This section includes the following topics:

• Using the Policies utility

• Policy planning

• Creating a policy using the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard

• Creating a policy without using the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard

• Adding or changing schedules in a policy

• Adding or changing clients in a policy

• Adding or changing backup selections in a policy

• Moving policy information from one server to another

• Cutting, copying, and pasting policy items

• Changing multiple policies at one time

• Deleting schedules, backup selections, or clients from a policy

• About the Policy attributes

• About the Schedules tab

• About the schedule Attributes tab

• Using the Start Windows tab

• Using the Exclude Dates tab to exclude dates from a policy schedule

• Using the Calendar Schedule tab

• How NetBackup determines which schedule to run next

• Schedule windows that span midnight

• How open schedules affect the different schedule types

• Runtime considerations

• About the Clients tab

• About the Backup Selections tab

• About the Disaster Recovery tab

• Creating a Vault policy

• Performing manual backups

• Active Directory granular backups and recovery