NSR group

The NSR group resourcecontrols when a group of Backup clients begin saving data and whether scheduled backups are started automatically each day. To edit the NSR group resources for a Backup server use "nsradmin " or "nwadmin"

The NSR group resource has the following attributes:

• The name attribute specifies the name of a group defined by the resource. The name is an option within the NSR client and NSR pool resources.

• The autostart attribute determines if a group will be saved automatically on a daily basis. The following operations can be invoked by autostart:

  • The Enabled operation starts saving group members data at the time specified in the start time attribute.

  • The Disabled operation disables the automatic save process specified for members of a group.

  • The Start now operation saves group members data immediately.

• The autorestart attribute controls whether a group is automatically restarted after an incomplete save.

• The stop now attribute aborts a groups save processes immediately.

• The start time attribute specifies the time of day when a group will begin a save.

• The last start attribute is the last time a group began a save.

• The interval attribute specifies how often a group runs an automatic save.

• The force incremental attribute forces an incremental backup of a savegroup, for an interval attribute less than 24 hours.

• The client retries attribute indicates the number of times failed clients should be retried before savegroup declares them failed. A client's save sets are retried by savegroup whenever savegroup would otherwise not be able to start a new save set.

• The clones attribute causes saves of a group to automatically make a clone for every save set backed up.

• The clone pool attribute specifies the pool where save set clones are sent.

• The options attribute specifies the options indicated for a group's save.

• The level attribute indicates the level a savegroup will use when started automatically by Backup. When level is not specified, the NSR Schedule for each client filesystem will be used to determine the level.

• The printer attribute specifies the printer to which bootstrap save set information will be printed to.

• The schedule attribute specifies the level of save that will be performed.

• The schedule time attribute specifies the time a save will be performed.

• The inactivity timeout attribute is the time a savegroup command waits for any kind of activity from the server before concluding that a savegroup descendant is hung.

• The work list attribute indicates the saves still not completed. The worklist indicates; the client name, the level of save, and the path to save.

• The completion attribute indicates the status of each save set that has been completed.

• The status attribute indicates the current status of a NSR group:

  • idle, indicates the group is inactive

  • running, indicates the backups are in progress

  • cloning, indicates backups are complete and clones are being made.

    The following is an example of a nsr_group resource:

    type: NSR group; name: Default; autostart: Enabled; start time: "3:33"; options: Restartable; printer: lp2; inactivity timeout: 30; work list: mars, incr, /g, mars, incr, index, completion: mars, /, succeeded, "mars: / level=incr, 31 KB 00:01:01 72 files