Evaluate total backup times for each schedule and further subdivide policies to reduce backup times to an acceptable level.

For example, if the backup of

D:\User, D:\h001, and E:\h002\Projects

on client1 takes too much time, create a new policy for E:\h002\Projects.

In addition to reducing the backup time for each policy, separate policies can reduce the total backup time for the server. NetBackup processes files within a backup selection list in the order they appear in the backup selection list. However, separate policies are processed in parallel if enough drives are available and the Maximum Jobs attribute is set to allow it.

See Maximum jobs per client.

The Multiplexing and Allow Multiple Data Streams options also allow backup policies to be processed in parallel.