About using templates in policies
Templates are the building blocks of policies. They contain all the settings for a job, except the resources to be backed up. Each policy must contain at least one template. Backup Exec contains the following types of templates:
Table: Types of templates
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Template type
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Description
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Backup
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Use this template to create backup jobs, such as full, incremental, and differential.
See Adding a backup template to a policy.
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Duplicate backup set
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With this type of template, you can use a staging strategy to create duplicate copies of backup sets. It allows multiple levels of data duplication, either within the backup window or outside of the backup window.
See About duplicate backup set templates.
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Verify backup sets
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Use this template for a verify operation to test the integrity of backup data. You can schedule the verify operation to run at any time after a backup job is completed.
See About the verify backup sets templates.
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Export media
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Use this template to set up an export media utility job that runs automatically after a backup or duplicate backup set job completes. The export media job either moves media from robotic library slots into a portal or displays an alert reminding you to remove the media from a slot. You can also select a vault to move the media to after it is exported from the robotic library slots.
See Adding an export media template to a policy.
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Synthetic backup
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This template is available only with the Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Option.
See About the synthetic backup feature.
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You can copy backup templates from one policy to another using the option. You can save time by importing templates that contain all or most of the settings you want to use. After you import templates, you can give the template a unique name and change any of the settings.
About using templates in policies