User`s guide

2 NetBackup User’s Guide - Microsoft Windows
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Backup and Archive Operations
A backup saves copies of selected files and folders from a NetBackup client to a
storage device on a NetBackup master server or NetBackup slave server.
An archive saves copies of selected files and folders to a storage device on a
NetBackup master server or NetBackup slave server, then deletes the original
files from the NetBackup client.
User Directed Backups and Archives
You can perform a user directed backup during the time period scheduled by the
NetBackup system administrator. NetBackup allows you to select a combination
of files, folders with files, or entire drives to back up.
Server Directed Backups and Archives
The NetBackup administrator can schedule full backups and incremental
backups that occur automatically and unattended, under control of the
NetBackup master server. Full, incremental and true image backups can only be
performed by the NetBackup master server. When properly scheduled, the
server directed backups will meet most of your backup requirements.
Note: In previous versions of NetBackup for Windows, server directed
backups could be only partially successful since some applications retain locks
on files when left open. This version of the software is packaged with an OTM
(Open File Manager), which resolves this problem. If the OTM is disabled, be
sure to shut down all applications on the NetBackup client before proceeding
with server directed backups.
Full Backup
When the NetBackup master server is configured to perform a full backup,
NetBackup backs up all files in a specified folder or drive to a storage unit. The
archive bit is cleared as each file is backed up. If the full backup fails, NetBackup
will attempt another full backup at the same time each day until successfully
completed. A successfully completed backup will include all files.