Appendix D. Command Summary

This appendix contains a list of the most commonly used NetWorker commands entered at the system prompt, and lists of the NetWorker reference pages for NetWorker commands and resources.

Table D-1 summarizes the commands most often used from an ASCII terminal.

Table D-1. Commonly Used NetWorker Commands

Command

Purpose

nsrmm -l volume_name

Label a backup volume with the name volume_name

nsrmm -m

Mount the backup volume in the server drive

nsrmm -u

Unmount the backup volume in the server drive

nsrmm -d -P volume_name

Purge the backup volume named volume_name

nsrmm -d volume_name

Delete the backup volume named volume_name

nsrmm -m -R

Recycle the backup volume

mminfo

Display information about the backup volumes

nsradmin

Configure networker resources

nsrck -F

Compact the index size after purging or deleting backup volumes

nsrexecd

NetWorker client execution daemons

nsrjb

List the backup volumes in the jukebox

nsrls

Display information about the server's online indexes

nsrwatch

Display the character-based NetWorker status monitor

savegroup -p group_name

See a preview of the backup of the group named group_name

savegroup group_name

Start the backup of the clients in the group group_name

Table D-2 lists the NetWorker maintenance commands.

Table D-2. NetWorker Maintenance Commands

Command

Reference Page

Description

jbexercise

jbexercise(8)

Jukebox diagnostic program

nsrmm

nsrmm(8)

NetWorker media interface command

mminfo

mminfo(8)

NetWorker media information reporting command

mmlocate

mmlocate(8)

Reports the backup volume location information contained in the media database

nwadmin

nwadmin(8)

Window-based display of the NetWorker server status

nsr

nsr(8)

Basic information on NetWorker

nsradmin

nsradmin(8)

NetWorker character-based program for system administration

nsrck

nsrck(8)

NetWorker check and repair program for the server indexes

nsr_crash

nsr_crash(8)

How to use NetWorker to recover from a disk crash

nsrd

nsrd(8)

NetWorker server daemon

nsrexecd

nsrexecd(8)

NetWorker client execution daemon

nsrim

nsrim(8)

NetWorker index management program, usually invoked from the savegroup command

nsrindexasm

nsrindexasm(8)

Module for saving and recovering NetWorker indexes

nsrindexd

nsrindexd(8)

NetWorker index daemon

nsrjb

nsrjb(8)

NetWorker optional jukebox software module

nsrls

nsrls(8)

Lists statistics of NetWorker index files

nsrmmd

nsrmmd(8)

NetWorker media management daemon

nsrmmdbasm

nsrmmdbasm(8)

Module for saving and recovering NetWorker media databases

nsrmmdbd

nsrmmdbd(8)

NetWorker media index daemon

nsrwatch

nsrwatch(8)

Displays NetWorker server status from an ASCII terminal

recover

recover(8)

Browses online indexes and recovers files from the NetWorker server

recoverindex

recoverindex(8)

Recovers online indexes of NetWorker server

save

save(8)

Saves files to the NetWorker server

savefs

savefs(8)

Saves filesystems to the NetWorker server (see also savegroup)

savegroup

savegroup(8)

Starts saving the files of a group of NetWorker clients

saveindex

saveindex(8)

Saves the online indexes of a NetWorker server

scanner

scanner(8)

Reads the contents of a volume to recover from NetWorker server crashes

tapeexercise

tapeexercise(8)

Exercises a tape drive in order to uncover problems

uasm

uasm(8)

NetWorker module for saving and recovering generic IRIX files


NetWorker Reference Pages

Table D-3 lists the reference pages for NetWorker client commands.

Table D-3. Reference Pages for NetWorker Client Commands

Reference Page

Description

compressasm(1M)

NetWorker program for compressing and decompressing files

logasm(1M)

NetWorker program for saving log files

mailasm(1M)

NetWorker program for saving and recovering mail files

mminfo(1M)

NetWorker media information reporting command

mmlocate(1M)

Reports the backup volume location information contained in the media database

mmpool(1M)

Reports on pool information stored in the media database

networker(1M)

A window-based display of the NetWorker server status

nsr_shutdown(1M)

Kills NetWorker processes on a NetWorker server

nsrexecd(1M)

NetWorker client execution daemon

nsrmm(1M)

NetWorker media interface command

nsrwatch(1M)

Displays the NetWorker server status from an ASCII terminal

recover(1M)

Command to browse the online indexes and recover files from the NetWorker server

save(1M)

Command to save files to the NetWorker server

savefs(1M)

Command to save filesystems to the NetWorker server

swapasm(1M)

NetWorker program for saving and recovering swap files

uasm(1M)

NetWorker program for saving and recovering generic IRIX files

xlateasm(1M)

NetWorker program for encoding and decoding files

Table D-4 lists other reference pages for NetWorker clients.

Table D-4. Other NetWorker Client Reference Pages

Reference Page

Description

mm_data(5)

Data format that nsrmmd uses

nsr(8)

Format of .nsr directive files

nsr_client(5)

NSR client resource type

nsr_data(5)

Data formats for save and recover

nsr_device(5)

NSR device resource type

nsr_directive(5)

NSR directive resource type

nsr_getdate(3)

Explains formats of dates that can be entered in date fields

nsr_group(5)

NSR group resource type

nsr_jukebox(5)

NSR jukebox resource type

nsr_label(5)

NSR label resource type

nsr_layout(5)

NetWorker file layout

nsr_license(5)

NSR license resource type

nsr_notification(5)

NSR notification resource type

nsr_policy(5)

NSR policy resource type

nsr_pool(5)

NSR pool resource type

nsr_resource(5)

NetWorker resource format

nsr_schedule(5)

NSR schedule resource type

nsr_service(5)

NSR resource type

rap(1M)

Command-line based resource administration program (RAP)

rapcheck(1M)

RAP resource directory consistency checking program

rapd(1M)

RAP server daemon

rapxfer(1M)

RAP resource directory manual area transfer

resource(5)

RAP resource file format

Table D-5 lists the reference pages for NetWorker server commands.

Table D-5. Reference Pages for NetWorker Server Commands

Reference Page

Description

jbexercise(1M)

Jukebox diagnostic command

jbm_enabler(1M)

Jukebox resource activator

nsr(8)

Guide to using NetWorker

nsr_crash(1M)

How to use NetWorker to recover from a disk crash

nsradmin(1M)

NetWorker character-based command for system administration

nsrcap(1M)

Update NetWorker information about NetLS licenses

nsrck(1M)

NetWorker check and repair command for the server indexes

nsrd(1M)

NetWorker server daemon

nsrim(1M)

NetWorker index management command, usually invoked from the savegroup command

nsrindexasm(1M)

Program for saving and recovering NetWorker indexes

nsrindexd(1M)

NetWorker index daemon

nsrjb(1M)

NetWorker optional jukebox program

nsrls(1M)

Lists the statistics of NetWorker index files

nsrmmd(1M)

NetWorker media management daemon

nsrmmdbasm(1M)

Program for saving and recovering NetWorker media databases

nsrmmdbd(1M)

NetWorker media index daemon

recoverindex(1M)

Command to recover the online indexes of a NetWorker server

savegroup(1M)

Command to start saving the files of a group of NetWorker clients

saveindex(1M)

Command to save the online indexes of a NetWorker server

scanner(1M)

Command to read the contents of a volume to recover from NetWorker server crashes

tapeexercise(1M)

Command to exercise a tape drive in order to uncover problems