To configure backup anomaly detection settings

1. Sign in to the NetBackup web UI.
2. On the left, click Detection and reporting > Anomaly detection.
3. On the top right, click Anomaly detection settings > Backup anomaly detection settings.
4. Click Edit on the right to configure the following Anomaly detection > Enable anomaly detection activities settings:

   • Enable only for unstructured data - Enables anomaly detection for the following policy types: Standard, MS-Windows, NAS-Data-Protection, and Universal share.

     Note:

     This is the default configuration for fresh NetBackup 10.4 installation.

   • Enable - Enables anomaly detection for all policy types.

   • Disable - Disables anomaly detection in NetBackup.

   In the case of NetBackup 10.4 upgrade, the value of the Anomaly detection option is set based on the previous setting.

   • If the option was set to Enable anomaly data collection, detection service, and events in the previous version, the option is set to Enable after the upgrade.

   • If the option was set to a value other than Enable anomaly data collection, detection service, and events in the previous version, the option is set to Disable after the upgrade.

5. Click Save.
6. Click Edit to modify the following Basic Settings:

   • Anomaly detection sensitivity

   • Data retention settings

   • Data gathering settings

   • Anomaly proxy server settings

7. Click Save.
8. Expand the Advanced settings section and click Edit to configure the following settings and click Save.

   • Disable anomaly settings for clients

     See Disable backup anomaly detection and computation of entropy and file attributes for a client.

   • Disable policy type or specific features for machine learning