NetWorker: How to Redirect nsradmin and jobquery Output to a Text File

nsradmin - The nsradmin command is a command-line based administrative program for the NetWorker system. nsradmin monitors and modifies configured NetWorker resources.

jobquery - NetWorker jobs database query program. The jobquery command is a command-line based program that is used to query NetWorker server’s jobs database.

nsradmin:

You can review which resource types are known to the NetWorker database nsradmin is accessing by entering type at the nsradmin command prompt:

nsradmin> type
                 Known types: NSR, NSR auditlog, NSR client, NSR client fix,
                              NSR cloneconfig, NSR Data Domain, NSR device,
                              NSR directive, NSR ESRS, NSR hypervisor,
                              NSR label, NSR license, NSR lockbox,
                              NSR NAS discovery task, NSR notification,
                              NSR policy, NSR pool, NSR Protection Group,
                              NSR Protection Policy, NSR savesets count,
                              NSR schedule, NSR service, NSR stage,
                              NSR Storage Node, NSR task, NSR usergroup,
                              NSR VMware proxy, NSR vproxy log aggregate;

The available types vary based on the NetWorker server configuration and whether nsradmin is accessing the nsrdb (server) or nsrladb (client) database.

The options available with nsradmin:

Commands are:
           bind [query]
         create attrlist
         delete [query]
           edit [query]
           help [command]
          print [query] (set current query)
         server [name]
           show [attrlist]
          types
         update attrlist
         append attrlist
           quit
         visual [query]
         option [list]
          unset [list]
              . [query]
              ? [command]
           exit

Where:
        query ::= attrlist
        attrlist ::= attribute [; attribute]*
        attribute ::= name [: [value [, value]* ]

You can enter a visual command-line interface through nsradmin, by entering visual at the nsradmin command prompt. You can navigate through the configured resources to see what type of resources exist, and the common attribute:value strings.

To access the NetWorker client database, specify the following flag when running< nsradmin:

nsradmin -p nsrexecd

To access the NetWorker server database in offline mode, specify the following when running nsradmin:

nsradmin -d /nsr/res/nsrdb

jobquery

You can review which resource types are known to the NetWorker server jobsdb jobquery is accessing by entering type at the jobquery command prompt:

jobquery> type
                 Known types: active job db, backup action job,
                              bootstrap save job, Client push master job,
                              clone job, generic remote command,
                              job indication, recover pipe to save job,
                              save job, savefs job, session info, task job,
                              utility job, vproxysave job, workflow job;

The options available within jobquery are:

Commands are:
          print [query] (set current query)
           show [attrlist]
          types
            all
           quit
           help [command]
              . [query]
              ? [command]

Where:
        query ::= attrlist
        attrlist ::= attribute [; attribute]*
        attribute ::= name [: [value [, value]* ]

Redirecting Output To A File

The process assumes that you know which subset of commands you want to run while redirecting output to an output file. Output is not shown in the prompt and sent directly to the file.

Windows:

1. Open an admin command prompt.
2. Run the nsradmin or jobquery command using the following syntax:

nsradmin -i - 2>&1 > C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\nsradmin_out.txt

3. Enter nsradmin or jobquery subcommands that you want to run, when done you can return to the command prompt by entering quit.

C:\Users\Administrator.EMCLAB>nsradmin -i - 2>&1 > C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\nsradmin_out.txt
show name; networker version
p type: nsr client
quit

                        name: winsrvr2k19.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.3.0.0.Build.21;

                        name: winsrvr2k12.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.4.0.3.Build.167;

                        name: winsrvr2k16.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.4.0.2.Build.127;

                        name: ubuntu.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.3.0.1.Build.51;

                        name: vcenter67.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.4.0.3.Build.167;

                        name: winsrvr2k12.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.4.0.3.Build.167;

                        name: winsrvr2k12.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.4.0.3.Build.167;

                        name: vmwin2k12.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.3.0.2.Build.89;

                        name: vcenter.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: ;

                        name: winsrvr2k16.emclab.local;
           NetWorker version: 19.4.0.2.Build.127;

Linux:

1. Open a root command prompt:
2. Run the nsradmin or jobquery command using the following syntax.

cat << EOB | jobquery -i - 2>&1 > jobquery_out.txt

3. Enter nsradmin or jobquery subcommands that you want to run, when done you can return to the command prompt by entering EOB.

[root@networker-mc ~]# cat << EOB | jobquery -i - 2>&1 > jobquery_out.txt
> show name; job id; saveset time
> print completion status: failed
> EOB

[root@networker-mc ~]# tail jobquery_out.txt
                      job id: 96641;
                        name: index backup;
                saveset time: 1664911693;

                      job id: 96640;
                        name: index backup;
                saveset time: 1664911688;