Before you run the backup, ensure that you meet the following prerequisites:

• Ensure that the user has administrator (Windows) or root (Linux) access.

• (Windows) Set the NetBackup\bin directory in the environment variable.

  For example, Path =C:\Program Files\Veritas\Netbackup\bin

• (Linux) Symbolic link: If a symbolic link does not exists, create the symbolic link libpq.so and ensure that it points to the valid libpq .so.<n>, where n is the PostgreSQL library version.

• Create the archivedir directory and then set the following parameters in the postgresql.conf file:

  • wal_level = archive

  • archive_mode = on

  • archive_timeout =0

  • statement_timeout=0

    Note:

    Ensure that you add the time in milliseconds. The recommended time is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).

• Mention the following changes for archive_command

  • (Windows)'copy ' "%p" "C:\\archivedir\\%f"'

  • (Linux) test ! -f <archive_path>/%f && cp %p <archive_path>/%f

• (Linux) After creating the archivedir directory, change the group and ownership to PostgreSQL user.

• Restart the PostgreSQL services.

• Configure PostgreSQL backups with DataStore policies.

  For more information, See Configuring PostgreSQL backups with DataStore policies.

• Verify the installation prerequisites and the post-installation requirements.

  For more information,

  For more information, See Post-installation requirements for NetBackup.