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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Configure NetBackup policies for VMware
  4. Configuring a VMware policy from the Policy Wizard
Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Configuring a VMware policy from the Policy Wizard

You can create a NetBackup for VMware policy by means of the Policy Configuration Wizard.

Use the following procedure.

To create a backup policy by means of the Policy Configuration Wizard

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console (on the NetBackup master server), click on the name of the master server.
  2. Click Create a Policy.
  3. Under Create a backup policy for, click VMware and Hyper-V, and click Next.
  4. Enter a name for the policy.
  5. Click VMware as the virtual machine type.
  6. Click Next, and follow the remaining panels in the wizard.

    The wizard creates the policy according to your selections.

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Configuring a VMware policy from the Policies utility

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