Policy type attribute

The Policy type attribute determines the purpose of the policy. Usually, the Policy type attribute determines the type of clients that can be backed up by this policy. Not all policy types serve to back up clients. (NBU-Catalog, for example.) Select the type of policy from the drop-down list.

You can change the policy type of an existing policy. However, the existing schedules may become invalid for the new policy type. If the schedules become invalid, NetBackup displays an alert notice. NetBackup then either deletes the invalid schedules or changes the schedules to an equivalent type.

Table: Policy types lists and describes that different Policy type attributes.

Table: Policy types

Policy type	Description
AFS (UNIX only)	Use for the policies that back up only AFS file systems on clients. For information on setting up these policies, see "Using NetBackup with AFS," in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.
DataTools-SQL-BackTrack (UNIX only)	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup SQL-BackTrack extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
DataStore	This policy type is reserved for use by Symantec or its partners to provide agents for new applications or databases.
DB2	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup DB2 extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
FlashBackup (UNIX only)	Applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server: Use for the policies that contain only NetBackup FlashBackup clients on UNIX. This policy is available only when the Snapshot Client is installed. For information on setting up this policy type, see the Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide.
FlashBackup- Windows (UNIX only)	Applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server: Use for the policies that contain only FlashBackup-Windows clients on Windows. This policy is available only when the Snapshot Client is installed. For information on setting up this policy type, see the NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide.
Generic (Windows only)	A policy type that does not require the same pre-processing steps that backup policies require. For example, a LiveUpdate policy is considered a generic policy.
Informix-On-BAR (UNIX only)	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup Informix extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
Lotus-Notes	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup Lotus Notes extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
MS-Exchange-Server	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup MS Exchange extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
MS-SharePoint (Windows only)	Use to configure a policy for NetBackup for SharePoint Portal Server.
MS-SQL-Server	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup MS SQL Server extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option. Use the Standard or MS-Windows policy type to implement the following options: CheckPoint Restart for backups, Checkpoint Restart for restores, synthetic backups, or the Collect disaster recovery information for Bare Metal Restore option.
MS-Windows	Use for the policies that contain only Windows clients of supported Windows operating system levels.
NBU-Catalog	Use for hot catalog backup jobs. Allows for a catalog backup while other jobs are running.
NCR-Teradata	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup for Teradata option. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
NDMP	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup NDMP option. This policy type is available only when the NetBackup NDMP is installed and licensed. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
NetWare	Use for the policies that contain only NonTarget NetBackup Novell NetWare clients. (This version uses a Microsoft Windows interface.)
Oracle	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup Oracle extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
OS/2	Use for the policies that contain only OS/2 clients.
PureDisk-Export	Use for the policies that export data from PureDisk to NetBackup.
SAP	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup SAP extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
Standard	Use for the policies that contain any combination of the following: UNIX clients (including supported Mac clients), except those covered by specific products such as Oracle. NetBackup Novell NetWare clients that have the target version of NetBackup software. Use the Standard or MS-Windows policy type to implement the following options: CheckPoint Restart for backups, Checkpoint Restart for restores, synthetic backups, or the Collect disaster recovery information for Bare Metal Restore option.
Sybase	Use for the policies that contain only clients with the NetBackup Sybase extension. For information on setting up this policy type, see the guide for this option.
Vault	Use as a policy type to schedule and run a Vault job. This policy type is available only when Vault is licensed.

For more details on off-host backups, refer to the NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide.