Creating backup jobs for the Symantec Protection Network

Backup jobs for the Symantec Protection Network must be created as duplicate jobs. You can duplicate existing backup sets or you can duplicate backup sets immediately following the scheduled job in which they are created.

See Duplicating backed up data.

You can also create a duplicate backup set for the Symantec Protection Network as part of a template.

See About duplicate backup set templates.

See Adding a duplicate backup template to a policy.

You should consider the best practices for the Symantec Protection Network when you create backup jobs for the Symantec Protection Network:

The options described in this procedure are specific to Symantec Protection Network backup jobs. For all other options

To create Symantec Protection Network jobs

On the navigation bar, click Job Setup.
In the task pane under Backup Tasks, click New job to duplicate backup sets.

Do one of the following in the order listed:

To copy existing backup sets to another destination	Click Duplicate existing backup sets, and then click OK. Select the backup sets that you want to copy. For Oracle or DB2 jobs that were created with multiple data streams, under the instance name, select the date on which the backup set was created.
To duplicate the backup sets that are created when a scheduled backup job runs	Click Duplicate backup sets following a job, and then click OK. Select the scheduled backup job to be used as the source.

In the Properties pane, under Destination, click Device and Media.

Complete the following options.

Device	Select the Symantec Protection Network folder to which you want to copy the duplicate backup job.
Overwrite media	Select this option. You cannot append Symantec Protection Network backup jobs to existing media.

Complete any other options as necessary.

See Device and media options for backup jobs and templates.

In the Properties pane, under Settings, click General.

See Duplicating backed up data.
In the Properties pane, under Settings, click Advanced.
In Compression type, click None.

Symantec Protection Network backup jobs do not support hardware compression. If the original backup job used software compression, the Symantec Protection Network job is compressed also.

Complete any other options as necessary.

See Duplicating backed up data.
In the Properties pane, under Settings, click Network and Security.
In Encryption type, click Software.

Symantec Protection Network backup jobs must be encrypted. Symantec Protection Network folders do not support hardware encryption.

If the original backup job was encrypted, the encryption key for the original job is applied to the Symantec Protection Network job.

Complete any other options as necessary.

See Duplicating backed up data.
If you want Backup Exec to notify someone when the backup job completes, in the Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification.

See Assigning notification recipients for completed jobs.
Do one of the following:

To duplicate data from a scheduled backup job

Click Run Now.

To duplicate data from an existing backup set

Click Run Now, or under Frequency, click Schedule.

To duplicate data from a scheduled backup job	Click Run Now.
To duplicate data from an existing backup set	Click Run Now, or under Frequency, click Schedule.