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Convert to Full Backup on Indexing Failures

Browse the Latest Data

View Job History Details

Create a New Index on a Full Backup

Create Backup Sets/Archive Sets

Deconfigure a Client, MediaAgent, Agent, or Enabler

Configure NDMP Properties

View Software Version

Convert to Full Backup on Indexing Failures

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To convert a non-full backup to a full backup on indexing failures:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent icon of the client computer whose agent configuration you want to change, and then click Properties.
2. From the Index tab of the agent Properties dialog box, select Convert to full backup on indexing failures.
3. Click OK.

Browse the Latest Data

The following procedure can be used to browse data from the client, agent, instance, or backup set level, replication set level, depending on the functionality of a given agent.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To browse the latest data:

1. 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.
2. From the Browse Options dialog box, click OK to execute the browse using the Browse the Latest Data option.

View Job History Details

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view the details of a job history:

1. 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.
2. From the Job History Filter dialog box, select the filter options that you want to apply and click OK.
3. From the Data Management Job History window, right-click the job whose job details you want to view, and then click View Job Details.
4. The Job Details dialog box appears, displaying detailed job history in General, Details, Phase Details and Attempts tabs for the selected job.
5. 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.

Create a New Index on a Full Backup

This procedure sets the default behavior. Note that whatever option is selected in the Advanced Backup Options dialog box will be used.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a new index on a full backup:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent icon of the client computer whose agent configuration you want to change, and then click Properties.
2. From the Index tab of the agent Properties dialog box, select Create new index on full backup.
3. Click OK.

Create Backup Sets/Archive Sets

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create backup sets/archive sets for the client computer:

1. From the CommCell Browser, locate the correct client computer node, right-click the iDataAgent, Agent or instance node (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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Where applicable, if you want to create additional subclients within this backup set/archive set:
   • Click Add.
   • Follow Create a New Subclient procedure.
   • 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.

Deconfigure a Client, MediaAgent, Agent, or Enabler

Required Capabilities: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

Before you Begin:

• For MediaAgent Deconfiguration, 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 deconfigure a client, MediaAgent, agent, or enabler:

1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the name of the client, MediaAgent, agent, or enabler you want to deconfigure, click All Tasks (if displayed), and select Deconfigure.
2. A popup warning message appears.

   Click OK to continue.

3. Another popup message then appears.

   Click Yes to continue with the deconfiguration or No to abort.

4. If the deconfigure 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 deconfigure process.

If the deconfigure is successful, the tree element is dimmed and available for deletion.

Configure NDMP Properties

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure the NDMP Remote Server properties:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand a client computer icon, right-click a NAS NDMP iDataAgent and select Properties.
2. Click the NDMP Properties button from the General tab.
3. Click the Detect button. A successful detection will populate the Vendor and Firmware Revision and NDMP Server Hostname fields. Also, for NetApp file servers, the licenses used by the file server will be displayed under Supported Features.
4. Check Change Password, and in the NDMP Login and NDMP Password fields, enter the Administrator Account Name and Password for the file server. A blank login is allowable.
5. In the Listen Port field, enter the Port number specified during the install of the software.
6. Click OK to save the configuration.

View the Software Version

To view the Software Version:

1. From the CommCell Browser, click the CommServe, Client, Agent, MediaAgent, or Enabler for which you wish to view the version, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Version tab.

   The component version and post release service pack, additional updates and missing updates are displayed.