Veritas NetBackup™ Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide

To configure backup scripts

1. On the master server, open the NetBackup Administration Console.
2. Click Policies.
3. In the All Policies pane, double-click the name of the policy.

   The Change Policy dialog appears.

4. Click the Backup Selections tab.
5. Add the following directive to the start of the Backup Selections list:

   METHOD=USER_DEFINED

6. Add one or both of the following directive(s), as required.

   DB_BEGIN_BACKUP_CMD=your_begin_script_path
   DB_END_BACKUP_CMD=your_end_script_path

   Note:

   DB_BEGIN_BACKUP_CMD and DB_END_BACKUP_CMD directives are not supported for Windows clients.

   The arguments (arg) are optional.

   For example:

   

   In this example, the script shutdown_db.ksh is run before the backup, and restart_db.ksh is run after the snapshot is created.