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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  5. Section II. Configuring hosts
  7. Configuring Host Properties
  9. Universal Settings properties
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Universal Settings properties

Use the Universal Settings properties in the NetBackup Administration Console to configure basic backup and restore settings. These properties apply to selected master servers, media servers, and clients.

Figure: Universal Settings dialog box

Universal Settings dialog box

The Universal Settings dialog box contains the following options.

Table: Universal Settings dialog box properties

Property

Description

Restore retries

Specifies the number of attempts a client has to restore after a failure. (The default is 0; the client does not attempt to retry a restore. The client can try up to three times.) Change Restore retries only if problems are encountered.

If a job fails after the maximum number of retries, the job goes into an incomplete state. The job remains in the incomplete state as determined by the Move restore job from incomplete state to done state property.

See Clean-up properties.

A checkpointed job is retried from the start of the last checkpointed file rather than at the beginning of the job.

Checkpoint restart for restore jobs allows a NetBackup administrator to resume a failed restore job from the Activity Monitor.

See Take checkpoints every __ minutes (policy attribute).

Browse timeframe for restores

Specifies how long ago NetBackup searches for files to restore. For example, to limit the browse range to one week before the current date, clear the Last full backup check box and specify 7.

This limit is specified on the master server and applies to all NetBackup clients. A limit can be specified on an individual client to reduce the size of the Search window. The client setting cannot make the browse window larger.

By default, NetBackup includes files from the time of the last-full backup through the latest backup for the client. If the client belongs to more than one policy, then the browse starts with the earliest of the set of last-full backups.

Last full backup

Indicates whether NetBackup includes all backups since the last successful full backup in its browse range. This property must be disabled to enter a value for the Browse timeframe for restores property. The default is that this property is enabled.

Use specified network interface

Specifies the network interface that NetBackup uses to connect to another NetBackup client or server. A NetBackup client or server can have more than one network interface. To force NetBackup connections to be made on a specific network interface, use this entry to specify the network host name of that interface. By default, the operating system determines the one to use.

Allow server file writes

Specifies whether a NetBackup server can create or modify files on the NetBackup client. For example, enable this property to prevent server-directed restores and remote changes to the client properties.

After the Allow server file writes property is applied, it can be cleared only by modifying the client configuration. The default is that server writes are allowed.

See DISALLOW_SERVER_FILE_WRITES option for NetBackup servers and clients.

Logging the status of a redirected restore

UNIX only:

No progress log is produced for a redirected restore if the requesting server is not included in the server list for the server that performs the restore. (A progress log is an entry in the Task Progress tab of the Backup, Archive, and Restore client interface.)

Without the entry in the server list, the restoring server has no access to write the log files to the requesting server.

Consider the following solutions:

  • To produce a progress log, add the requesting server to the server list and log into the requesting server.

    • In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master Servers.

    • In the details pane, double-click on master server you want to modify, and click Servers from the options pane.

    • Add the restoring server to the server list.

  • Log on to the restoring server. Check the Activity Monitor to determine the success of the restore operation.

Accept connections from non-reserved ports

This property no longer applies.

Client sends mail

Specifies whether the client sends an email to the address that is specified in the Universal Settings properties. If the client cannot send email, use Server sends mail. The default is that this property is enabled.

Server sends mail

Specifies whether the server sends an email to the address that is specified in the Global Attributes properties. Enable this property if the client cannot send mail and you want an email notification. The default is that this property is disabled.

See Global Attributes properties.

Client administrator's email

Specifies the email address of the administrator on the client. This address is where NetBackup sends backup status reports for the client. By default, no email is sent. To enter multiple addresses or email aliases, separate entries with commas.

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