Automatic Copy

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Overview

The Automatic Copy is a scheduling option when initiating auxiliary copy operations. If selected, the system will automatically run auxiliary copy operations at 30 minute intervals if data that needs to be copied is found on the primary copy (source). This ensures that you will have regular additional copies of data from your data protection operations.

This feature can be enabled from the Job Initiation tab of the Auxiliary Copy dialog box.

How Automatic Copy Works

Automatic auxiliary copy operations are preformed every 30 minutes to copy data to the Automatic copy. These operations will only occur when new data that needs to be copied is found on the primary copy (source). You can change the interval at which the automatic auxiliary copy operation is performed on the Job Initiation tab of the Auxiliary Copy dialog box or by editing the Automatic Copy Schedule.

By default, the automatic auxiliary copy operation will:

copy one data stream at a time
not start on new media
not mark the media full after successful completion.

Note that these options can be modified. Refer to Create Automatic Copy Schedule for more information.