Configuring a policy to use an SLP
You can configure a policy that uses the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks SLP to automatically perform the operations specified in the SLP.
To configure a policy to use an SLP
- Select NetBackup Management > Policies in the left pane of the Administration Console.
- Select Actions > New > New Policy.
- Type the policy name, test-backup-policy in the Add a New Policy dialog box, and click OK. The Change Policy window is displayed.
- Use the information provided in the table to configure the policy Attribute settings.
Attributes parameter
Value
Policy name
test-backup-policy
Policy type
Standard (OS of primary server)
Policy storage
NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks (scroll to locate this selection)
All other policy attributes
Use default settings - do not change
- Click the Schedules tab of the policy.
- Click New to add a new schedule to the policy. The Add Schedule window is displayed.
- Configure the Schedule Attributes using the information provided in the table.
Schedule parameter
Value
Schedule name
full_slp
Type of Backup
Full Backup (default)
Calendar
Not selected (default)
Frequency
1 week (default)
Override policy storage selection
Not checked (default)
Media multiplexing
1 (default)
- Click OK to save the full_slp schedule.
Note:
No start window has been set up for this schedule. Only manual backups can be run using this schedule.
- Verify that the entry for the full_slp schedule is displayed in the Schedules tab.
- Click the Clients tab of the test-backup-policy policy.
- Add a NetBackup Client hostname for the Client name and check Detect client operating system or select the correct Hardware and operating system.
Note:
Use the method of your choice to enter the hardware and operating system of the client.
- Verify that an entry for <primary server> is added to the Clients tab.
- Click the Backup Selections tab of the policy.
- Add an entry for
/etcto the Backup Selections of the policy. - Verify that the
/etcentry is displayed in the list of Backup Selections of the policy. - Click OK to save the test-backup-policy policy.
- Verify that the test-backup-policy policy is included in the list of policies displayed in the All Policies pane of the Administration Console.
- Select NetBackup Management > Policies in the left pane of the Administration Console.
- Right-click the entry for the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks policy in the All Policies pane, and then select Actions > Manual Backup.
- Click OK in the Manual Backup window to initiate the operation.
- Immediately click Activity Monitor in the left pane of the Administration Console. Note the most recent job entries in the Activity Monitor that use the NYC_1month_to_LON_2weeks policy.