QR Policies - How To

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Create a QR Policy

Delete a QR Policy

Modify QR Policy Properties

Create a QR Policy

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

The system allows you to create a QR policy in the CommCell Console from the QR Policies level.

To create a QR policy:

From the CommCell Browser, right-click the QR Policies icon, and then click Create New QR Policy from the short-cut menu.
Type the policy name (Up to 32 characters).

Select the Snapshot Engine Type from the dropdown menu.

If you are creating snapshot scripts using the Generic Enabler feature, select Generic snapshot as your Snapshot Engine Type.
Depending on the Snapshot Engine you select, some options may not be available for configuration.

Select the Retention Policy by checking Infinite (default), or by entering the number of hours/days/weeks.
Select the Enable QR Volume Creation check box to activate the Copy Manager and Scratch Pool menus.

This option is automatically disabled if you selected Generic snapshot as your Snapshot Engine Type in Step 3.
Select the Copy Manager from the list of available Copy Managers that currently exist for this QR Volume. (Refer to LAN Copy Manager.)
Select the Scratch Pool from the list of available scratch pools that currently exist for this QR Volume.
If this QR Policy will be used to create Recovery Points, select Enable Recovery Points, and specify the maximum number of Recovery Points that will be retained, up to a maximum of 32.
- When you select Enable Recovery Points, you are prompted to enter a location for the cache partition for the snapshots of the QR Volume. This location cannot be on the QR Volume.
- When you are satisfied with the QR Policy's configuration, click OK. The new QR Policy appears in the CommCell Browser.

WARNING! When a QR policy is deleted, all the QR Volume information associated with the QR policy will be removed from the CommServe database. Therefore, once the QR policy is deleted, the QR Volumes associated with the QR policy cannot be recovered. Note that a QR Policy cannot be deleted if there are any Data Aging or recover jobs running on this QR Policy.

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a QR policy:

Select QR Policies from the CommCell Browser, and right-click the QR policy that you wish to delete.
Click Delete from the short-cut menu.
The system prompts you to confirm the deletion of the QR policy.
To confirm the deletion, click Yes. The deleted QR Policy is removed from the CommCell Browser.

Modify QR Policy Properties

It is recommended that you do not change any of the QR policy properties while the QR policy being used by an operation (e.g., QR Volume Creation, QR Volume Recovery, etc.)

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To change the properties of a QR policy:

Select QR Policies from the CommCell Browser, click Properties and right-click the QR policy that you wish to modify.
Change any of the following properties:
- QR policy name (Up to 32 characters).
- Snapshot Engine Type from the dropdown menu.
- Retention Policy by checking Infinite (default) or enter the number of hours/days/weeks.
- Enable QR Volume Creation check box to activate the Copy Manager and Scratch Pool menus.
- Copy Manager from the list of available Copy Managers that currently exist for this QR Volume.
- Scratch Pool from the list of available scratch pools that currently exist for this QR Volume.
- If this QR Policy will be used to create Recovery Points, select Enable Recovery Points, and specify the maximum number of Recovery Points that will be retained, up to a maximum of 32.
  - When you select Enable Recovery Points, you are prompted to enter a location for the cache partition for the snapshots of the QR Volume. This location cannot be on the QR Volume.
Once you have made your changes, click OK.