Activity Control - How To

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Enable or Disable Operations

Enable or Disable DDB Operations

Queue Jobs if Activity Control is Disabled

Enable or Disable Operations for Workstation Backup Agents (CommCell Level)

Enable or Disable Operations for Workstation Backup Agents (Client Level)

Enable (or Disable) Backup Operations from the Client Console

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 DDB Operations

To enable or disable deduplication database (DDB) activities at the CommCell level:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe and then click Properties from the short-cut menu.
2. Click the Activity Control tab, select or clear Enable DDB Activity.
3. Click OK.

Queue Jobs if Activity Control is Disabled

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To queue jobs if activity control for the job type(s) is disabled:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommCell icon, click Control Panel, and then click Job Management.
2. From the General tab of the Job Management dialog box, select the Queue jobs if activity is disabled check box.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

Jobs will remain in the Job Controller in a Queued state until activity control for the job type(s) is enabled.

Enable (or Disable) Operations for Workstation Backup Agents (CommCell Level)

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable or disable activity control at the CommCell level:

1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe, click Control Panel, and then click Workstation Settings.
2. From the Workstation Settings dialog box, select or clear option(s), as desired.
3. Click OK.

Enable (or Disable) Operations for Workstation Backup Agents (Client Level)

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable or disable activity control at the individual Client level, from the CommCell Console:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the client computer and then click Properties.
2. From the Client Properties (Workstation Client Settings) tab of the Properties dialog box, select or clear option(s), as desired.
3. Click OK.

Enable (or Disable) Backup Operations from the Client Console

Use the following procedure to enable (or disable) backup operations from the Workstation Backup Client.

To enable (or disable) backup operations from the client:

1. Launch the Workstation Backup agent from the Start | Programs menu.
2. Select the Summary page.
3. Select (or clear) the Enable Backup Activity option to enable (or disable) backup operations on the client computer.

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