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  2. NetBackup™ for OpenStack Administrator's Guide
  3. Performing Backup Administration tasks
  4. Policy Attributes
  5. Edit the policy attribute
NetBackup™ for OpenStack Administrator's Guide

Edit the policy attribute

Using Horizon

To edit a policy in Horizon follow these steps:

  1. Log on to Horizon using admin user.

  2. Navigate to Admin > NBOS Backup Admin > NetBackupOpenStack > Policy Attributes.

  3. Identify the policy to edit.

  4. Click Edit Policy Attribute at the end of the line of the chosen policy.

  5. Edit the policy attribute as desired - all values can be changed.

  6. Click Update.

Using CLI
nbosjm policy-update [--display-name <display-name>]
                          [--display-description <display-description>]
                          [--policy-attribute-fields <key=key-name>]
                          [--metadata <key=key-name>]
                          <policy_attribute_id>
  • --display-name <display-name> Name of the policy attribute.

  • --display-description <display_description> Optional policy attribute description. (Default=No description)

  • --policy-attribute-fields <key=key-name> Specify following key value pairs for policy fields. Specify option multiple times to include multiple keys. "interval" : "1 hr" "retention_policy_type" : "Number of Snapshots to Keep" or "Number of days to retain Snapshots" "retention_policy_value" : "30" "fullbackup_interval" : "-1" (Enter Number of incremental snapshots to take Full Backup between 1 to 999, "-1" for "NEVER" and "0" for "ALWAYS") For example - policy-attribute-fields interval="1 hr" - policy-attribute-fields retention_policy_type="Number of Snapshots to Keep" - policy-attribute-fields retention_policy_value="30" - policy-attribute-fields fullbackup_interval="2"

  • --metadata <key=keyname> Specify a key value pair to include in the policy type metadata. Specify option multiple times to include multiple keys. key=value

  • <policy_attribute_id> The name the policy will get.

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