Defining a Policy Domain

To define a new policy domain, complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

You must activate a policy set in the domain before clients assigned to the policy domain can back up, archive, or migrate files.

Policy Domain Name

Enter a 1 to 30 character domain name.

Description

Enter a description up to 255 characters. This parameter is optional.

Example: "Programming Group Domain"

Backup Retention (Grace Period)

Enter the number of days (from the date of deactivation) to retain backup versions that are no longer on the client's system. You can specify a number from 0 to 9999. This parameter is optional. The default is 30.

The backup retention value is used by Tivoli Storage Manager to manage inactive versions of files when any of the following conditions are present:

Archive Retention (Grace Period)

Enter the number of days (from the date of deactivation) to retain archive copies. You can specify a number from 0 to 30000. This parameter is optional. The default is 365.

The backup retention value is used by Tivoli Storage Manager to manage archive copies of files when any of the following conditions are present: