Create/Modify an Instance

Before you Begin

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Required Actions

To create/modify an Instance

  1. To create an instance, from the CommCell Browser, locate the correct client computer node, and right-click the agent node for which you want the new instance created, click All Tasks, and then click New Instance from the shortcut menu.

    To modify an existing instance, from the CommCell Browser, right-click the instance you want to modify, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.

  2. From the General tab, enter the name (up to 32 characters) for the instance. In addition, provide the required access information for this instance.

    For various iDataAgents, you can add/modify an application/database user account. See the appropriate section as follows in User Accounts and Passwords for more information:

  3. If your agent uses the Details tab, enter the required database connect string and other optional parameters.
  4. From the Storage Device tab, select storage policy copies to be used for, as applicable, data backups, command line data backups and log backups. Within these tabs you can click Data Paths to display the details of the data paths associated with the primary storage policy copy of the selected storage policy.
  5. If your agent uses the Software Compression tab, and you want to enable software compression for the selected backups, click the tab and select the option appropriate to your environment.
  6. If you want to enable data encryption, from the Encryption tab select encryption settings for third-party or RMAN command line backups.
  7. Click OK to save the instance.
  8. A message advises you to schedule backups for your new instance. It is recommended you elect to set a schedule now. You can also associate this instance 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 (Agent, Client, or Client Computer Group) the schedules defined in the Schedule Policy will be automatically applied to the new instance. See Schedule Policy for more information.
  9. Click Yes. The Backup Options dialog box appears, which allows you to create the necessary schedules.
  10. From the Backup Options dialog box, select the type of backup that you want to schedule.
  11. If you want to access Advanced Backup Options, click Advanced.
  12. After selecting the backup type and any advanced options, click OK. The Schedule Details dialog box appears.
  13. From the Schedule Details tab of the Schedule Details dialog box, select the scheduling options that you want to apply, then click OK.

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