Deactivate or activate a policy
Active policies are available for NetBackup to use to schedule backups or allow user-backups.
You can also use the policy attribute to activate a policy or to deactivate a policy. Or, to select a time for a policy to become active.
Deactivate a policy
You can deactivate a policy to temporarily pause any backup requests for that policy. For example, if you want to perform maintenance on the clients in the policy. Note that manual backups or user-requested backups cannot run if a policy is deactivated.
To deactivate a policy
- On the left, click Protection > Policies.
- Select the policy, then click Deactivate.
Activate a policy
Activate a policy when you are ready for backup schedules in the policy to run.
To activate a policy
- On the left, click Protection > Policies.
- Select the policy, then click Activate.