I don't know what that means either, but I guess he wants to change the number of dayys (or more accurately hours) the jobs history is kept in activity monitor).

Create a file, eg call settings and put in these lines:

KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS = 156

KEEP_JOBS_HOURS = 156

Then run

bpsetconfig -h <master> <filename>

This will change the number of hours the history is kept in activity monitor. CAnge the 156 to however many hours you want.

Check the settings by running

bpgetconfig

(The commands are in netbackup/bin/admincmd directory)

Martin

Regards, Martin

Setting Logs in NetBackup:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH75805

Nagalla Certified

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

in addition that you can look

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag... (for windods)

from Unix admin guide 7.5 page 926:-

About the BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS environment variable

The BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS environment variable provides a convenient method to

set job retention options with a script. The bpdbjobs process determines how long

to retain a job by checking for the BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS environment variable. If

present, BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS overrides the bp.conf settings.

The following options can be used to determine the length of time NetBackup

retains jobs. The options should be entered in lower case in the BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS

environmental variable.

Table 21-7 BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS environment variable options

Option Description

Use with the -clean option to specify how many hours

bpdbjobs keeps unsuccessfully completed jobs. Default: 78

hours.

To keep both successful and both failed jobs longer than the

default of 78 hours, keep_successful_hours must be used

with keep_hours.

-keep_hours hours

Use with the -clean option to specify how many hours

bpdbjobs keeps successfully completed jobs. The number of

hours must be less than or equal to keep_hours.

Values outside the range are ignored. Default: 78 hours.

-keep_successful_hours hours

Use with the -clean option to specify how many days

bpdbjobs keeps completed jobs. Default: 3 days.

-keep_days days

This value must be less than the -keep_days value.

Use with the -clean option to specify how many days

bpdbjobs keeps successfully completed jobs. Default: 3 days.

-keep_successful_days days

A script (cleanjobs) was used in the following example. You can copy the script

directly from this document and changed as needed.

■ The first line specifies how long to keep unsuccessful jobs (24 hours) and

successful jobs (five hours).

■ The second line specifies the path to the bpdbjobs command. Indicate the

correct location of bpdbjobs in the.bat file. In this example, NetBackup was

installed in the default location:

■ setenv BPDBJOBS_OPTIONS "-keep_hours 24 -keep_successful_hours 5 -clean"

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs ${*}

Monitoring NetBackup activity

About the jobs database

926

You can store the .bat file anywhere, as long as it is run from the appropriate

directory.

bpdbjobs command

SOLUTION

Abhinay077

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

Thanks for the solution.

But i have already started backup jobs without changing the specified change.. So now is there any way to retain the missing logs back to the activity monitor ?

mph999 Symantec Employee

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

No, unfortunately not - once they have been deleted they are gone.

Regards, Martin

Setting Logs in NetBackup:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH75805

Abhinay077

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

Thanks :) Finally i got the solution :) .. But im unhappy for not having a way to retain the logs in activity monitor which are gone :(

revaroo Symantec Employee

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

If you want to retain them, change the settings that mph999 gave.

Marianne van den Berg Trusted Advisor Partner Accredited Certified

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

You can only retain something that you have - not something that is GONE!

You should still be able to get job info from NBU reports - Job status or All Logs report. The default retention for the error database (where these reports take info from) is 28 days.

Supporting Storage Foundation and VCS on Unix and Windows as well as NetBackup on Unix and Windows
Handy NBU Links

Nicolai Trusted Advisor Partner

How to retain the missing logs in activity monitor - Comment:17 Dec 2012 : Link

The activity monitor is not intended to be a complete log for all backup. It's only intended to see what going on right now and some days back.

To see what backup you have you would use the report part of the Netbackup GUI.

Assumption is the mother of all mess ups.

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