Tag Archives: Backup

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… Read More: Veritas NetBackup basics: backup and scheduler types. »

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… Read More: How to archive files using a NetBackup policy? »

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:… Read More: NetBackup Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP): Overview. »