JOB_PRIORITY option for NetBackup servers and clients

Use this option to set the priority for a job type.

Table: JOB_PRIORITY information

Usage	Description
Where to use	On NetBackup primary servers or clients.
How to use	Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view, add, or change the option. For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide. Use the following format: JOB_PRIORITY = P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 Variables P1, P2, and so on indicate the priority for each backup type. Table: Default job type priorities shows the default priority values. The actual default values for the option appear as follows: JOB_PRIORITY = 0 0 90000 90000 90000 90000 85000 85000 80000 80000 80000 80000 75000 75000 70000 70000 50000 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0 This entry should appear only once in the configuration file.
Example	To give backup jobs a priority of 50000 and duplication jobs a priority of 30000, change the JOB_PRIORITY entry as follows: JOB_PRIORITY = 50000 0 90000 90000 90000 90000 85000 85000 80000 80000 80000 80000 75000 75000 70000 70000 30000 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Equivalent NetBackup web UI property	Hosts > Host properties > Select the primary server or client > Default job priorities > Job priority. See Default job priorities properties.

Table: Default job type priorities lists the order of the job types and the various job type defaults.

Table: Default job type priorities

Field	Represents this action	Default
P1	Performing a backup	0
P2	Performing a database backup (a catalog backup)	0
P3	Performing a restore	90000
P4	Recovering a catalog	90000
P5	Performing a staging operation	90000
P6	Performing the duplication jobs that Vault starts	90000
P7	Cleaning up images	85000
P8	Importing images	85000
P9	Requesting tapes	80000
P10	Cleaning a tape	80000
P11	Tape formatting	80000
P12	Performing device diagnostics	80000
P13	Verifying an image	75000
P14	Running a media contents report	75000
P15	Labeling tape media	70000
P16	Erasing media	70000
P17	Running a duplication job	50000
P18	Performing an inventory	50000
P19	This field is not currently in use	0
P20	This field is not currently in use	0
P21	This field is not currently in use	0
P22	This field is not currently in use	0
P23	This field is not currently in use	0
P24	This field is not currently in use	0