How to get client separated backup selections

[NBU_Urs]

Hello,

We Use NetBackup 7.5.0.5 on an Windows Server 2008 R2 Master Server and 6 NetBackup Appliances as Media Servers.

I have a questian about the possibility of separating the backup selection between the clients in one Policy. For a better understanding I'll give you an example: 

Policy:

Clients:

Client_A

Client_B

Backup Selection:

Client_A/BackupSelection_A

Client_B/BackupSelection_B

I would be very grateful for further assistance.

Regards Sebastian

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

Create different policies.

There is really no other way.

The same Backup Selection in a policy is applied to all Clients listed in that policy.

[revarooo]

You can't split the file selection across clients within the policy. It doesn't work like that.

[NBU_Urs]

Thanks for the quick response. I just hoped there is a way to optimze our policys.

[Marianne]

The way to optimize policies is to group Clients with similar layout/filesystems.

The alternative is to use ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES in backup selection and add anything that does not need to be backed up in Exclude List on each client.

Information in NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume I http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5159