Use this dialog box to select the criteria to perform an auxiliary copy operation.
Select a Storage Policy
Allows you to select the storage policy from which you will run an auxiliary copy operation. (Applicable for the CommServe level only. This field will not display storage policies that do not have secondary copies configured.)
Select Source MediaAgent
Allows you to select the source MediaAgent from which you will run the auxiliary copy. (Applicable for copies that are configured with a shared library only.)
Copy Selection
If selected, data from the source copy will be copied to all active secondary copies. If cleared, the Select a Copy field is enabled and you must select an secondary copy from the drop down list of active secondary copies.
If selected, data from the source copy is copied to the secondary copy you select from the drop down list of active secondary copies. If cleared, the All Copies field is enabled, and data is copied from the source copy to all active secondary copies.
Number of Readers
Allows you to select the data streams that are copied at the same time during the auxiliary copy operation.
Allows you to select the number of data streams that are copied at the same time during the auxiliary copy operation.
If selected, the maximum number of data streams will be copied at the same time during the auxiliary copy operation.
Start new media
If selected, the option causes the following to occur:Mark media full after successful operation
If selected, the media used for the auxiliary copy operation is marked full after the operation is successfully completed.
Select most recent full backup when auxiliary copy starts
If selected, the most recent successful full backup for each subclient will be copied when an Auxiliary Copy job is run. If not selected, only the previously selected full backup job will be copied when the Auxiliary Copy job is run.
Job should wait for all parallel copy resources
If selected, the auxiliary copy operation will not start for parallel copies until all resources (MediaAgents and libraries) for the parallel copy are available.
Save As Script
Click to open the Save As Script dialog, which allows you to save this operation and the selected options as a script file (in XML format). The script can later be executed from the Command Line Interface using qoperation execute command.
When you save an operation as a script, each option in the dialog will have a corresponding xml parameter in the script file. When executing the script, you can modify the value for any of these XML parameters as per need.
To view the XML values for each of the options in the dialog, see the following: