Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Save sets

The collection of data items that are backed up during a backup session between the NetWorker server and a Client resource is called a save set.

A save set can consist of the following:

• A group of files or entire file systems.
• Application data, such as a database, or operating system settings.

You can use the predefined save sets for scheduled backups, or specify a list of save sets to back up for a client resource in the Save set attribute on the General tab of the Client Properties dialog box.

Predefined save sets include the DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ save set and the ALL save set.

When you specify a list of save sets for a client resource, the following guidelines apply:

• For Windows operating systems, use the same pathname case that the Windows file system uses. Although most file systems are case-independent, the NetWorker software cross-platform indexing system is case-sensitive. Always specify the Windows drive letter in uppercase.
• Place multiple entries on separate lines. For example, to back up a log file directory that is named C:\Docs\CustomerLogs, and all data that is contained in a directory that is named D:\accounting, type the following entries:

  C:\Docs\CustomerLogs
  D:\accounting

• For clients that use non-ASCII locales on UNIX platforms, or for Windows clients that are configured from a UNIX host that uses non-ASCII locales, special considerations apply when you type a path or file name in the Save set attribute:

  • Type the path or file name in the locale that was used when you created the path or file. If using a different locale when you type a path or file name, backups fail with a No such file or directory error message.
  • Either use the ALL save set in this situation, or log in to the client by using the correct locale and then configure the client from that computer.
• To back up a UNIX or Linux host that contains path or file names with multiple locales, create a separate Client resource for each locale. For example, to configure a multi-locale UNIX host with data in both Japanese and French, create two different Client resources. One Client resource to define the save sets for the Japanese data, and one Client resource to define the save sets for the French data.