Pause backup jobs
I found replies to similar questions but none of the answers aligned with what I have, honest.
I am upgrading the OS on two servers with the netbackup client running on them. Installing to a new box, renameing to original, installing the client, tweaking the archive bits.
I am looking for a way to simply pause the backup for the server that I am working on. I plan on doing the migration over weekends which is when my full backups run.
Moving from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 (yeah, I know...)
I honestly though it would be as easy as opening up the policy, going to the schedule, right clicking it and selecting Pause. Nope, simply not an option.
Thanks for any help, Ed
Am I understanding your requirement correctly? - goal: pause backups for a server during the time you are upgrading the OS and related work.
If above is correct, and it is not a server being backed up via a VMware type policy i.e. it is being backed up traditionally using client, you can go into NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master server > open master server properties > Client attributes > choose server from list of Clients (add if not present) > Check the "Offline Backups until" option and choose date a time.
The above method does not require changing anything for the policy and other clients in that policy.
