Copy Properties (Selective Copy)

Use this dialog box to view or change the properties of a selective copy of a storage policy.

Selective Copy

• Automatically select Full Backups at frequency x:

  All Fulls

  All full backups.

  Weekly Fulls

  The first or last full backup of every week (by default each week starts on Friday).

  Monthly Fulls

  The first or last full backup of every month (by default each month starts on the first of the month).

  Quarterly Fulls

  The first or last full backup of every quarter (by default each quarter starts on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1).

  Half Yearly Fulls

  The first or last full backup of every half year (by default each half year starts January 1, and July 1).  

  Yearly Fulls

  The first or last full backup of each year (by default each year starts on January 1).

• Advanced

  Click this button to modify the advanced backup frequency options specified below in the Advanced Options dialog box.

  • Every [x] Cycle(s) - Specifies that the full backup after the specified number of cycles will be picked to copy.
  • Every [x] Day(s) - Specifies that the full backup after the specified number of days will be picked to copy.
  • Every [x] Week(s) - Specifies that the full backup after the specified number of weeks will be picked to copy.
  • Every [x] Month(s) - Specifies that the full backup after the specified number of months will be picked to copy.
• For Weekly Full rule, the week starts on x:

  Select the starting day of the week in which data is eligible to be copied to the selective copy for a Weekly Full rule.

• For Monthly Full rule, the month starts on x:

  Select the starting day of the month data is to be copied to the selective copy for a monthly full rule. For selective copies that use a custom calendar, select the day of the month that corresponds to the starting monthly day as defined in the custom calendar.

For each time period copy the:

• First full backup

  Specifies that the first full backup of the selected time period will be copied from the source copy to this copy.

• Last full backup

  Select most recent job if there are no more full backup schedules in current time period

  Specifies that the last full backup of the specified time period will be copied from the source copy to this copy if there are no future full backup schedules within the same time period.

  Wait until the current period is over before selecting a backup for this time period

  Specifies that, after the end of the specified time period, the last full backup during that time will be copied from the source copy to this copy. Note that this option is not enabled if the source of the selective copy is a Primary Copy that is defined with a zero cycle retention rule or is configured as a spool copy.

Select this option so that no backups will be copied to this copy unless they are manually selected for copy from the Job for Storage Policy Copy dialog box or the Select most recent full backup when auxiliary copy starts option has been selected from the Auxiliary Copy Options dialog box.