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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section V. Configuring backups
  4. About the NetBackup database
  5. About the NetBackup database installation
  6. About NetBackup primary server installed directories and files
  7. vxdbms.conf
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

vxdbms.conf

On Windows:

VXDBMS_NB_SERVER = NB_server_name
VXDBMS_NB_DATABASE = NBDB
VXDBMS_BMR_DATABASE = BMRDB
VXDBMS_AZ_DATABASE = NBAZDB
VXDBMS_NB_STAGING = C:\Program Files\Cohesity NetBackup\NetBackupDB\staging
VXDBMS_NB_PORT = 13785
VXDBMS_NB_DATA = C:\Program Files\Cohesity NetBackup\NetBackupDB\data
VXDBMS_NB_PASSWORD = encrypted_password
AZ_DB_PASSWORD = encrypted_password
VXDBMS_POSTGRESQL_POOLER_ODBC_PORT = 13787

On UNIX:

VXDBMS_NB_SERVER = NB_server_name
VXDBMS_NB_PORT = 13785
VXDBMS_NB_DATABASE = NBDB
VXDBMS_AZ_DATABASE = NBAZDB
VXDBMS_BMR_DATABASE = BMRDB
VXDBMS_NB_DATA = /usr/openv/db/data
VXDBMS_NB_STAGING = /usr/openv/db/staging
VXDBMS_NB_PASSWORD = encrypted_password
AZ_DB_PASSWORD = encrypted_password
VXDBMS_POSTGRESQL_POOLER_ODBC_PORT = 13787

The encrypted password that is used to log into the DBA accounts is stored in vxdbms.conf. These accounts include NBDB, NBAZDB, and BMRDB and other data accounts.

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