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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Configuration options for NetBackup servers
  6. RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH option for NetBackup servers
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH option for NetBackup servers

This directory path specifies where the media server processes write the job deferral caches. The deferral cache files are written to /usr/openv/tmp on Linux, and install_path\NetBackup\temp on Windows by default. For the Flex Appliance, the deferral cache file path is set to /mnt/nbstage/usr/openv/tmp.

NetBackup backups generate metadata relative to the amount of data that is backed up. If a media server has many active backups running in parallel, NetBackup can write a significant amount of data to the deferral cache files.

Be aware of the relationship between the RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH and MINIMUM_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FREE_SPACE_MB values. Use RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH to specify where to write the cache information. Use MINIMUM_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FREE_SPACE_MB to specify how much free disk space to maintain.

Table:

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup media servers.

How to use

Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view, add, or change the option.

For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

Use the following format:

RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH = path

This option should appear only once in the configuration file.

Example

On the media server, add the following entry to specify where the media server processes write the job deferral caches:

RESILIENT_BACKUP_JOB_DEFERRAL_CACHE_FILE_PATH = /var/cache

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