To update an archive copy group, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. You can use this command to modify selected parameters for the specified copy group. If you do not explicitly update a parameter, it remains unchanged. Existing values are indicated in the fields.
To allow clients to use the updated copy group, you must activate the policy set that contains the copy group.
Select the name of the primary storage pool where backup data is to be stored. This parameter is optional.
Enter the number of days to keep an archive copy that is bound to this management class.
Note: The value of this parameter can affect the management class to which the server binds an archived directory. When you change the retention time for an archive copy group, you are also changing the retention time for any directories that were archived using that copy group.
The time which the server initiates the retention time specified by the Retain Version parameter. This parameter is optional.
Creation | Specifies that the retention time is initiated at the time an archive copy is stored on the server. |
Event | Specifies that the retention time is initiated at the time the server is notified of a retention-initiating event for the archive copy. If you specify Retention Initiation=Event, you cannot also specify Retain Version=Nolimit. |
The minimum number of days to keep an archive copy when Retention Initiation=Event. The value of this parameter is not displayed when Retention Initiation=Creation. This parameter is optional.
Specify how files or directories are handled if they are modified during archive processing and what Tivoli Storage Manager should do if a modification occurs. This parameter is optional.
Shrstatic | Specifies that a file must not be archived while being modified. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform an archive as many as four times, depending on the value specified for CHANGINGRETRIES in the client user options file. If the file is modified during the archive attempt, Tivoli Storage Manager does not archive the file. |
Static | Specifies that a file must not be modified during archive. If a file is modified during the archive attempt, it is not archived. |
Shrdynamic | Specifies that if the file is being modified during an archive attempt, Tivoli Storage Manager archives the file during the last attempt even though the file is being modified. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform an archive as many as four times, depending on the value specified for CHANGINGRETRIES in the client user options file. |
Dynamic | Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager archives a file on the first attempt, regardless of whether the file is being modified during archive processing. |