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Veritas NetBackup™ for Informix Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2018-02-16

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1, 8.1)

Adding NetBackup for Informix scripts to the backup selections list

The backup selections list in a database policy is different from the list in non-database policies. For example, in a Standard or MS-Windows policy, the list contains files and directories to be backed up. In a database policy, you specify scripts to be run.

Add scripts to the backup selections list only if you want to create a policy for automatic backups. In that case, add the scripts to a policy that has automatic backup schedules. NetBackup runs the scripts in the order that the scripts appear in the backup selections list.

To add scripts to the backup selections list

Ensure that the script resides on the client.
Open the Policy dialog box.
To access the Policy dialog box, double-click the policy name in the policies list in the NetBackup Administration Console.
Click the Backup Selections tab.
Click New.
In the Script box, type the full path name of a script on the client.
For example:
```
/usr/openv/netbackup/ext/db_ext/backup.sh
```
Click Add.
Choose one of the following:
- To add another script, repeat step 5 and step 6.
- If this client is the last script you want to add, click OK.
Click OK.

To browse for scripts to add to the backup selections list

Ensure that the script resides on the client.
In the Policy dialog box, click the Backup Selections tab.
To access the Policy dialog box, double-click the policy name in the policies list in the NetBackup Administration Console.
Click New.
Click Browse.
Navigate to and select the script file, then click OK.
Choose one of the following:
- To add another script, repeat step 4 and step 5.
- If this client is the last script you want to add, click OK.
Click OK.

More Information

Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy