Using the Command Line Interface › pfc - Preflight Checklist Utility Command

pfc - Preflight Checklist Utility Command

The preflight checklist utility command (pfc) allows you to run vital checks on the CA ARCserve Backup server and Agents to detect conditions that may cause backup jobs to fail. This command is intended to run while CA ARCserve Backup is up and running.

The checks performed by pfc fall into four categories: System Checks, ARCserve Checks, Agent Checks, and Media Checks.

• System Checks

  These include checking system requirements for the server, available disk space for the database, and RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) service registration.

• ARCserve Checks

  These include checking the ARCserve system account and its privileges, the status of the CA ARCserve Backup engines, SAN server connectivity (if the SAN option is installed), and the health of the tape devices attached to the server.

• Agent Checks

  These include checking the connection and credentials for any client and database agents needed for the job.

• Media Checks

  These include checking the availability of media in the scratch set (if a media pool is specified for the job), the media expiration dates, and for source and destination conflicts for file system devices.

Every time you use the pfc utility it creates the following a log:

PFC_SERVERNAME_######.LOG

This log includes the same information that appears in the output generated in the Command Prompt windows when you run pfc and is located in the CA ARCserve Backup LOG directory - ARCserve Home Directory/logs/pfclogs. You can change this directory by using the -logpath option.