To display information about disaster recovery volumes or to create a command file to process those volumes, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. Disaster recovery volumes include database backup and copy storage pool volumes.
Enter the names of the database backup or copy storage pool volumes to be processed. You can use a wildcard character (*) to specify this name. All matching volumes are considered for processing. This parameter is optional. If you do not specify this field and the Copy Storage Pool field is not specified, all database backup volumes and all volumes in the copy storage pools defined by the Set Disaster Recovery Manager Copy Storage Pool panel are considered for processing.
Enter the current state of the volumes. This field is optional. The default is All.
Possible values are:
All | Volumes in all states. |
Mountable | Volumes in the MOUNTABLE state, which are volumes that contain valid data and are accessible for onsite processing. |
Notmountable | Volumes in the NOTMOUNTABLE state, which are volumes that are onsite, contain valid data, and are not accessible for onsite processing. |
Courier | Volumes in the COURIER state, which are volumes that are with the courier and are being moved to an offsite location. |
Vault | Volumes in the VAULT state, which are volumes that are offsite, contain valid data, and are not accessible for onsite processing. |
Vaultretrieve | Volumes in the VAULTRETRIEVE state, which are volumes that do not contain valid data and are at the offsite vault. |
Courierretrieve | Volumes in the COURIERRETRIEVE state, which are volumes that are with the courier and being moved back to the onsite location. |
Remote | Volumes in the REMOTE state, which are volumes that contain valid data and are located at the offsite remote server. |
Enter the beginning date used to select volumes. Volumes are considered eligible if the Move Drmedia processing has changed the state of the volume on or after the specified date. This field is optional. The default is the earliest date for which volume information exists.
Possible values are:
MM/DD/ YYYY | Selects volumes that were changed to their current state on or after a specific date, using MM/DD/YYYY format. |
TODAY | Selects volumes that were changed to their current state today. |
TODAY -days
or -days |
Selects volumes that were changed to their current state beginning with a date determined by today minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999. For example, to move volumes beginning with records changed to their current state a week ago, specify TODAY-7 or simply -7. |
Enter the ending date used to select volumes. Volumes are considered eligible if Move Drmedia processing has changed the state of the volume on or before the specified date. This field is optional. The default is the current date.
Possible values are:
MM/DD/ YYYY | Select volumes that were changed to their current state on or after a specific date, using MM/DD/YYYY format. |
TODAY | Select volumes that were changed to their current state ending with today. |
TODAY -days
or -days |
Select volumes that were changed to their current state ending with a date determined by today minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999. For example, to move volumes beginning with records changed to their current state a week ago, specify TODAY-7 or simply -7. |
Enter the beginning time used to select volumes. Volumes are considered eligible if Move Drmedia processing has changed the state of the volume on or after the specified time and date. This field is optional. The default is midnight (00:00:00).
Possible values are:
HH:MM:SS | Select volumes that were changed to their current state on or after a specific time on the specified date, using HH:MM:SS format. |
NOW | Select volumes that were changed to their current state beginning with the current time on the specified begin date. |
NOW +hours:minutes
or +hours:minutes |
Select volumes that were changed to their current state beginning with a time determined by the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date. |
NOW -hours:minutes
or
-hours:minutes |
Select volumes that were changed to their current state beginning with a time determined by the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date. |
Enter the ending time used to select volumes. Volumes are considered eligible if Move Drmedia processing has changed the state of the volume on or before the specified time and date. This field is optional. The default is 23:59:59.
Possible values are:
HH:MM:SS | Select volumes that were changed to their current state on or after a specific time on the specified date, using HH:MM:SS format. |
NOW | Select volumes that were changed to their current state ending with the current time on the specified begin date. |
NOW +hours: minutes
or +hours:minutes |
Select volumes that were changed to their current state ending with a time determined by the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date. |
NOW -hours: minutes
or -hours:minutes |
Select volumes that were changed to their current state ending with a time determined by the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date. |
Enter the name of the copy storage pool whose volumes are to be processed. This field is optional. The default is that all volumes in the specified state, except MOUNTABLE, are considered for processing.
Select whether database backup volumes are included for processing. The default is Yes.
Yes | Include database backup volumes for processing. |
No | Do not include database backup volumes for processing. |
Select how to display the information. The default is Standard.
Standard | Display partial information. |
Detailed | Display complete information. |
CMD | Create commands. You must enter commands in the Command field. |
Enter the location of the volumes to be processed. This field is optional.
Enter the commands to be created. This field is optional.
String
The command string used to process the volume name or volume location or both. Do not include quotation marks in the string.
Variables
Variables that can be replaced by a value during processing. The possible variables are:
&VOL | A volume name. |
&LOC | A volume location. |
&VOLDSN | A file name to be written into the sequential access media labels. |
&NL | A new line character. During processing, the command is split the &NL variable is and does not append a continuation character. If a continuation character is required, you must specify it just before the &NL. If the &NL is not specified and the line length exceeds 240 characters, the command line is split into multiple lines and continuation characters (+) are added as needed. |
Enter the full path file name of the file that will contain the commands specified with the Command field. This field is optional.
Select whether to append the new commands to any existing commands in a file or to overwrite the existing commands. The default is No.
Yes | Append the new commands. |
No | Overwrite any existing commands. |