VERITAS NetBackup 4.5 Users Guide for UNIX

Short Description
This guide describes how to use NetBackup for the UNIX platform to perform backups, archives, and restores. Throughout this guide, VERITAS NetBackup is referred to as NetBackup. This guide is intended for the system administrator and the UNIX end user. A basic knowledge of UNIX commands and operations is assumed.

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NetBackup lets you back up, archive, and restore files, directories, or raw partitions that reside on your client system. In NetBackup terminology, the system that needs the backup or restore is the client (or agent). The system that manages the storage and retrieval of the backup data is called the NetBackup server.
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User-Directed Operations
User-directed operations are NetBackup operations that the user can perform from the client. These operations can be performed without administrator intervention or logging into the NetBackup server.
User-directed operations include:
- Back up files, directories or raw partitions that reside on your local disk. A backup operation saves the data to a storage device on the NetBackup server.
- Archive files and directories that reside on your local disk. An archive operation saves the selected files and directories to a storage device on the NetBackup server and then deletes them from your local disk.
- Restore previously backed up or archived files, directories, or raw partitions to either the location from which they were backed up or to another location. You select what you want to restore and NetBackup automatically restores it to the disk.
After you start a user-directed operation, the server manages storage and retrieval of data. All file transfers occur in the background so there is no long wait for the operation to complete before regaining control of your terminal.
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