Using the ingest mode to run a policy using NFS or SMB

This feature provides the ability to run a NetBackup backup policy for a Universal Share using vpfs. You must create a Universal-Share backup policy on the NetBackup primary server before using this feature.

To run a backup policy, you must add the backup key-value pairs and the backup_selection key-value pairs into the .vpfs_special_control_config. The backup_selection is only required if you want to backup special paths or directories for each backup. The backup_selection feature updates the backup selection of the policy each time the policy runs. If you use backup_selection, you are required to always provide the backup_selection.

Use the following for the backup key-value pair:

backup=<NetBackup policy name>:<backup schedue>:<backup client>

Use the following for the backup selection key-value pair:

backup_selection=<path1>:<path2>:<pathN>

Example for creating a backup from a workload:

(echo [vpfs]&& echo backup=
ushare-policy-01:full-backup-schedule:ushare-client 
&& echo ingest_mode=off) > 
<nfs_mount_point>/.vpfs_special_control_config

Example for creating a backup using a backup_selection:

(echo [vpfs]&& echo backup=
ushare-policy-01:full-backup-schedule:ushare-client && echo 
backup_selection=
/mnt/vpfs_shares/usha/ushare/dir1:/mnt/vpfs_shares/usha/ushare/dir2 
&& echo ingest_mode=off) > 
<nfs_mount_point>/.vpfs_special_control_config