Use this dialog box to catalog the media so that you can quickly and easily find the files you need to recover.
Catalog Only
When selected, you can perform a catalog operation only. A
catalog operation creates a local catalog database of media archive file entries
through which you can manually select the archive files containing the data you
need to recover. The archived files are displayed in the catalog pane. All
archive files found and cataloged are written or appended to the catalog
database.
Catalog and Merge
When selected, you can perform a catalog operation and then import metadata associated with the archive files that you want to recover.
Set File Marker
Specifies to set the selected chunks within an archive file using filemarkers.
From
Start of Tape
Select to store the desired chunk from the start of tape.
End of Tape
Select to store the desired chunk till the end of tape.
File marker
Specify the filemarker numbers that denotes the start and end of the desired chunk.
Maximum Number of Drives
Specify the number of drives to be used for catalog operation.
Drive Pool
Specify a drive Pool for catalog operation. Drive pool is a set of drives which are attached or accessible to a MediaAgent. Drive pools are logical entities used to facilitate the sharing of a library’s drives between multiple MediaAgents.
Recatalog already cataloged media
This option is available when you select two or more media libraries for catalog operation wherein one or more than one of the selected media is already cataloged. Select this option to recatalog the already cataloged media.
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:
Command Line XML Options for Catalog Media