Adding clients to a policy

The clients list contains a list of the clients that are backed up during an automatic backup. In addition, a client that is specified in the policy should be an Enterprise Vault server.

NetBackup client software must be installed on each system that hosts an Enterprise Vault database or is an Enterprise Vault Server.

To add clients to a policy

  1. In the Policy dialog box, click the Clients tab.

    To access the Policy dialog box, double-click the policy name in the Policies list in the NetBackup Administration Console.

  2. Click New.

    After you click New, you enter the client name in the interface.

    See About hosts for Enterprise Vault policies. for policy client name recommendations

    For more information about Enterprise Vault site and server aliases, see the Symantec Enterprise Vault Administrator's Guide.

  3. (Windows interface) Type the name of the client and press Enter.

    If NetBackup cannot detect the hardware and the operating system, a dialog box appears so you can specify this information.

    If the Enterprise Vault server is part of an Enterprise Vault cluster, then you must specify the virtual name of the Enterprise Vault server as the policy client.

  4. (Java interface) Type the name of the client you want to add.

    If the Enterprise Vault server is part of an Enterprise Vault cluster, then you must specify the virtual name of the Enterprise Vault server as the policy client.

    The following options are available when you add a client:

    Client name

    Type the name of the client you want to add.

    Hardware and operating system

    Choose the applicable hardware and operating system of the client.

  5. (Java interface) Click Add.

  6. (Java interface) To add another client, repeat steps 2, 4, and 5.

  7. (Windows) To add another client, repeat step 2 and 3.

    The following directives do not allow multiple clients:

    • EV_INDEX_LOCATION=

    • EV_OPEN_PARTITION=

    • EV_READY_PARTITIONS=

    • EV_CLOSED_PARTITIONS=

    • EV_FINGERPRINT_DB=

    • EV_VAULT_STORE_DB=

  8. If this client is the last client, click OK.