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  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section VI. Configuring backups
  4. Managing policies
  5. About dynamic multi-streaming
  6. Policy configuration
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Policy configuration

You can configure dynamic multi‑streaming by using the NetBackup web UI, REST API, or command‑line interface (CLI).

Table: Parameters for API configuration

API parameter

Description

Default

Supported values

useMultipleDataStreams

(existing parameter)

Enables multiple data streams

false

true/false

useDynamicMultipleDataStreams

(new parameter)

Enables dynamic stream allocation

false

true/false

maxStreamsPerSelection

(new parameter)

Maximum number of parallel streams

4

1 - 40

Configuring a policy by using the web UI

For the details of configuring a policy, see NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I. This section outlines how to enable dynamic multi-streaming.

  • Select Allow multiple data streams in the Attributes page.

    The Dynamic multi-streaming attributes section appear at the bottom of the Attributes page.

  • Select Allow dynamic multiple data streams and specify a value between 1 and 40 for Maximum number of streams. The default value is 4 streams.

To configure a policy by using NetBackup API
  1. Create a policy with dynamic multi‑streaming enabled by using the following endpoint:

    POST config/policies/

  2. Enable dynamic multi‑streaming in an existing policy by using the following endpoint:

    PUT config/policies/

For more information see NetBackup API documentation.

To configure a policy using CLI

Run the following command on the primary server:

usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplinfo <policyName> -modify -dynamic_multi_streaming 1 -max_streams_per_selection 10 -multiple_streams 1

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