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  3. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  5. Section III. Configuring hosts
  7. Managing host properties
  9. Client attributes properties
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Client attributes properties

To access this setting, in the web UI select Hosts > Host properties. Select the primary server. If necessary click Connect, then click Edit primary server. Click Client attributes.

The Client attributes properties apply to the clients of currently selected primary server.

The Global client attributes property applies to all clients, unless overridden as described in the following table.

Table: Global client attributes

Attribute

Description

Allow client browse

Allows all clients to browse files for restoring. This attribute is overridden if the Browse and restore ability option on the General tab is set to Deny both for a particular clients.

Allow client restore

Allows all clients to restore files. This attribute is overridden if the Browse and restore ability option on the General tab is set to Allow browse only or Deny both.

 

Specifies the list of clients in the client database on the currently selected primary server. A client must be in the client database before you can change the client properties in Client attributes.

The client database consists of directories and files in the following directories:

Windows: install_path\NetBackup\db\client

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/db/client

If a client is not listed in the Clients list, click Add to add a client to the client database. Enter a client name in the text box or select a client. Then click Add.

The name that is entered here must match the Client name property for the specific client. If it does not match, the client cannot browse its own backups.

See Client name properties.

Use the bpclient command to add clients to the client database if dynamic addressing (DHCP) is in use.

Additional information about busy file processing is available in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.

On UNIX: You also can create, update, list, and delete client entries by using the bpclient command that is located in the following directory:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd

General tab

Specifies how to configure the selected Windows primary servers (clients).

See General tab of the Client attributes properties.

Connect options tab

Specifies how to configure the connection between a NetBackup server and a NetBackup client.

See Connect options tab of the Client attributes properties.

Windows open file backup tab

Specifies whether a client uses Windows Open File Backup. Also, specifies whether Volume Snapshot Provider or Volume Shadow Copy Service is used as the snapshot provider.

See Windows open file backup tab of the Client attributes properties.

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