Example policy - Epic-Large-File
This example describes how to create a policy to back up very large database files such as the Epic database.
To add a policy for a large file
- On the left, select Protection > Policies.
- Click Add.
- On the Attributes tab, select the following:
Policy type: Epic-Large-File
- On the Schedules tab, configure all the necessary schedules. For example, Full and incremental schedules.
- On the Clients tab, add the client name.
Client name
Hardware
Operating system
primary1234.domain.com
Linux
Linux Red Hat 7.9, 8.x, or 9.x
primary5678.domain.com
Linux
SUSE 12 SP5+
primary1212.domain.com
AIX
AIX 7.2
- On the Backup selections tab, add the path names.
- On the Epic-Large-File tab, configure the following:
Number of streams per backup selection
The number of parallel backup streams that are used for a backup selection.
If you have configured multiple backup selections in a policy, each backup selection has this number of streams. For example, if the number of streams per backup selection is 4, and there are two entries in backup selection, there will be 4 concurrent streams for each backup selection with a total of 8 streams.
Multiple storage units
The option allows backup streams to use multiple storage units in parallel to speed up the backup and restore performance.
Select the storage units from the drop-down list. The available storage items include storage units and SLPs that are configured in the system.
We recommend that you use the same storage type with the similar capabilities such as performance, capacity, and network bandwidth. If the storage is WORM, all of them must have the same retention settings.
If replication is required, all SLP targets including policy storage SLP and multiple storage SLPs that are selected must be in the same target domain.
Under some conditions, all selected storage units cannot be used during a backup. For example, when the selected number of Multiple storage units is less than the Number of streams per backup selection.
To restore the Epic-Large-File policy backups, use nbepicfile command. For more information, see the nbepicfile command in the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.