Job metadata imported to a new DSA environment should be
validated against the original exported metadata before you attempt to restore the
job.
The
validate_job_metadata command only works with
NetBackup. To validate a save set for a remote file system and DD Boost, run an
analyze read job.
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Type dsc validate_job_metadata followed by the parameters, and press Enter.
In the following example, SDBA_Weekly is the job name and tg_cbar3 is the destination: cbar3:/SDBA_Weekly_imports # dsc validate_job_metadata -n SDBA_Weekly -V -d tg_cbar3.Parameters Description n|name Name The name of the job on which to perform the action. The job must be active. v|backup_version BackupVersion [Optional] Backup version number. Enter latest or 0 for the latest save set. V [Optional] Indicates that this is a virtual target group. d|destination SampDest Required if the virtual target group (parameter V) is specified. It indicates the physical target group to which the virtual target group is mapped. -
Type dsc list_validate_job_metadata followed by the parameters, and press Enter.
In the following example, SDBA_Weekly is the job name: cbar3:/ SDBA_Weekly_imports # dsc list_validate_job_metadata -n SDBA_Weekly.Parameters Description n|name Name The name of the job on which to perform the action. The job must be active. v|backup_version BackupVersion [Optional] Backup version number. Enter latest or 0 for the latest save set. -
To validate the images are available in the target environment, choose one of the following actions.
System or Application Action NetBackup Type bplist -l -t 26 -C client -R /* JOB_NAME */*. Disk File System Perform an ls of the job name on the NFS mounted storage. Data Domain Check the status of the mtree replication on the Data Domain unit. See Data Domain documentation for more information.