Understanding the features
The following table explains the key features:
Table: Feature details
Term | Description |
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Backup host pool | Backup host pool is a group of NetBackup backup hosts where the snapshot of the volume is stagged for backup process to read. These hosts can be NetBackup client, media, or master server. |
Vendor change tracking | Vendor change tracking (VCT) is a mechanism to get the difference in the content of the volume or share between two point in time snapshots. It relies on storage array vendor's native technology to identify the difference, that is, add, modify, and delete files between two point in time snapshots of the same volume. You must ensure that the storage array you are using provides such a capability in order to use this feature. VCT is not applicable in the following conditions:
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Exclude volumes | The volumes out of the backup selection list that you do not want to backup. For example, /prodVol* is the backup selection and there is a volume /prodVol-Scratch which you do not want to backup. |
Accelerator | NetBackup's traditional Accelerator feature can be leveraged along with dynamic streaming for optimized and fast backups. |
Checkpoint Restart | You can leverage NetBackup's traditional Checkpoint restart feature along with dynamic streaming. By taking checkpoints periodically during the backup, NetBackup can retry a failed backup from the beginning of the last checkpoint without restarting the entire job. |