NetBackup 4.5 Troubleshooting Guide for Windows - Symantec

Backup and Restore Functional Description
Table 6. NetBackup Daemons and Programs (continued)
Program/
Daemon
NetBackup 4.5 Troubleshooting Guide for Windows
Description
bpsched On master servers, the Scheduler uses policy information from
the NetBackup configuration databases to determine:
◆ Clients to start and when to start them.
◆ Storage units to use for backups and archives.
Started By: bprd for the following operations:
◆ User-directed backups and archives
◆ Immediate manual backups (started through the option that
is available in the NetBackup administrator interface)
◆ Scheduled automatic incremental or full backups. In this case,
bprd starts the scheduler at intervals determined by the
wakeup interval global attribute.
Stopped By: Completion of all backups that are due.
Debug Log: bpsched.log on the server.
bptm On master and media servers, bptm is the tape-media manager
and is used when the storage unit type is Media Manager. This
program manages transfer of images between the client and the
storage device. It also handles communication between the
backup and Media Manager software. In addition, bptm
manages the NetBackup media database and provides
information for the media list report screen.
Started By: For each backup or restore, bpbrm starts an instance
of bptm on the server that has the storage unit.
Stopped By: Completion of operation.
Debug Log: bptm.log on the server.
BPSRV.EXE On NetWare nontarget clients, this is the program that allows the
system that has the client-user interface to communicate with the
Netware server that is the NetBackup client.
Started By: Starting NetBackup for NetWare.
Stopped By: Exiting the client-user interface.
Debug Log: BPSRV.LOG file in the NetBackup LOGS directory
on the client.
BPSYS.EXE On Windows NT/2000 clients, this is the NetBackup System
Registry Replacement utility.
Started By: NetBackup as required.
Stopped By: Completion of operation.
Debug Log: BPSYS.LOG file in the NetBackup LOGS directory
on the client.
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