To create a protection policy for the universal share accelerator

1. Create a policy using with the NetBackup Administration Console or the NetBackup web UI.
2. On the Attributes tab, select Universal-Share from the Policy type list.

   For the Policy storage, you must use the storage unit with the same disk volume with universal share accelerator. You must create one if it doesn't exist.

3. Under Destination, select storage unit from the Policy storage list.

   See Policy storage (policy attribute) in NetBackup Administrator's Guide Volume I for more information about policy storage setting.

   The storage unit for universal share policy must be in the same disk pool volume where the universal share is created.

4. On the Schedules tab, select either Full backup or Differential incremental backup.
5. On the Clients tab, click Add and enter the host name of the client in Client name.

   The host name requires the same host name of NetBackup client, you can find the host name on NetBackup console Hosts > Host properties. Or open the universal share accelerator details page and find the host name in the section Hosts.

6. On the Backup Selections tab, click Add and enter the path of the universal share in Pathname or directive and then click Add to list.

   You can find the export path from the universal share details page NetBackup web UI: Storage > Disk storage > Universal shares. For example: /mnt/vpfs_shares/accl/accl

   You can use the NEW_STREAM directive if you require multistream backups.

   You can also use the BACKUP X USING Y directive, which allows cataloging under a different directory than the universal share path. For example: BACKUP /demo/database1 USING /mnt/vpfs_shares/accl/accl. In this example, the backup is cataloged under /demo/database1.

7. Run the Universal-Share policy.

   After the backups are created, you can manage the backups with NetBackup features, such as restore, duplication, Auto Image Replication, and others.