Client data is on a Dell EMC disk array

To run the backup on an alternate client: choose Standard as the policy type, select Perform snapshot backups, Perform off-host backup, and Use alternate client. Then select the alternate client. On the Snapshot Options display, specify VSO snapshot method.

To run the backup on an alternate client: choose Standard as the policy type, select Perform snapshot backups, Perform off-host backup, and Use alternate client. Then select the alternate client. On the Snapshot Options display, specify an EMC TimeFinder snapshot method.

If the data is in an Oracle database, select Oracle as the policy type.

Client data is replicated on a remote host

To run the backup on the replication host (alternate client), choose: Standard as the policy type, select Perform snapshot backups, Perform off-host backup, and Use alternate client. Then select the alternate client (the replication host). On the Snapshot Options display, specify the VVR snapshot method.

Client data is on a JBOD array in VxVM volumes with snapshot mirrors configured

To run the backup on the alternate client, choose: Standard (for UNIX client) or MS-Windows (Windows client) as the policy type and Perform snapshot backups, Perform off-host backup, and Use alternate client. Then select the alternate client. On the Snapshot Options display, specify the FlashSnap method.

If the client data consists of many files, or to do individual file restore from raw partition backups: select FlashBackup or FlashBackup-Windows as the policy type.