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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Configuration options for NetBackup servers
  6. DISALLOW_CLIENT_RESTORE option for NetBackup servers
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

DISALLOW_CLIENT_RESTORE option for NetBackup servers

This option denies the restore requests for all clients. When this option is present, clients cannot restore the files that they have backed up through this master server.

Table: DISALLOW_CLIENT_RESTORE information

Usage

Description

Where to use

On NetBackup master servers.

How to use

Use the nbgetconfig and the nbsetconfig commands to view, add, or change the option.

For information about these commands, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

Use the following format:

DISALLOW_CLIENT_RESTORE

The default is that the entry is not present in the configuration file and clients can restore their files.

Note:

To override the DISALLOW_CLIENT_RESTORE option for individual clients, change their list_restore setting.

Equivalent Administration Console property

NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Master Servers > Double-click on server > Client Attributes > Allow Client Browse.

See Client Attributes properties.

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