A policy can be used to submit one or more jobs that target one or more similar clients.
You can use a policy to administer backup strategies such as the following:
The following plug-ins support policy-based backups:
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NetVault Plug-in for FileSystem |
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NetVault Plug-in for Consolidation |
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NetVault Plug-in for Data Copy |
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NetVault Plug-in for Databases (plug-in for backing up the NetVault Database) |
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NetVault Plug-in for SQL Server |
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NetVault Plug-in for Oracle |
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NetVault Plug-in for MySQL |
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NetVault Plug-in for PostgreSQL |
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NetVault Plug-in for VMware |
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NetVault Plug-in for Hyper-V |
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NetVault Plug-in for Exchange |
You can create and submit backup policies from the Manage Policies page and monitor the policy jobs from the Job Status page.
A policy can be used to submit one or more jobs that target one or more similar clients. You can create and submit policy-based backups from the Manage Policies page.
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In Policy Name, type a name for the policy. |
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To add a policy job, click Add Job. |
Select an existing Backup Selection Set, or click the + icon, and select the items that you want to back up. | |
Select an existing Backup Options Set, or click the + icon, and configure the options that you want to use. | |
Select an existing Schedule Set, or click the + icon, and configure the schedule type and schedule method. For more information, see Creating Schedule Sets. The predefined set “Immediate” is selected by default. To run the job as soon as it is submitted, use this set. | |
Select an existing Source Set, or click the + icon, and configure the source device options for the job. For more information, see Creating Source Sets for backup jobs. This option is only available to Plug-in for Consolidation and Plug-in for Data Copy jobs. | |
Select an existing Target Set, or click the + icon, and configure the target device and media options for the job. For more information, see Creating Target Sets. The predefined set “Default Backup Target Options” is selected by default. | |
Select an existing Backup Advanced Options Set, or click the + icon, and configure the options that you want to use. For more information, see Creating Backup Advanced Options Sets. The predefined set “Default Advance Backup Options” is selected by default. |
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The table on Edit Policy page shows the following information: |
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Active: By default, the check box is selected and the policy job is saved and submitted in the policy. To save the policy job without scheduling it, clear the check box. |
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Job Name: Name of the job. |
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Selection Set: Backup selection set. |
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Plugin: Name of the plug-in used to perform the job. |
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Next Run Time: Date and time when the next instance is scheduled to run OR ‘Never’ for non-scheduled policy jobs. This field shows the information only after the policy is saved. |
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Click Add Clients. |
In the Available table, select the clients and client groups that you want to add, and click Add. The selected items are moved to the Selected table. | |
In the Selected table, select the clients and client groups that you want to remove, and click Remove. The selected items are moved to the Selected table. |
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To save the policy definition without configuring the events for Policy warnings and failures, click Save Policy, else Click Add Events. |
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Click Save Policy to save the policy definition. |
You can view information about the existing policies from the Manage Policies page. The page displays the status, policy name, number of active jobs, state, total clients, scheduled jobs, job status, and total jobs.
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Policies. |
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Status: Displays the status of the policy using the following icons. Click the icon to display Job Status page showing the Job Activity table of all the jobs in the corresponding policy. |
The corresponding policy has failed. It indicates that one or more jobs have failed. |
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Policy Name: Displays the name of the backup policy. |
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Number of active jobs: Displays the number of jobs that are currently active in the policy. To preview the job name and job ID of all the active jobs in the policy, move the pointer over the count. |
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State: Displays the policy state. The policy state can be Active, Dormant, Quiescing, or Quiesced. |
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Total Clients: Displays the total number of clients in the policy. To preview the client name, move the pointer over the count. |
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Scheduled Jobs: Displays the total number of scheduled jobs in the policy. To preview the job name and job ID of all the scheduled jobs in the policy, move the pointer over the count. |
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Job Status: Displays the last exit status and count of the policy jobs using the following icons. Click the corresponding icon to display Job Status page showing the Job Activity table of all the policy jobs that have ‘completed’, ‘completed with warnings’, or ‘failed’. |
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Total Jobs: Displays the total number of jobs in the policy. To preview the job name and job ID of all the jobs in the policy, move the pointer over the count. |
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You can use the Search option to filter the table data and quickly find entries that contain the specified string in any column values. You can also include wildcards (“?” or “*”) in the search filter string. |
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