Managing EMC NetWorker service

Important: This topic only applies to IAS versions prior to 1.0.12.0.

The emc_client networker command provides the option to display EMC NetWorker services status, start and stop the services and check the NetWorker client version.

Usage

emc_client networker [-h] {--start|--stop|--status|--version}
  • To view the EMC NetWorker client and NMDA version, run: 
    emc_client networker --version
    Example output: 
    [bluadmin@niiasgk-node0101 -Db2wh ~]$ emc_client networker --version
EMC NetWorker Client: 9.2.1.2-1
EMC NMDA: 9.2.1.1-1
  • To view the EMC NetWorker services status, run: 
    emc_client networker --status
    Example output: 
    [bluadmin@iiasgk-node0101-Db2wh ~]$ emc_client networker --status
Getting EMC NetWorker services status
● networker.service -LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/networker; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active(running) since Mon 2018-08-20 14:22:19 EDT; 1 weeks 1 days ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
CGroup: 
/docker/13dfbbf036f1e927a2d1e74b4f7d0041860355dd9ca1ea3839d33883b1a0cd3b/system.slice/networker.service
└─65 /usr/sbin/nsrexecd

Aug 20 14:23:02 node0101-fab systemd[1]: Starting LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package....
Aug 20 14:23:02 node0101-fab systemd[1]: Started LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package..

● networker.service -LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/networker; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-08-20 14:23:02 EDT; 1 weeks 1 days ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
CGroup: 
/docker/7dceeef8e1928a11474ca2f61fbdd67da6fad934f7391a3221c29b79adb77a2f/system.slice/networker.service
└─52 /usr/sbin/nsrexecd

Aug 20 14:23:02 node0102-fab systemd[1]: Starting LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package....
Aug 20 14:23:02 node0102-fab systemd[1]: Started LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package..

● networker.service -LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/networker; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-08-20 14:23:13 EDT; 1 weeks 1 days ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
CGroup: 
/docker/a87125c1756ae9342b3307fc41444042365d85af87039d313a3eda4258b89131/system.slice/networker.service
└─67 /usr/sbin/nsrexecd

Aug 20 14:23:13 node0103-fab systemd[1]: Starting LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package....
Aug 20 14:23:13 node0103-fab systemd[1]: Started LSB: EMC Networker. A backup and restoration software package..

For more info see /scratch/bluadmin_BNR/logs/emc_client_20180829121928.log
  • You can start EMC NetWorker services by using: 
    emc_client networker --start
    Sample output as follows: 
    [bluadmin@iiasgk-node0101-Db2wh ~]$ emc_client networker --start
Starting EMC NetWorker services
Successfully started EMC NetWorker services
For more info see /scratch/bluadmin_BNR/logs/emc_client_20180829122558.log
  • To stop the services, run: 
    emc_client networker --stop
    Example output: 
    [bluadmin@iiasgk-node0101 -Db2wh ~]$ emc_client networker --stop
Stopping EMC NetWorker services
Successfully stopped EMC NetWorker services.
For more info see /scratch/bluadmin_BNR/logs/emc_client_20180829122523.log