What backup is causing the media request?

Question

When a client initiated backup is started and no pool is chosen, NetWorker will try and use a medium from the default pool. In our case the default pool is empty and auto media management is switched off. How can I find out which backup is causing the media request? We have a very large environment and sometimes system administrators start a backup from the client side. That's ok and they are alowed to do that, but they sometimes forget to make a pool choice. I hate looking at a media request all day and not being able to find out who is causing it....

coganb · Accepted Answer

Hi John,

You can use jobquery for this:

The 'ACTIVE' state means that it is started but not yet saving (cause it's waiting for media). Any Networker-server

initiated backup will have a non-zero parent job id, so this will give you only the client-initiated saves.

C:\WINDOWS>jobquery

NetWorker jobs query utility.

Use the "help" command for help.

jobquery> p type : save job; job state : ACTIVE; parent job id : 0

Look at the 'host' value to see where this is coming from.

-Bobby

johnclaessen · Answer

Thanks Bobby, that worked like a charm. Tried to find more documentation on 'jobquery' but all I found was what's in the admin guide. You know where I can find a bit morw?

coganb · Answer

Hi John,

Glad that worked. You can find more info on jobquery in the Command Reference Guide. The syntax you use for this is the same as that used with nsradmin, so you might find the technical note 'Special Uses for the NetWorker nsradmiin Program' useful for help with the syntax. When you start jobquery, start by entering the word 'types' and this will give you a list of the available resources.

-Bobby

NetWorker

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