NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)
  1. Section I. About NetBackup
    1. Introducing the NetBackup interfaces
      1.  
        About NetBackup
      2.  
        NetBackup documentation
      3. NetBackup administration interfaces
        1.  
          About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
        2.  
          About setting up the NetBackup Administration Console on UNIX
        3.  
          Administering remote servers of different versions
        4.  
          Logging in to the NetBackup Administration Console
      4.  
        Using the NetBackup Administration Console
      5.  
        NetBackup configuration wizards
      6.  
        Running the Troubleshooter
    2. Administering NetBackup licenses
      1.  
        About administering NetBackup licenses
  2. Section II. Configuring hosts
    1. Configuring Host Properties
      1. About the NetBackup Host Properties
        1.  
          Methods to set the NetBackup configuration options
        2.  
          Connecting to a host to view the host properties
        3.  
          Changing the host properties on multiple hosts at the same time
        4.  
          Exporting host properties
      2. Access Control properties
        1.  
          Authentication Domain tab of the Access Control properties
        2.  
          Authorization Service tab of the Access Control properties
        3. Network Attributes tab of the Access Control properties
          1.  
            Add Network dialog box
      3.  
        Active Directory host properties
      4. Bandwidth properties
        1.  
          Bandwidth limit usage considerations and restrictions
        2.  
          Add Bandwidth Settings dialog box for Bandwidth properties
      5. Busy File Settings properties
        1.  
          Activating the Busy File Settings in host properties
      6.  
        Clean-up properties
      7.  
        Client Name properties
      8. Client Attributes properties
        1.  
          Add Client dialog box
        2. General tab of the Client Attributes properties
          1.  
            Offline option usage considerations and restrictions
          2.  
            Where deduplication should occur
        3.  
          Connect Options tab of the Client Attributes properties
        4.  
          Windows Open File Backup tab of the Client Attributes properties
      9. Client Settings properties for UNIX clients
        1.  
          VxFS file change log for incremental backups property
      10. Client Settings properties for Windows clients
        1.  
          How to determine if change journal support is useful in your NetBackup environment
        2.  
          Guidelines for enabling NetBackup change journal support
      11.  
        Cloud Storage properties
      12.  
        Credential Access properties
      13. Data Classification properties
        1.  
          Creating a Data Classification
      14. Default Job Priorities properties
        1.  
          Understanding the Job Priority setting
      15.  
        Distributed application restore mapping properties
      16. Encryption properties
        1.  
          Additional encryption methods for Windows clients
      17.  
        Enterprise Vault properties
      18.  
        Enterprise Vault Hosts properties
      19. Exchange properties
        1.  
          About the Exchange credentials in the client host properties
      20. Exclude Lists properties
        1. About the Add to Exclude List and Add Exceptions to Exclude List dialog boxes
          1.  
            Adding an entry to an exclude list
          2.  
            Adding an exception to the exclude list
        2. Syntax rules for exclude lists
          1.  
            Example of a Windows client exclude list
          2.  
            Example of a UNIX exclude list
        3.  
          About creating an include list on a UNIX client
        4.  
          Configuring the exclude list on a Windows client from a UNIX primary server
        5.  
          Traversing excluded directories
      21. Fibre Transport properties
        1.  
          About Linux concurrent FT connections
      22. Firewall properties
        1.  
          Enabling logging for vnetd
      23. General Server properties
        1.  
          Forcing restores to use a specific server
      24. Global Attributes properties
        1.  
          About constraints on the number of concurrent jobs
        2.  
          Setting up mailx email client
      25. Logging properties
        1.  
          Logging levels
      26. Login Banner Configuration properties
        1.  
          Removing login banner screen and text
      27.  
        Lotus Notes properties
      28. Media properties
        1.  
          Results when media overwrites are not permitted
        2.  
          Recommended use for Enable SCSI reserve property
      29.  
        NDMP Global Credentials properties
      30.  
        Network properties
      31. Network Settings properties
        1. Reverse Host Name Lookup property
          1.  
            Reverse Host Name Lookup changes outside of the Administration Console
        2.  
          IP Address Family Support property
      32. Port Ranges properties
        1.  
          Registered ports and dynamically-allocated ports
      33. Preferred Network properties
        1.  
          Add or Change Preferred Network Settings dialog box
        2.  
          How NetBackup uses the directives to determine which network to use
        3.  
          Configurations to use IPv6 networks
        4.  
          Configurations to use IPv4 networks
        5.  
          Order of directive processing in the Preferred Network properties
        6.  
          bptestnetconn utility to display Preferred Network information
        7.  
          Configuration to prohibit using a specified address
        8.  
          Configuration to prefer a specified address
        9.  
          Configuration that restricts NetBackup to one set of addresses
        10.  
          Configuration that limits the addresses, but allows any interfaces
      34. Resilient Network properties
        1.  
          Resilient connection resource usage
        2.  
          Specifying resilient connections
      35.  
        Resource Limit properties
      36. Restore Failover properties
        1.  
          Assigning an alternate media server as a failover restore server
      37. Retention Periods properties
        1.  
          Changing a retention period
        2.  
          Determining retention periods for volumes
        3.  
          Retention Periods with end dates beyond 2038, excluding Infinity
      38.  
        RHV Access Hosts properties
      39. Scalable Storage properties
        1.  
          Configuring advanced bandwidth throttling settings
        2.  
          Advanced bandwidth throttling settings
      40. Servers properties
        1.  
          Adding a server to a servers list
        2.  
          Removing a server from a server list
        3.  
          Enabling NetBackup clustered primary server inter-node authentication
        4.  
          About the certificate to be used for adding a trusted primary server
        5.  
          Adding a trusted primary server using a NetBackup CA-signed (host ID-based) certificate
        6.  
          Adding a trusted primary server using external CA-signed certificate
        7.  
          Removing a trusted primary server
        8.  
          Changing the primary server that performs backups and restores for a client
      41. SharePoint properties
        1.  
          Consistency check options for SharePoint Server
      42. SLP Parameters properties
        1.  
          About batch creation logic in Storage Lifecycle Manager
      43. Throttle Bandwidth properties
        1.  
          Add Bandwidth Settings dialog box for Throttle Bandwidth properties
      44.  
        Timeouts properties
      45. Universal Settings properties
        1.  
          Logging the status of a redirected restore
      46. User Account Settings properties
        1.  
          Unlocking a user account
        2.  
          Locking a NetBackup Administration Console session manually
      47.  
        UNIX Client properties
      48.  
        VMware Access Hosts properties
      49.  
        Windows Client properties
      50.  
        Configuration options not found in the Host Properties
      51.  
        About Resilient jobs
      52.  
        About using commands to change the configuration options on UNIX clients and servers
      53. Configuration options for NetBackup servers
        1.  
          ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE option for NetBackup servers
        2.  
          AUTHENTICATION_DOMAIN option for NetBackup servers and clients
        3.  
          AUTHORIZATION_SERVICE option for NetBackup servers
        4.  
          AUTO_ADD_ALL_ALIASES_FOR_CLIENT option for NetBackup servers
        5.  
          BPBRM_VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers
        6.  
          BPCD_ALLOWED_PATH option for NetBackup servers and clients
        7.  
          BPDBJOBS_COLDEFS options for UNIX primary servers
        8.  
          BPDBM_VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers
        9.  
          BPRD_VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers
        10.  
          BPTM_VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers
        11.  
          BPEND_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        12.  
          BPSTART_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        13.  
          CALLHOME_PROXY_SERVER option for NetBackup primary and media servers
        14.  
          CHECK_RESTORE_CLIENT option for NetBackup servers
        15.  
          CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        16.  
          CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients
        17.  
          CLIENT_READ_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        18.  
          CLIENT_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients
        19.  
          CLOUD_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL for NetBackup servers
        20.  
          CLUSTER_ECA_CERT_PATH for clustered primary server
        21.  
          CLUSTER_ECA_KEY_PASSPHRASEFILE for clustered primary server
        22.  
          CLUSTER_ECA_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH for clustered primary server
        23.  
          CLUSTER_ECA_TRUST_STORE_PATH for clustered primary server
        24.  
          CONNECT_OPTIONS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        25.  
          DATAACCESS_AUDIT_INTERVAL_HOURS for NetBackup primary servers
        26.  
          DEFAULT_CONNECT_OPTIONS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        27.  
          DISABLE_CERT_AUTO_RENEW option for NetBackup servers and clients
        28.  
          DISABLE_JOB_LOGGING option for NetBackup servers
        29.  
          DISABLE_STANDALONE_DRIVE_EXTENSIONS option for NetBackup servers
        30.  
          DISALLOW_BACKUPS_SPANNING_MEDIA option for NetBackup servers
        31.  
          DISALLOW_CLIENT_LIST_RESTORE option for NetBackup servers
        32.  
          DISALLOW_CLIENT_RESTORE option for NetBackup servers
        33.  
          DISALLOW_SERVER_FILE_WRITES option for NetBackup servers and clients
        34.  
          DTE_IGNORE_IMAGE_MODE for NetBackup servers
        35. ECA_CERT_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
          1.  
            Specifying Windows certificate store for ECA_CERT_PATH
        36.  
          ECA_CRL_CHECK for NetBackup servers and clients
        37.  
          ECA_CRL_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
        38.  
          ECA_CRL_PATH_SYNC_HOURS for NetBackup servers and clients
        39.  
          ECA_CRL_REFRESH_HOURS for NetBackup servers and clients
        40.  
          ECA_DISABLE_AUTO_ENROLLMENT for NetBackup servers and clients
        41.  
          ECA_DR_BKUP_WIN_CERT_STORE for NetBackup servers and clients
        42.  
          ECA_KEY_PASSPHRASEFILE for NetBackup servers and clients
        43.  
          ECA_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
        44.  
          ECA_TRUST_STORE_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
        45.  
          EAT_VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers and clients
        46.  
          ECA_WIN_CERT_STORE_TIME_LAG_MINUTES for NetBackup servers and clients
        47.  
          ECMS_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers
        48.  
          ENABLE_CRITICAL_PROCESS_LOGGING for NetBackup servers and clients
        49.  
          ENABLE_DIRECT_CONNECTION for servers
        50.  
          ENABLE_MQBROKER for servers
        51.  
          ENABLE_NBSQLADM option for NetBackup servers and clients
        52.  
          FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS option for NetBackup servers
        53.  
          FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER option for NetBackup servers
        54.  
          GENERATE_ENGLISH_LOGS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        55.  
          GUI_ACCOUNT_LOCKOUT_DURATION option for NetBackup servers
        56.  
          GUI_IDLE_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        57.  
          GUI_MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS option for NetBackup servers
        58.  
          GUI_MAX_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS option for NetBackup servers
        59.  
          HOSTDB_RESYNC_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers and clients
        60.  
          HYPERV_WMI_CREATE_DISK_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        61.  
          INCOMPLETE_JOB_CLEAN_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers and clients
        62.  
          INITIAL_BROWSE_SEARCH_LIMIT option for NetBackup servers and clients
        63.  
          INITIATE_REVERSE_CONNECTION for servers
        64.  
          IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY option for NetBackup servers
        65.  
          JOB_PRIORITY option for NetBackup servers and clients
        66.  
          KEEP_LOGS_SIZE_GB for NetBackup servers and clients
        67.  
          KMS_CONFIG_IN_CATALOG_BKUP for NetBackup primary server
        68.  
          LIMIT_BANDWIDTH option for NetBackup servers
        69.  
          MANAGE_WIN_CERT_STORE_PRIVATE_KEY option for NetBackup primary servers
        70.  
          MAX_LOGFILE_SIZE option for NetBackup servers and clients for legacy logging
        71.  
          MAX_NUM_LOGFILES option for NetBackup servers and clients for legacy logging
        72.  
          MEDIA_UNMOUNT_DELAY option for NetBackup servers
        73.  
          MEDIA_REQUEST_DELAY option for NetBackup servers
        74.  
          MEDIA_SERVER option for NetBackup servers
        75.  
          MINIMUM_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FREE_SPACE_MB option for NetBackup servers
        76.  
          MPX_RESTORE_DELAY option for NetBackup servers
        77.  
          MUST_USE_LOCAL_DRIVE option for NetBackup servers
        78.  
          NAT_SERVER_LIST for servers
        79.  
          NB_FIPS_MODE option for NetBackup servers and clients
        80.  
          NBRNTD_IDLE_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        81.  
          NBSD_POLL_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers and clients
        82.  
          NBSD_DUMP_COUNT option for NetBackup servers and clients
        83.  
          NBSD_MONITOR_CPU option for NetBackup servers and clients
        84.  
          NBSD_MONITOR_MEMORY option for NetBackup servers and clients
        85.  
          NBSD_MEMORY_UNIT option for NetBackup servers and clients
        86.  
          NBSD_MONITOR_DEADLOCK option for NetBackup servers and clients
        87.  
          NBSD_DEADLOCK_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers and clients
        88.  
          NBSD_ALWAYS_DUMP option for NetBackup servers and clients
        89.  
          NBSD_CAPTURE_PROCESS_DUMP option for NetBackup servers and clients
        90.  
          NBSD_INCREASE_LOG_LEVEL option for NetBackup servers and clients
        91.  
          NBSD_CAPTURE_NETWORK_STAT option for NetBackup servers and clients
        92.  
          NBSD_CAPTURE_DISK_IO option for NetBackup servers and clients
        93.  
          NBSD_NUMBER_OF_READINGS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        94.  
          NBSD_READING_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers and clients
        95.  
          NBSD_PURGE_OLD_EVIDENCE option for NetBackup servers and clients
        96.  
          NBSD_CAPTURE_WITHOUT_THRESHOLD option for NetBackup servers and clients
        97.  
          NBSD_JDK_HOME option for NetBackup servers and clients
        98.  
          NBSD_EVIDENCE_PATH option for NetBackup servers and clients
        99.  
          NBSD_VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers and clients
        100.  
          NBSD_AUTO_MONITOR option for NetBackup servers and clients
        101.  
          NBSD_AUTOMONITOR_CPU_THRESHOLD option for NetBackup servers and clients
        102.  
          NBSD_AUTOMONITOR_MEMORY_THRESHOLD option for NetBackup servers and clients
        103.  
          NBSD_MONITOR_POLICY_NAME option for primary server
        104.  
          NBSD_MONITOR_SYSTEM_FOR_HOURS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        105.  
          NBSD_EVIDENCE_SIZE_LIMIT option for NetBackup servers and clients
        106.  
          NBSD_PUSH_MONITOR_DATA_TO_REMOTE option for NetBackup servers and clients
        107.  
          NETBACKUP_NATIVE_AUDITING option for NetBackup primary server
        108. PREFERRED_NETWORK option for NetBackup servers
          1.  
            target[/subnet]
          2.  
            directive
          3. source[/subnet]
            1.  
              Source binding evaluation
          4. PREFERRED_NETWORK examples
            1.  
              Compatibility
        109.  
          RANDOM _PORTS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        110.  
          RE_READ_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers
        111.  
          REQUIRED_NETWORK option for NetBackup servers
        112.  
          RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH option for NetBackup servers
        113.  
          RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_RESTART_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        114.  
          RESILIENT_NETWORK option for NetBackup primary servers and clients
        115.  
          RESILIENT_RECONNECT_TIMEOUT
        116.  
          RESILIENT_RETRY_INTERVAL
        117.  
          RESUME_ORIG_DUP_ON_OPT_DUP_FAIL option for NetBackup servers
        118.  
          REVERSE_NAME_LOOKUP option for NetBackup servers and clients
        119.  
          SECURE_PROXY_CIPHER_LIST option for NetBackup servers and clients
        120.  
          SERVER option for NetBackup servers
        121.  
          SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
        122.  
          SERVER_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers
        123.  
          SERVER_RESERVED_PORT_WINDOW option for NetBackup servers and clients
        124.  
          SKIP_RESTORE_TO_SYMLINK_DIR option for NetBackup servers
        125.  
          SYSLOG_AUDIT_CATEGORIES for NetBackup primary server
        126.  
          TELEMETRY_UPLOAD option for NetBackup servers
        127. THROTTLE_BANDWIDTH option for NetBackup servers
          1.  
            IPv6 address rules for NetBackup clients
          2.  
            Rules for setting bandwidth values for NetBackup clients
        128.  
          TRUSTED_PRIMARY option for NetBackup servers
        129.  
          ULINK_ON_OVERWRITE option for NetBackup servers
        130.  
          USE_AUTHENTICATION option for NetBackup servers
        131.  
          USE_URANDOM for NetBackup servers and clients
        132.  
          USE_VXSS option for NetBackup servers and clients
        133.  
          VERBOSE option for NetBackup servers and clients
        134.  
          VMWARE_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers
        135.  
          VXSS_NETWORK option for NetBackup servers
        136.  
          WEB_SERVER_TUNNEL_ENABLE option for NetBackup servers
        137.  
          VIRTUALIZATION_CRL_CHECK for NetBackup servers and clients
        138.  
          VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers and clients
        139.  
          VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT for servers and clients
        140.  
          VMWARE_TLS_MINIMUM_V1_2 for NetBackup servers and clients
        141.  
          MALWARE_SCAN_OPERATION_TIMEOUT
        142.  
          MALWARE_DETECTION_JOBS_PER_SCAN_HOST
      54. Configuration options for NetBackup clients
        1.  
          ACCEPT_REVERSE_CONNECTION for clients
        2.  
          APP_PROXY_SERVER option for NetBackup clients
        3.  
          BACKUP_BTRFS_SNAPSHOT option for NetBackup clients
        4.  
          BACKUP_FIFO_FILES option for NetBackup clients
        5.  
          BPARCHIVE_POLICY option for NetBackup clients
        6.  
          BPARCHIVE_SCHED option for NetBackup clients
        7.  
          BPBACKUP_POLICY option for NetBackup clients
        8.  
          BPBACKUP_SCHED option for NetBackup clients
        9.  
          BUSY_FILE_ACTION option for NetBackup clients
        10.  
          BUSY_FILE_DIRECTORY option for NetBackup clients
        11.  
          BUSY_FILE_NOTIFY_USER option for NetBackup clients
        12.  
          BUSY_FILE_PROCESSING option for NetBackup clients
        13.  
          CLIENT_NAME option for NetBackup clients
        14.  
          COMPRESS_SUFFIX option for NetBackup clients
        15.  
          CRYPT_CIPHER option for NetBackup clients
        16.  
          CRYPT_KIND option for NetBackup clients
        17.  
          CRYPT_OPTION option for NetBackup clients
        18.  
          CRYPT_STRENGTH option for NetBackup clients
        19.  
          CRYPT_LIBPATH option for NetBackup clients
        20.  
          CRYPT_KEYFILE option for NetBackup clients
        21.  
          DO_NOT_RESET_FILE_ACCESS_TIME option for NetBackup clients
        22.  
          DTE_CLIENT_MODE for clients
        23.  
          ENABLE_DATA_CHANNEL_ENCRYPTION for clients
        24. IGNORE_XATTR option for NetBackup clients
          1.  
            Backing up and restoring the ACLs, extended attributes, and metadata attributes for GPFS volumes
          2.  
            Support for GPFS metadata attributes: storage pools, metadata replication, and data replication
        25.  
          INFORMIX_HOME option for NetBackup clients
        26.  
          KEEP_DATABASE_COMM_FILE option for NetBackup clients
        27.  
          KEEP_LOGS_DAYS option for NetBackup clients
        28.  
          LIST_FILES_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup clients
        29.  
          LOCKED_FILE_ACTION option for NetBackup clients
        30.  
          MEDIA_SERVER option for NetBackup clients
        31.  
          MEGABYTES_OF_MEMORY option for NetBackup clients
        32.  
          NFS_ACCESS_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup clients
        33.  
          OLD_VNETD_CALLBACK option for NetBackup clients
        34.  
          REPORT_CLIENT_DISCOVERIES option for NetBackup clients
        35.  
          RESTORE_RETRIES option for NetBackup clients
        36.  
          RMAN_OUTPUT_DIR for NetBackup clients
        37.  
          SERVER option for NetBackup clients
        38.  
          SUBSCRIBER_HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT for clients
        39.  
          SYBASE_HOME option for NetBackup clients
        40.  
          USE_CTIME_FOR_INCREMENTALS option for NetBackup clients
        41.  
          USE_FILE_CHG_LOG option for NetBackup clients
        42.  
          USEMAIL option for NetBackup clients
        43. VXSS_NETWORK option for NetBackup clients
          1.  
            UNIX client examples
        44.  
          WEB_SERVER_TUNNEL option for NetBackup clients
        45.  
          WEB_SERVER_TUNNEL_USE option for NetBackup clients
    2. Configuring server groups
      1.  
        About NetBackup server groups
      2.  
        Creating or deleting a NetBackup server group
    3. Enabling support for NAT clients and NAT servers in NetBackup
      1.  
        About NAT support in NetBackup
      2.  
        Important notes
      3.  
        Workflow to enable NAT hosts in NetBackup domain
      4.  
        Configuring the NetBackup Messaging Broker service
      5.  
        Removing NAT support from NetBackup
      6.  
        Communication with clients other than NAT clients
      7.  
        Performance characteristics of NAT support
    4. Configuring host credentials
      1.  
        About configuring credentials
      2. About configuring Snapshot Management server in NetBackup
        1.  
          Registering a Snapshot Manager server in NetBackup
        2.  
          Configuring Snapshot Manager plug-ins in NetBackup
    5. Managing media servers
      1.  
        Activating or deactivating a media server
      2.  
        Adding a media server
      3.  
        Registering a media server
      4.  
        Deleting all devices from a media server
      5.  
        Removing a device host from the EMM database
      6. About decommissioning a media server
        1.  
          About decommissioning limitations
        2.  
          Before you decommission a media server
        3.  
          Post decommission recommendations
        4.  
          Decommission actions
      7.  
        Previewing references to a media server
      8.  
        Decommissioning a media server
      9. About the vm.conf configuration file
        1.  
          ACS_mediatype entry in vm.conf
        2.  
          ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry in vm.conf
        3.  
          ACS_CSI_HOSTPORT entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
        4.  
          ACS_SSI_HOSTNAME entry in vm.conf
        5.  
          ACS_SSI_INET_PORT entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
        6.  
          ACS_SSI_SOCKET entry in vm.conf
        7.  
          ACS_TCP_RPCSERVICE / ACS_UDP_RPCSERVICE entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
        8.  
          ADJ_LSM entry in vm.conf
        9.  
          API_BARCODE_RULES entry in vm.conf
        10.  
          AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED entry in vm.conf in NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier
        11.  
          AUTO_PATH_CORRECTION entry in vm.conf
        12.  
          AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT entry in vm.conf
        13.  
          AVRD_PEND_DELAY entry in vm.conf
        14.  
          AVRD_SCAN_DELAY entry in vm.conf
        15.  
          CLEAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
        16.  
          CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW entry in vm.conf
        17.  
          CLUSTER_NAME entry in vm.conf
        18.  
          DAYS_TO_KEEP_LOGS entry in vm.conf
        19.  
          EMM_RETRY_COUNT entry in vm.conf
        20.  
          EMM_CONNECT_TIMOUT entry in vm.conf
        21.  
          EMM_REQUEST_TIMOUT entry in vm.conf
        22.  
          ENABLE_ROBOT_AUTH entry in vm.conf
        23.  
          INVENTORY_FILTER entry in vm.conf
        24.  
          MAP_ID entry in vm.conf
        25.  
          MAP_CONTINUE_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
        26.  
          MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS entry in vm.conf
        27.  
          MEDIA_ID_PREFIX entry in vm.conf
        28.  
          MM_SERVER_NAME entry in vm.conf
        29.  
          PREFERRED_GROUP entry in vm.conf
        30.  
          RANDOM_PORTS entry in vm.conf
        31.  
          REQUIRED_INTERFACE entry in vm.conf
        32.  
          SERVER entry in vm.conf in NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier
        33.  
          SSO_DA_REREGISTER_INTERVAL entry in vm.conf
        34.  
          SSO_DA_RETRY_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
        35.  
          SSO_HOST_NAME entry in vm.conf
        36.  
          VERBOSE entry in vm.conf
        37.  
          Example vm.conf file
        38.  
          How to access media and devices on other hosts
        39.  
          Host name precedence in the vm.conf file
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
    1. Configuring disk storage
      1.  
        About configuring BasicDisk storage
      2.  
        About configuring disk pool storage
      3. Configuring NetBackup MSDP disk pools
        1.  
          About disk pools for NetBackup deduplication
        2.  
          Configuring a disk pool for deduplication
        3. Managing Media Server Deduplication Pools
          1.  
            Viewing Media Server Deduplication Pools
          2.  
            Changing a Media Server Deduplication Pool properties
          3.  
            Determining the Media Server Deduplication Pool state
          4.  
            Determining the MSDP disk volume state
          5.  
            Changing the MSDP disk volume state
          6.  
            Viewing Media Server Deduplication Pool attributes
          7.  
            Setting a Media Server Deduplication Pool attribute
          8.  
            Clearing a Media Server Deduplication Pool attribute
          9.  
            Resizing the MSDP storage partition
          10.  
            Deleting a Media Server Deduplication Pool
    2. Configuring robots and tape drives
      1.  
        NetBackup robot types
      2.  
        About the device mapping files
      3.  
        Downloading the device mapping files
      4. About configuring robots and tape drives in NetBackup
        1.  
          About device discovery
        2.  
          About device serialization
        3.  
          About adding devices without discovery
        4. About robot control
          1.  
            Library sharing example
        5.  
          About drive name rules
      5.  
        Configuring robots and tape drives by using the wizard
      6.  
        Updating the device configuration by using the wizard
      7. Adding a robot to NetBackup manually
        1. Robot configuration options
          1.  
            Device host (robot configuration option)
          2.  
            Robot type (robot configuration option)
          3.  
            Robot number (robot configuration option)
          4.  
            Robot control (robot configuration options)
      8. Managing robots
        1.  
          Changing robot properties
        2.  
          Deleting a robot
        3.  
          Moving a robot and its media to a new media server
      9. Adding a tape drive to NetBackup manually
        1. Tape drive configuration options
          1.  
            Drive name (tape drive configuration option)
          2.  
            Use drive name rules (tape drive configuration option)
          3.  
            Host and path information (tape drive configuration options)
          4.  
            Drive information (tape drive configuration options)
      10.  
        Configuring drive name rules
      11. Adding a tape drive path
        1.  
          About SCSI reserve on drive paths
        2.  
          Drive path options
        3.  
          About no rewind device files on UNIX
      12.  
        Adding a shared tape drive to a NetBackup environment
      13.  
        Correlating tape drives and SCSI addresses on Windows hosts
      14. Correlating tape drives and device files on UNIX hosts
        1.  
          UNIX device correlation example
      15. Managing tape drives
        1.  
          Changing a drive comment
        2.  
          About downed drives
        3.  
          Changing a drive operating mode
        4.  
          Changing a tape drive path
        5.  
          Changing a drive path operating mode
        6.  
          Changing tape drive properties
        7.  
          Changing a tape drive to a shared drive
        8.  
          Cleaning a tape drive from the Device Monitor
        9.  
          Deleting a drive
        10.  
          Resetting a drive
        11.  
          Resetting the mount time of a drive
        12.  
          Setting the drive cleaning frequency
        13.  
          Viewing drive details
      16. Performing device diagnostics
        1.  
          Running a robot diagnostic test
        2.  
          Running a tape drive diagnostic test
        3.  
          Managing a diagnostic test step that requires operator intervention
        4.  
          Obtaining detailed information for a diagnostic test step
      17.  
        Verifying the device configuration
      18.  
        About automatic path correction
      19.  
        Enabling automatic path correction
      20.  
        Replacing a device
      21.  
        Updating device firmware
      22.  
        About the NetBackup Device Manager
      23.  
        About external access to NetBackup controlled devices on UNIX
      24.  
        Stopping and restarting the device manager
    3. Configuring tape media
      1.  
        About NetBackup tape volumes
      2. About NetBackup volume pools
        1.  
          About reserved volume pool name prefixes
        2.  
          About scratch volume pools
      3.  
        About NetBackup volume groups
      4.  
        NetBackup media types
      5. About WORM media
        1. About using volume pools to manage WORM media
          1.  
            About using a WORM scratch pool
        2.  
          About using unique drive and media types to manage WORM media
        3.  
          Disabling WORM volume pool name verification
        4.  
          About WORM media and the Quantum drive
        5.  
          Supported WORM drives
      6. About adding volumes
        1.  
          About adding robotic volumes
        2.  
          About adding standalone volumes
      7.  
        About configuring media name and attribute rules
      8.  
        Adding volumes by using the wizard
      9.  
        About media settings rules
      10. Configuring media settings
        1. Media settings options
          1.  
            Media which have been removed from the robot... (existing media setting)
          2.  
            Media which have been moved into or within the robot... (existing media setting)
          3.  
            Use the following Media ID prefix (new media setting)
          4.  
            Use barcode rules (new media setting)
          5. Media type (new media setting)
            1.  
              Media type when using barcode rules
            2.  
              Media type when not using barcode rules
          6.  
            Volume pool (new media setting)
      11. About barcodes
        1. About barcode rules
          1.  
            About NetBackup actions for barcodes
          2.  
            Example barcode rules
      12. Configuring barcode rules
        1.  
          Barcode rules settings
      13.  
        About media ID generation rules
      14. Configuring media ID generation rules
        1.  
          Media ID generation options
      15.  
        About media type mapping rules
      16. Adding volumes by using the Actions menu
        1.  
          Volume properties
      17. Configuring media type mappings
        1.  
          About adding media type mapping entries
        2.  
          Default and allowable media types
      18. Managing volumes
        1.  
          Changing the group of a volume
        2.  
          About rules for moving volumes between groups
        3.  
          Changing the owner of a volume
        4.  
          Changing volume properties
        5.  
          About assigning and deassigning volumes
        6.  
          Deleting a volume
        7.  
          Erasing a volume
        8. About exchanging a volume
          1.  
            Exchanging a volume and using a new media ID
          2.  
            Exchanging a volume and using the old media ID
        9. About frozen media
          1.  
            Freezing or unfreezing a volume
        10. About injecting and ejecting volumes
          1.  
            Injecting volumes into robots
          2.  
            Ejecting volumes
          3.  
            Media ejection timeout periods
        11. About rescanning and updating barcodes
          1.  
            Rescanning and updating barcodes
        12. About labeling NetBackup volumes
          1.  
            Labeling a volume
        13. About moving volumes
          1.  
            Moving volumes by using the robot inventory update option
          2.  
            Moving volumes by using the Actions menu
        14. About recycling a volume
          1.  
            Recycling a volume and using the existing media ID
          2.  
            Recycling a volume and using a new media ID
        15.  
          Suspending or unsuspending volumes
      19. Managing volume pools
        1.  
          Adding or deleting a volume pool
        2. Changing the properties of a volume pool
          1.  
            Volume pool properties
      20. Managing volume groups
        1.  
          Moving a volume group
        2.  
          Deleting a volume group
      21.  
        About media sharing
      22.  
        Configuring unrestricted media sharing
      23.  
        Configuring media sharing with a server group
    4. Inventorying robots
      1.  
        About robot inventory
      2.  
        When to inventory a robot
      3. About showing a robot's contents
        1.  
          About inventory results for API robots
      4.  
        Showing the media in a robot
      5.  
        About comparing a robot's contents with the volume configuration
      6.  
        Comparing media in a robot with the volume configuration
      7.  
        About previewing volume configuration changes
      8.  
        Previewing volume configuration changes for a robot
      9. About updating the NetBackup volume configuration
        1.  
          Volume update prerequisites
      10.  
        Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents
      11.  
        Robot inventory options
      12. About the vmphyinv physical inventory utility
        1. How vmphyinv performs a physical inventory
          1.  
            About the vmphyinv list of drives
          2.  
            About the media that vmphyinv mounts
          3. How vmphyinv mounts the media and reads the tape header
            1.  
              About the media that vmphyinv does not recognize
            2.  
              How vmphyinv processes cleaning media
          4.  
            How vmphyinv updates the EMM database
      13.  
        Example volume configuration updates
    5. Configuring storage units
      1. About the Storage utility
        1.  
          Using the Storage utility
      2. Creating a storage unit
        1.  
          Creating a storage unit by copying a storage unit
        2.  
          Changing storage unit settings
        3.  
          Deleting storage units
        4.  
          Media Manager storage unit considerations
        5. Disk storage unit considerations
          1.  
            About the disk storage model
          2.  
            Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
          3.  
            Disk storage units in storage lifecycle policies
          4.  
            Maintaining available disk space on disk storage units
        6.  
          NDMP storage unit considerations
      3. About storage unit settings
        1. Absolute pathname to directory or absolute pathname to volume setting for storage units
          1.  
            Directory can exist on the root file system or system disk setting for storage units
        2.  
          Density storage unit setting
        3.  
          Disk type storage unit setting
        4.  
          Enable block sharing storage unit setting
        5.  
          Enable multiplexing storage unit setting
        6.  
          High water mark storage unit setting
        7.  
          Low water mark storage unit setting
        8.  
          Maximum concurrent write drives storage unit setting
        9. Maximum concurrent jobs storage unit setting
          1.  
            Impact when two disk storage units reference one disk pool
        10.  
          Maximum streams per drive storage unit setting
        11.  
          Media server storage unit setting
        12.  
          NDMP host storage unit setting
        13.  
          On demand only storage unit setting
        14.  
          Only use the following media servers storage unit setting
        15.  
          Properties option in the Change Storage Units dialog box
        16.  
          Reduce fragment size storage unit setting
        17.  
          Robot number storage unit setting
        18.  
          Robot type storage unit setting
        19.  
          Select disk pool storage unit setting
        20.  
          Staging schedule option in Change Storage Units dialog
        21.  
          Storage device setting for storage units
        22.  
          Storage unit name setting
        23.  
          Storage unit type setting
        24.  
          Enable temporary staging area storage unit setting
        25.  
          Use any available media server storage unit setting
        26.  
          Use WORM setting
      4.  
        About universal shares
    6. Staging backups
      1.  
        About staging backups
      2.  
        About basic disk staging
      3. Creating a basic disk staging storage unit
        1.  
          Creating a schedule for a basic disk staging storage unit
      4.  
        Configuring multiple copies in a relocation schedule
      5.  
        Disk staging storage unit size and capacity
      6.  
        Finding potential free space on a BasicDisk disk staging storage unit
      7.  
        Disk Staging Schedule dialog box
      8.  
        Initiating a relocation schedule manually
    7. Configuring storage unit groups
      1.  
        About storage unit groups
      2.  
        Creating storage unit groups for backups
      3.  
        Creating storage unit groups for snapshots
      4.  
        Deleting a storage unit group
      5. Storage unit selection criteria within a group
        1.  
          Media server load balancing
        2.  
          Exception to the storage unit selection criteria
      6.  
        About disk spanning within storage unit groups
  4. Section IV. Configuring storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)
    1. Configuring storage lifecycle policies
      1.  
        About storage lifecycle policies
      2. Creating a storage lifecycle policy
        1.  
          Modifying the hierarchy of operations in a storage lifecycle policy
      3.  
        Deleting a storage lifecycle policy
      4.  
        Lifecycle operation administration using the nbstlutil command
    2. Storage operations
      1.  
        Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
      2.  
        Backup operation in an SLP
      3.  
        Backup From Snapshot operation in an SLP
      4.  
        Duplication operation in an SLP
      5.  
        Import operation in an SLP
      6. Index From Snapshot operation in an SLP
        1.  
          Determining where and when the Index From Snapshot operation occurs
      7.  
        Replication operation in an SLP
      8. Snapshot operation in an SLP
        1.  
          Primary snapshot storage unit
        2.  
          Primary + Replication source snapshot storage unit
        3.  
          Replication source + Replication target snapshot storage unit
        4.  
          Replication target snapshot storage unit
        5.  
          Replication source + Replication target + Mirror snapshot storage unit
        6.  
          Replication target + Mirror snapshot storage unit
      9.  
        Creating a hi