VBA: How to manually delete a NetWorker Data Protection Policy

The NetWorker VMware Protection integration is configured with the Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA). This article demonstrates how to manually remove a VBA Data Protection Policy from the NetWorker Server nsrdb. Ensure to follow all precautions so any changes can be easily reverted if necessary.

Precautions

• Stop all NetWorker Server services

  • WINDOWS NETWORKER SERVER: Stop the services with your site-specific procedures. If you have no site-specific procedures, then with the following commands
    net stop gst
net stop nsrd
net stop nsrpm (NetWorker 8 and earlier)
    net stop nsrexecd

    Ensure all NetWorker processes are stopped. The following Windows commands should return no output
    tasklist | findstr gst
tasklist | findstr http
tasklist | findstr post
tasklist | findstr nsr

  • LINUX NETWORKER SERVER: Stop the daemons with your site-specific procedures. If you have no site-specific procedures, then with the following command
    /etc/init.d/gst stop
nsr_shutdown

    Ensure all NetWorker daemons are stopped. The following Linux commands should return no output
    ps -ef | grep nsr
ps -ef | grep http
ps -ef | grep post
ps -ef | grep gst

• Make a copy of your NetWorker Server nsrdb

  • The nsrdb is located at \Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\res\ for a Windows host
  • The nsrdb is located at /nsr/res/ for a Linux/UNIX host

• (Optional)
  Rename the original nsrdb and make the following changes to the copy of nsrdb. This way the original nsrdb has no changes made to it, and can be easily reverted if necessary. The directory that is named "nsrdb" will be loaded when the NMC is launched.

Manually deleting a NetWorker Data Protection Policy
(Linux/UNIX host runs the nsradmin -d nsrdb command from /nsr/res/)
C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\res>nsradmin -d nsrdb
NetWorker administration program
Use the help command for help, visual for full-screen mode.

nsradmin> show name
nsradmin> show vba list
nsradmin> print type: nsr data protection policy
                        name: VMbackup01;
                    vba list: vba01.testlab.dellemc.com;

                        name: VMbackup02;
                    vba list: vba02.testlab.dellemc.com;

nsradmin> delete type: nsr data protection policy; name: VMbackup02
                        name: VMbackup02;
                    vba list: vba02.testlab.dellemc.com;

Delete? yes
deleted resource id 39.0.248.39.0.0.0.0.48.57.73.84.10.64.59.73(4029)

nsradmin> print type: nsr data protection policy
                        name: VMbackup01;
                    vba list: vba01.testlab.dellemc.com;

For information about removing a vCenter entry/NSR Hypervisor from the NMC VMware View, see Dell Technologies KB article 000009662.

NetWorker: Removing vCenter entry from NMC VMware View/Removing NSR Hypervisor