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  2. NetBackup™ for KVM Administrator's Guide
  3. Protecting KVM virtual machines
  4. About configuring a backup policy for KVM
NetBackup™ for KVM Administrator's Guide

About configuring a backup policy for KVM

A backup policy defines the backup criteria for a group of KVM virtual machines.

These criteria include the following:

  • Storage unit and media to use

  • Policy attributes

  • Backup schedules

  • The KVM hosts where the virtual machines reside

  • A query that defines which virtual machines to back up

See Add a policy for KVM.

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