Checkpoint Restart for Backup Jobs

The Checkpoint Restart Every check box indicates whether NetBackup will take checkpoints during backup jobs based on this policy at the frequency indicated.

Taking checkpoints during a backup is beneficial if a backup based on this policy fails. Without Checkpoint Restart enabled, a failed backup based on this policy is restarted from the beginning of the job. By taking checkpoints periodically during the backup, NetBackup can retry a failed backup from the last checkpoint rather than restarting the entire job.

The number of times that NetBackup will automatically reattempt a failed backup is configured by the Schedule Backup Attempts property located in the master server Global Attributes host properties.

Policy types MS-Windows-NT (for Windows clients) and Standard (for UNIX clients) support checkpoints for backup jobs.