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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section VI. Configuring backups
  4. Managing policies
  5. Deactivate or activate a policy
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Deactivate or activate a policy

Active policies are available for NetBackup to use to schedule backups or allow user-backups.

You can also use the Go into effect at policy attribute to activate a policy or to deactivate a policy. Or, to select a time for a policy to become active.

Deactivate a policy

You can deactivate a policy to temporarily pause any backup requests for that policy. For example, if you want to perform maintenance on the clients in the policy. Note that manual backups or user-requested backups cannot run if a policy is deactivated.

To deactivate a policy

  1. On the left, click Protection > Policies.
  2. Select the policy, then click Deactivate.
Activate a policy

Activate a policy when you are ready for backup schedules in the policy to run.

To activate a policy

  1. On the left, click Protection > Policies.
  2. Select the policy, then click Activate.

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