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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section IV. Configuring storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)
  4. Storage operations
  5. Duplication operation in an SLP
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Duplication operation in an SLP

Use the Duplication operation to create a copy of a Backup, a Backup from Snapshot, or another Duplication operation. A media server performs the operation and writes the copy.

Note:

Use the Replication operation to create a copy of a Snapshot operation.

See Replication operation in an SLP.

Figure: Duplication operation in the New Storage Operation dialog box

Duplication operation in the New Storage Operation dialog box7.6

Table: Duplication operation characteristics

Characteristic

Description

Storage unit selection

The selection must be a backup storage unit or a backup storage unit group.

The selection cannot be a snapshot storage unit or a snapshot storage unit group.

Child of

A Duplication operation can be the child of the following operations:

  • Backup operation

  • Backup From Snapshot operation

  • A Duplication operation

Therefore, click on one of these operations in the SLP when adding a Duplication operation.

See Creating a storage lifecycle policy.

Source for

A Duplication operation can be the source for a Duplication operation. (See Figure: SLP that contains one Backup operation and two Duplication operations.)

Hierarchy notes

When a Duplication operation appears in an SLP, it cannot be the first operation.

Job type

A Duplication operation generates a Duplication job in the Activity Monitor.

Window

An SLP window can be created for a Duplication operation.

See Window tab of the Storage Operation dialog box.

Figure: SLP that contains one Backup operation and two Duplication operations

SLP that contains one Backup operation and two Duplication operations

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