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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Configure NetBackup policies for VMware
  4. Configuring incremental backups
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Configuring incremental backups

Use the following procedure for virtual machine backup.

Note:

VMware policies can also be configured from the NetBackup web UI. To do so, on the left navigation pane, click Protection > Policies, and then select a listed VMware policy to change it. Or click +Add, enter a Policy name, and select VMware from the Policy type drop-down list.

To configure incremental backup of a virtual machine

  1. In the NetBackup policy Attributes tab, select the VMware policy type.
  2. On the VMware tab, select the VMware backup host.
  3. Optional: for BLIB, select Enable block-level incremental backup.
  4. Select Enable file recovery from VM backup.

    More information is available on the VMware options.

    See Backup options on the VMware tab.

  5. Click OK.
  6. On the Schedules tab, select Differential Incremental Backup or Cumulative Incremental Backup.
  7. Fill in the Clients tab.

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