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  2. NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide
  3. Section II. Using NAS-Data-Protection (D-NAS)
  4. Configure D-NAS policy for NAS backups
  5. Configuring backup selections
NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide

Configuring backup selections

The Backup selections tab contains a list of what to back up on each client, host, or instance when NetBackup runs an automatic schedule (for example, a full backup). The list does not apply to user backups or archives, where users select the shares/volumes to back up before they start the operation.

To configure backup selections:

  1. On the left, click Policies, under Protection. Click the Schedules tab. Under Backup schedules, click Add. Click the Backup selections tab.
  2. Select NFS or SMB as required.
  3. (Optional) Select Include mixed volumes to select the volumes protected by both NFS and SMB protocols, under Backup selections.
  4. From the Backup host pool dropdown, select any of the following:
    • From the Backup host pool dropdown, select any of the following:

      • Select an already created backup host.

      • Select All media server pool. See About the All media server pool option .

      • Select Create new backup host pool to create a new backup host pool. See Configuring a backup host pool .

      • If you have not created a backup host pool already, the Backup selections dialog box appears. Click Yes to configure. See Configuring a backup host pool .

  5. From the Backup host pool list, select the preferred pool, and select one or more required volumes from the table.
  6. To add a new volume, click Add.
    • In the Add backup selection dialog, do one of the following:

      • From the Pathname or directive list, select the preferred and click Add to list.

      • Click Browse and select the preferred.

    • Click Add.

  7. Click Save to save the backup selection.

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