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sureshgo's avatar
sureshgo
Level 2
8 years ago

How to avoid first FULL backup being auto triggered when a new policy is created

We have a requirement to avoid FULL backups being triggered when a new policy is created. Any thoughts?

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  • Genericus's avatar
    Genericus
    8 years ago

    Since the first backup WILL be full, the best way to work this is to ensure that the first backup is the regularly scheduled full.

    How do you do this? You have to have standards and procedures. Failing that you create extra work for your self.

    You can define and run a script every hour or day checking for newly added clients, and automatically setting them to not backup, or email you with the listing of new clients so you can do it manually.

    I have had a few large (multi-TB ) clients, where I have manually manipulated them, but I normally just run a full at my convenience, to prevent the next few days incrementals all being fulls.

    It depends on how bad it is, what is your effort/reward? If this is a significant issue, the costs this other group are causing should be enough for management to request they change their procedures.

     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    8 years ago

    Deactivate the policy in the Attributes tab and specify a date on which the policy must go active. 

    • sureshgo's avatar
      sureshgo
      Level 2
      8 years ago

      Hi Marianne. Thanks for your reply. Is there any other way we can alter this netbackup standard behaviour?

      • Marianne's avatar
        Marianne
        Level 6
        8 years ago

        Why do you need another way? What 'other way' are you thinking about?
        Seeing that this is NEW policy, why another way?

        If you add a new Client to existing policy, you can prevent backups for this client with Client Offline feature:
        Host Properties -> Master (select Master Server ) > Client Attributes >  Add  (add the name of client - exactly same as in the policy), in GENERAL tab select option "OFFLINE UNTIL" and specify time until you want it to be offline.

         

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    8 years ago

    When you add a client to a policy, the very fist thing Netbackup will do is a full backup, this full backup is required in order to do incremental backup.

    Netbackup is build this way, you can't avoid the first backup being a full.