Use the NetBackup Administration Console for this procedure.
A NetBackup policy defines the backup criteria for a specific group of one or more clients and is necessary whether the job is launched automatically using the scheduler, or is launched manually using the Teradata TARA GUI, the NetBackup Database Extension GUI, or tdbackex.
- storage unit and media to use
- backup schedules
- script files to be executed on the clients
- clients to be backed up
To use Teradata Extension for NetBackup, define at least one Teradata policy with the appropriate schedules. A configuration can have a single policy that includes all clients or there can be many policies, some of which include only one client.
Most requirements for Teradata policies are the same as for file system backups. In addition to the attributes described here, there are other attributes for a policy to consider. Refer to the NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide for detailed configuration instructions and information on all the attributes available.