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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  5. Section V. Configuring backups
  7. Creating backup policies
  9. Policy Attributes tab
  11. Backup Network Drives (policy attribute)
  13. Example of using Backup Network Drives (policy attribute) to back up a shared folder
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Example of using Backup Network Drives (policy attribute) to back up a shared folder

The following example gives the steps for backing up a shared folder using the Backup Network Drives policy attribute. The procedure backs up the folder share on win_PC through win_client. Consult the following descriptions before you review the example.

master1

NetBackup master server

win_client

Windows NetBackup client

win_PC

Windows computer (not necessarily a NetBackup client)

share

A shared folder on win_PC

Table: Using Backup Network Drives to back up a shared folder on win_PC

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Create a policy

On master1 create a policy for win_client, and check Backup network drives in the policy attributes tab.

Step 2

Configure the NetBackup Client Service

Perform the following actions:

  • On win_client, change the NetBackup Client Service to Start Up or Log On with the same account as the user that performs the backup.

    This user account must have read permissions for the share that is to be backed up. The account must have write permission to perform restores.

  • Stop and start the NetBackup Client Service so the new account takes effect.

See Configuring the NetBackup Client Service.

Step 3

Create a batch file

Create a batch file bpstart_notify.bat that does the following:

  • Maps a drive on win_client to \\win_PC\share.

  • Includes the following command (where X: is the mapped drive letter): 

    net use X: \\win_PC\share

Step 4

Perform a backup

Backups run as scheduled or when a manual backup is performed.

See Performing manual backups.

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