PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Backup and Recovery Guide

Create a NetBackup policy

You must create a NetBackup policy that specifies how you want to back up data from anPowerScale cluster.

1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand Media and Device Management.
2. Expand Policies.
3. Right-click Summary of all Policies, and then click New Policy.
4. In the Policy name field, type a name for the policy and then click OK.
5. Configure the following settings:
   NOTE:Refer to the NetBackup documentation to understand how to enable and use multistreaming.

   Table 1. Setting SpecificationsThe following table displays the specifications for each setting.

   Setting name	Setting value	Notes
   Policy Type	NDMP	Required
   Policy volume pool	The name of the volume pool you created	Required
   Allow multiple data streams	Selected	Optional. Enables multistreaming. It is recommended that you enable multistreaming whenever possible to increase the speed of backups.
   Clients	The PowerScale cluster you want to backup data from	Required
   Backup Selections	The full path of a directory on the cluster that you want to backup	Required
   	set DIRECT=Y	Optional. Enables direct access restore (DAR) for the directory. It is recommended that you enable DAR for all backups.
   	set HIST=F	Optional. Specifies path-based file history. It is recommended that you specify path-based file history for all NetBackup backups.
   	set NEW_STREAM The full path of a directory on the cluster that you want to backup	Optional. Backs up the specified directory on another stream. It is recommended that you enable multistreaming whenever possible to increase the speed of backups.