Subclients - Windows/Unix/Macintosh File Systems and Microsoft Data Protection Manager iDataAgents - How To

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Add/Edit a Data Protection Filter for a Subclient

Associate a Subclient to a Storage Policy

Associate or Disassociate a User Group to a Subclient

Configure a Subclient for Pre/Post Processing of Data Protection Operations

Configure Subclient Content

Configure the Subclient for Data Encryption

Create a New Subclient

Create a New Subclient Policy

Delete a Data Protection Filter from a Subclient

Delete a User-Defined Subclient

Disable Global Filters on a Subclient

Enable Global Filters on a Subclient

Enable or Disable Data Protection Operations

Enable Software Compression for a Subclient

Remove a Process from Pre/Post Processing of Data Protection Operations

Rename a Subclient

Set the Network Bandwidth and Network Agents for a Data Protection Operation

View Data Paths

View Subclient Content

AIX, Linux, Solaris File Systems

Configure the Subclient for 1-Touch

Enable QSnap on a Subclient

Windows File Systems and Microsoft Data Protection Manager

Change Account for Executing Pre/Post Commands (Data Protection)

Windows File Systems (only)

Change Account for Configuring UNC Paths

Enable QSnap on a Subclient

Enable VSS on a Subclient (for the Windows iDataAgents that support VSS)

Enter UNC Path as Subclient Content

Add/Edit a Data Protection Filter for a Subclient

Before You Begin

• Review Filters.
• Do not change the data protection or discovery filter of a subclient that has a data protection operation in progress.
• The system does not allow you to add entries that are not content of a particular subclient to that subclient's filter.
• For BlueArc and EMC Celerra (running at least DART OS 5.6.x) subclients, the filter string with or without wildcards must match the name or path of the file or directory being filtered.
• For NetApp subclients only name type filters (with wildcards) are supported:
  • You cannot enter paths as a filter (e.g. /vol/vol0/data1). Since NetApp does not support the use of paths in filters, if there are multiple files with the same name, even though they may be in different directories, all of them will be excluded from backups.
  • Name of the file or directory must exactly match the filter string.
  • You can specify a maximum of 32 strings in the exclude list.

Select the desired procedure:

• To add a data protection or discovery filter for a subclient
• To edit a data protection filter for a subclient

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To add a data protection or discovery filter entry for a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose data protection or discovery filter you want to add, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Filters tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. For Exchange Mailbox, Exchange Mailbox/Public Folder Archiver Agents and Exchange Compliance Archiver, to specify a mailbox or folder that you want to exclude from data protection operations:
   • Click the upper Add button.
   • From the Browse window, expand the mailbox tree of the client computer.
   • Click the mailbox or folder that you want to exclude from the backup/archive operations on the selected subclient, and then click Add. (Repeat this step for each additional entry.)
   • From the Browse window, click OK.

     The mailboxes or folders that you selected appear as entries in the upper pane. Repeat this step if you want to add more mailboxes and/or folders to the filter.

4. For NAS NDMP iDataAgents, click the Add button and, in the input window, type the name of the file, directory, (or path for BlueArc) that you want to exclude from the backups and click OK. The name displays as an entry in the Exclude these files/folders/patterns pane. Repeat this step if you want to add more files, directories, or paths to the filter.
5. For Exchange Public/Web Folder iDataAgents and SharePoint Server iDataAgent, to specify a workspace/folder that you want to exclude from the backups, click the upper Browse button and expand the iDataAgent of the client computer.  Click the workspace/folder that you want to exclude from the backups and then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
6. For Windows/Unix/Macintosh File System iDataAgents, File Archiver for Windows/Unix Agents, and ProxyHost iDataAgent, to specify a file/folder/directory that you want to exclude from data protection operations, do one of the following:
   • Click the upper Add button and, in the Enter Path window, type the complete path (including drive letter) of the file/folder/directory that you want to exclude from the backups/archive operations. Repeat this step if you want to add more files/folders/directories to the filter.
   • Click the upper Browse button and expand the file system of the client computer. Click the file/folder/directory that you want to exclude from backups/archive operations and then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
7. For NetWare File System/NDS iDataAgents, to specify data that you want excluded from the backups, do one of the following:
   • To manually enter the path:
     • Click the Add button.
     • In the Input window, type the complete path (e.g., VOL1:\demo\disk2) of the data that you want to exclude.
     • Click OK. (The path that you typed displays as an entry in the upper pane.) Repeat this step if you want to exclude more data.
   • To browse and select a path:
     • Click the Browse button.
     • From the Backup Data window, expand the file system or NDS tree of the NetWare server.
     • Select the data that you want to exclude, and then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
     • From the Backup Data window, click OK. The data that you selected displays as entries in the upper pane.
8. For Lotus Notes Database and Lotus Notes Document iDataAgents, to specify a file or folder that you want to exclude from discovery, do one of the following:
   • Select the Pattern/path to be excluded field. Then type in a file or folder that you want to exclude. The format of the entry should start with a slash (\). The path entered is always relative to the data path of the partition. Then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
   • Click the upper Browse button and expand the file system of the client computer. Click the file or folder that you want to exclude from the backups and then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
9. For Exchange Mailbox, Exchange Mailbox/Public Folder Archiver Agents and Exchange Compliance Archiver, to specify a wildcard pattern of the folders that you want to exclude across all mailboxes within the subclient:
   • Click the lower Add button.
   • In the Input window, type the wildcard pattern of the folders that you want to exclude from backup/archive operations on the selected subclient.
   • Click OK. The path that you typed appears as an entry in the lower pane. Repeat this step if you want to add more entries to the filter.
10. For Exchange Public/Web Folder iDataAgents and SharePoint Server iDataAgent, to specify an exception to an excluded workspace/folder (i.e., a folder/document that you want included in the backups, but whose parent directory has been excluded), click the lower Browse button and expand the iDataAgent of the client computer. Click the workspace/folder that you want to include in the backups and then click Add.  Repeat this step for each additional entry.
11. For Windows/Unix/Macintosh File System iDataAgents, File Archiver for Windows/Unix Agents, and ProxyHost iDataAgent, to specify an exception to an excluded folder/directory (i.e., a file or folder/directory that you want included in the data protection operations, but whose parent folder/directory has been excluded), do one of the following:
    • Click the lower Add button and, in the Enter Path window, type the complete path (including drive letter) of the file/folder/directory that you want to include in the backups/archive operations. Repeat this step if you want to add more exceptions to the filter.
    • Click the lower Browse button and expand the file system of the client computer. Click the file/folder/directory that you want to include in the backups/archive operations and then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
12. For NetWare File System/NDS iDataAgents, to specify an exception to an excluded directory or NDS container (i.e., data that you want included in the backups, but whose parent directory or NDS container has been excluded), do one of the following:
    • To manually enter the path:
      • Click the Add button.
      • In the Input window, type the complete path (e.g., VOL1:\demo\disk2\readme) of the data that you want to include.
      • Click OK.
    • To browse and select a path:
      • Click the Browse button.
      • From the Backup Data window, expand the file system or NDS tree of the NetWare server.
      • Click the file or folder that you want to include in the backups and then click Add. Repeat this step for each additional entry.
      • Click OK. The selected data displays as entries in the lower pane.
13. Click OK to save your changes.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To edit a data protection filter entry for a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose data protection filter you want to edit, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Filters tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. Click the filter entry that you want to edit, and then click the Edit button associated with that pane.
4. Type the changes into the Enter Path dialog box, then click OK.
5. Click OK to save your changes.

NOTES

• When you change a data protection or discovery filter, the change is effective the next time a data protection operation is run on the applicable subclient.
• Performing a full backup after changing filters or exceptions is recommended.

Associate a Subclient to a Storage Policy

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To associate a subclient to a storage policy:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose associated storage policy you want to change, then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Storage Device tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. From the Storage Policy list of the Data Storage Policy tab, select a data storage policy to associate with this subclient. If necessary, click the Create Storage Policy button to create a new storage policy to which the subclient can then be associated.
4. From the Changing a Storage Policy window select the next type of backup operation. Click OK.
5. If applicable for your agent, you can change the number of data streams from the Number of Data/Database Backup Streams field.
6. If applicable for your agent, click the Log Storage Policy tab and select a storage policy to associate with this transaction log subclient from the Transaction Log Storage Policy list. Also, you can set the Number of Transaction Log Backup Streams from this tab.
7. Click OK to save your changes and close the Subclient Properties Storage Device tab.

Associate or Disassociate a User Group to a CommCell Object

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To associate or disassociate a user group to a CommCell entity:

1. From the CommCell Browser, click the CommServe, client computer group, client computer, agent, MediaAgent, Library, Storage Policy, backup set, subclient, or Shelf media, and then select Properties.
2. From the Security tab, select the appropriate user groups to which you want to associate to the CommCell object from the Available Groups pane, and then move the user group to the Associated Groups pane.
3. Click OK.

Configure a Subclient for Pre/Post Processing of Data Protection/Archive Operations

Before You Begin

• We recommend not configuring a pre/post process for a subclient that is currently running a data protection or archive operation.
• Verify that there are no pre/post processes already assigned for the subclient.
• Review the Overview and Agent-Specific Guidelines for your agent before configuring pre/post processes for data protection/archive operations.
• Pre-process commands for the iDataAgents will be executed only when the necessary resources (e.g., media, library, drive, etc.) are available.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure a subclient for Pre/Post processing of data protection/archive operations:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient for which you want to configure a pre/post process, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Pre/Post Process tab of the Properties dialog box.
3. For an agent other than the Oracle RAC iDataAgent, click inside the space that corresponds to one of the following phases and type the full path of the process that you want executed during that phase. Alternatively, click Browse to locate the process (applicable only for paths that do not contain any spaces). For the Oracle RAC iDataAgent, click Browse for the corresponding process, click the name of the control node client in the Select Client for Browse dialog box, and click OK. Then browse for and click the process.
   • PreBackup
   • PreScan
   • PreArchive
   • PreCopy
   • PreSnap
   • PostBackup
   • PostScan
   • PostArchive
   • PostCopy
   • PostSnap

   Click OK.

4. If you want to run a Post Process for all attempts to run that job phase, then select the corresponding checkbox.
5. For subclients on Windows platforms, if Run As displays Not Selected, or if you want to change the account that has permission to run these commands, click Change.
   1. In the User Account dialog box, select Use Local System Account, or select Impersonate User and enter a user name and password. Click OK.
   2. If you selected Local System Account, click OK to the message advising you that commands using this account have rights to access all data on the client computer.
6. Click OK to save your changes and close the Pre/Post Process tab of the Properties dialog box.

Configure Subclient Content

Before You Begin

• Review Subclients.
• Do not configure the content of a subclient while the parent node or any sibling subclient has a data protection or archive operation currently running on it.
• Exchange Mailbox iDataAgents and Exchange Mailbox/Public Folder Archiver Agents: If you change the contents of the default backup set or archive set then the auto-discover feature will be disabled. If you disable the auto-discovery feature, newly created mailboxes will not be backed up/archived unless they are manually discovered and assigned to a subclient.
• NAS NDMP iDataAgents: You must ensure there is no overlap in content between all subclients. Overlap in subclient content will result in loss of data. An existing subclient's contents are not automatically changed when another subclient is added with overlapping contents.
• SharePoint Server iDataAgent: The Site Content Database, the Site Collection Database, the Site Database, and the Site Index for the virtual server must all be assigned to the same subclient.
• Lotus Notes Document iDataAgent: Review Assigning Restore View Names to Newly-discovered Databases
• QR Agent: Follow these guidelines when adding a volume to a QR Agent subclient:
  • The volume must correspond to a physical disk or RAID array.
  • A volume created by volume management software other than VxVM is not valid subclient content.
  • Subclients may have overlapping content; however, if two or more subclients overlap, they all must use the same snapshot engine. If the QR policies associated with the subclients are configured to use different snap engines, they must be reconfigured to use the same snap engine in this scenario.
• Caution Against Re-configuring Default Subclient Content

  We recommend that you do not re-configure the content of a default subclient because this would disable its capability to serve as "catch-all" entity for client data. As a result, the likelihood that some data will not get backed up or scanned for archiving would increase.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure subclient content:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient for which you want to configure content, click All Tasks (if applicable) and then click Properties.
2. Follow the procedure below that is applicable for your agent:
   • For File System, Active Directory, File Archiver, Exchange Public/Web Folder iDataAgents, NDS, and SharePoint Server iDataAgents click the Subclient Properties (Content) tab and configure content for the subclient as described below for your agent:
     • For File System, Active Directory, File Archiver, NDS, and SharePoint Server iDataAgents: Type the full path of the data that you want to include as subclient content in the Enter New Content field, then click Add. Optionally, click Browse to enter the content. When browsing content while configuring SharePoint subclients, you can add content via multiple selections with the CTRL or SHIFT keys. For Windows, when specifying a UNC Path, click As User, and enter the user account information for the domain user with permissions for that path. For NetWare/DNS, see the Notes section below for content path examples. For Unix File Systems, you can enter the mount point of an NFS-mounted file system, see the Notes section below for examples.
     • For Exchange Public/Web Folder iDataAgents: Click Browse, select folders to include as content, then click Add.
   • For NAS NDMP iDataAgents, configure the Backup Content Path field(s) as described below, then click Add:

     • Click the drop-down list arrow to display the root volumes on the file server. To change the root volume, click one in the list. If you want to refine the content path further, use the space to the right of (or below) the root volume list to enter additional path information. Note the following:

       • For NetApp, the root volume is the mount path of each volume.
         Example: for volume FS1 the root volume will be /vol/FS1.
       • For EMC Celerra, the root volume is the mount point created for a volume.
         Example: for volume FS1 with mount point /FS1 the root volume will be /FS1.
       • For Hitachi, no root volumes are shown in the drop down list. Type the full path of the root volume.
         Example: for volume FS1 with mount point /mnt/FS1 the root volume will be /mnt/FS1.
       • For BlueArc, the root volume is a combination of a descriptor of the path and the volume name.
         Example: for volume FS1 with a mount point of / the root volume will be /__VOLUME__/FS1.
     • Optionally, for NetApp NAS NDMP, click Browse to enter the content.
   • For Exchange Mailbox and Exchange Mailbox/Public Folder Archiver Agents follow the procedure to Discover and Assign New Mailboxes or Assign Mailboxes to Another Subclient.
   • For DataArchiver for Exchange Agents follow the procedure to Discover and Assign New Journal Mailboxes or Assign Journal Mailboxes to Another Subclient.
   • For Lotus Notes Database and Document iDataAgents follow the procedure to Discover and Assign New Databases or Assign Databases to a Subclient.
   • For DB2, DB2 DPF, Exchange Database, Novell GroupWise, SharePoint Server, SQL Server 2000 Database, Sybase, and MySQL iDataAgents, click the Subclient Properties (Content) tab and configure content for the subclient as described below for your agent:
     • For the DB2 iDataAgent, specify whether you want to include the entire database or a subset of this data as content for the subclient. For the DB2 DPF iDataAgent, specify whether you want to include all the affected database partitions or a subset of this data as content for the subclient.
     • For Exchange and GroupWise iDataAgents: Click Configure. From the Add/Modify Subclients dialog box click the subclient entry for the database element/Storage Group that you want to add to the new subclient and select the name of the destination subclient from the list that appears. Alternatively, you can select and assign a range of databases/storage groups using the Change all selected databases/storage groups to list. Note that you must have at least one database element/Storage Group assigned to this subclient in order to save the configuration.

       A database/Storage Group that is not configured for a subclient does not appear in the list. This can be the case if the subclient containing the database/Storage Group was deleted. If this happens, click Discover to display all databases/Storage Groups.

     • For the SharePoint Server iDataAgent, follow the procedure to Discover and Assign New Data Types.
     • For the SQL Server 2000 Database iDataAgent, follow the procedure to Configure SQL Server 2000/2005 Databases or Configure SQL Server 2000/2005 Files and File Groups.
     • For the Sybase iDataAgent, follow the procedure to Configure Sybase Databases.
     • For the MySQL iDataAgent, follow the procedure to Configure MySQL Databases.
   • For the Informix iDataAgent, click the Subclient Properties (Content) tab and define the contents of the subclient. Specifically, establish the backup mode for the data to be backed up, set the backup level, and decide whether to back up the emergency boot file and/or the ONCONFIG file.
   • For the Oracle, SAP for Oracle, or Oracle RAC iDataAgent, click the Subclient Properties (Content) tab and define the contents of the subclient. To configure this subclient for specialized types of backups, follow the appropriate procedure below:
     • Create Subclient for Backing Up Archived Redo Log Files
     • Create Subclient for Backing Up Offline Databases
     • Create Subclient for Backing Up Online Databases
     • Create Subclient for Backing Up Online Subsets
     • Create Subclient for Performing Selective Online Full Backups
   • For SAN iDataAgents, click the Subclient Properties (Content) tab and configure content for the subclient as described below for your agent:
     • Image Level on Unix iDataAgent: Click Add. From the Add Content Path dialog box, select the volume(s) that you want to back up (use CTRL + click to select multiple volumes). Click OK. The selected volumes are added to the Contents of subclient list. These volumes are automatically configured to be CXBF devices. Alternatively, use Volume Explorer per specific scenarios to configure CXBF devices.

       To configure an unmounted block device or raw device as content, first use Volume Explorer to configure the device as a CXBF device. Then select the configured CXBF device as subclient content. You can ignore the warning that is displayed.

       For more information, see When to Use Volume Explorer. For a step-by-step procedure, see Configure a CXBF Device in Volume Explorer.

     • Image Level and Image Level ProxyHost on Windows iDataAgents: Click Add. Then in the Add Content dialog box, type the full path of the volume or mount point that you want to include as subclient content, then click Add. Optionally, click Browse to select the content. Click OK. The volume or mount point is added to the Contents of subclient list. Add additional content by repeating this step.
     • ProxyHost iDataAgent: Select a backup host from the Backup Host list. This is the computer to which the BCV is connected. Click Add. In the Content field of the Add/Edit Content for Subclient dialog box, type the primary host path of the content that you want to back up, or click Browse to find and select this data. In the Backup Host BCV Path field of the Add/Edit Content for Subclient dialog box, type the path through which the backup host accesses this data on the BCV, or click Browse to find and select this path. Click OK. The primary host data path and corresponding backup host BCV path are added as a single entry in the Contents of subclient list. To add additional entries, repeat these steps. Refer to Notes below for more information.
   • For Quick Recovery Agents, click the Subclient Properties (Content) tab and configure the following options:
     • Click Add Volume. From the Adding Volume dialog box, select volume(s) that you want to add to the subclient content (use CTRL + click to select multiple volumes). You can add/edit additional advanced options for the selected volume by select Advanced on the Adding Volume dialog box. Click OK.
     • Click Add App to select an application and associated volumes. Click OK.

       Any instances you intend to protect and recover with the QR Agent must be configured in the QR Agent properties Authentication tab. They will not appear in the Add App dialog box if they are not configured. Only volumes containing datafiles and archive log files will be detected by Add App. Volumes containing control files and redo log files will not be detected.

       For a clustered Exchange Server, if you are not using VSS to perform an online quiesce, sufficient permissions are required in order to be able to perform an offline quiesce; in such cases, ensure that the User Name specified has Exchange Administrator rights.

       See also Configure Subclients for Overlapping Content.

3. Click OK to save your content configuration.

NOTES

• Content examples for NetWare are OU=prospects.O=engineering.[Root], (for NDS content), and SYS:\public (for File System content).
• Content examples for adding an NFS-mounted file system to subclient content of a Unix File System iDataAgent:
  • /mountpointA to include the entire file system at mountpointA
  • /mountpointA/projects for only the projects directory within the file system at mountpointA.
• Informix subclients include one or more dbspaces. As databases are added to the dbspaces, the subclients are updated automatically.
• SQL Server 2000 Database iDataAgents: The logical and physical names are available to assist in identifying the correct content. Files and file groups that are configured as content of other subclients are unavailable for selection.
• Exchange Mailbox iDataAgents and Exchange Mailbox/Public Folder Archiver Agents: Initially, all unconfigured mailboxes are assigned to the default subclient. You can create a new subclient and reassign mailboxes to this new subclient (within the same backup set/archive set). Once assigned, the mailboxes become part of the content of the new subclient.
• SharePoint Server iDataAgent: Initially, all unconfigured data types are assigned to the default subclient. You can create a new subclient and reassign data types to this new subclient. Once assigned, they become part of the content of the new subclient.
• ProxyHost iDataAgent: The primary host data path is backed up by the subclient and is the path through which the backup host accesses this data on the BCV. A primary host path and its corresponding backup host path are listed in the following format:

  <primary_host_path> --> <backup_host_path>

  For example, assume that you want to back up the D:\data directory from your primary host and D:\ is mirrored by a BCV, which is mapped to the backup host as F:\. Consequently, the path to this data on the backup host is F:\data. When you add this directory to a subclient, it is listed in the Contents of subclient pane as D:\data --> F:\data.

  The primary host path in the Content field is used for browse and restore purposes. However, it is the data in the Backup Host BCV Path which is actually backed up. If these two paths do not accurately correspond, the path that appears when data is browsed for restore does not accurately reflect the data that will be restored. In the example given above, assume that D:\data is entered in the Content field, while F:\data1 is accidentally entered in the Backup Host BCV Path. If you browse and select D:\data to be restored, it is actually D:\data1 that is restored. (Remember, F:\Data1 is the path on the backup host that corresponds to D:\data1 on the primary host.)

Configure the Subclient for Data Encryption

Encryption settings made at the subclient level are for data protection and recovery operations run from the CommCell Console and are not related in any way to settings made at the instance level which is for third-party Command Line operations only.

See Data Encryption - Support for a list of supported products.

Before You Begin

• Encryption must be enabled at the client level prior to configuring any subclients residing on that client. See Configure the Client for Data Encryption.
• If you are attempting to configure for third-party Command Line operations, do not use this procedure. See Configure Third-party Command Line Operations for Encryption.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure the subclient for data encryption:

1. From the CommCell Console, right-click the subclient and click Properties.
2. From the Subclient Properties (Encryption) tab, select an option based on the criteria described in the Encryption tab help.
3. Click OK to save your settings and close subclient properties.

Create a New Subclient

Before You Begin

• Review Subclients.
• Do not create a subclient while the parent node or any sibling subclient has a data protection or archive operation currently running on it.
• In cases where a new subclient is created with the same name as a deleted subclient, the system will append a Unix time stamp to the deleted subclient's name in data protection job history reports and views to distinguish the two subclients. For example, subclientname_1104257351.
• Informix iDataAgents: If you will be using the Informix ONBAR utility to create backup and restore scripts, you need not create subclients. Otherwise, if you will be using the CommCell Console to back up and restore Informix database objects (subsets/dbspaces), then you will need to create a subclient.
• ProxyHost iDataAgents: If you are using a BCV, you must prepare a batch file or a shell script file on the backup host containing commands to synchronize and split the BCV. The Resource Pack includes information on configurations for these batch files or shell scripts, as well as examples that apply to specific applications and hardware (e.g., Exchange databases in an EMC Symmetrix environment). See Tools and Utilities for more information on the Resource Pack.

  The ProxyHost iDataAgent also requires that you set permissions for the batch/shell script file on the backup host.

• SQL Server 2000/2005 Database iDataAgents: When running on Windows Server 2003 and VSS is enabled, the New Subclient command is not available.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a new subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the node (agent/backup set/archive set/instance) for which you want to create a new subclient, click All Tasks (if applicable), and then simply click New Subclient for most agents.
   • For the SQL Server iDataAgent, expand New Subclient and click either Database to include individual databases or File/File Group to include database elements.
   • For the File Archiver Agent for Windows with Data Classification, right-click the DataClassSet,  expand All Tasks, and then click Create DataClassSet (subclient).
2. Click the General tab or General (Quick Recovery Agent) tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box and type the name (up to 32 characters) of the subclient that you want to create.
   • For supported agents identified in Support Information - Snapshot Engines, you can select a QSnap option to snap data and then perform a data protection operation on the data.
   • For QR Agents, you must also select a QR Policy from the QR Policy list.
   • For the Windows iDataAgents that support VSS, you can optionally Enable VSS on a Subclient.
3. Select other options from the General tab as appropriate for the agent.
4. Click the Content or Databases tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box and Configure Subclient Content as appropriate for your agent.
5. For all agents (except QR), click the Storage Device (Data Storage Policy) tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box, then select a data storage policy to associate with this subclient from the storage policy list.
   • For the DB2 and DB2 DPF iDataAgents, you can also change the number of data backup streams. For the DB2 DPF iDataAgent, the default stream threshold should be equal to the total number of database partitions for the subclient.
   • For SQL Server iDataAgents, you can also click the Storage Device (Log Storage Policy) tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box, then select a log storage policy to associate with this subclient from the storage policy list and select the number of backup streams for transaction log backup jobs.
   • For 1-Touch for Unix, it is strongly recommended that the storage policy that you select for the subclient configured for 1-Touch use a MediaAgent on a different computer. If you do this, and if the system crashes, the media will not have to be exported to another MediaAgent in order to recover the system.
6. For Oracle and DB2 iDataAgents, click the Backup Arguments (Oracle) or Backup Arguments (DB2, DB2 DPF) tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box and Configure Backup Arguments as appropriate for your agent. Note that the backup arguments for Informix are located on the Content tab.
7. For Migration Archiver Agents, click the Archiving Rules or Rules tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box and configure archiving rules as appropriate for your agent. In order to perform rules-based migration archiving operations, the Disable All Rules checkbox must be cleared.

   If the File Archiver for Windows supports Data Classification, several filter-like configuration fields are defined as archiving rules and are available from the Subclient Properties (Rules) tab. If you want to define content and archiving rules based on file attributes other than volumes, size, and modified time (i.e., if you want to customize your rules), click the Advanced tab and configure as appropriate. Also, stub management options can be configured from the Stub Rule tab. See Configure Archiving Rules - File Archiver Agents for step-by-step instructions.

8. For ProxyHost and Image Level ProxyHost iDataAgents, click the Pre/Post Process tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box. In the PreScan field, type the path to the batch file/shell script file that contains those commands that are to run before each backup of the subclient, or click Browse to locate and select this file. For ProxyHost and Image Level ProxyHost, the file must reside on the backup host or primary host.
9. Optionally (if supported for your agent) you can:
   • Add a Data Protection or Discovery Filter for a Subclient on the Filters tab.
   • Configure a Subclient for Pre/Post Processing of Data Protection/Archive Operations on the Pre/Post Process tab.
   • Enable Software Compression for a Subclient on the Software Compression tab of the Storage Device tab.
   • Configure the Subclient for Data Encryption on the Encryption tab.
   • Enable or Disable Operations for this subclient on the Activity Control tab.
   • Configure Mailbox Stores for Auto-Discovery on the Auto-discovery tab.
   • Configure the Subclient for 1-Touch on the 1-Touch Recovery tab.
   • View or change the user group security associations for this subclient from the Security tab.
   • Determine location from where archive logs will be backed up or deleted from the Log Destinations tab.
   • Enable backups using a snap engine from the Snap Backups tab.
10. Click OK to save the subclient configuration. For QR Agents, this procedure is now complete. For all other agents, continue on to the next step.
11. The Backup Schedule dialog box advises you to schedule data protection operations for your new subclient. It is recommended you elect to set a schedule now. You can also associate this subclient 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 (Backup Set/Instance, Agent, Client, or Client Computer Group) the schedules defined in the Schedule Policy will be automatically applied to the new subclient. See Schedule Policy for more information.
    • If you want to associate this subclient 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 want to associate this subclient with a specific schedule policy, click Associate to schedule policy, and then select the schedule policy from the drop-down list box. Click OK.
    • If you have selected to define a schedule for this subclient:
      • Click Schedule.
      • From the Backup/Archive Options dialog box, select the type of data protection operation that you want to schedule.
      • If you want to set Advanced Backup/Archive Options, click Advanced.
      • After selecting the data protection 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 data protection schedule at this time, click Do Not Schedule, and then click OK.

This task is now complete.

Create a New Subclient Policy

Before You Begin

• Ensure that no data protection operations are currently running on the backup sets that you will be associating with the new Subclient Policy.
• Ensure that there are no user-defined subclients in the backup sets that you will be associating with the new Subclient Policy.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a new Subclient Policy:

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand the Policies node then right-click the Subclient Policies node and click New Subclient Policy. The Create New Subclient Policy dialog box will display.
2. From the Create New Subclient Policy (General) tab of the Create New Subclient Policy dialog box, enter a name for your subclient policy in the Name entry field, then select the appropriate file system type from the iDataAgent drop-down list. The display pane will show one or more subclient templates listed for your policy.
3. From the display pane of the Create New Subclient Policy (General) tab, assign a Storage Policy for each subclient template by clicking in the Storage Policy column and selecting one from the list.
4. If you wish to set up a Regular user-defined type of Subclient Policy Subclient, then click Add. The Create New Subclient dialog box will display that will allow you to enter the following information:
   • Create New Subclient (General) tab (required)
     
     • Enter a name for your user-defined subclient in the Name field.
     • Optionally, you can change the Number of Data Readers to a value other than 1 (which is the default), if applicable for your agent type.
     • Optionally, you can select the Allow multiple data readers within a drive or mount point checkbox to enable this feature.
     • Optionally, you can clear the Backup System State checkbox, which is selected by default and causes the Default Subclient to back up the system state with the file system. Clearing the checkbox causes the Default Subclient to back up only the file system and not the system state. You can then enable system state backup for a different client in the Backup Set.
     • Optionally, you can select the Use VSS checkbox to enable VSS backups for this subclient, if applicable for your agent type.
     • Optionally, you can select the Use QSnap checkbox to enable backups of locked and/or open files for this subclient using QSnap, when QSnap is installed on clients of the applicable agent type.
   • Create New Subclient (Content) tab (required)
     
     • Specify the contents for this subclient by either clicking Browse to browse for content, or by typing in a path in the Enter New Content field then clicking Add. Repeat this step to include additional objects in subclient content. If you are editing the content for a Default subclient, see the Notes section below for more information.
     • If you are typing in a UNC path as content, then you will be prompted to enter a user name and password for accessing that path.
     • Optionally, you can select the Treat characters as regular expressions checkbox so that any characters that are sometimes used as wildcard characters will be treated as wildcards not as literals. See Wildcards for a list of supported regular expressions for your agent.
   • Create New Subclient (Filters) tab (optional)
     • You can select one of the following values from the Include Global Filters list to enable or disable global filters to exclude data from backups on this subclient:

       Do not use - Disables Global Filters for this subclient.

       Always use - Enables Global Filters for this subclient.

       Auto - Enables or disables Global Filters for this subclient depending on whether the Use Global Filters on All Subclients option is enabled or disabled on the Control Panel (Global Filters) dialog.

     • You can specify a file/folder/pattern that you want to exclude from backups by clicking the upper Browse button to browse for an object, or by clicking the upper Add button and then typing in the object you want to exclude.
     • You can specify an exception to your exclude filter by either clicking the lower Browse button and browsing for the object, or by clicking the lower Add button and then typing in the object you want to enter as an exception to the exclusions list.
   • Create New Subclient (Pre/Post Process) tab (optional)
     • You can type in or Browse for a batch file or shell script that want executed after each job phase.
     • You can also select the Run Post Process for all attempts checkbox(es) if desired for the appropriate job phase.
     • For Windows agents, you can click the Change button for the Run As field to specify Local System Account or other username and password that has authorization to run the specified processes.
   • Create New Subclient (Storage Device - Data Storage Policy) tab (required)
     • Select a Storage Policy that you want to use for this subclient from the drop-down list.
   • Create New Subclient (Storage Device - Data Transfer Option) tab (optional)
     • You can select the desired software compression setting to be used in case hardware compression is not available or not selected on the destination storage policy copy. Otherwise you can leave the default setting of Off to specify no software compression.
     • You can change the number of Network Agents to a value other than 1 by typing in or selecting another value from the list.
     • You can enable the option to Throttle Network Bandwidth and adjust the throughput setting by selecting another value from the list.

   Once you have entered all of your configuration for the Regular user-defined subclient type, click OK to save your changes.

5. If you wish to further define the configuration settings, or enter a different name for the Default Subclient, you can do so by selecting the desired subclient type in the display pane and then clicking Edit. Refer to Step 4 above for entering specific information on each of the subclient property tabs.

   If you want to preserve the characteristic behavior of the Default subclient to back up all content on the client that is not assigned to other subclients within the backup set, then we recommend leaving the default setting on the Content tab (which is "\" or "/" depending on your file system type).

6. Click the Association tab of the Create New Subclient Policy dialog box.
7. From the Association tab, expand the tree nodes and select the desired backup set checkbox(es) for file system clients that you want to be associated to this Subclient Policy.
8. Click OK to save the new Subclient Policy, then press F5 to refresh and update the CommCell Console.

Delete a Data Protection Filter from a Subclient

Before You Begin

• Review Filters.
• Do not change the data protection or discovery filter of a subclient that has a data protection operation in progress.
• File Archiver for Windows/Unix Agents: We recommend that you don't delete the following entries from the exclusion filter, as it could cause your file system to be inoperable. For Windows, these include: *.dll, *.bat, *.exe, *.cur, *.ico, *.lnk. For Unix, these include *.a, *.ksh, *.csh, *.sh, *.lib, *.so.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a data protection or discovery filter entry from a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose data protection or discovery filter you want to delete, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Filters tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. To delete an entry from the Exclusions list, click the entry in the upper pane then click the upper Delete button. (Repeat this step for each entry that you want to delete.)
4. To delete an entry from the Exceptions list (if applicable for your agent), click the entry in the lower pane then click the lower Delete button. (Repeat this step for each entry that you want to delete.)
5. Click OK to save your changes.

NOTES

• Whenever you delete an entry from the exclusion filter, check if the exceptions list (i.e., lower pane) contains any entries that are children of the deleted data (if applicable for your agent). If so, you should delete them as described in Step 4 since they no longer need to be listed. The system automatically deletes any exceptions that are children of a deleted exclusion unless you used wildcard expressions in the exclusion path.
• When you change a data protection or discovery filter, the change is effective the next time the subclient is backed up/archived.
• Data will not be backed up in a differential backup for a subclient after a filter was removed.
• Since Incremental backups only back up data that has been modified since the last backup, previously filtered files whose filters are now removed, will not be backed up unless they have been modified since that last backup. To back up previously filtered files that have not been modified but whose filters have been removed since the last backup, you need to run a Full backup.
• Performing a full backup after changing filters or exceptions is recommended.

Delete a User-Defined Subclient

Related Topics:

• Command Line Interface - qdelete subclient
• Subclients

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a user-defined subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the user-defined subclient that you want to delete, and then click Delete from the shortcut menu.
2. A confirmation message is displayed, asking if you want to delete the subclient.
   Click No to cancel the deletion and retain the subclient, or click Yes to continue the deletion. If you click Yes:
   • the subclient, and any data that may have been protected/archived by the subclient are logically deleted, and you can no longer access the corresponding data for recovery/retrieve purposes. However, the data remains valid for the length of time specified by the associated retention period. Some agents allow you to browse data from a deleted subclient provided that the Browse Data Before date and time precedes the time that the user-defined subclient was deleted.
   • for agents that support a default subclient, once the user-defined subclient is deleted its contents are automatically reallocated to the default subclient the next time a data protection/archive/discovery operation is run on the default subclient to ensure data protection coverage.
   • the system deletes the selected subclient node and removes it from the CommCell Browser.
   • the system deletes any data protection/archive and recovery/retrieve job schedules that are associated with the subclient.

Disable Global Filters on a Subclient

Before You Begin

• Review Global Filters.
• Do not disable the Global Filter for a subclient that has a data protection operation in progress.
• Performing a full backup after disabling the Global Filter on a subclient is recommended.
• When you disable the Global Filter on a subclient, the change is effective the next time a data protection operation is run on the subclient.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To disable the Global Filter on a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose Global Filter you want to disable, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Filters tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. To disable Global Filters on this subclient, select one of the following values from the Include Global Filters list:
   • OFF - select this option to always disable Global Filters for this subclient.
   • Use Cell Level Policy - select this option to disable Global Filters for this subclient only when the Use Global Filters on All Subclients option is disabled on the Control Panel (Global Filters) dialog.
4. Click OK to save your changes.

Enable Global Filters on a Subclient

Before You Begin

• Review Global Filters.
• This procedure assumes that you have previously established CommCell Level Global Filters. See Add an Exclusion to the Exclusions List for step-by-step instructions.
• Do not enable the Global Filter for a subclient that has a data protection operation in progress.
• Performing a full backup after enabling the Global Filter on a subclient is recommended.
• When you enable the Global Filter on a subclient, the change is effective the next time a data protection operation is run on the subclient.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable the Global Filter on a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose Global Filter you want to enable, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Filters tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. To enable Global Filters on this subclient, select one of the following values from the Include Global Filters list:
   • ON - select this option to always enable Global Filters for this subclient.
   • Use Cell Level Policy - select this option to enable Global Filters for this subclient only when the Use Global Filters on All Subclients option is enabled on the Control Panel (Global Filters) dialog.
4. Click OK to save your changes.

Enable or Disable Operations

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable or disable activity control at the CommCell, client computer group, client, agent, or subclient levels:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe, client computer group, client computer, agent, or subclient, and then click Properties from the short-cut menu.
2. From the Activity Control tab of the associated Properties dialog box, select or clear option(s), as desired.
3. Click OK.

Disabled data management and/or data recovery operations are displayed with client and/or agent icon changes in the CommCell Browser. For a comprehensive list of all icons in the CommCell Console, see CommCell Console Icons.

Enable or Disable Software Compression for a Subclient

Before you Begin

• Do not enable/disable software compression for a subclient that is being backed up/archived.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable software compression for a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient for which you wish to enable software compression and then click Properties.
2. Click the Storage Device tab and from the Data Storage Policy tab, select the storage policy from the Storage Policy list.

   If applicable for the selected agent, click the Log Storage Policy tab and select a storage policy from the Transaction Log Storage Policy list.

3. Then click the Storage Device (Data Transfer Option) tab and choose the appropriate compression option for this subclient.
4. Click OK to save your changes.

This task is now complete.

Remove a Process from Pre/Post Processing of Data Protection/Archive Operations

Before You Begin

• We recommend not removing a pre/post process for a subclient that is currently running a data protection or archive operation.
• Review the Overview and Agent-Specific Guidelines for your agent before removing pre/post processes for data protection/archive operations.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To remove a process from Pre/Post processing of data protection/archive operations:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient for which you want to remove a pre/post process, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Pre/Post Process tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. Click the text inside the space that corresponds to one of the following phases for which you want a pre/post process removed, then press the Delete key:
   • PreScan
   • PreArchive
   • PreCopy
   • PreSnap
   • PostBackup
   • PostScan
   • PostArchive
   • PostCopy
   • PostSnap
4. Repeat Step 3 for any additional processes that you want to remove.
5. Click OK.

Rename a Subclient

Before You Begin

• You can rename a subclient at any time. However, we recommend that you don't rename a subclient while a data protection or archive operation is running on that subclient.
• In cases where a subclient is renamed using the same name as a deleted subclient, the system will append a Unix time stamp to the deleted subclient's name in data protection job history reports and views to distinguish the two subclients. For example, subclientname_1104257351.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To rename a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient that you want to rename, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. From the Subclient Properties (General) tab, or the QR Agent Subclient Properties (General) tab, type the new name in the Subclient Name field, and then click OK.

The CommCell Browser updates the subclient with its new name. The new name will also be reflected in any associated schedules and reports.

Set the Network Bandwidth and Network Agents for a Data Protection Operation

Before you Begin

• Do not modify the network bandwidth and network agents for a subclient or instance that is being backed up.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To Set the Network Bandwidth and Network Agents for a Data Protection Operation:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click a subclient and then click Properties.

   For the DB2, DB2 DPF, Informix, Oracle, Oracle RAC, SAP, or Sybase iDataAgent, right-click an instance and then click Properties.

2. Click the Storage Device Data Transfer Option tab.

   For the QR Agent:

   • To control network bandwidth settings, use the Throttle Network Bandwidth section in the General tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
   • To control the number of network agents, you must create a nQRNetworkAgents registry key.
3. Enter a number of Network Agents that must be used to perform data protection operations on the subclient/instance.
4. Click the Throttle Network Bandwidth (MB/HR) option and then enter the throughput as needed. Note that throttling is done on a per Network Agent basis.
5. Click OK to save the changes.

This task is now complete.

View Data Paths Associated with a Subclient

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view data paths:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose data paths you want to view, then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Storage Device tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
3. From the Data [or Logs] Storage Policy tab, click Show Data Paths to view the data paths used by the subclient to access the storage media for data protection operations. Click Close to exit the Data Paths dialog box.
4. Click OK to exit the Subclient Properties Storage Device tab.

View Subclient Content

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view content of a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose content you want to view, then click Properties.
2. From the Subclient Properties dialog box, click the Content tab (or Databases tab for Lotus Notes) to view the contents of the subclient.
3. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Configure the Subclient for 1-Touch

Related Topics:

• Subclients - Windows/Unix/Macintosh File Systems

Before You Begin

• Review as appropriate:
  • 1-Touch for AIX
  • 1-Touch for Linux
  • 1-Touch for Solaris

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure the subclient for 1-Touch:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the appropriate (usually the default) subclient and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.
2. From the Subclient Properties (1-Touch Recovery) tab, click 1-Touch Recovery.
3. From the same tab, accept or select the name of the 1-Touch server in the 1-Touch server field. Also, accept or type the path to the 1-Touch server directory in the 1-Touch server directory field.
   • For 1-Touch for Linux, this will be the directory that is exported in NFS from the 1-Touch server per the appropriate directive in Setting up 1-Touch for Linux.
4. Click OK.

Change Account for Configuring UNC Paths

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To change a user account for configuring UNC paths:

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree to view the subclient for the affected Windows File System agent. Then right-click the subclient and click Properties.
2. From the Subclient Properties dialog box, click the Content tab.
3. From the Content tab, if you want to include more shares as subclient content, type in the UNC path of the first share that you want to add in the Enter New Content field and click Add. Repeat this step if you want to add more files and/or folders to the content.
4. Click As User.
5. Enter the required information in the Impersonate User dialog box.
6. Click OK to save the settings.

Change Account for Executing Pre/Post Commands (Data Protection)

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To change a user account for executing pre/post commands for Data Protection jobs:

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree to view the appropriate level icon for the affected agent.
   • From the agent, instance/partition, or backup set/archive set level, right-click the appropriate icon, click All Tasks, and click New Subclient from the short-cut menu.
   • From the subclient level, right-click the subclient icon and click Properties from the short-cut menu.
2. From the Subclient Properties dialog box, create and/or configure the subclient as appropriate. Then click the Pre/Post Process tab.
3. From the Pre/Post Process tab, click Change.
4. From the User Account dialog box, select one of the account options. If you select Impersonate User, type the appropriate user name and password.
5. Click OK to save the settings.

Enter UNC Path as Subclient Content

Related Topics:

• Subclients - Windows/Unix/Macintosh File Systems

Before You Begin

• Review Things to Consider when Creating and Configuring File System Subclients.
• To configure a subclient to back up and restore a share (e.g., disk, folder, etc.), the UNC path of the share must be entered as subclient content.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enter UNC path(s) as subclient content:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose content you want to change, then click Properties.
2. From the Content tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box, type in the UNC path of the share that you want to add in the Enter New Content field and click Add. Repeat this step if you want to add more files and/or folders to the content.
3. If this is the first UNC path being entered as subclient content the Impersonate NT User dialog box will appear. Enter the user account information for the Domain User with permissions for that path. Note the following:
   • Login name must be provided in the following format: <domain>\UserName
     For example, to log on as usr1 in a domain called MyDomain, enter MyDomain\usr1 as the user name
   • The domain user that you specify should have access to all the UNC paths entered as contents of the subclient.
   • Adding a UNC shared path as subclient content of a member server that points to a server in a workgroup requires the local user name and password is identical to a domain user's name and password. (This is a scenario where <UserName> and password is accepted.)
   • Adding a UNC shared path as subclient content of a non-member (workgroup) server that points to a member server requires the local user name and password is identical to a domain user's name and password. (This is a scenario where <UserName> and password is accepted.)
   • The domain user can be changed at a later time with the As User button.
4. To save your content changes, click OK from the Content tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.

Enable QSnap on a Subclient

Related Topics:

• Subclients - SAN iDataAgents
• Subclients - Windows/Unix/Macintosh File Systems and Microsoft Data Protection Manager iDataAgent
• QSnap for the Unix File System iDataAgent
• QSnap for the Windows File System iDataAgent
• Things to Consider when Creating and Configuring File System Subclients

Before You Begin

• Review QSnap for the Windows File System iDataAgent and QSnap for the Unix File System iDataAgent.
• For Unix File System iDataAgents or Windows File System iDataAgents, also review Things to Consider when Creating and Configuring File System Subclients.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable QSnap on a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient that you want to back up, and choose Properties.
2. For Unix File System iDataAgents or Windows File System iDataAgents, from the General tab, select the Use QSnap checkbox.
3. Click OK. Your next backup will use QSnap.

Enable VSS Backups of a Subclient

Related Topics:

• Volume Shadow Services (VSS)

Use this procedure to enable VSS backups on a subclient of a Windows iDataAgent that supports VSS or on a subclient of an Image Level iDataAgent.

Before You Begin

• We do not recommend enabling VSS on the default subclient of a Windows iDataAgent that supports VSS. For more details, see VSS for the Windows File System iDataAgent.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable VSS on a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient for which you want to enable VSS, and then click Properties.
2. From the General tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box, click the Use VSS checkbox to back up data files using VSS.

   If the subclient includes system state, and you want to back up system state and data files, click Use VSS for System State.

   In case of Windows 2008 Use VSS for System State option is not visible. It is always on and cannot be edited.

3. Click OK to save your changes.

This task is now complete.

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