From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient whose associated storage
policy you want to change, then click Properties from the shortcut
menu.
Click the Storage
Device tab of the Subclient Properties dialog box.
From the Storage Policy list of the Data Storage Policy tab,
select a data storage policy to associate with this subclient. If necessary,
click the Create Storage Policy button to create a new storage policy
to which the subclient can then be associated.
If applicable for your agent, you can change the number of data streams
from the Number of Data/Database Backup Streams
field.
If applicable for your agent, click the Log Storage Policy tab and
select a storage policy to associate with this transaction log subclient from
the Transaction Log Storage Policy list. Also, you can set the Number
of Transaction Log Backup Streams from this tab.
Click OK to save your changes and close the Subclient Properties
Storage Device tab.
To associate
multiple subclients to a storage policy:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click on the Storage Policy
node, and select the Associate Subclients option.
From the Subclient Association with Storage Policy window, select
(highlight)
the subclients to be associated or re-associated to a storage policy.
Select the storage policy from the
Change all selected Storage Policies to drop-down menu. All
selected (highlighted) subclients will be associated to this storage policy.
To change
the copy precedence of a storage policy copy:
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy whose copy precedence
you want to change, and then click Properties.
From the
Copy Precedence
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, select a synchronous
or selective copy and click the arrow buttons to change its copy precedence.
The arrows will move a copy to a higher or lower precedence in increments of
1. For more information, see
Recovering Data From Copies.
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy whose quantity
of data streams you want to change, and then click Properties.
From the
General
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, type the number of data
streams that you want to allocate for the storage policy in the Device
Streams field.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy for which you
wish to create the secondary copy, click All Tasks and then click
Create New Copy.
From the
General
tab of the Copy Properties dialog box:
Enter the copy name in the Copy Name box.
Select the Combine to <n> Streams check box if you want
to combine data streams during an auxiliary copy operation on this copy.
Deselect the Active check box if you want to specify that this
should be an inactive copy.
Select the library, MediaAgent, drive pool, and the scratch pool from the
lists (drive pool and scratch pool are not applicable to disk libraries).
Select the Selective Copy check box. The Selective Copy
tab is enabled.
Select a standard or custom calendar from the Calendar for Selective
Copy and Extended Retention drop-down list. Note that this option is only
available if a custom calendar was created.
From the
Retention tab of the Copy Properties dialog box:
Click the Enable data aging checkbox, to enable or disable Data
Aging on this copy.
Click the Enable Managed Disk Space for disk data, to enable
or disable Managed Disk Space.
Change the retention time and retention cycles of the Basic Retention
Rules from their default settings of infinite, if needed.
Change the Extended Retention Rules, if necessary.
Click the
Copy Policy tab of the Copy Properties dialog box:
Choose a date from the Backups On And After field. This date
can be on, before, or after the current CommServe date. When the date entered
is after the current CommServe date, jobs that are to be copied, as well
as partially copied jobs will be disabled for a copy. If no date is entered,
all backup data will be copied from the primary copy to the secondary copy.
Click the Specify source for Auxiliary Copy check box if you
wish to copy data from a copy other than the primary copy.
The All Backups option is not available
for selective copies; therefore, you must choose a date from the
Backups On And After field.
Select Automatically select Full Backups (all
fulls) to automatically copy all full backups regardless of time.
Select Automatically select Full Backups (daily,
weekly, monthly,
quarterly, half
yearly, or yearly) for the copy to
be time-based. If the copy is time based, you can select one of the following
options:
First full backup
Last full backup (which is based on the following two options):
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 time 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 zero
cycle retention or configured as a spool copy; this is because jobs
can be aged immediately after they are copied to synchronous copies,
which is before the current time period ends.
Select Automatically select Full Backups (Advanced)
to copy all full backups based on the advanced backup frequency options.
Select Every [x] Cycle(s), to copy full backup after the
specified number of cycles.
Select Every [x] Day(s), to copy full backup after the specified
number of days.
Select Every [x] Week(s), to copy full backup after the specified
number of weeks.
Select Every [x] Month(s), to copy full backup after the
specified number of months.
Select Do not Automatically select jobs so 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.
If there are no auxiliary copy schedules defined for all copies of the storage
policy, you are asked to confirm if you would like to schedule auxiliary copy
operations for this copy. Select Default Schedule, if you would like
an auxiliary copy operation to be scheduled to be run daily at 8:00 A.M., select
Custom Schedule if you would like to define a schedule, select Automatic
Schedule if you would like an
Automatic Copy to
run every 30 minutes, or select Do Not Schedule. Click Yes if
you would like to run or schedule this job. Click OK.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the Storage Policies node, and
select New Storage Policy from the shortcut menu.
Follow the prompts displayed in the Storage Policy Wizard to configure
the following:
Type of Storage Policy: Backup, Compliance
Archiver or Disaster Recovery Backup
Name of Storage Policy (and Incremental Storage Policy, if selected)
Name of the Primary Copy
Name of the default library to which the Primary Copy should be
associated
Name of the MediaAgent
Stream and Retention Configuration (default is infinite)
Designate Primary Copy for Deduplication:
Yes or No.
Also, select the Deduplication Type:
Block Level or
Object Level.
If you wish to enable deduplication at the source, select the
Enable Client Side Deduplication
option.
If you select No, you cannot enable
deduplication on the primary copy at a later time. However, you can
enable deduplication on the secondary copies during creation.
See
Enable Deduplication in a Secondary Copy
for details.
Name of the Deduplication Store, MediaAgent for Deduplication
Store access, and location of the Deduplication Database.
If you wish to create a new deduplication store for the Storage Policy,
then select Create New Deduplication Store
and provide the location of the store. If you wish to deduplicate
against an existing deduplication store from a different Storage Policy,
then select Use Existing Deduplication Store
and select the desired deduplication store from the list.
Note that the deduplication database must be located in a folder and not directly under the root of a disk volume.
The Review Summary window is displayed. Review your selections
and then click Cancel, Back (to return to a previous window to
change a selection), or Finish (to exit and create the storage
policy).
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy for which you
wish to create the secondary copy, click All Tasks and then click
Create New Copy.
From the
General
tab of the Copy Propertiesdialog box:
Select the Combine to <n> Streams check box if you want
to combine data streams during an auxiliary copy operation on this copy.
De-select the Active check box if you want to specify that this
should be an inactive copy.
Enable Inline Copy fordata to be backed up to this
copy in addition to the primary copy.
Select Do Not Make Inline Copy to Same Library to prevent a
job from being copied to the same library during Inline Copy operations.
Enable Parallel Copy fordata to be copied to multiple
secondary copies concurrently rather than sequentially.
Select the library, MediaAgent, master drive pool and scratch pool from
the lists (not applicable for disk libraries).
From the
Retention tab of the Copy Properties
dialog box:
Click the Enable data aging checkbox, to enable or disable
Data Aging on this copy.
Click the Enable Managed Disk Space for disk data, to
enable or disable Managed Disk Space.
Change the retention time and retention cycles of the Basic Retention Rules
from their default settings of infinite, if needed.
Change the
Extended Retention Rules, if necessary.
Click the
Copy Policy tab
of the Copy Properties
dialog box:
Choose a date from the Backups On And After field.
This date can be on, before, or after the current CommServe date. When the
date entered is after the current CommServe date, jobs that are to be
copied, as well as partially copied jobs will be disabled for copy. If no date is entered, all backup data will be
copied from the primary copy to the secondary copy.
Click
the Specify source for Auxiliary Copy check box if you wish to copy data
from a copy other than the primary copy.
The All Backups
option is not available for selective copies; therefore, you must choose a
date from the
Backups On And After field.
Click OK to save your changes.
If there are no auxiliary copy schedules defined for all copies of the
storage policy, you are asked to confirm if you would like to schedule auxiliary
copy operations for this copy. Select Default Schedule, if you
would like an auxiliary copy operation to be scheduled to be run daily at 8:00
A.M., select Custom Schedule if you would like to define a schedule,
select Automatic Schedule if you would like a
Automatic Copy to
run every 30 minutes, or select Do Not Schedule. Click Yes if you would like to run
or schedule this job. Click OK.
Create a new Disaster Recovery storage policy — a
CommCell must have at least one Disaster Recovery storage policy. If you wish to
deconfigure the mount path to reclaim the space, use a different library for the
new storage policy.
To delete
a Disaster Recovery Backup storage policy:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe icon, click Control Panel, and select
DR Backup Settings.
From the DR Backup Settings (Export Settings) dialog box, in the
Back Up Metadata to this DR Storage Policy dropdown list, select the
newly-created storage policy.
From the CommCell Browser, select the Storage Policies parent node to view the property details of all the storage policies displayed in the right-hand windowpane.
Check the Disable Subclient Association checkbox for the Storage Policy for which you want to
delete.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the Disaster Recovery Backup storage
policy that you want to delete, click All Tasks and then click
Delete.
A warning dialog box will display indicating that this policy is the
active target of disaster recovery backups and a new target should be
specified prior to deletion. Click Continue.
If your Disaster Recovery Backup storage policy is defined in such a way
that it is backing up to a removable media, a dialog box displays with a
selection to export media. Note that you will not be prompted to export media if your Disaster
Recovery Backup storage policy backs up data to disk media.
If you choose to export media, from the Export Media (Delete Storage
Policy) dialog box, select the media to be exported and click OK.
Type an outside storage location in the Export Media dialog box and
click Export. Click OK to the message displayed. For more information
on exporting media, see
Exporting
a Specific Media.
You can continue to export the existing media or choose to continue with
the deletion.
After clicking Continue, the Disaster Recovery Backup storage policy
is deleted.
If you chose to delete the storage policy without exporting media, you are
prompted to confirm that you want to delete the storage policy. Click OK.
The Disaster Recovery Backup storage policy is deleted. The associated mount path can then be deconfigured.
To delete
a storage policy that has an incremental storage policy enabled:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy you want to delete,
then click Properties.
From the
General
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, clear the Incremental
Storage Policy check box.
Click OK to save your changes.
From the
Force Full Backup - Confirmation dialog box, select either the Force
next backup to be a full (Recommended) field or the Do not force
field (if you do not want to force the next backup to be a full backup).
Click OK.
Right-click the storage policy that you want to delete, click All Tasks
and then click Delete.
Click Yes to the confirmation message.
Type erase and reuse media. Click OK.
The selected storage policy is deleted and removed from the CommCell Browser.
If subclients are still associated with the storage policy that you want
to delete, an explanatory message is displayed and the delete operation is aborted.
To delete
an iDataAgent Backup or DataArchiver
storage policy:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy that you want
to delete, and click Properties.
Review the Associated Subclients tab. If you find any subclients
associated to the storage policy, re-associate them using the
Re-Associate option. Click OK to save the changes.
Alternatively, you can disable all subclient association. From the CommCell Browser, select the Storage Policies parent node to view the property details of all the storage policies displayed in the right-hand windowpane.
Check the Disable Subclient Association checkbox for the Storage Policy for which you want to
delete.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy that you want
to delete, click All Tasks and then click Delete from
the short-cut menu.
Click Yes to the confirmation message.
Type erase and reuse media. Click OK.
The selected storage policy is deleted and removed from the CommCell Browser.
The associated mount path can then be deconfigured.
If subclients are still associated with the storage policy that you want
to delete, an explanatory message is displayed and the delete operation is aborted.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click desired storage policy, and
select Properties.
From the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, click the
Advanced tab.
Click the Time Zone drop-down list, and select a time zone.
CommServe Time Zone: Selected by default. Jobs are pruned according to the CommServe designated time
zone.
Client Time Zone: Select to prune jobs according to each associated client computer's designated time
zone.
Time Zone: Select the time zone (e.g., (UTC)
Coordinated Universal Time)to use to prune jobs.
Click OK to close the Warning dialog.
Click OK to close the Storage Policy Properties dialog and save your changes.
Changing the designated time zone for an active storage policy can pose
potential problems for your environment. Data aging operations prune data
according to the time zone of the associated storage policy. Changing the time
zone can cause a data aging job to prune data at an earlier or later time.
For example, a storage policy's designated time zone is defined as Eastern
Standard Time (US and Canada), and several backup jobs are set to be pruned on
October 31st. If the storage policy's time zone is changed to Eastern Standard
Time (Australia), the jobs will still be pruned on October 31st; however, they
will be pruned a day earlier.
As such, changing the time zone of a storage policy is recommended only for
advanced users, due to the potential loss of data and environmental impact.
To disable
a storage policy that is associated with a full storage policy:
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy that you want
to disable the incremental storage policy from, then click Properties.
From the
(General)
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, clear the
check box.
Click OK to save your changes.
From the Force Full Backup - Confirmation dialog box, select either
the Force next backup to be a full (Recommended) field or the Do not
force field (if you do not want to force the next backup to be a full backup).
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy that you want
to enable an incremental storage policy, then click Properties.
From the
General
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, select a storage policy
from the Incremental Storage Policy list.
Click Yes to the confirmation prompt that the next backup for all
subclients for this storage policy will be forced to be a full backup.
From the Force Full Backup - Confirmation dialog box, select either
the Force next backup to be a full (Recommended) field or the Do not
force field (if you do not want to force the next backup to be a full backup).
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy for which you
want to enable stream randomization, then click Properties.
From the
General
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, mark the checkbox
for Enable
Stream Randomization. Note that this field is only enabled when the
storage policy is configured to use more than one (1) data stream.
From the Control Panel, double-click Media Management.
From the
Resource Manager Configuration tab of the Media management Configuration dialog box, perform the following:
In the Interval (in minutes) to calculate valid data size for streams
field specify the interval to calculate the data size for streams.
In the Threshold (in GB) to decide how to distribute data among streams for backup
field specify the threshold to decide data distribution among streams.
To perform
a disk library migration from one MediaAgent to another MediaAgent:
Right-click the disk library that you want to migrate to another MediaAgent
and click Migrate Disk Library.
A message is displayed indicating that this operation migrates the disk
library to another MediaAgent. Click OK.
The
Select
MediaAgent dialog box is displayed. This dialog box displays the current
MediaAgent that the disk library is associated with and allows you to select
a MediaAgent to migrate to. From the drop-down list, select the MediaAgent you
want to migrate to and click OK.
The disk library will now be associated with the selected MediaAgent.
To view the disk library properties to verify successful migration, right
click on the disk library where you want to view the properties, and click
Properties.
The MediaAgent is displayed on the General tab.
Make sure that the mount path associated with the disk library, points
to valid path. (See
Add or Modify Mount
Paths for step-by-step instructions.)
To
password protect the media of
a storage policy:
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy for which you
wish to password protect the media, and then click Properties.
From the
Advanced
tab of the Storage Policy Properties dialog box, select the Enable Storage Policy Level Media Password
option. Note that the media password is used to prevent unauthorized access
to the data residing on media used by the system for this storage policy. If
not enabled, the CommServe Level Media Password is the default password.
Enter the password information accordingly, and click OK to save your changes.
Select the subclients, and then
click Re-Associate.
In the
Storage Policy List dialog box, from the Select storage policy to
which all the subclients will be associated: list, select a storage policy you would like to
re-associate the subclients to. Click OK.
To re-associate the storage policy copy of a
DDB Backup subclient, make sure to select non-deduplicated storage
policy copy.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the storage policy for which you
want to perform an auxiliary copy, click All Tasks,and then click
Run Auxiliary Copy.
In the Auxiliary Copy dialog box, the Storage Policy field is
already populated with the name of the Storage Policy you selected.
If the source copy is configured with a shared library,
select the Source MediaAgent for the auxiliary copy.
Select All Copies to copy data from the source copy to all secondary
copies defined, or select a copy from the Select a
Copy list box.
Select Start new media to copy the data to a different tape or optical
media. On a disk, this option, when selected, creates a new volume
folder for the operation.
Select the number of streams to copy in parallel from the Number of Streams
to Copy in Parallel pane, or select Allow Maximum.
Select Mark media full after successful operation to mark the media
that is used for this operation full after the auxiliary copy operation has
successfully completed.
Select Select Most Recent Full Backup When Auxiliary Copy Starts
to have the most recent successful full backup for each subclient copied
when the Auxiliary Copy job is run.
From the
Job Initiation
tab on the Auxiliary Copy dialog box, select the time for this job to
run or choose to Run Immediately. You can also configure an alert for this job.
Click Advanced to configure the Vault Tracker, Startup
and JobRetry options.
Click Vault Tracking to select additional Vault Tracker options
for this operation from the
Vault Tracking dialog box.
Note: This option is only available
if a Vault Tracker license is available
in the CommServe.
Click Startup to change the priority of this job and, if necessary,
to start this job in a suspended state from the
Startup
dialog box.
Click the JobRetry tab to specify the job running
time and the number of job retries. See
Restarting
Jobs and
Job Running Time
for more information.
The Number of Retries specified for this
particular job will only be used by the system if Auxiliary Copy was configured as
a Restartable job type in the Job Management Control Panel. For
procedures, see
Specify Job Restartability for
the CommCell.
Click OK to start the auxiliary copy operation. A progress bar displays
the progress of the operation.
From the CommCell Browser, right click the storage policy that you want
to view, and then click Properties.
From the Storage Properties dialog boxes, you can view/edit the fields
as deemed necessary.
Click OK to save your changes.
You can view basic storage policy property descriptions by clicking on a
Storage Policy in the CommCell Browser. The storage policy details are displayed
in the right-hand windowpane.
To
disable additional subclient associations for a a storage policy:
From the CommCell Browser, select the Storage Policies parent
node to view the property details of all the storage policies displayed in
the right-hand windowpane.
Check the Disable Subclient Association checkbox for the Storage
Policy for which you want to disable/enable additional subclient
associations.
If a storage policy is marked as disabled for subclient associations, the
storage policy will not be listed as available when creating/or editing the
associations of a subclient. The subclient will also not be available for association when a new client is being installed to the CommServe,
which has a disabled storage policy.
To
hide Storage Policies from the CommCell Console:
1.
Right-click the desired Storage Policy and select
Properties.
2.
Click the Associated Subclients tab to ensure
that no subclients are associated with the specified storage policy.
3.
Click the General tab, and select Hide
Storage Policy.
Click OK to save your changes. The storage
policy is removed from the CommCell Console.
To display hidden storage policies, open the Media Management Control Panel,
and view the
Service Configuration tab. Then, change the value for the Show hidden
storage policies parameter from 0 to
1.