About deployment policies utility
Deployment policies is the main component of VxUpdate that serves as a client or host upgrade tool. The deployment policy lets you configure and run deployment activities on a schedule or enable the host owners to upgrade at their convenience. You can schedule precheck, staging, and installation tasks as separate activities with different schedules, each with their own specific deployment windows.
For more information regarding VxUpdate, see the About VxUpdate section within the NetBackup Upgrade Guide.
The deployment policies are not located with the other policies in the NetBackup Administrative Console. Deployment policies are located in the NetBackup Administration Console under Deployment Management > Deployment Policies.
Deployment policies provide the instructions that NetBackup follows to upgrade clients or hosts. Use the Deployment Policies utility to provide the following instructions for a client or host upgrade:
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What type of client or host to upgrade |
See Attributes tab. |
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When to perform VxUpdate |
See Schedules tab. |
To navigate in the deployment policies utility
- In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, select Deployment Management > Deployment Policies
To display the policy details of a single policy:
In the center pane, select a policy name. The policy details display in the right pane.
To open a policy:
In the center pane, double-click on the policy name. The Change Deployment Policy dialog box opens.
To display specific configuration information:
In the center pane, click on the tree element next to the policy name to expand the policy configuration areas:
Attributes
Schedules
Hosts
In the center pane, under a policy name, select one of the configuration areas to see a detailed view of that area.
To display information about all policies on the current primary server:
In the center pane, click Summary of Policies.
To activate the deactivated policies:
In the center pane, click Summary of Policies.
Select a single or multiple deactivated policies in the right pane. While the policies are selected, right-click and select Activate
To deactivate the active policies:
In the center pane, click Summary of Policies.
Select a single or multiple policies in the right pane. While the policies are selected, right-click and select Deactivate
To copy a policy to create new policy
See Copying a deployment policy to create a new deployment policy.