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  2. NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
  3. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
  4. nbimageshare
NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

Name

nbimageshare — use this command to import the VM images and recover the VMs from one NetBackup domain to the Amazon Web Service or Microsoft Azure.

SYNOPSIS

nbimageshare -login username password

nbimageshare -listimage LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name [--page-offset page_offset --page-limit page_limit]

nbimageshare -singleimport client_name policy_name backupID LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

nbimageshare -batchimport image_list_file_path LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

nbimageshare -recovervm client_name policy_name backupID LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

nbimageshare --check-dr-in-cloud LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

nbimageshare --list-vm-id LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name [--backup-id backupID] [--lsu-name [LSU_name]]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/

This command is not available on Windows systems.

DESCRIPTION

The nbimageshare command is part of the automated disaster recovery solution that lets you import and restore backups images and turn on the VM images instantly.

OPTIONS

-backup_id

The backup ID of the image you want NetBackup to restore.

-batchimport image_list_file_path LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

Import information about more than one backup images to NetBackup. A new import job is created for every 100 images.

--check-dr-in-cloud

Used to determine if the disaster recovery in the cloud was successful.

-listimage LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

List the images from the Amazon Web Service (AWS) S3 bucket.

-list-vm-id

Used to list the VM IDs.

-login user_name password

Enter the NetBackup logon credentials.

-lsu_name

The name of the storage unit that is attached to the non all-in-one MSDP image sharing server.

--page-limit

Specifies how many records to fetch per page. The minimum is 1 and the maximum is 100. The default value is 10.

--page-offset

Indicates where to start fetching data or how many records to skip, defining the initial position within the list.

-recovervm client_name policy_name backupID LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

Recover the virtual machine to an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in AWS or Microsoft Azure.

-singleimport client_name policy_name backupID LSU_name MSDP_image_sharing_server_name

Import a single backup image information to NetBackup.

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