Configuring an Application Backup Schedule - NetBackup

Teradata Extension for NetBackup Administrator Guide
Product
NetBackup
Release Number
16.20
16.10
Published
May 2017
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-05-02
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B035-2400
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

An Application Backup schedule is one of the two types of schedules required for a Teradata backup. Refer to Configuring an Automatic Backup Schedule for information on the other type of required schedule.

  1. Double-click on the schedule named Default-Application-Backup.

    All Teradata Database operations are performed through Teradata Extension for NetBackup using an Application Backup schedule. This includes those backups started automatically.

    Configure an Application Backup schedule for each NCR-Teradata or Teradata policy, otherwise you cannot run a backup. To help satisfy this requirement, an Application Backup schedule named Default-Application-Backup is automatically created when a new NCR-Teradata or Teradata policy is configured.

  2. Specify the other properties for the schedule as explained in Specifying Schedule Properties.

    The backup window for an Application Backup schedule must encompass the time period during which all NetBackup jobs, scheduled and unscheduled, will occur. This is necessary because the Application Backup schedule starts processes that are required for all Teradata Extension for NetBackup backups, including those started automatically.

    For example, assume that:

    • Users run NetBackup operations during business hours, 0800 to 1300

    • Configured automatic backups start between 1800 and 2200

    The Application Backup schedule must have a start time of 0800 and a duration of 14 hours.

    The following table describes and gives examples of settings for Application Backup schedules.

    Examples of Settings for an Application Backup Schedule
    Type of Backup Schedule Settings Description Settings
    Application Backup Retention The length of time backup images are stored 2 weeks
    Backup Window The time during which a NetBackup operation can be performed Sunday through Saturday

    00:00:01 - 23:59:59
    Set the time period for the Application Backup schedule for 24 hours per day, seven days per week. This ensures that Teradata Extension for NetBackup operations are never locked out due to the Application Backup schedule.