Online backup
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Certain online backups require NetBackup to put
Enterprise Vault or specific Enterprise Vault components in
read-only mode. When your backup involves an Open partition or an
Index location component, NetBackup must put Enterprise Vault into
read-only mode before the backup takes place. The following rules
apply for Enterprise Vault 7.5 and 8.0.
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When this particular backup occurs in an Enterprise Vault 7.5
environment, NetBackup places the entire Enterprise Vault server
into read-only mode. The Enterprise Vault services and data are
available during the backup.
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In an Enterprise Vault 8.0 environment, only the particular
vault store or index location is placed into read-only mode. All
other Enterprise Vault components are not placed in read-only
mode.
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Enterprise Vault backup schedules
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The NetBackup Enterprise Vault agent supports full,
differential-incremental, and cumulative-incremental backups. These
types of backups are configured in an Enterprise Vault policy that
the user creates through the NetBackup Administration Console. The
user can then specify which Enterprise Vault components to backup
by selecting predefined directives in the backup policy.
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Tight NetBackup integration
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Tight integration with NetBackup means the
following:
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An administrator already familiar with NetBackup procedures and
software can easily configure and use NetBackup Enterprise Vault
agent to perform backup and restore operations.
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Features and strengths of the NetBackup product suite are
available to the user of the NetBackup Enterprise Vault agent.
These features include scheduled operations. These features are
described in detail in the NetBackup
Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
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Data management
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Enterprise Vault agent backups are saved to a wide variety of
storage devices that NetBackup supports.
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Automated backups
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Administrators can configure policies and schedule automatic,
unattended backups for local or remote clients across the network.
These backups are managed entirely by the NetBackup server from a
central location.
In addition, the administrator can manually back up Enterprise
Vault archived data and Enterprise Vault configuration data
(database) that is stored on different locations.
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Restore operations
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An administrator who uses the Backup, Archive, and Restore
interface can browse Enterprise Vault backups and select the ones
to restore.
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Redirected restore
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The Enterprise Vault agent supports redirected (alternate)
restore for the file system data and the SQL databases. This
feature enables you to rename or redirect the backup objects for
the file system data. For SQL objects, this feature supports
redirected restores and it supports the renaming of an Enterprise
Vault SQL database name. However, this feature does not support the
renaming of the physical files that are associated with an SQL
database.
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Local media server
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The Enterprise Vault agent supports the use of a local media
server as the primary media server during a backup. However, the
configuration of the local media server for Enterprise Vault agent
is different than what a NetBackup configuration uses.
See About local media server
configuration.
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