The document provides an overview of key terms and processes for using Omniback including starting and stopping processes, checking backup status and success/failure, manually launching failed backups, cleaning drives, viewing sessions, aborting sessions, and performing health checks and reports. Procedures are outlined for common administrative tasks in Omniback like managing processes, devices, media, and the cell database.

1. Omniback for the System Administrator
Glossary
Term Definition
Cell Contains cell manager, clients and backup devices.
Cell Manager Data protector control software is installed here and it is where the cell is
administered.
Client System that can be backed up, a system connected to a backup device or both.
Disk Agent (DA) Software that is installed on the client that allows the client's disk to be
backed up.
Internal Data Base (IDB) Database of files that are backed up, located on the cell manager.
Media Agent (MA) Software that controls access to a client's backup device.
Session A session is started when either a backup operation or a restore operation is
requested.
Session Manager (SM) Manages the requested session, controlling the required disk agents and
media agents.
Starting/Stopping the Processes
/opt/omni/sbin/omnisv stop
/opt/omni/sbin/omnisv start
Checking Success/Failure of Backups (Viewing Completed Sessions)
1. Launch Data Protector gui.
2. Select Internal Database from the pull down box located in the top left hand corner.
3. On the left side of the screen, highlight Sessions.
4. All sessions and their status will be listed on the right hand side of the screen.
Manually Launching Failed Backups
1. Launch Data Protector gui.
2. Select Internal Database from the pull down box located in the top left hand corner.
3. On the left side of the screen, highlight Sessions.
4. All sessions and their status will be listed on the right hand side of the screen.
5. Right mouse click on the failed session that you would like to restart the backups on and select "Restart
Failed Objects"
Cleaning a Drive
1. Launch Data Protector gui.
2. Select Devices & Media from the pull down box located in the top left hand corner.
3. On the right hand side select Environment --> Devices --> Library --> Slots
4. On the left hand side select a cleaning tape.
5. Right mouse click on the cleaning tape and select Scan . . .
6. In the dialog box, select the proper tape drive and click Finish
Viewing Currently Running Sessions
1. Launch Data Protector gui.
2. Select Monitor from the pull down box located in the top left hand corner.
3. On the left side of the screen, highlight Current Sessions.
4. All sessions and their status will be listed on the right hand side of the screen.

2. 5. To view the details about a particular session, highlight the session on the left hand side
6. Current statistics of that active session are displayed on the left hand side and are automatically updated.
Aborting a Running Session
1. Launch Data Protector gui.
2. Select Monitor from the pull down box located in the top left hand corner.
3. On the left side of the screen, highlight Current Sessions.
4. All sessions and their status will be listed on the right hand side of the screen.
5. To abort a particular session, right mouse click the session on the left hand side, and select abort.
Health Check Procedure
1. Processes
/opt/omni/sbin/omnisv -status
 rds - Raima Database Server process, runs on the cell manager and manages the database
 crs - Cell Request Server process runs on the cell manager and controls the backup and restore sessions
managers (bsm, rsm)
 mmd - Media Management Daemon process runs on the cell manager and controls media management
and device operations.
 omnitrig - command to trigger backups, usually launched by cron
 bsm - backup session manager process
 rsm - restore session manager process
 vbda - v backup disk agent
 vrda - b restore disk agent
 bma - backup media agent
 rma - restore media agent
2. Tape Pools
/opt/omni/bin/omnimm -list_pools
3. Cell
/opt/omni/sbin/omnidbutil -show_cell_name
Files
Log Files are located in /var/opt/omni/log on HP-UX machines
 debug.log --> unexpected conditions
 Ob2EventLog.txt --> All data protector notifications are logged here.
 inet.log --> All inet requests are logged here - this will reflect communications with clients.
 IS_install.log --> Contains details of remote installations.
 media.log --> Contains time stamped list of each media that was used and the session that used it.
 onmisv.log --> Log of when services were stopped and started, reflecting success/failure status.
 tapealrt.log --> Lists tape alerts, such as trying to load in incompatible catridge or problem with drive or
library.
 lic.log --> Lists licensing alerts
 HealthCheck.log --> Log of health check results
 cleaning.log --> Log of tape cleaning
License File is located in /etc/opt/omni/cell/lic.dat
Command Line Interface
/opt/omni/lbin/uma -ioctl <device id for tape library>
help
stat d --> shows what the drives are doing
stat s --> shows status of the slots
bye, quit, exit
Reporting

3. Reports that can be run from the command line or via script:
 /opt/omni/bin/omnirpt -report backup_errors -timeframe 24 24
o Lists all errors and warnings for the defined time frame.
 /opt/omni/bin/omnirpt -report host_statistics -timeframe 24 24
o Summary of success, failure and pending by each host for the specified time frame.
 /opt/omni/bin/omnirpt -report backup_statistics -timeframe 24 24
o Overall summary of success, failure and pending during the specified time frame
 /opt/omni/bin/omnirpt -report obj_nobackup
o Listing of all objects that do not have a backup - no time frame specified.
 /opt/omni/bin/omnirpt -report fs_not_conf
o Listing of all filesystems that are not configured for backup
 /opt/omni/bin/omnimm -list_pool
o List all media pools
Procedure to list media pools for each backup schedule
/etc/opt/omni/datalists
for schedule in `ls`
do
echo $schedule
cat $schedule|grep "pool"
echo " "
echo " "
done|more
Script for Counting the Tape Drives in Use
/opt/omni/lbin/uma -tty -ioctl /dev/<tape_lib_device> < /opt/scripts/uma_inv.txt > /tmp/tape.txt
grep -c Full /tmp/tape.txt > /opt/scripts/server_tapedrive.txt
This script uses the following text file (uma_inv.txt) to provide the proper uma commands:
stat D
bye
Version
/opt/omni/bin/omnicc -ver
/opt/omni/lbin/bma -ver
Other Commands
/opt/omni/lbin/crs -clshm --> clears shared memory
ypes of backup
The Backup utility supports five methods of backing up data on your computer or network.
Copy backup
A copy backup copies all the files you select, but does not mark each file as having been backed up (in other
words, the archive attribute is not cleared). Copying is useful if you want to back up files between normal and
incremental backups because copying does not affect these other backup operations.
Daily backup
A daily backup copies all the files that you select that have been modified on the day the daily backup is
performed. The backed-up files are not marked as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute
is not cleared).
Differential backup

4. A differential backup copies files that have been created or changed since the last normal or incremental
backup. It does not mark files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). If
you are performing a combination of normal and differential backups, restoring files and folders requires that
you have the last normal as well as the last differential backup.
Incremental backup
An incremental backup backs up only those files that have been created or changed since the last normal or
incremental backup. It marks files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). If
you use a combination of normal and incremental backups, you will need to have the last normal backup set as
well as all incremental backup sets to restore your data.
Normal backup
A normal backup copies all the files you select and marks each file as having been backed up (in other words,
the archive attribute is cleared). With normal backups, you only need the most recent copy of the backup file or
tape to restore all of the files. You usually perform a normal backup the first time you create a backup set.
Backing up your data using a combination of normal backups and incremental backups requires the least
amount of storage space and is the quickest backup method. However, recovering files can be time-consuming
and difficult because the backup set might be stored on several disks or tapes.
Backing up your data using a combination of normal backups and differential backups is more time-consuming,
especially if your data changes frequently, but it is easier to restore the data because the backup set is usually
stored on only a few disks or tapes.
For more information, see Set the backup type.
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