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Configuration parameters for Snapshot Client — NetBackup 8.3.0.1 | Cohesity Documentation

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Veritas NetBackup™ Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide

Policy configuration

Selecting the snapshot method

Configuration parameters for Snapshot Client

Configuration parameters for Snapshot Client

The following parameters are required for certain snapshot methods. If no additional parameters are required for the snapshot method you have chosen, the Snapshot Options dialog states that no parameters are required.

Cache device path	See Cache device path parameter.
Delay in seconds between disk group split retries	See Delay in seconds between disk group split retries parameter.
IBC receive timeout (seconds)	See IBC receive timeout parameter (seconds).
IBC send timeout (seconds)	See IBC send timeout parameter (seconds).
Keep snapshot after backup	See Keep snapshot after backup parameter.
Maximum number of volumes to resynchronize concurrently	See Maximum number of volumes to resynchronize concurrently parameter.
Maximum Snapshots (Instant Recovery only)	See Maximum Snapshots parameter (Instant Recovery only).
Number of times to retry disk group split	See Number of times to retry disk group split parameter.
Provider Type	See Provider Type parameter.
Resynchronize mirror in background	See Resynchronize mirror in background parameter.
Snapshot Attribute	See Snapshot Attribute parameter.
Synchronize mirror before the backup	See Synchronize mirror before the backup parameter.
Sync I/O delay in milliseconds (UNIX only)	See Sync I/O delay in milliseconds parameter (UNIX only).
Sync region size in MB (UNIX only)	See Sync region size in MB parameter (UNIX only).
Wait for mirror sync completion	See Wait for mirror sync completion parameter.

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Snapshot methods

Cache device path parameter

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