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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section VI. Configuring backups
  4. Protecting the NetBackup catalog
  5. Catalog backups
  6. Backing up NetBackup catalogs manually
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Backing up NetBackup catalogs manually

Catalog backups typically run automatically per the NBU-Catalog policy. You can also manually start a catalog backup.

A manual catalog backup is useful in the following situations:

  • To perform an emergency backup. For example, if the system is schedule to be moved and you cannot wait for the next scheduled catalog backup.

  • If there is only one standalone drive and the standalone drive is used for catalog backups. In this situation, automatic backups are not convenient. The catalog backup tape must be inserted before each catalog backup and removed when the backup is done. (The tape swap is necessary because NetBackup does not mix catalog and regular backups on the same tape.)

To perform a manual catalog backup

  1. Sign in to the NetBackup web UI.
  2. Click Protection > Policies.
  3. Select the catalog backup policy that you want to run.
  4. Click Manual backup.
  5. (Optional) Select the schedule that you want to use.
  6. Click Backup.

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