Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Modifying the save sets defined for a UNIX client

You can modify a client to change the file system objects to backup on the client.

1. In the NetWorker Administration window, click Protection.
2. In the expanded left panel, select Clients.
3. Right-click the client resource and select Modify Client Properties.
   The Client Properties dialog box appears.
4. On the General tab, in the Save set attribute, specify the file system, directory or path to a file. Specify one file system object on each line. You can also modify specify a special ALL save set to backup a specific type of file system only. The following table summarizes the available ALL save sets.

   Table 1. Special ALL save sets

   Special ALL save set syntax	Backup behavior
   all-file_system	Only back up locally mounted file systems of a particular type, where file_system is the name of the file system. For example, the all-zfs save set backs up all locally mounted zfs file systems on a Solaris host. File systems such as NFS that are normally skipped are still skipped. When the backup starts, the savefs process reads the contents of the /etc/vfstab file on Solaris clients, the /etc/fstab file on HP-UX and Linux clients, or the /etc/filesystems file on AIX clients. The contents of the file are compared to the currently mounted file systems and BTRFS sub-volumes. Only currently mounted file systems and BTRFS sub-volumes that are configured in these files are backed up. When NetWorker encounters a sub-directory that has a sub-volume ID that differs from the parent sub-volume ID, NetWorker will not backup the contents of the subdirectory, unless you specify the save -x in the Backup command field or select the Cross mount points enabled option in the properties of the Client resource. The NetWorker E-LAB Navigator provides a list of the supported file system for each operating system.
   all-mounts	Back up all the currently mounted file systems. File systems such as NFS that are normally skipped are still skipped.
   all-local	For a global zone client, the file systems in the sparse or whole root zone on the physical host are backed up. File systems in the global zone are skipped. For a sparse or whole root zone client, the all-local save set is equivalent to the ALL save set.
   all-global	For a global zone client, all file systems in the global zone are backed up. All sparse and whole root zone file systems on the physical host are skipped. For a Solaris sparse or whole root zone client, the all-global save set is equivalent to the ALL save set.

   NOTE:If you explicitly list a BTRFS sub-volume in the Save set field, NetWorker will back up the files in the sub-volume, even if the sub-volume does not appear in the /etc/fstab file. When NetWorker encounters a sub-directory that has a sub-volume ID that differs from the parent sub-volume ID, NetWorker will not backup the contents of the subdirectory, unless you specify the save -x in the Backup command field or select the Cross mount points enabled option in Client Properties. To back up data in the subdirectories, perform one of the following tasks:

   • Specify save -x in the Backup command field or select the Cross mount points enabled option in Client Properties.
   • Explicitly list the path of each sub-volume in the Save set field.
   • Mount each sub-volume, include the mount point in the /etc/fstab file, and then specify ALL or all-btrfs in the Save set field.
5. Click OK.