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  2. NetBackup™ for Greenplum Administrator's Guide
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NetBackup™ for Greenplum Administrator's Guide

About NetBackup for Greenplum configuration

Before you attempt to configure NetBackup for Greenplum, review the installation information Installing NetBackup for Greenplum.

After you complete the installation, you can follow the procedures in Table: Steps to configure NetBackup for Greenplum to configure your environment.

Table: Steps to configure NetBackup for Greenplum

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Configure a backup policy.

See About configuring a backup policy for Greenplum .

Step 2

Create the backup scripts (shell scripts).

See About the backup script for NetBackup for Greenplum.

Step 3

Review the best practices.

See Best practices for Greenplum backups.

See Use of the --jobs option or backup streams and the effect on NetBackup jobs and throttling options.

Step 4

(UNIX and Linux) Configure the permissions for log files.

See About permissions for NetBackup for Greenplum log files.

Step 5

Test the configuration settings.

See Perform a manual backup.

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