Importing backups

NetBackup can import the backups that have expired, the backups from another NetBackup server, or the backups written by Backup Exec for Windows.

See Importing Backup Exec media.

During an import operation, NetBackup recreates NetBackup catalog entries for the backups on the imported volume. The import capability is useful for moving volumes from one site to another and for recreating NetBackup catalog entries.

NetBackup supports the capability to import and restore the following Backup Exec backup types:

An image is imported in the following two phases:

Phase I

NetBackup creates a list of expired catalog entries for the backups on the imported volume. No actual import occurs in Phase I.

See Importing backup images, Phase I.

Phase II

Images are selected for importing from the list of expired images that was created in Phase I.

See Importing backup images, Phase II.