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

Replication operation in an SLP

Use the Replication operation for the following types of replication:

  • NetBackup Replication Director to replicate a snapshot, as shown in Figure: Replication operation following a Snapshot operation.

    See About NetBackup Replication Director.

  • NetBackup Auto Image Replication to replicate a backup, as shown in Figure: Replication operation following a Backup operation.

    See About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication.

Table: Replication operation characteristics

Characteristic

Description

Storage unit selection

Under Destination storage attributes:

  • For Replication Director, select the Storage that is configured to contain replicated snapshots.

  • For Auto Image Replication, choose to either:

    • Replicate the backup to storage servers in all target NetBackup domains.

    • Replicate the backup to a specific master server in a specific domain. This type of Auto Image Replication is known as targeted A.I.R.

Child of

Click on the appropriate operation when adding a Replication operation.

A Replication operation can be the child of any of the following operations:

  • Snapshot operation for NetBackup Replication Director to replicate a snapshot.

  • Another Replication operation.

  • Backup operation for NetBackup Auto Image Replication.

See Creating a storage lifecycle policy.

Source for

A Replication operation can be the source for the following operations:

  • Replication

  • Backup From Snapshot

    See Backup From Snapshot operation in an SLP.

Job type

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

Window

An SLP window can be created for a Replication operation.

See Window tab of the Storage Operation dialog box.

Figure: Replication operation following a Snapshot operation

Replication operation following a Snapshot operation7.6

Figure: Replication operation following a Backup operation

Replication operation following a Backup operation7.6

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