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Things to Consider when Creating and Configuring Subclients
The following table shows subclient creation and configuration details.
Agent |
Type of Data | Default Subclient created during install of the Agent | Supports Default Subclient | Supports User Defined Subclient | Contents of the default subclient when user-defined subclient is present | Other Types of subclients supported by the Agent | Notes |
| SharePoint Archiver | SharePoint Documents | No | No | Yes | N/A | None | None |
The following figure shows a simple subclient configuration for a Migration Archiver Agent. Subclient1 and Subclient2 each comprise a unique subset of data on the client computer. Each subclient, when it is archived, establishes a logical data channel through which data can travel to the storage media.
In this configuration, you can schedule archive operations for Subclient1 and Subclient2 either at different times or simultaneously. Splitting the archive operations into two time periods can be useful if you have smaller operation windows at various times.
The SharePoint Archiver agent is designed to archive and recover Documents and Images in Document and Picture Libraries residing on an SharePoint Server. The SharePoint Archiver archives all Documents and Images that meet the specified Archiving Rules criteria. Subclient content for this agent consists of Virtual Servers, Sites, and Document and Picture Libraries. After installing this agent, you need to create one or more user-defined subclients.
When you configure subclient content, you select either the Virtual Servers, Sites, Document, Picture Libraries or Library folder you want scanned for archiving. The resulting content will display the URL names similar to the example shown below:
http://sp-edu/\http://sp-edu\http://sp-edu/graphs\Test Graphs
A useful way to distribute subclient content of a data type is by Site Collection location, as shown in this example:
Distributing the client data using subclients in this way can help improve archiving performance in cases where your site manages a high volume of SharePoint data.
Subclient-level Archiving Filters are available for this agent to exclude specified Virtual Servers, Sites, and Document and Picture Libraries from being scanned for archiving. For example, suppose the Site contains a subfolder called Obsoleted Projects that you do not want backed up. You can add a Subclient Filter for the user-defined subclient Event Planning to exclude the Obsoleted Projects subfolder from being scanned for archiving. For more information, see Filters.
Wildcards and regular expressions are not supported for this agent when defining Subclient Content or Filters.
For more information, see Things to Consider when Creating and Configuring Migration Archiver Subclients.
Once installed, the agent is configured and is therefore able to manage the data or volumes on the client computer. However, you can change certain aspects of the subclient configuration to manage the data in the manner that best suits your needs.
You can view or change the subclient configuration from the Subclient Properties dialog box. The following information can be configured.
You can enable or disable all operations for this CommCell object and all objects below it. For more information, see Activity Control.
You can establish the criteria for a Migration Archiver subclient to determine which content will be scanned (i.e., mailboxes, libraries, volumes, folders, and directories) and which data objects will be archived (i.e., messages, items, and files). You can also establish stub creation rules, set the interval at which a new index is created and other related criteria.
For more information, see Subclient Properties (Archiving Rules).
You can define the content of the subclient. Most agents include a configure button that displays a dialog where you can add or modify the data included as subclient content. For step-by-step instructions, see Configure Subclient Content.
For more information, see Subclient Content.
Several configurable options to efficiently use available resources for transferring data secured by data protection operations are provided in the subclient. This includes the following:
You can enable or disable the encryption of data for transmission over unsecure networks and for storage on media. For more information, see Data Encryption.
You can view the data paths associated with the primary storage policy copy of the selected storage policy or incremental storage policy. You can also modify the data paths for the subclient including their priority. For additional information, see Configuring Alternate Data Paths for Subclients.
You can perform the following functions:
Indicates whether deduplication for the subclient is enabled or disabled, and if enabled whether the signature generation (a component of deduplication) is performed on the client or MediaAgent computer. For more information, see Deduplication.
You can add, modify or view Pre/Post processes for the subclient. These are batch files or shell scripts that you can run before or after certain job phases. For more information, see Pre/Post Processes.
You can associate the subclient to a storage policy. For more information, see Storage Policies.
You can rename a user-defined subclient.
You can define an account with permissions to execute Pre/Post commands for the agent's archive, backup, or volume creation jobs.
See SharePoint Agents in User Accounts and Passwords for more information.
You can perform the following functions:
For more information, see User Administration and Security.
When creating and configuring subclients, keep in mind the following considerations: