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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2023-10-10

Product(s): Appliances (5.1.1)

Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Manage > Host > Lifecycle options

You can set the lifecycle parameters using the Manage > Host menu in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console. The Host page displays the Lifecycle tab. You can view and change the lifecycle parameters using this tab.

Table: Lifecycle parameters describes the lifecycle parameters that are displayed.

Table: Lifecycle parameters

Parameter	Description
Cleanup session interval	Enter the time interval after which the deleted life cycle policies should be cleaned up. The default value is 24 hours. Select the unit to measure the time from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Hour(s) Second(s) Minute(s) Day(s) Week(s) Month(s) Year(s)
Duplication group criteria	Enter the duplication group criteria that is used to define how batches are created. The default value is 1.
Image extended retry period	Enter the interval period till NetBackup waits before an image copy is added to the next duplication job. The default value is 2 hours. Select the unit to measure the time from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Hour(s) Second(s) Minute(s) Day(s) Week(s) Month(s) Year(s)
Job submission interval	Set the frequency of job submission for all operations. The default value is 5 minutes. By default, all jobs are processed before more jobs are submitted. Increase this interval to allow NetBackup to submit more jobs before all jobs are processed. Select the unit to measure the time from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Hour(s) Second(s) Minute(s) Day(s) Week(s) Month(s) Year(s)
Max size per duplication job	Enter the maximum size up to which the batch of images is allowed to grow. The default value is 100 GB. Select the unit to measure the size from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Byte(s) KB MB GB TB PB
Force interval for small jobs	Enter the time to determine how old any image in a group can become before the batch is submitted as a duplication job. The default value is 30 minutes. Select the unit to measure the time from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Hour(s) Second(s) Minute(s) Day(s) Week(s) Month(s) Year(s)
Min size per duplication job	Enter the minimum size up to which the batch of images should reach before a duplication job is run for the entire batch. The default value is 8 GB. Select the unit to measure the size from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Byte(s) KB MB GB TB PB
Replica metadata cleanup timer	Enter the number of days after which the Import Manager stops trying to import the image. The default value is 0 hours. Select the unit to measure the time from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Hour(s) Second(s) Minute(s) Day(s) Week(s) Month(s) Year(s)
Tape resource multiplier	Enter the multiplier for the number of concurrently active duplication jobs that can access a single storage unit. The default value is 2.
Version cleanup delay	Enter the number of hours to determine how much time must pass since an inactive version was the active version. The default value is 14 days. Select the unit to measure the time from the drop-down list. You can select from the following options: Hour(s) Second(s) Minute(s) Day(s) Week(s) Month(s) Year(s)

Note:

The Import Extended Retry Session Timer, Import Session Timer, and Duplication Session Interval parameters have been removed in version 2.6. A new parameter named Job Submission Interval has been introduced.