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Populate the CA ARCserve Backup Database Using the ca_vcbpopulatedb Command Line Utility

Populate the CA ARCserve Backup Database Using the
ca_vcbpopulatedb Command Line Utility
The ca_vcbpopulatedb utility is a data collection tool that lets you populate the
CA ARCserve Backup database with information about the following:
■ VCB backup proxy names
■ ESX Server or VirtualCenter Server names
■ VM Host names
■ Volume names contained within the VMs on Windows systems
After you install the agent, you must populate the CA ARCserve Backup
database with the information about your VM systems. To accomplish this, you
must execute the ca_vcbpopulatedb utility on the backup proxy system or any
other Windows 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit) system where the CA ARCserve Backup
Client Agent for Windows is installed.
Note: If you do not perform this task, you will not be able to browse the VMs
in your environment using the Backup Manager.
You should perform this task periodically. For more information, see
Execute the ca_vcbpopulatedb Utility
To populate the CA ARCserve Backup database using the
ca_vcbpopulatedb Command Line utility
1. Ensure that the VMs in the ESX Server systems are in a running state.
Note: If the VMs are not in a running state, the ca_vcbpopulatedb utility
will not populate the CA ARCserve Backup database with data, and you will
not be able to accurately browse and back up the VMs in the ESX Server
systems.
2. Access the backup proxy system, open a command-line window, and run
the ca_vcbpopulatedb utility.
Important! You must execute this utility on the backup proxy system or
any other Windows 2003 system where the CA ARCserve Backup Client
Agent for Windows is installed.
The ca_vcbpopulatedb utility is stored in the Client Agent for Windows
directory. By default, the Client Agent for Windows is installed in one of
the following directories:
32-bit systems
■
C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Backup Client Agent for Windows
64-bit systems
■
C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Backup Client Agent for Windows\x86
(see page 46).
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