Migration Archiving - File Archiver for Windows Agent - How To
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Migration Archive Options
Enable(
Disable) Archiving Rules
Configure Archiving Rules - File Archiver Agents
Schedule a Migration Archiving Operation
Start a Migration Archiving Operation
Advanced Migration Archive Options
Start a Migration Archiving Operation in the Suspended State
Start a Migration Archiving Operation on New Media
Start a Migration Archiving Operation that Creates a New Index
Start a Migration Archiving Operation that Marks the Media Full
Start a Migration Archiving Operation with a Set Job Priority
Start a Migration Archiving Operation with VaultTracking enabled
Enable (Disable) Archiving Rules
Related Topics:
Before You Begin
- Do not change the archive rules of a subclient that is being archived.
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
enable the archiving rules of Archiver Agents:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose archiving rules you want to configure, then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
- Click the Rules tab of the Subclient
Properties.
- Clear the Disable all rules checkbox to enable rules-based migration
archiving operations for this subclient. When this option is selected, no
files in this subclient will be archived.
- Click OK.
Configure Archiving Rules - File Archiver Agents
Related Topics:
Before You Begin
- Do not change the archive rules of a subclient that is being archived.
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To configure
archiving rules for the File Archiver Agents:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose archiving rules you want to configure, then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
- Click the Rules tab of the Subclient
Properties.
- Click the
File Rule tab (if not already selected).
- Enable the Archiving Rules.
- Configure the Archiving Rules.
- Click the
Stub Rule
tab and configure the Archiving Rules.
- If you are using the
Data Classification
Enabler:
- Click the
Folders\Files Owned By tab.
- Configure Archiving Rules to include or exclude files that belong to
specific users or user groups. Once added, files can be removed.
- Click the
File Paths tab.
- Configure Archiving Rules to include or exclude specific folders/files. Once
added, files can be removed. As appropriate, use wildcards as discussed in the
Note for
File Paths.
- Click the
Advanced tab.
- Configure Archiving Rules to configure an advanced query string as a
rule. Accept the SQL query string displayed on the tab or use the space to edit
the string. Optionally, the query can be saved to a file
- Click OK to save your changes.
Before you Begin
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To schedule
a migration archiving operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Schedule.
- If you want to access the
Advanced Archive Options, click the
Advanced button.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK.
- From the Schedule
Details (Schedule Details) dialog box, create a schedule for this
operation. See Create a
Job Schedule for more information. Click OK to continue.
- Your migration archiving operation will execute according to the specified schedule.
The migration archiving process allows you to archive data immediately without having to wait for the scheduled
archiving time.
Before you Begin
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start a
migration archiving operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive
Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- If you want to access the
Advanced Archive Options, click the
Advanced button.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK. A migration archiving operation is started for selected subclient
or archive set and indicates its
status in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, a confirmation message will be
displayed in the Job Controller window.
Before you Begin
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start a
migration archiving operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- Click the
Advanced button to access the
Advanced Archive Options.
- Click on the
Advanced Archive Options (Startup) tab, and select Startup in suspended state
and click OK.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK. A migration archiving operation is started for selected subclient
or archive set and indicates its
status in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, a confirmation message will be
displayed in the Job Controller window.
Before you Begin
-
See Overview for an
introduction to the archiving rules and
Migration Archiving Considerations
for a list of considerations before you begin archiving with the File Archiver for Windows Agent.
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Use the following procedure to start a migration archiving operation on new media. For more
information, see
Start New
Media.
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start a
migration archiving operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive
Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- Click the
Advanced button to access the
Advanced Archive Options.
- Click on the
Advanced Archive Options (Media) tab, and select Start new media and click OK.
If you would like jobs with other Job IDs to use this new media, also select
the Allow other schedule to use media set option.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK. A migration archiving operation is started for the selected subclient
or archive set and indicates its
status in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, a confirmation message will be
displayed in the Job Controller window.
Before you Begin
- Use the following procedure to start a migration archiving operation that creates a new
Index.
For more information, see
Create New
Index.
- When you create a new index using this procedure, keep in mind that it will override the
Create new index every n archive operations or Set index cycle to every
n archive jobs setting in the Subclient Properties (Rules) tab, and the new index interval counter will start again at zero.
Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start an immediate migration
archiving operation that will create a new index:
- From the CommCell Browser, select one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient and click
Archive.
- To archive all subclients in an archive set, right-click the
archive set, select All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set. Click Yes to confirm.
- From the Archive Options dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- Click the Advanced button to access the Advanced Archive Options dialog box.
- Click on the Advanced
Archive Options (Data) tab, click Create new index and click OK.
- From the Archive Options dialog box, click OK. The migration
archiving operation will begin and you can track the progress of the job in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, Job Controller displays Completed.
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To minimize the number of search cycles for
browsing through the archived data, it is recommended to configure an
yearly recurring schedule for creating a new index by the following
procedure:
- From the Commcell Browser, right-click the subclient and select
the Properties tab.
- Click the
Stub Rule
tab and select the Disable Default Index Cycle check box.
- Set Index Cycle to Every 9999 archive jobs.
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient and click
Archive.
- From the Archive Options
dialog box, select Schedule and Configure the
archiving schedule.
- Select Yearly and set it to archive on the First of
January.
- Click the Advanced button to access the Advanced Archive Options dialog box.
- Click on the Advanced
Archive Options (Data) tab, click Create new index and click OK.
- From the Archive Options dialog box, click OK. The
migration archiving operation will occur on the scheduled date and
time and will create a new index yearly.
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Before you Begin
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start a
migration archiving operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- Click the
Advanced button to access the
Advanced Archive Options.
- Click on the
Advanced Archive Options (Media) tab, and select Mark media full after successful operation and click OK.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK. A migration archiving operation is started for selected subclient
or archive set and indicates its
status in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, a confirmation message will be
displayed in the Job Controller window.
Before you Begin
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start a
migration archiving operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- Click the
Advanced button to access the
Advanced Archive Options.
- Click on the
Advanced Archive Options (Startup) tab, and select Change Priority and
then enter a value. Click OK to continue.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK. A migration archiving operation is started for selected subclient
or archive set and indicates its
status in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, a confirmation message will be
displayed in the Job Controller window.
Before you Begin
-
See Overview for an
introduction to the archiving rules and
Migration Archiving Considerations
for a list of considerations before you begin archiving with the File Archiver for Windows Agent.
- Use the following procedure to start a migration archiving operation with
VaultTracker enabled.
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For additional information, see the following:
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To start a
migration archive operation of
a selected subclient or archive set:
- From the CommCell Browser, select
one of the following:
- To archive a subclient, right-click the subclient that you want to
archive and
click Archive.
- To archive an archive set, right-click the archive set that you want
to archive, click All Tasks and click Archive All Subclients
or Archive Default Archive Set.
- From the Archive
Options
dialog box, select when you want to run the job by clicking Run Immediately.
- Click the
Advanced button to access the
Advanced Archive Options.
- Click on the Vault Tracking tab, and select the vault tracking options you
want to use and click OK.
- After selecting when you want to run the job and any advanced options, click
OK. A migration archiving operation is started for selected subclient
or archive set and indicates its
status in the Job Controller window.
- When the migration archiving operation has completed, a confirmation message will be
displayed in the Job Controller window.
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