This chapter explains how to create and use selection sets. The information in this chapter is organized into the following topics:
Selection Sets – An Overview
Types of Selection Sets
Creating a Selection Set
Loading a Selection Set
Modifying a Selection Set
Copying a Selection Set
Deleting a Selection Set
7.1.0 Selection Sets – An Overview
Selection sets provide an efficient way to create job definitions. They store the job properties which can be quickly and easily applied to multiple jobs, and changed with minimum effort. Selection sets reduce the manual steps, allowing you to create a new job or modify existing jobs in fewer steps. For example, you can save the data selections for a Full Backup in a Backup Selection Set, and use this set for creating an Incremental or a Differential Backup job. This eliminates the need to select each item manually for a new job. At the same time, it also ensures that the same set of files is backed up each time and no file is accidentally omitted.
Similarly, you can change the day, date or time in a Schedule Set to automatically change the job schedule for multiple jobs, or target a new device for backups by changing the Target Set.
Note: A policy-based backup can only be created using selection sets.
7.1.1 Types of Selection Sets
NVBU supports the following types of selection sets:
Selection Set Type Description
Backup Selection Set Saves a backup selection list. It can be created from the Selections tab on the following windows:
NVBU Backup
NVBU Policy Editor
Backup Options Set Saves the backup options. It can be created from the Backup Options tab on the following windows:
NVBU Backup
NVBU Policy Editor
Schedule Set Saves the scheduling options for a backup, restore or report job. It can be created from the Schedule tab on the following windows:
NVBU Backup
NVBU Policy Editor
NVBU Restore
NVBU Reporting Job Editor
Source Set Saves the source drive options, which specify where the source media for a Data Copy, Consolidate Incremental Backups, Secondary Copy or Restore job is located. It can be created from the Source tab on the following windows:
NVBU Backup (Secondary Copy, Data Copy and Consolidate Incremental Backups)
NVBU Policy Editor
NVBU Restore
Target Set Saves the target drive and media options for a backup job, which specify the device and media to use to store a backup.
It can be created from the Target tab on the following windows:
NVBU Backup
NVBU Policy Editor
Advanced Options Set Saves the advanced options for a backup or restore job. It can be created from the Advanced Options tab on the following windows:
NVBU Backup
NVBU Policy Editor
NVBU Restore
Restore Selection Set Save a restore selection list. It can be created from the Selections tab on the following window:
NVBU Restore Selection Set Type Description
7.2.0 Creating a Selection Set
To create a selection set, perform the following steps:
1. Depending on your task, open the corresponding NVBU window:
a. Regular Backups
1. Click Backup on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Backup.
Figure 7-1:
Backup Selection Set options displayed at the bottom of NVBU Backup window
b. Policy Backups
1. Click Policy Management on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Policy Management window. Alternatively, on the Administration menu, click Policy Management.
2. Click New Policy on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the File menu, click New Policy.
3. In the NVBU Policy Editor window, click Manage Sets to open the NVBU Set Management window.
Figure 7-2:
NVBU Set Management window
c. Restore Jobs
1. Click Restore on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Restore.
d. Report Jobs
1. Click Reports Management on the toolbar or Large Buttons panel to open the NVBU Reports Management window. Alternatively, on the Operations menu, click Reports.
2. Click Report Job on the toolbar. Alternatively, on the Reports menu, click Report Job.
2. Click the corresponding tab.
3. Select the required data, or configure the required options. For details on data selection and job options, refer to the relevant section in this guide or the APM/Plugin User’s Guide.
For example, to create a backup selection set, click the Selections tab on the NVBU Backup window, and select the data for backup. To create a schedule set, configure the scheduling options on the Schedule tab.
4. Click Save As under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
5. In the Save <Set Type> Set window, enter a unique name for the set in the box provided.
6. Click OK.
7.3.0 Loading a Selection Set
To load a selection set, perform the following steps:
1. Open the NVBU Backup, NVBU Restore or NVBU Set Management window. For details, refer to step 1 in the section Creating a Selection Set on page 133.
2. Click the corresponding tab.
3. Click Load under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
Figure 7-3:
Load Backup Selection Set window
4. Select the required set in the Load Backup Selection Set list.
5. Click OK to apply the selections to the current job.
If you modify the selection set any time later, the new settings are applied automatically to all jobs that use the set.
7.4.0 Modifying a Selection Set
To modify a selection set, perform the following steps:
1. Open the NVBU Backup, NVBU Restore or NVBU Set Management window. For details, refer to step 1 in the section Creating a Selection Set on page 133.
2. Click the corresponding tab.
3. Click Load under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
4. Select the required set in the Load <Set Type> Set list.
5. Click OK. This will load the saved settings.
6. Click Modify under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
7. In the NetVault Warning window, click Modify.
8. Update the settings as required.
9. Click Save As under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
Figure 7-4:
Save Backup Selection Set window
10.To overwrite the loaded set, click OK in the Save <Set Type> Set window. To save the selections to a new set, enter a name in the box and click OK.
7.5.0 Copying a Selection Set
To copy the selections to a new set, perform the following steps:
1. Open the NVBU Backup, NVBU Restore or NVBU Set Management window. For details, refer to step 1 in the section Creating a Selection Set on page 133.
2. Click the corresponding tab.
3. Click Load under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
4. Select the required set in the Load <Set Type> Set list.
5. Click OK. This will load the saved settings.
6. Click Modify under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
7. In the NetVault Warning window, click Copy.
8. Change the settings, if required.
9. Click Save As under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
10.In the Save <Set Type> Set window, enter a new name for the set in the box provided.
11. Click OK.
7.6.0 Deleting a Selection Set
To delete a selection set, perform the following steps:
1. Open the NVBU Backup, NVBU Restore or NVBU Set Management window. For details, refer to step 1 in the section Creating a Selection Set on page 133.
2. Click the corresponding tab.
3. Click Load under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
4. Select the required set in the Load <Set Type> Set list.
5. Click OK. This will load the saved settings.
6. Click Modify under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
7. In the NetVault Warning window, click Modify.
8. Click Delete under <Set Type> Set at the bottom of the tab.
9. In the confirmation dialog, click Yes.