pool name                Media Type         Policy         # of media    Free =============================================================================== Archivelogs                LTO-Ultrium        App+Loose       14        4797651 Daily_backups           LTO-Ultrium        App+Loose        60       4863912 Final_archives_2006   LTO-Ultrium        App+Loose         4           0 Free_LTO-Ultrium       LTO-Ultrium        Loose                32      10511056 Weekly_backups       LTO-Ultrium        App+Loose         25      3953213 rteapod_dlt8000         DLT                   App+Loose         14       286720

12

omnicellinfo -dev

Displays information about the backup devices in the cell. The report shows for each device: the Device Name, Client Name, Device Type and Media Pool.

Device name       Host             Device type             Pool ============================================================================== rteapod_dlt8000   rteapod          Standalone              rteapod_dlt8000 rteapoy_dlt8000   rteapoy          Standalone              rteapoy_dlt8000 rtebwd_ultrium2   rtebwd           Standalone              rtebwd_ultrium2 robot                   rtebwp           SCSI-II Library rtebwp_drive_1    rtebwp           LTO-Ultriu (in library)  Daily_backups rtebwp_drive_2    rtebwp           LTO-Ultriu (in library)  Daily_backups rtebwt_ultrium2   rtebwt           Standalone                rtebwt_ultrium2

13

omnicellinfo -dev -detail

to see a more detailed output

14

omnimm -list_pool

to list the medias available in a given pool

rter3p:/> omnimm -list_pool Archivelogs Status  Medium Label                Location                 Full   Protected =============================================================================== Good    [DC5274L1] DC5274                                    No     07/25/07 08:44:38 Good    [DC5243L1] DC5243                                    No     07/24/07 08:41:28 Good    [DC5240L1] DC5240                                    No     07/23/07 08:42:10 Good    [DC5229L1] DC5229                                    No     07/20/07 08:42:21 Good    [DC5213L1] DC5213                                    No     07/19/07 08:49:16 Good    [DC5198L1] DC5198                                    No     07/18/07 23:49:44 Good    [DC5266L1] DC5266                                    No     07/18/07 08:48:05

15

omnimm -list_pool

to list the configured pools

test:/> omnimm -list_pool Status  Pool name                 Media Type   MS     # of media   Free [MB] =============================================================================== Good    Archivelogs               LTO-Ultrium  No          13           4489888 Good    Daily_backups          LTO-Ultrium  No          58           4543472 Good    Final_archives_2006  LTO-Ultrium  No           4               0 Poor     Free_LTO-Ultrium      LTO-Ultrium  No          37          11754975 Good    Weekly_backups      LTO-Ultrium  No          25          3953213

16

omnidb -session -media

To list the medias used by a particular session

test:/> omnidb -session 2007/07/12-11 -media Medium Label                   Medium ID                                       Free Blocks =============================================================================== [DC5193L1] DC5193         ac1c1020:436b71bb:0e9a:0001             20942464

How to format a media

a.)

First recycle the media if it is under protection

omnimm -recycle ( Medium )

b.)

Export the media

omnimm -export ( Medium )

c.)

Format the media

omniminit -init -force "use this for formatting DLT medias"

Format the media

omniminit -init -force -slot "use this for formatting ultrium tapes"

rter3p:/tmp/test2> omniminit -init rtebwp_drive_1 DC5257L1 -force -slot 35 [Normal] From: MMA@rtebwp "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:20:28         STARTING Media Agent "rtebwp_drive_1" [Normal] From: MMA@rtebwp "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:20:36         Loading medium from slot 35 to device /dev/rmt/2m [Normal] From: MSM@rter3p "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:21:19         Data Protector medium "[DC5257L1] DC5257" found.         Initialization allowed. [Normal] From: MMA@rtebwp "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:21:19         /dev/rmt/2m         Initializing new medium: "[DC5257L1] DC5257L1" [Normal] From: MSM@rter3p "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:21:27         New medium added to pool: Daily_backups             MediumID: ac1c1020:469f3b1f:2854:0001             Label:    [DC5257L1] DC5257L1             Location: [Normal] From: MMA@rtebwp "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:21:47         Unloading medium to slot 35 from device /dev/rmt/2m [Normal] From: MMA@rtebwp "rtebwp_drive_1"  Time: 07/19/07 11:22:05         COMPLETED Media Agent "rtebwp_drive_1"

d.)

Note* be sure that you format the ultrium tape throgh ultrium drive and dlt tapes throught DLT drive

e.)

Note* After formatting is done media will be moved to the pool to which drive is assigned.  You can see this is my omnicellinfo -dev

f.)

omnimm -move_medium

to move the media to a specific pool

omnimm -media_info < media ID> -detail

to see the pool name to which the media belongs to

test:/> omnimm -media_info DC5231L1 Medium Label        Medium ID                           Pool          Library =============================================================================== [DC5231L1] DC5231   ac1c1020:44898289:73e5:0001         Free_LTO-Ultrium robot

Restoration

omnir -session

To restore a particular session

omnir -sap : -session -overwrite -tree <> into

to restore SAP filesystem

what to do when a mount request comes

1

omnidb -session -report

see the session report to find out for which medium the mount request is coming.  Verify that the tape is inside the library "if it is an ultrum medium this can be verified by omniscan command".   Call andover opps if medium is not available

2

omnimnt -device<> -session

satisfy the mount request ..device can be seen from session report by issuing the above command

3

omnimnt -device<> -session -cancel

To cancel the device request

What to do when completed with error ticket comes

omnidb -session

Check all the object status.  If all the objects have completed successfully close the ticket. Else monitor the next session.

How to change the drive path using omnidownload & omniupload

omnidownload -device -file

first download the attibutes of drive in an asc11 file

rter3p:/tmp/test2> omnidownload -device rtesand_dlt8000 -file file.txt rter3p:/tmp/test2> l file.txt rter3p:/tmp/test2> cat file.txt NAME "rtesand_dlt8000" DESCRIPTION "DLT8000 drive on rtesand" HOST rtesand POLICY Standalone TYPE DLT POOL "rtesand_dlt8000" DRIVES         "/dev/rmt/1m"

modify the attibutes that you wish to change

omniupload modify_device -file

modify the changes done as above using this command

To abort a backup session

omniabort -session

To restart the backup

omnib -restart {session id }