Client settings properties for Windows clients

To access these settings, in the web UI select Hosts > Host properties. Select the Windows client and click Edit client. Then click Windows client > Client settings.

The Windows Client settings properties apply to the currently selected Windows client .

The Windows clients > Client settings host properties contain the following settings.

Table: Client settings properties for Windows clients

Property	Description
General level	Enables logs for bpinetd, bpbkar, tar, and nbwin. The higher the level, the more information is written. The default is Minimum logging.
Wait time before clearing archive bit	Specifies how long the client waits before the archive bits for a differential incremental backup are cleared. The minimum allowable value is 300 (default). The client waits for acknowledgment from the server that the backup was successful. If the server does not reply within this time period, the archive bits are not cleared. This option applies only to differential-incremental backups. Cumulative-incremental backups do not clear the archive bit.
Use Windows change journal	Note: The Use Windows Change Journal option applies to Windows clients only. This option works together with the Use Accelerator policy attribute and the Accelerator forced rescan schedule attribute.
Time overlap	Specifies the number of minutes to add to the date range for incremental backups when you use date-based backups. This value compensates for differences in the speed of the clock between the NetBackup client and server. The default is 60 minutes. This value is used during incremental backups when you use the archive bit and when you examine the create time on folders. This comparison is done for archive bit-based backups as well as date-based backups.
Communications buffer size	Specifies the size (in kilobytes) of the TCP and the IP buffers that NetBackup uses to transfer data between the NetBackup server and client. For example, specify 10 for a buffer size of 10 kilobytes. The minimum allowable value is 2, with no maximum allowable value. The default is 128 kilobytes.
User-directed timeouts	Specifies the seconds that are allowed between when a user requests a backup or restore and when the operation begins. The operation fails if it does not begin within this time period. This property has no minimum value or maximum value. The default is 60 seconds.
Perform default search for restore	Instructs NetBackup to search the default range of backup images automatically. The backed up folders and files within the range appear whenever a restore window is opened. Clear the Perform default search for restore check box to disable the initial search. With the property disabled, the NetBackup Restore window does not display any files or folders upon opening. The default is that the option is enabled.
TCP level	Enables logs for TCP. Scroll to one of the following available log levels: 0 No extra logging (default) 1 Log basic TCP/IP functions 2 Log all TCP/IP functions 3 Log contents of each read/write Note: Setting the TCP level to 2 or 3 can cause the status reports to be very large. It can also slow a backup or restore operation.
Incrementals	Based on timestamp Files that are selected for backup based on the date that the file was last modified. When Use change journal is selected, Based on timestamp is automatically selected. Based on archive bit Note: It is not recommended that you combine differential incremental backups and cumulative incremental backups within the same Windows policy when the incremental backups are based on archive bit. NetBackup include files in an incremental backup only if the archive bit of the file is set. The system sets this bit whenever a file is changed and it normally remains set until NetBackup clears it. A full backup always clears the archive bit. A differential-incremental backup clears the archive bit if the file is successfully backed up. The differential-incremental backup must occur within the number of seconds that the Wait time before clearing archive bit property indicates. A cumulative-incremental or user backup has no effect on the archive bit. If you install or copy files from another computer, the new files retain the date timestamp of the originals. If the original date is before the last backup date on this computer, then the new files are not backed up until the next full backup.
Maximum error messages for single issue	Defines how many times a NetBackup client can send the same error message to a NetBackup server. For example, if the archive bits cannot be reset on a file, this property limits how many times the message appears in the server logs. The default is 10.
Keep status of user-directed backups, archives and restores	Specifies how many days the system keeps progress reports before NetBackup automatically deletes them. The default is 3 days.

Client settings properties for Windows clients

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