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You can make creating the configuration file for NetWorker easier by using the following example and adjusting it to suit your needs. If you do not want a certain parameter to be set by the parameter file, you must invalidate or delete the relevant keyword.

Content of the Configuration File

NSR_HOST p47579

NSR_HOME "C:\Program Files\nsr\bin"

NSR_POOL MAXDBPOOL

NSR_EXPIRE year

NSR_NOTVERBOSE RECOVER

NSR_EBIDTYPE NSAVETIME

NSR_USEOUTPUT SAVE

NSR_IGNOREERROR " unknown error 109 (0x6d)"

NSR_IGNOREERROR " using unlocked access"

NSR_IGNOREERROR " The pipe has been ended."

NSR_SAVEINTERVAL 60

NSR_BACKUPNAME MAXDB:<database_name>_on_<node>

NSR_AVOIDPSSIDBUG YES

NSR_SAVETIMEFORMAT "yyyy/mm/dd HH:MM:SS AM"

Explanation

Keyword

Value

Explanation

NSR_HOST

p47579

The NetWorker server is running on computer p47579.

NSR_HOME

"C:\Program Files\nsr\bin"

The NetWorker client is installed on the database computer in the directory C:\Program Files\nsr\bin.

NSR_POOL

MAXDBPOOL

Backups are stored in the NetWorker pool MAXDBPOOL.

NSR_EXPIRE

year

The backups have an expiration time of one year.

NSR_NOTVERBOSE

RECOVER

The NetWorker RECOVER program runs without the -v option.

NSR_EDITTYPE

NSAVETIME

The backup time is used to identify backups.

NSR_USEOUTPUT

SAVE

The output of the NetWorker SAVE program is scanned for errors during every backup.

NSR_IGNOREERROR

" unknown error 109 (0x6d)"

" using unlocked access"

" The pipe has been ended."

The messages

<pipe_name>: unknown error 109 (0x6d),

<pipe_name>: using unlocked access and

<pipe_name>: The pipe has been ended

are ignored for the pipes in use.

NSR_SAVEINTERVAL

60

The system waits 60 seconds between two SAVE calls during parallel backups.

NSR_BACKUPNAME

MAXDB:<database_name>_on_<node>

If. for example, the name of the database is DEMODB and the name of the database computer is p47579, the backups in NetWorker are created with the name MAXDB:DEMODB_on_p47579.

NSR_AVOIDPSSIDBUG

YES

The PSSID bug in the NetWorker program MMINFO is avoided.

NSR_SAVETIMEFORMAT

"yyyy/mm/dd HH:MM:SS AM"

The NetWorker MMINFO program outputs dates in the specified format, for example 2007/12/31 11:59:58 AM.