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Figure 5-7 Selecting an Entire Client to Be Backed Up
NOTE Selecting all of the client’s drives is not the same as selecting the check
box next to the client name, which is the procedure for a Disk Discovery
backup.
When you perform a client backup, all the files and directories that
belong to the root (/) mountpoint are automatically backed up. Therefore,
you cannot exclude the root in the backup specification. If you want to
exclude the root, perform a filesystem backup.
To check the configured backup type, see the Backup Object Summary
property page. Under the Type label, you will see Client System if you
have configured a Disk Discovery backup and Filesystem if only the
drives have been selected.
Also see “Using Backup Options” on page 225 for information on
structuring your backup specifications.
Backing Up Disks Using NFS
What Is NFS? NFS (Network Filesystem) is a communication protocol that allows a
computer to access files over a network as though they were on its local
disks.
Figure 5-8 shows a typical configuration. You want to back up the
filesystem /home/special from system wiz, which is not part of the
Data Protector cell and has no Data Protector software installed. But the
filesystem is mounted as /nfs/wiz/home/special on a Data Protector
client bserv.