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Dell® EMC® NetWorker® OpenVMS Version Release 18.1 Administration Guide P/N 302-005-437 REV 01 Dell Copyright © 2005- 2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Published January, 2019 Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.“ DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. Dell EMC Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.DellEMC.com 2 Dell EMC NetWorker OpenVMS Version Release 18.1 Administration Guide CONTENTS Preface Chapter 1 Overview of OpenVMS Features The Dell EMC NetWorker environment and features ..................................... 12 NetWorker components for OpenVMS ................................................... 12 NetWorker user interfaces ........................................................................... 12 NetWorker command line interface........................................................ 12 NetWorker legacy client interfaces......................................................... 13 NetWorker character-based interface .................................................... 14 Understanding the NetWorker directory structure on OpenVMS ................... 14 Extended file specifications and ODS-5 volumes ......................................... 16 NetWorker commands and extended file specifications......................... 17 Restrictions associated with extended file specifications and ODS-5..... 17 Starting and Stopping the NetWorker software ............................................ 18 The NetWorker startup procedure.......................................................... 18 The NetWorker shutdown procedure...................................................... 19 Determining the NetWorker software version............................................... 19 Chapter 2 NetWorker Client Operations Using NetWorker commands on OpenVMS .................................................. 22 NetWorker commands are foreign ......................................................... 22 NetWorker commands require privileges ............................................... 22 Command options are case-sensitive.................................................... 22 Valid date/time formats for NetWorker commands ................................ 22 NetWorker commands........................................................................... 24 The nsrexecd command ........................................................................ 24 The nsrinfo command............................................................................ 25 The nsrwatch command ........................................................................ 26 Identifying client data to be backed up........................................................ 26 Pre- and postprocessing operations ............................................................ 27 Chapter 3 Directives Directives overview ..................................................................................... 32 Format of directive statements .............................................................. 32 Precedence of directives ....................................................................... 34 Directives and ASMs supported for use on OpenVMS .................................. 35 aes directive ......................................................................................... 35 always directive .................................................................................... 36 asm directive ........................................................................................ 36 The compressasm directive................................................................... 37 The copy_alias directive (OpenVMS-specific) ........................................ 37 The ignobackup directive (OpenVMS-specific)....................................... 38 The logasm directive ............................................................................. 38 The nolock directive (OpenVMS-specific)............................................... 38 The null directive................................................................................... 39 The rawasm directive ............................................................................ 39 The record directive (OpenVMS-specific) ............................................... 42 Dell EMC NetWorker OpenVMS Version Release 18.1 Administration Guide 3 Contents The norecord directive (OpenVMS-specific) ........................................... 42 The skip directive.................................................................................. 43 The skip_alias directive (OpenVMS-specific) ......................................... 43 The skip_shelved directive (OpenVMS-specific) .................................... 43 The swapasm directive.......................................................................... 44 The unshelve directive (OpenVMS-specific)........................................... 44 The xlateasm directive .......................................................................... 45 Creating directive files on the OpenVMS client ............................................ 45 Recommended directives for the system disk.............................................. 46 Chapter 4 Backup and Recovery Manual backups ......................................................................................... 48 Performing a manual backup on OpenVMS............................................ 48 Recovering data .......................................................................................... 54 The recover command ........................................................................... 55 Recovering files with the nwrecover program......................................... 64 Relocating recovered data..................................................................... 65 Saving and recovering an OpenVMS system disk......................................... 66 Backing up an OpenVMS system disk.................................................... 66 Recovering an OpenVMS system disk.................................................... 68 Performing a physical disk backup and recovery.......................................... 69 Performing an ad hoc physical disk backup........................................... 69 Recovering a physical disk backup........................................................ 70 Chapter 5 Archiving Overview of archiving.................................................................................. 74 Archive requirements ............................................................................ 74 How the NetWorker server archives data ............................................... 74 Manual archive operations.......................................................................... 75 Performing a manual archive on OpenVMS............................................ 75 Retrieving archived data.............................................................................. 80 The nsrretrieve command...................................................................... 81 Retrieving data using the nwretrieve program........................................ 83 Appendix A Logical Names NetWorker Logical Names............................................................................ 86 Appendix B NetWorker Module for Oracle Overview of the NetWorker Module for Oracle.............................................. 98 Installing the Oracle module ....................................................................... 98 Configuring the Oracle module.................................................................... 98 Manual Oracle backups............................................................................... 99 Creating RMAN scripts for manual backups ......................................... 100 Server-initiated Oracle backups ................................................................ 103 Creating RMAN and DCL scripts for server-initiated backups................ 104 Configuring the NetWorker Client resource for Oracle backups ............ 107 Restoring and recovering Oracle data ........................................................ 108 Preparing to restore Oracle data .......................................................... 108 Creating the RMAN restore script ......................................................... 108 Restoring an Oracle database.............................................................. 109 Completing the Oracle data recovery ................................................... 109 Oracle database recovery.................................................................... 110 4 Dell EMC NetWorker OpenVMS Version Release 18.1 Administration Guide Contents Appendix C NetWorker Module for Oracle Rdb Overview of the NetWorker Module for Oracle Rdb..................................... 112 Installing the Oracle Rdb module..............................................................