Adding a Policy for UNC/NFS Backup

Adding a policy for UNC/NFS Backup involves multiple steps.

Follow these steps:

Go to Protect > Policies.
On the Policies screen, click Add Policy.
The Add Policy screen appears with three tabs.
On the left pane, click Basics and do the following:

Policy Name: Type a Policy Name.
Protection Type: Select UNC/NFS Backup.
Description (Optional): Type any additional information if required.

(Optional) On the left pane, click Sources and do the following:

To add the available sources, do one of the following:

Search for sources: Allows you to search for existing sources. To search, type the name of the source and click the search icon or from the Search drop-down list, apply filters such as OS and Source Group, and then click Search.
Select Source(s): Allows you to view the available sources. To view, click the Select Source(s) button.

From the displayed list of sources, select the sources you want to add to the policy, and then click Add Source(s).

The screen displays a list of added sources.
On the left pane, click Tasks and do the following:

Add Primary Task

Follow these steps:

On the What to protect tab, do the following:
Note: Based on your previous selection in Basics, by default, the Activity Type shows the corresponding activity type. For example, if you have selected UNC/NFS Backup to RPS in Basics, the Activity Type is Backup - Files on UNC Path.

Backup Server: Select one of the available backup servers. If the Backup Server is not available, click Add.
The Adding UNC Backup Proxy Server dialog box appears.
For adding the Backup Server, do the following:

In the Adding UNC Backup Proxy Server dialog box, provide the following details:

Site Name: Select one of the available sites as needed.
Hostname / IP Address: Type the name of the machine or IP address.
Username: Type the username as needed.
Password: Type the password as needed.

Click Save to add the Backup Proxy Server.

For Exclusions, do the following as needed:

If you want to exclude files and folders, click the checkbox for Exclude Folder Names / File Names, type the complete path of files or folders, and then click Add.
If you want to exclude files larger than the specified size, click the Exclude Files Larger Than checkbox, and then type the size of the file in MB or GB units.
If you want to exclude files which are created before a specified time, click the checkbox for Exclude Files Created Before and select date and time from the Date and Time field.
If you want to exclude files which are modified before a specified time, click the checkbox for Exclude Files Modified Before and select date and time from the Date and Time field.

On the Where to protect tab, do the following:

From the Backup Destination Type, select one of the following options:

For Recovery Point Server, provide the following details:

From the Recovery Point Server drop-down list, select one of the available recovery point servers.
From the Data Store drop-down list, select one of the available data stores.
Click the checkbox for Password Protection, and type the following details:

Session Password
Confirm Session Password

On the When to protect tab, do the following:

Add Backup Schedule: To add the Backup schedule, next to the Backup Schedule heading, click Add.
The Backup Schedule section refreshes and displays the following fields:

From the Backup Type drop-down list, select one of the following types:

Full: Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups.
Incremental: Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
Verify: Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.

From the Schedule Type drop-down list, select one of the following types:

Daily: Refers to the backup schedule that occurs once a day. For Daily Backups, provide the following details:

Run Schedule Days: By default, all the days of the week are selected. If you do not want to run the backup job on a specific day, click the day of the week to clear the selected day.
Start time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the start time for the backup job.

Weekly: Refers to the backup schedule that occurs once a week. For Weekly Backups, provide the following details:

Run Schedule Day: From the drop-down list, select a day of the week.
Start time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the start time for the backup job.

Monthly: Refers to the backup schedule that occurs once a month.

Start Day/Week: From the drop-down list, select a day or week of the month.
Start time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the start time for the backup job.

Custom: Refers to the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.

Run Schedule Days: By default, all the days of the week are selected. If you do not want to run the backup job on a specific day, click the day of the week to clear the selected day.
Start time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the start time of the backup job.
(optional) Click the Repeat checkbox to provide the details of repeat schedule.
Every: Type the time in minutes or hours. For example, if you enter 30 minutes, the backup schedule repeats every 30 minutes until the specified end-time.
End Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the end time for the backup job.

For Retention Policy, provide the following details:

Daily Backups: Type the number of backups that you want to retain in a day.
Weekly Backups: Type the number of backups that you want to retain in a week.
Monthly Backups: Type the number of backups that you want to retain in a month.
Other Backups: Type the number of backups that you want to retain in custom/manual.

Note: The above options are automatically enabled if you add the corresponding backup schedule.
For Catalogs, provide the following details:

To generate file system catalogs after a day, week, month, or others, select the following options:

Daily Backups
Weekly Backups
Monthly Backups
Other Backups

Add Merge Schedule: To add the Merge schedule, next to the Merge Schedule heading, click Add.
The Merge Schedule section refreshes and displays the following fields:

Run Schedule Days: By default, all the days of the week are selected. If you do not want to merge jobs on a specific day, click the day of the week to clear the selected day.
Start Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the start time for the merge job.
End Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the end time for the merge job.

Add Disk Read Throttle Schedule: To add the the Disk Read Throttle schedule, next to the Disk Read Throttle Schedule heading, click Add.
The Disk Read Throttle Schedule section refreshes and displays the following fields:

Throughput Limit: Type the throughput limit in MB/min and GB/min unit.
Run Schedule Days: By default, all the days of the week are selected. If you do not want to run the backup throughput job on a specific day, click the day of the week to clear the selected day.
Start Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the start time for the backup throughput job.
End Time: From the hour and minute drop-down list, select the end time for the backup throughput job.

On the Additional Settings tab, do the following:

For Run a Command, select the following options:

Before a Backup is Started: To run a script before the backup job starts, click the check box for Before a Backup is Started and type the complete path where the script is stored.
On Exit Code: To type the exit code, click the check box for On Exit Code and type a number , and then select the following:

Run Job: The backup job continues when the script returns exit code.
Fail Job: The backup job stops when the script returns exit code.

After the Backup is Completed: To run a script after the backup job is completed, select the After the Backup is Completed check box and type the complete path where the script is stored.
Run the Command Even when the Job Fails: If you want to run the script even when the job fails, select the Run the Command Even when the Job Fails check box.
Username: Type the username as needed.
Password: Type the password as needed.
Execute all copy jobs using this task as the source of copy in parallel: Select this check box if you want to execute all the copy jobs using this task as the source of copy in parallel. If you do not select this check box, all the copy jobs run in series (one after the other).

Click Create Policy.

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