Before You Begin
- Before you can backup snapshots to tape, you must first
Configure QR for
Backup of Snapshots to tape.
- You can either configure a QR volume so that the snapshots are
backed to tape when they are created, or you can select an existing snapshot and back it
to tape on-demand.
Required Capability: See
Capabilities
and Permitted Actions
To configure
QR volume to backup snapshots to tape when they are created:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient, and select
Create QR Volume(s).
- From the
QR Volume Creation dialog
box, make your selections for Select Operation and Job Initiation, then select Backup
Snapshots.
- Click Enter Backup Details to select the type of backup from the
Enter Backup Details dialog.
- From the Enter Backup Details dialog, click Advanced to display
the Advanced Backup Options dialog, from which you can select additional
options for the backup operation.
- When you are finished, click OK to exit each of the dialog boxes.
To perform
a full backup of an existing snapshot to tape on-demand:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent, click All Tasks and select
Browse.
- From the Browse QR Volumes dialog box, select the snapshot and click
Backup Snapshot To Tape.
- From the On Demand Backup Options dialog box, select OK.
- The selected snapshot is backed to tape.