The following items are guidelines to consider for enabling NetBackup change journal support:

• A NetBackup client using change journal support must belong to only one policy. To use one policy avoids the confusion that multiple backup settings causes. Multiple backup settings can cause conflicted update sequence number (USN) information in the permanent record.

• After Use change journal in incrementals is selected, restart the NetBackup client service on the target system. A full backup of the target system must be completed under change journal monitoring to enable change journal-based incremental backups.

• Change journal support is not offered for user-directed backups. The USN stamps for full and incremental backups in the permanent record do not change.

• NetBackup support for change journal works with Checkpoint Restart for restores.

• Support for change journal is not offered with several NetBackup options or Symantec products.

  If Use change journal in incrementals is enabled, it has no effect while using the following options or products:

  • True image restore (TIR)

  • True image restore with Move Detection

  • Synthetic backups

  • Bare Metal Restore (BMR)

    For more information, see the NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Administrator's Guide.