I decided to write this post because recently I have met again a situation when NetBackup schedulers have been used incorrectly 🙂 Let's discuss the following areas: NetBackup type of backup types. NetBackup scheduler types. How NetBackup determines files are due for backup? How NetBackup calculates frequency based schedules? NetBackup - type of scheduler and backups In NetBackup,… Read More »
Some days ago I got email from my reader with question about how to archive files in NetBackup. NetBackup provides not only backup but also archiving as well 😛 Sometimes it can be useful to create a folder or folders where users can copy/move files and those files are archived (copied and deleted from an original place) and… Read More »
In this post we discuss one of the most useful NetBackup feature - Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP). Some of you probably have used SLP policies already and also I have written some posts where SLPs are utilized for NetBackup Master Server Disaster Recovery or NetBackup Auto Image Replication (AIR). This post covers the following topics: Storage Lifecycle Policy… Read More »
