Notes on Snapshot Manager policies
Before you configure a Snapshot Manager policy, note the following.
NetBackup product must be installed on primary server(s) and clients.
For the NetBackup Media Server off-host backup methods, a Fibre Channel network or multi-ported SCSI disk array must be configured.
Storage devices must be configured (you can use the Device Configuration Wizard).
Encryption and compression are supported, but are applied only to the backup copy that is written to a storage unit. The snapshot itself is neither compressed nor encrypted.
FlashBackup policies do not support encryption or compression.
BLIB with Snapshot Manager ( option on the policy Attributes tab): BLIB is supported with NetBackup for Oracle, NetBackup for DB2, and with VMware.
If you choose the option on the policy Attributes tab, the other features of Snapshot Manager are grayed out.
Ensure that the number of LUNs exposed to the HBAs, do not reach the maximum limit during any snapshot related operations.