Policy type

Determines the types of clients that can be in the policy. In some cases the policy type determines the types of backups that NetBackup can perform on those clients. To use the database agent, you must define at least one policy of type that is Lotus-Notes.

Take checkpoints every

Enable this feature to have NetBackup take checkpoints during the backup jobs for the policy.

The checkpoint frequency indicates how often NetBackup takes a checkpoint during a backup. The default is 15 minutes. The Schedule backup attempts global attribute indicates the number of times that NetBackup attempts a failed backup.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for more information on these options.

Compression

Enables the compression of backups. This option is only supported for NetBackup for Lotus clients for Windows. A NetBackup for Lotus client on UNIX cannot perform compression. If you want to use compression and have both Windows and UNIX clients, create two backup policies. Use one policy for Windows clients and one policy for UNIX clients.

For more information on advantages and disadvantages of compression, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide.

Allow multiple data streams

Specifies that NetBackup can divide automatic backups for each client into multiple jobs. Each job backs up only a part of the list of backup selections.The jobs are in separate data streams and can occur concurrently. The number of available storage units, multiplex settings, and the maximum jobs parameters determine the total number of streams and how many can run concurrently. Not all directives in the backup selections list allow for multiple database streams.

Keyword phrase

A textual description of a backup. Useful for browsing backups and restores.