Ensure that the filter storage policy that you associate with the agent for the Erase Data by Browsing feature has retention criteria that is greater than or equal to the retention criteria of the storage policy for the data to be erased.
The following procedure can be used to browse data from the client, agent, instance, backup set,
replication set, or subclient level, depending on the functionality
of a given agent.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the level whose data you want to
browse, click All Tasks, and then click the Browse/Browse Backup
Data option from that level.
From the Browse Options
dialog box,
click OK to execute the browse using the Browse the Latest Data option.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the entity (e.g., subclient, client
computer, etc.) whose job history you want to view,
click View, and then
click job history.
From the Job
History Filter dialog box, select the filter options that you want to apply and click OK.
From the
Data Management Job
History window, right-click the job whose job details you want to view, and then click View
Job Details.
The Job Details dialog box appears, displaying detailed job history in
General,
Details,
Phase
Details and
Attempts
tabs for the selected job.
Click OK.
If viewing the details of a job with a pending or failed status, the
Reason for Job Delay field will contain an Error Code, which, if clicked,
will launch the customer support website displaying troubleshooting article(s)
related to the specific issue.
To change
a user account for restoring to mapped/shared network drives and restricted directories:
From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree to view the desired level icon
for the affected agent. Then right-click the icon and click All Tasks
from the short-cut menu.
Click the appropriate Browse or Restore option. Then populate,
select, and click as appropriate to access the Restore Options (for All SelectedItems) dialog box.
From the Restore Options (for All Selected Items) dialog box,
click Advanced.
From the
Advanced Restore
Options dialog box, select Impersonate (Windows, NetWare) User.
Then type the appropriate user name and password.
To
create backup sets/archive sets for the client computer:
From the CommCell Browser, locate the correct client computer node, right-click
the iDataAgent, Agent or instancenode (depending on your agent's functionality) for which you want the backup
set/archive set created, select All Tasks and then click Create New
Backup Set or Create New Archive Set.
For most agents, from the Create New Backup Set or Create New
Archive Set dialog box, enter a New Backup Set Name or New Archive
Set Name (up to 32 characters) of the backup set/archive set that you
want to create. For the DB2 or DB2 DPF iDataAgent,
from the same dialog box, click the desired database (backup set) name under
Available DB Names and move this name under Selection.
NOTES
For DB2 or DB2 DPF, to prevent archive log backup failures, ensure that the name
that you select is the actual name of the database and not the alias name
for the database. If the database name and the corresponding alias name
are different, both names are displayed under Available DB Names;
if both names are the same, the name that is displayed is the database name.
To find out about database names and their aliases, run the following command
as a DB2 or DB2 DPF instance owner on the DB2 or DB2 DPF client: db2 list db directory.
Where applicable, if you want to designate this backup set/archive set as
the default backup set/archive set, select Make this the Default backup set
or Make this the Default Archive Set; otherwise, leave the check box
cleared.
For most agents, verify that the storage policy copy associated with the
default subclient is the storage policy that you want. If you want to select
a different storage policy, click the storage policy box and select the one
you want from the list. If the agent supports a system-state subclient, repeat
this step for that subclient. For the DB2 or DB2 DPF
iDataAgent,
to establish a storage policy for all the log files, click the storage policy
in the list provided.
Where applicable, if you want to create additional subclients within this
backup set/archive set:
Repeat this step for each additional subclient that you want to define
within this backup set/archive set.
When all subclients have been added, click OK.
A message will advise you to schedule backups for your new backup set.
It is recommended that you elect to set a schedule now. You can also associate
this backup set/archive set with an All Agent Types schedule policy (which
is automatically created by the system, or can be a user-defined Data Protection
schedule policy). If you have already associated a schedule policy at a
previous level (Agent, Client, or Client Computer Group) the schedules defined
in the Schedule Policy will be automatically applied to the new backup set/archive
set. See Schedule Policy
for more information.
If you want to associate this backup set/archive set with an All
Agent Types schedule policy, click Associate with Generic Schedule
Policy, and then select that schedule policy from the drop-down
list box. Click OK.
If you have selected to define a schedule for this backup set/archive
set:
Click Schedule.
If applicable, from the Backup Options dialog box, select
the type of backup that you want to schedule.
If you want to set Advanced Backup/Archive Options, click
Advanced.
After selecting the backup type and any advanced options, click
OK. The Schedule Details dialog box appears.
From the
Schedule
Details tab, select the scheduling options that you want to
apply, then click OK.
If you don't want to create a backup/archive schedule at this time,
click Do Not Schedule, and then click OK.
The new backup set/archive set is displayed in the CommCell Browser.
A content example for NetWare File System is SYS:\public, and an
example for NDS content is OU=prospects.O=engineering.[Root].
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent that contains the data which you want to erase, select All Tasks and then click Erase Data By Browsing.
You are warned that the data will be permanently removed. Click Yes to continue.
From the Erase Backup/Archived Data dialog box, perform one of the following tasks as appropriate for your agent:
Click Add, then specify the path of a data object that you want to erase, and click OK.
Click Browse, then select a browse time range and any advanced browse options, and click OK. From the browse selection window, select the data objects that you want to erase, and click OK.
Optionally, you can click Add Alert to configure an alert for this job.
Click Schedule if you would like to schedule this job, otherwise it will run immediately by default.
If you want to run the job immediately, click OK and the Erase Data by Browsing job will begin. When the job is done, Job Controller displays Completed.
If you selected Schedule, from the Schedule Details (Schedule Details) dialog box, create a schedule for this operation. Click OK to continue. Your Erase Data by Browsing operation will execute according to the specified schedule. See
Create a Job Schedule for more information.
Administrative Management capability cannot be used to release the
license from the MediaAgent level.
Before you Begin:
To release license for MediaAgent, ensure that all the storage policies or copies
associated with the configured libraries (or drive pools) in the MediaAgent are
deleted or re-associated to another MediaAgent.
To
release license for
client, MediaAgent, agent, or enabler:
In the CommCell Browser, right-click the name of the client, MediaAgent,
agent, or enabler you want to release license, click All Tasks (if
displayed), and select Release License.
A popup warning message appears.
Click OK to continue.
Another popup message then appears.
Click Yes to continue with the deconfiguration or No to abort.
If releasing a license is unsuccessful, a number of popup messages
appears. In some cases, the message requests that you take some
corrective action. For example, the message might advise you to ensure that there are no jobs running on the
agent. In such a case, click OK and take the appropriate action.
Then repeat the process.
If releasing a license is successful, the tree element is dimmed and available for deletion.
You can perform agent operations as long as the agent is installed and
appears enabled in the CommCell Browser. However, if you have no need to
run jobs on the agent data of a client computer, you may want
to delete the agent that resides on that computer. Once you have uninstalled or DeConfigured
the agent, the corresponding icon in the CommCell Browser is grayed out. While
this icon exists, you can recover data from the agent to another client. If you
delete this icon, all of the agent's data is irretrievably lost.
NOTES
You cannot delete an agent while operations for that agent are
running.
You need to uninstall or DeConfigure the agent software
from the client computer. Doing so frees an agent license, thereby allowing
you to install it on some other computer whose data you do want to secure.
After you delete the client software, you can either leave the corresponding
data
intact for appropriate action, or you can remove the data immediately. If you choose
to remove the data immediately, you must delete the agent from the CommCell
Browser.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the icon of the agent that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
(The agent software must first have been uninstalled/DeConfigured or the delete option on the shortcut menu
will not appear.)
A warning message prompts you with the following:
This operation will permanently delete the data backed up from this level
and it cannot be restored. Click Ok to continue with the
deletion operation. (Clicking No will abort the operation.)
From the Confirmation Text dialog box, enter the confirmation
text string, erase and reuse media. Click
Ok. The agent icon and the data that corresponds to the selected agent
will be deleted. Consequently, you will not be able to browse or recover
this data.
From the CommCell Browser, click the CommServe, Client,
Agent, MediaAgent, or Enabler for which you wish to view the version, and then click
Properties.
To assign a filter storage policy for Erase Data by Browsing:
To erase data by browsing: