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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
  4. Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage
Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage

Use the following procedure to enable NetBackup Accelerator for use with NetBackup cloud storage.

Enabling Accelerator for use with NetBackup cloud storage

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, select NetBackup Management > Policies > policy_name. Select Edit > Change, and select the Attributes tab.
  2. Select Use accelerator.
  3. Confirm the Policy storage option is a valid Cloud storage unit.

    The storage unit that is specified under Policy storage must be one of the supported Cloud vendors. You can't set Policy storage to Any Available.

Figure: Enable Accelerator

Enable Accelerator

Determining if NetBackup Accelerator was used during a backup operation

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Activity Monitor. Double click the backup that you want to check.
  2. Click the Detailed Status tab.
  3. Review the status for accelerator enabled. This text indicates the backup used NetBackup Accelerator.

Figure: Confirm Accelerator used during backup

Confirm Accelerator used during backup

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