NetBackup™ for Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide

Select the policy attributes

1. On the left, click Protection > Policies.
2. Enter a name for the policy in the Policy name field.
3. Select the Cloud-Object-Store option from the Policy type dropdown.
4. In the Destination section, configure the following data storage parameters:

   • The Data classification attribute specifies the classification of the storage lifecycle policy that stores the backup. For example, a backup with a gold classification must go to a storage unit with a gold data classification. By default, NetBackup provides four data classifications: platinum, gold, silver, and bronze.

     This attribute is optional and applies only when the backup is to be written to a storage lifecycle policy. If the list displays No data classification, the policy uses the storage selection that is displayed in the Policy storage list. If a data classification is selected, all the images that the policy creates are tagged with the classification ID.

   • The Policy storage attribute specifies the storage destination for the policy's data. You can override these selections from the Schedule tab.

     • Any available-If you select this option, NetBackup tries to store data on locally-attached storage units first. Select NetBackup or DataStore from the Policy volume pool dropdown. The Policy volume pool attribute specifies the default volume pool where the backups for the policy are stored. A volume pool is a set of media that is grouped for use by a single application. The volume pool is protected from access by other applications and users.

5. Take checkpoints every-Specify the frequency for taking checkpoints during a backup. By taking checkpoints during a backup, you can save time if the backup fails. By taking checkpoints periodically during the backup, NetBackup can retry a failed backup from the beginning of the last checkpoint. A retry is often quicker than restarting the entire job.

   The checkpoint frequency indicates how often NetBackup takes a checkpoint during a backup. The default is 15 minutes. The administrator determines checkpoint frequency on a policy-by-policy basis. When you select the checkpoint frequency, balance the loss of performance due to frequent checkpoints with the possible time lost when failed backups restart. If the frequency of checkpoints affects performance, increase the time between checkpoints.

   Checkpoints are saved at object boundaries and point to the next object in the list to be backed up. Checkpoints cannot occur in the middle of an object backup. After the object is backed up, the checkpoint is saved.

6. The Limit jobs per policy attribute limits the number of jobs that NetBackup performs concurrently when the policy is run. By default the box is cleared and NetBackup performs an unlimited number of backup jobs concurrently. Other resource settings can limit the number of jobs.

   A configuration can contain enough devices so that the number of concurrent backups affects performance. To specify a lower limit, select Limit jobs per policy and specify a value from 1 to 999.

7. In the Job priority field, enter a value from 0 to 99999. This number specifies the priority that a policy has as it competes with other policies for resources. The higher the number, the greater the priority of the job. NetBackup assigns the first available resource to the policy with the highest priority.
8. The Media owner field is available when the Policy storage attribute is set to Any Available. The Media owner attribute specifies which media server or server group should own the media that backup images for this policy are written to.

   • Any(default)-Allows NetBackup to select the media owner. NetBackup selects a media server or a server group (if one is configured).

   • None-Specifies that the media server that writes the image to the media owns the media. No media server is specified explicitly, but you want a media server to own the media.

9. To activate the policy, select the option Go into effect at, and set the date and time of activation. The policy must be active for NetBackup to use it. Make sure that the date and time are set to the time that you want to resume backups.

   To deactivate a policy, clear the option. Inactive policies are available in the Policies list.

10. The Allow multiple data stream option is selected by default and is read-only. This option allows NetBackup to divide automatic backups for each query into multiple jobs. Because the jobs are in separate data streams, they can occur concurrently.

    Multi-stream jobs consist of a parent job to perform stream discovery and child jobs for each stream. Each child job displays its job ID in the Job ID column in the Activity monitor. The job ID of the parent job appears in the Parent Job ID column, which is not displayed by default. Parent jobs display a dash (-) in the Schedule column.

11. Select the Use Accelerator option to enable accelerator for the policy.

    NetBackup Accelerator optimizes backups to perform better both in terms of data movement and backup time. Accelerator identifies changed content, move only unique data to backup target. Subsequently, it creates a synthetic backup image by combining current changed data and unchanged data from the previous backup image. The backup host sends the changed data to the media server in a more efficient backup stream. The media server combines the changed data with the rest of the backup data that is stored in previous backups.

    Typically, any data change for an object results in an update of its modification time (mtime). Certain Cloud object store vendors may not update the mtime for an object's tag or user attribute change. NetBackup's Cloud object store component considers object's modification time (mtime) to identify the objects that have changed since the last backup. Additionally, it must check if tags or user attributes has changed as well to account for the cloud vendor's inability to update mtime for tags change.

    Optionally, select the Quick object change scan option to skip the checks for object tags. If you have an application environment, where the object tags are not modified after the initial create time, you can use this option to skip these checks and significantly increase the backup speed.

    Enabling this option speeds up object change identification for Accelerator, as it skips the comparison of object tags since last backup. However, with this option you may not backup objects that have no data change but only tag change since the last backup.

    This feature works only with Dynamic multi-streaming. You need to configure a temporary storage space for backups before using this option. See Configure a temporary staging location.

12. Select the Disable for all clients option from the Client-side deduplication options. NetBackup Cloud object store protection uses the backup host as the client.
13. The Keyword phrase attribute is a phrase that NetBackup associates with all backups or archives based on the policy. Only the Windows and UNIX client interfaces support keyword phrases.

    Clients can use the same keyword phrase for more than one policy. The same phrase for multiple policies makes it possible to link backups from related policies. For example, use the keyword phrase "legal department documents" for backups of multiple clients that require separate policies, but contain similar types of data.

    The phrase can be a maximum of 128 characters in length. All printable characters are permitted, including spaces and periods. By default, the keyword phrase is blank.