If you select specific databases and specific filegroups or files in a backup policy, NetBackup reports any unsuccessful filegroup or file backups differently than if you select an entire instance (DATABASE $ALL). Consider the following scenarios:

• Scenario 1 - For SQLINSTANCE1 (DATABASE $ALL or all the databases), back up the filegroups FG1, FG2, and FG3. If NetBackup cannot back up FG1, FG2, or FG3, NetBackup skips the backup of the filegroup for that database. The parent job completes with a status 0.

• Scenario 2 - For DATABASEA and DATABASEC in SQLINSTANCE1, back up the filegroups FG1, FG2, and FG3. If NetBackup cannot back up any of these filegroups for DATABASEA or DATABASEC, the parent job completes with a status 2. The job details indicate that one or more of the filegroups that you selected were not backed up.