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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring host properties and job settings
  4. Configuring the number of jobs allowed for backup operations
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

Configuring the number of jobs allowed for backup operations

When NetBackup starts a backup of SQL Server, a number of jobs are created. Depending on the policy configuration, additional jobs are created if you configure settings such as Number of backup stripes and Parallel backup operations. (For legacy policies, the equivalent settings are the Stripes setting and the BATCHSIZE keyword.)

You can increase or limit the number of jobs that are created. You can also control the number of jobs that are sent to the storage unit.

Limit jobs per policy

Sets the maximum number of instances that NetBackup can back up concurrently in each policy. This setting is configured in the policy attributes.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Maximum jobs per client

In a policy, the maximum number of jobs per client that you want to allow. This setting applies to all clients in all policies. It is configured in the master server host properties on the Global Attributes node.

See Configuring the Maximum jobs per client setting.

Maximum concurrent jobs

The maximum number of jobs that NetBackup can send to a storage unit at one time. This setting is configured in the storage unit properties.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Maximum concurrent write drives

The number of tape drives that NetBackup can use at one time for jobs to this storage unit. This setting is configured in the storage unit properties.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

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