Legato NetWorker ClientPak and Storage Node Installation Guide

Naming Conventions for Backing Up MPE Volume Sets

Turning Off Parallel Backups

Setting the system variable NSR_MPE_SCHED_SAVES_PARALLELISM_OFF to any

value, including null, turns off any parallelism of server-initiated backups. Backups

that are scheduled to run at the same time as defined in the client resource on the

NetWorker server will run sequentially.

This variable is useful when the host and its I/O are unable to gracefully sustain more

than one volume-set-based save at the same time. Note that parallelism can also be

turned off by setting the "parallelism" attribute of the client resource to "1" (refer to the

Legato NetWorker Administrator’s Guide).

To turn parallelism of server-initiated backups off, add the following system variable

to the JNSRSTRT file:

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_SCHED_SAVES_PARALLELISM_OFF ""

Note that if you set this variable to "no", parallelism will still be turned off.

You can also set this system variable from the POSIX shell:

export NSR_MPE_SCHED_SAVES_PARALLELISM_OFF=""

Specifying a Notification at the Start of an Online Backup

To set the notification system variable to on or off (the default is off), use the following

command:

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_NOTIFY_ON ""

You can also set this system variable from the POSIX shell:

export NSR_MPE_NOTIFY_ON=""

Refer to the 900 Series HP3000 Computer Systems STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products

Manual for more information on this feature.

Controlling the 7x24 True Online Backup

You can set three different controls for the 7x24 True Online Backup:

• The ONLINE=START option allows you to enable active data backups. This

setting is the default.

• The ONLINE option allows you to specify ONLINE without START.

• The OFF option allows you to turn the ONLINE off.

To control the 7x24 True Online Backup, add one of the following system variables to

the JNSRSTRT file:

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_7X24_ONLINE ”ONLINE=START”

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_7X24_ONLINE ”ONLINE”

!SETVAR NSR_MPE_7X24_ONLINE ”OFF”

You can also set these system variables from the POSIX shell:

$ export NSR_MPE_7X24_ONLINE=”ONLINE=START”

$ export NSR_MPE_7X24_ONLINE=”ONLINE”

$ export NSR_MPE_7X24_ONLINE=”OFF”

Refer to the 900 Series HP3000 Computer Systems STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products

Manual for more information on this feature.