
Best Practices
118 NetBackup ServerFree Agent System Administrator’s Guide
Backup Policies in Conflict: Two Backups Accessing Volume s Distributed on Same Disks
Avoiding Concurrent Access Conflicts
These are recommendations for backups that encounter any of the concurrent-access
problems when using Extended Frozen Image Services.
◆ Schedule the policies so that none can start a backup at the same time as another.
◆ If possible, combine the separate policies into one policy. The entries in the policy’s
file list will be backed up sequentially: backup of the first entry completes before the
second begins. No frozen-image access conflicts can occur.
◆ If you want the backups to run concurrently, combine the separate policies into one
and configure that policy for multiple data streaming. Multiple data streaming
prevents concurrent backups from encountering frozen image conflicts. See the
NetBackup DataCenter System Administrator’s Guide for help with multiple data
streams.
◆ If the data to back up is configured in Volume Manager (VxVM) volumes, use the
vxvm frozen image method included in the Core Frozen Image Services option, rather
than an Extended Frozen Image Service method. The vxvm method allows frozen
image backups to run concurrently without conflicts, provided that the backup data
consists of file systems mounted on VxVM volumes. See “Creating a Snapshot Mirror
of the vxvm Frozen Image Source” on page 89 for help with the vxvm method.
◆ Use the Volume Manager administration interface to determine which disks the
volumes are configured on, and configure the volumes on different disks.
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Backup policy B
File list: /dev/vx/rdsk/dg/vol_2
Backup policy A starts to back up /vol_1; both disks A and B are locked to
make a frozen image of /vol_1. Backup policy B attempts to back up /vol_2
and requests frozen image: disks A and B are already locked—access denied.
Backup policy A
File list: /dev/vx/rdsk/dg/vol_1
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