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Obi_Wan's avatar
Obi_Wan
Level 3
11 years ago

Policy based exclusion list

Looking for the procedure to have an exclusion list at the policy level that protects multiple clients instead of having to create one per client.
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    11 years ago

    Yes. If you read NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I  , you will see that Exclude List on Windows Clients is configured in Host Properties -> Clients -> Client name.

    The settings are stored in the registry of each individual client.

    If all settings will be the same, you can select a bunch of client names simultaneously. 
    Do not select more than 10 at the same time, as connection need to be established to all clients and existing registry entries queried.

    If your scripting knowledge is good, you can probably do it with 'bpsetconfig'.
    See NetBackup Commands Reference Guide  for details.
     

Andy_Welburn's avatar
Andy_Welburn
Level 6
11 years ago

Things like this & 'global' exclusions have been a requirement for many for some time now - just browse the Ideas section!

 

Initially, you could always use the GUI - highlight & right-click a group of clients (not too many at once) within the policy & select 'Host Properties' - creating your excludes 'en-masse'. Still time consuming & will obviously not cover any new clients to the policy. Unfortunately you'll need to type the policy (& schedule if excluding at that level) as the drop-downs on the GUI are not populated.

 

Maybe time to submit another Idea ....... ?