About the Backup Selections tab

The Backup Selections tab lists the files, directories, directives, scripts, and the templates that are backed up with this policy. NetBackup uses the same backup selection list for all of the clients that are backed up according to the policy.

Every file on the list does not need to exist on all of the clients. NetBackup backs up the files that it finds that are on the backup selections list. However, each client must contain at least one of the files in the backup selections list, or the client backup fails with a status 71. The policy backup selections list does not apply to user backups or archives. For user backups and archives, users select the objects to back up before they start the operation.

A backup selection list may contain different information based on the policy type, as follows:

Standard, Exchange, and Lotus Notes policy types list paths and directives.

See Changing backup selections for standard policies.
Depending on the database type, the backup selection list for database policies contains different types of objects.

See Changing backup selections for database policies.
- For Exchange and Lotus Notes, the list contains paths and directives.
- For MS-SQL-Server, Informix-On-BAR, SAP, and Sybase, the list contains the scripts that define and control the database backup, including how the client uses multiple streams.
- For Oracle and DB2, the list contains scripts and templates.
Vault policy types list only Vault commands in the backup selections list.