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

Name

create_nbdb — create NBDB database manually

SYNOPSIS

create_nbdb [-drop [current_data_directory]] [-dba new_password] [-data data_directory] [-scripts db_scripts_directory] [-out db_scripts_output_directory] [-db_home pathname] [-staging staging_directory] [-force]

create_nbdb -upgrade [-scripts db_scripts_directory] [-out db_scripts_output_directory] [-db_server |-server db_server_name] [-db_home pathname]

create_nbdb -drop_only [current_data_directory] [-db_server |-server db_server_name] [-db_home install_path] [-force]

 

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

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\NetBackup\bin\

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to create the NetBackup database (NBDB) manually. This command can be used to drop the existing NBDB database, and to re-create it by using the non-default parameters that were used during installation. A user can perform the following actions:

  • Change the default location of the data files.

  • Create the catalog configuration file (vxdbms.conf) from the information in the bp.conf file.

OPTIONS

Without any options, the create_nbdb command verifies the version of an existing database and is used during upgrades. If a database does not exist, it creates it by using default parameters.

-data data_directory

Used to identify the directory of the main database files. If the pathname data_directory includes an embedded space, put the entire pathname in quotes. For example:

create_nbdb -data "Program Files\NetBackup\bin\data"
-db_home install_path

Specifies the location of the database directory. The default directory is /usr/openv/db ..install_path\NetBackupDB.

-dba new_password

A new, randomly generated password is set during NetBackup installation. Use this option to set the password for the NBDB and the BMRDB databases for all DBA and application accounts. To change only the password for NBDB and BMRDB, use nbdb_admin -dba new_password. The password needs to be an ASCII string. Non-ASCII characters are not allowed in the password string.

-drop

Drops the existing NBDB database and creates a fresh empty database.

-drop_only

Drops the existing NBDB database.

-force

Performs the operation without user interaction.

-out db_scripts_output_directory

Specifies the destination directory where create_nbdb sends the output results of running the upgrade scripts.

-scripts db_scripts_directory

Specifies the location of the database upgrade scripts.

-server db_server_name

Specifies the name of the database server.

-staging staging_directory

Specifies the location of the staging directory that is used during catalog backup and recovery.

-upgrade

Upgrades the NetBackup database (NBDB).

SEE ALSO

See nbdb_backup.

See nbdb_move.

See nbdb_ping.

See nbdb_restore.

See nbdb_unload.

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