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Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Last Published: 2017-09-25

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)

Configuring multiple copies in a policy schedule

To configure a policy schedule to create multiple copies, use the following procedure.

To configure a schedule to create multiple copies

In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Policies.
Do one of the following:
To change an existing policy
Select the policy to change.
On the Edit menu, click Change.
To create a new policy
On the Actions menu, click New > Policy.
Name the policy, and click OK.
Select the Schedules tab.
Double-click an existing schedule or click New to create a new schedule.
In the dialog box that appears, click in the Attributes tab, select Multiple copies, then click Configure.
If the destination for this policy is a storage lifecycle policy, the Multiple copies box is unchecked. NetBackup does not allow the two methods for creating multiple copies to be enabled at the same time.
See Policy storage (policy attribute).
See About writing multiple copies using a storage lifecycle policy.
In the Copies field, specify the number of copies to be created simultaneously. The number must be between 1 and 4.
Copy 1 is the primary copy. If Copy 1 fails, the first successful copy is the primary copy.
Usually, NetBackup restores from the primary copy of an image. However, it is possible to restore from a specific backup copy other than the primary copy. To do so, use the bprestore command.
To create more than four copies, create additional copies at a later time by using duplication.
See Configure Multiple Copies dialog box.
See About configuring multiple copies.
In the Priority of duplication field, specify the priority of the duplication job in comparison to the other jobs in the queue (0 to 99999).
Specify the storage unit where each copy is stored. Select Any Available to allow NetBackup to select the storage unit at run-time.
If a Media Manager storage unit contains multiple drives, the storage unit can be used for both the original image and the copies.
Specify the volume pool where each copy is stored.
Select the retention level for each copy.

Select one of the following from the If this copy fails list:

continue	Continues making the remaining copies. Note: If Take checkpoints every __ minutes is selected for this policy, only the last failed copy that contains a checkpoint can be resumed. See Take checkpoints every __ minutes (policy attribute).
fail all copies	Fails the entire job.

For tape media, specify who should own the media onto which NetBackup writes the images:

Any	NetBackup selects the media owner, either a media server or server group.
None	Specifies that the media server that writes to the media owns the media. No media server is specified explicitly, but you want a media server to own the media.
A server group	Specifies that a media server group allows only those media servers in the group to write to the media on which backup images for this policy are written. All the media server groups that are configured in the NetBackup environment appear in the list.

These settings do not affect images residing on disk. One media server does not own the images that reside on shared disks. Any media server with access to the shared pool of disk can access the images.

Click OK until the policy is saved.

More Information

Retention (schedule attribute)

To change an existing policy	Select the policy to change. On the Edit menu, click Change.
To create a new policy	On the Actions menu, click New > Policy. Name the policy, and click OK.