Source Copy - How To

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Create Automatic Copy Schedule

Run a Media Refresh Operation

Start an Auxiliary Copy

Schedule an Auxiliary Copy

Specify the Source Copy for an Auxiliary Copy Operation

Create Automatic Copy Schedule

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create an automatic copy schedule:

1. Right-click the storage policy associated with the secondary storage policy copy for which you wish to enable Auxiliary Copy operations, and then click Run Auxiliary Copy. To configure the copy options, refer to Start an Auxiliary Copy.
2. From the Job Initiation tab of the Auxiliary Copy dialog box, select Automatic Copy, and if necessary, change the Interval time in which the copy should run; the default is set to every 30 minutes.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

Run a Media Refresh Operation

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To refresh media:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy that comprises the storage policy copy for which you want to refresh the media, click All Tasks, and then click New Copy.
2. From the General tab on the Copy Properties dialog box, select the Defer Auxiliary Copy for n day(s) option, and select the number of days to defer the Auxiliary Copy.

   NOTES

   It is not necessary to complete this task if you are changing the media type.

3. From the Copy Policy tab on the Copy Properties dialog box, select the source, which must be the original secondary storage policy copy, in the Specify Source for Auxiliary Copy list box.

   NOTES

   It is not necessary to complete this task if you are consolidating the media.

4. Complete configuring the New Copy as you would any other secondary storage policy copy.
5. Click OK to save your changes.

Start an Auxiliary Copy

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To start an auxiliary copy:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy for which you want to perform an auxiliary copy, click All Tasks, and then click Run Auxiliary Copy. You can also right-click the CommServe icon, click All Tasks and then click Auxiliary Copy.
2. From the Auxiliary Copy Options tab on the Auxiliary Copy dialog box, if you are starting the auxiliary copy operation from the CommServe level, select the storage policy for which you wish to perform the auxiliary copy. Note: If you are starting the auxiliary copy operation from the Storage Policy level, the Storage Policy field is already populated with the name of the Storage Policy you selected.
3. If the source copy is configured with a shared library, select the Source MediaAgent for the auxiliary copy.
4. Select All Copies to copy data from the source copy to all secondary copies defined, or select a copy from the Select a Copy list box.
5. Select Start new media to copy the data to a different tape or optical media. On a magnetic disk, this option, when selected, creates a new volume folder for the operation.
6. Select the number of streams to copy in parallel from the Number of Streams to Copy in Parallel pane, or select Allow Maximum.
7. Select Mark media full after successful operation to mark the media that is used for this operation full after the auxiliary copy operation has successfully completed.
8. Select Select Most Recent Full Backup When Auxiliary Copy Starts to have the most recent successful full backup for each subclient copied when the Auxiliary Copy job is run.
9. From the Job Initiation tab on the Auxiliary Copy dialog box, select the time for this job to run or choose to Run Immediately. You can also configure an alert for this job.
10. Click Advanced to configure the Vault Tracker, Startup and Job Retry options.
    • Click Vault Tracking to select additional Vault Tracker options for this operation from the Vault Tracking dialog box.

      Note: This option is only available if a Vault Tracker license is available in the CommServe.

    • Click Startup to change the priority of this job and, if necessary, to start this job in a suspended state from the Startup dialog box.
    • Click the Job Retry tab to specify the job running time and the number of job retries. See Restarting Jobs and Job Running Time for more information.

      The Number of Retries specified for this particular job will only be used by the system if Auxiliary Copy was configured as a Restartable job type in the Job Management Control Panel. For procedures, see Specify Job Restartability for the CommCell.

11. Click OK to start the auxiliary copy operation. A progress bar displays the progress of the operation.

Schedule an Auxiliary Copy

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To schedule an auxiliary copy:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy for which you want to perform an auxiliary copy, click All Tasks, and then click Run Auxiliary Copy. You can also right-click the CommServe icon, click All Tasks and then click Auxiliary Copy.
2. From the Job Initiation tab on the Auxiliary Copy dialog box, select Schedule, and click OK.
   • From the Schedule Details tab, select the necessary scheduling options.
   • To view the job summary for the auxiliary copy job that you have scheduled, click the Job Summary tab.
3. Click OK to save the schedule.

Specify the Source Copy for an Auxiliary Copy Operation

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To specify the source copy from which data will be copied to this copy during an auxiliary copy operation:

1. From the right pane of the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy copy for which you wish to specify the source copy, and then click Properties.
2. From the Copy Policy tab of the Copy Properties dialog box, select a source copy from the Specify Source for Auxiliary Copy list box.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

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