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  2. NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide
  3. Section III. Using NDMP
  4. Configuring NDMP backup to NDMP-attached devices
  5. About creating an NDMP policy
  6. Attributes tab options for an NDMP policy
NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide

Attributes tab options for an NDMP policy

The following policy attributes are applicable when you create an NDMP policy:

Policy Type: NDMP

Do not select any other policy type.

Policy Storage Unit

  • To direct backups for this policy to a specific storage unit if the NDMP host has multiple storage units, specify that storage unit name.

  • For policies that use Accelerator for NDMP, the storage unit groups are supported only if the storage unit selection in the group is Failover. See the Use Accelerator attribute.

  • For a three-way backup , specify a storage unit that was defined for the target NDMP host with attached tape.

  • For NDMP backup to Media Manager storage units, specify a Media Manager storage unit that is defined for a device that is connected to a NetBackup media server.

    See About remote NDMP.

Use Accelerator

Select Use Accelerator to enable Accelerator for NDMP. See the Policy Storage Unit attribute.

See About NetBackup Accelerator for NDMP. for more information.

Replication Director

Select the Replication Director to configure an NDMP policy for Replication Director.

Allow multiple data streams

Set the value to a number greater than 1.

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