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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section IV. Configuring storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)
  4. Using a storage lifecycle policy to create multiple copies
  5. About writing multiple copies using a storage lifecycle policy
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

About writing multiple copies using a storage lifecycle policy

A storage lifecycle policy can be used to create multiple copies of backups and snapshots.

NetBackup permits only one method to create multiple copies to be in use at one time. Use only one of the following methods:

  • Enable the Multiple copies option in a policy configuration.

    If a policy has the Multiple copies option enabled, the policy cannot select a storage lifecycle policy as the Policy storage.

    See Multiple copies (schedule attribute).

  • Add multiple Backup operations or one or more Duplication or Replication operations to the operations list of the SLP.

    See New or Change Storage Operation dialog box settings.

The same criteria for creating copies applies to both methods.

The following topics are considerations when storage lifecycle policies are used to create multiple copies.

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