Managing OpenVMS File System Subclients

Subclients contain information about what data is backed up. You can create a user-defined subclient to manage and back up specific data files.

Subclients can contain a combination of files and directories.

You can use wildcards to define the subclient content, exclusions, and exceptions.

For more information on the supported OpenVMS wildcards, see Supported Wildcards for OpenVMS File Systems.

You can create subclients for specific folders and files that frequently change or have a different backup schedule.

Before You Begin

1. If you do not want to use the default backup set, create a backup set.

2. Make sure that you have the following information:

   • The plan to assign to the subclient

     Note

     You can only assign a plan to a subclient when it is the only subclient in the backup set.

     Plans contain information about how often the software backs up the data and the storage library.

     For more information, see Plans.

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > File Servers.

   The Overview page appears.

2. Go to the File servers tab, and then click the file server.

   The file server page appears.

3. On the Subclients tab, in the upper-right area of the page, click Add subclient.

   The Add subclient dialog box appears.

4. In the Subclient name box, type the subclient name.

5. From the Backup sets list, select a backup set.

6. Click Next.

   The Plan page of the configuration wizard appears.

Plan

1. From the Plan list, select the backup plan to use for the server.

2. Click Next.

   The Content page of the configuration wizard appears.

Backup Content

1. Complete the following steps to add customized content:

   Option	On tabs	Steps
   Enter custom path	Content Exclusions Exceptions	Type a path, and then click the add button. The path is added to the Files and folders table.
   Browse	Content Exclusions Exceptions	Click Browse. The Select a path dialog box appears. Select a file or folder. Click Save. The path is added to the Files and folders table.
   Content Library	Content Exclusions	Use the Content Library to select well known folders, such as Desktop, and file types. Click Content Library. The Add content dialog box appears. Select content. Click Save. The path is added to the Files and folders table.
   Files and folders	Content Exclusions Exceptions	Select the check boxes. Important If you do not select a check box, then that content is not included, excluded, or excepted from the exclusions.
   Include global exclusions	Exclusions	From the list, select one of the following options: Use cell level policy (default): Enables or disables the global exclusions for the default subclient depending on whether the Use global exclusions on all subclients option is enabled for the environment. On: Enables the global exclusions for the default subclient. Off: Disables the global exclusions for the default subclient.

2. Click Next.

   The Pre-Process And Post-Process Commands page of the configuration wizard appears.

Backup Process Settings

1. In the Backup process settings section, enter the following information:

   • Pre-backup process: Enter the path to the batch file.

     For example, @DSA1:[SCRIPTS.BACKUP]PREBACKUP.COM).

   • Post-backup process: Enter the path to the batch file.

     For example, @DSA1:[SCRIPTS.BACKUP]POSTBACKUP.COM).

   For more information about pre-processes and post-processes, see Pre-Processes and Post-Processes Overview.

2. Click Submit.

Result

The software adds the subclient and you can perform backup and restore operations on the subclient. If you assigned a plan to the subclient, the following operations happen:

• The software automatically backs up the subclient according to the schedule plans

• The software assigns the plan to the subclient's backup set