Configuring alternate client backup
For an alternate client backup policy, make the following selections. Some of the options depend on your hardware configuration and product licenses.
To configure a policy for alternate client backup
- For Policy type, choose Standard, FlashBackup, FlashBackup-Windows, MS-Windows, MS-Exchange-Server, MS-SQL-Server, DB2, SAP, or Oracle.
- Click Perform snapshot backups.
- Click Perform off-host backup.
- Click Use alternate client and select the alternate client from the drop-down list or type it in.
- Click Options if you want to choose the snapshot method.
Snapshot method: You can select the auto method, or the following:
FlashSnap, for a disk group split configuration, with VxVM 3.2 or later with the FlashSnap feature.
VVR, for a UNIX replication host; requires VxVM 3.2 or later with VVR feature.
VSS, for snapshots using the Volume Shadow Copy Service of Windows. This method is for Windows clients, where the client data is stored on a disk array such as EMC or Hitachi, or in a Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows 4.1 or later volume. Supports Exchange.
The disk array-related snapshot methods.