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  2. NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide
  3. Tuning the NetBackup data transfer path
  4. NetBackup server performance in the data transfer path
  5. Changing parent and child delay values for NetBackup
NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide

Changing parent and child delay values for NetBackup

You can modify the parent and child delay values for a process.

To change the parent and child delay values

  1. Create the following files:

    Linux/UNIX

      /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config/PARENT_DELAY
      /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config/CHILD_DELAY

    Windows

      install_path\NetBackup\db\config\PARENT_DELAY
      install_path\NetBackup\db\config\CHILD_DELAY

    These files contain a single integer that specifies the value in milliseconds for the delay corresponding to the name of the file.

  2. For example, for a parent delay of 50 milliseconds, enter 50 in the PARENT_DELAY file.

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