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H_Sharma
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11 years ago
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Policy Checkpoint

Hello Experts,

We have one policy in which there is only one client and backups is for only solaris flat file. Its size is 500 GB.

Sometimes we have to cancel it so that it wont run in the morning as backups are scheduled at night only. So below are my queries. Please Help...

1:- When we manually cancel backup. Does the incomplete image remain on the tape or netbackup cleans it before giving 150 error code?

     When does netbackup clean this incomplete image?

 

2:- If I enable policy checkpoint after every 1 hour and i manully cancel the job. Does it start after the checkpoint or start from begining.

3:- Is Policy checkpoint suitable for this sceneario.? as we have to cancel our backup?

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  • sksujeet's avatar
    sksujeet
    11 years ago

    1)Nope, if you cancelled the jobs it's gone. NetBackup will clean the image from its database in next cleanup cycle. Default is 12 hours if you have not changed it.

    2)Cancelling the job will fail the job. If you have put the checkpoint it will put the job in suspended state, if any n/w issue happens then it will resume from where it left.

    3)yes it will but don't cancel the jobs, suspend them.

     

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO34475

  • sksujeet's avatar
    sksujeet
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    1)Nope, if you cancelled the jobs it's gone. NetBackup will clean the image from its database in next cleanup cycle. Default is 12 hours if you have not changed it.

    2)Cancelling the job will fail the job. If you have put the checkpoint it will put the job in suspended state, if any n/w issue happens then it will resume from where it left.

    3)yes it will but don't cancel the jobs, suspend them.

     

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO34475

  • H_Sharma's avatar
    H_Sharma
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Hi Sazz,

    Thanks very much,

    In 7.6  version i had never seen suspend job enabled. Its always greyed out.

    Is there any way to enable it?

  • sksujeet's avatar
    sksujeet
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    It is greyed means you have not checked the checkpoint for that policy, click the checkpoint option in the policy and run the job again. You will find the option now to suspend.
     

  • H_Sharma's avatar
    H_Sharma
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Ok it means to enable the suspend option for nebackup job we need to enable the checkpoint in every policy ? Right?

     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Excellent advice from sazz.

    Please remember to mark one of his posts as Solution.

    Following this, please read up about checkpoint in Policy attributes in 
    NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I  

    I would advise to take checkpoints every 10 or 15 minutes.
    Just every hour is an aweful amount of data to lose when backup starts again at last checkpoint.

    Also read up in the same manual about effect of cancel and/or suspending of jobs.