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NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Last Published: 2023-10-25

Product(s): NetBackup (10.3.0.1, 10.3)

Disk Staging Schedule dialog box

Click Staging Schedule to display the Disk Staging Schedule dialog box. The dialog box is similar to the scheduling dialog box that appears when a policy is configured.

The schedule that is created for the disk staging storage unit is not listed under Schedules in the NetBackup Administration Console when the Policies utility is selected.

The following settings are available when you create a disk staging schedule.

Table: The Attributes tab settings

Attribute	Description
Name	The schedule Name defaults to the name of the storage unit.
Priority of relocation jobs started from this schedule	The Priority of relocation jobs started from this schedule field indicates the priority that NetBackup assigns to relocation jobs for this policy. Range: 0 to 99999 (highest priority). The default value that is displayed is the value that is set in the Default job priorities host properties for the Staging job type. See Default job priorities properties.
Multiple copies	Creates multiple copies of backups. NetBackup can create up to four copies of a backup simultaneously. When this setting is enabled, Final destination volume pool and Final destination media ownership are disabled.
Final destination storage unit	If the schedule is a relocation schedule, a Final destination storage unit must be indicated. (A relocation schedule is created as part of a basic disk staging storage unit configuration.) A Final destination storage unit is the name of the storage unit where the images reside after a relocation job copies them. To copy images to tape, NetBackup uses all of the drives available in the Final destination storage unit. However, the Maximum concurrent write drives setting for that storage unit must be set to reflect the number of drives. The setting determines how many duplication jobs can be launched to handle the relocation job. NetBackup continues to free space until the Low water mark is reached.
Final destination volume pool	If the schedule is a relocation schedule, a Final destination volume pool must be indicated. (A relocation schedule is created as part of a basic disk staging storage unit configuration.) A Final destination volume pool is the volume pool where images are swept from the volume pool on the basic disk staging storage unit. Note: The relocation schedule that was created for the basic disk staging storage unit is not listed under Schedules in the NetBackup Administration Console when the Policies utility is selected.
Final destination media owner	If the schedule is a relocation schedule, a Final destination media owner must be indicated. (A relocation schedule is created as part of a basic disk staging storage unit configuration.) A Final destination media owner is the media owner where the images reside after a relocation job copies them. Specify one of the following: Any lets NetBackup choose the media owner. NetBackup chooses a media server or a server group (if one is configured). None specifies that the media server that writes the image 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. A server group allows only those servers in the group to write to the media on which backup images for this policy are written. All server groups that are configured in the NetBackup environment appear in the Final destination media owner drop-down list.
Schedule type	Calendar See Calendar (schedule attribute). Frequency See Frequency (schedule attribute). If the backups that use a disk staging storage unit run more frequently than expected, compare the retention level 1 setting with the Frequency setting. Internally, NetBackup uses the retention level 1 setting for scheduling purposes with disk staging storage units. Make sure that the frequency period is set to make the backups occur more frequently than the retention level 1 setting indicates. (The default is two weeks.) For example, a frequency of one day and a retention level 1 of 2 weeks should work well. Retention levels are configured in the Retention periods host properties. See Retention periods properties.
Use alternate read server	An alternate read server is a server allowed to read a backup image originally written by a different media server. The path to the disk or directory must be identical for each media server that is to access the disk. If the backup image is on tape, the media servers must share the same tape library or the operator must find the media. If the backup image is on a robot that is not shared or a standalone drive, the media must be moved to the new location. An administrator must move the media, inventory the media in the new robot, and run bpmedia -oldserver -newserver or assign a failover media server. To avoid sending data over the network during duplication, specify an alternate read server that meets the following conditions: Connected to the storage device that contains the original backups (the source volumes). Connected to the storage device that contains the final destination storage units. If the final destination storage unit is not connected to the alternate read server, data is sent over the network.
Copies	Specify the number of copies to create simultaneously. Range: 1 to 4.
Priority of duplication job	Indicates the priority that NetBackup assigns to duplication jobs for this policy. Range: 0 to 99999 (highest priority).
Copy #	For each copy you want to create, select the copy settings. Copy 1 is the primary copy. If Copy 1 fails, the first successful copy is the primary copy. Storage unit Specify the storage unit where each copy is stored. If a Media Manager storage unit has multiple drives, it can be used for both the source and the destination. Volume pool Specify the volume pool where each copy is stored. If this copy fails Continue Continues making the remaining copies. Note: 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. Media owner For tape media, specify who should own the media onto which NetBackup writes the images. These settings do not affect any images that reside 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. 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 media server groups that are configured in the NetBackup environment appear in the list.

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Multiple copies (schedule attribute)

Low water mark storage unit setting

Maximum concurrent write drives storage unit setting

About staging backups