Archive Tab

Use the Archive tab to allow users to review data to be deleted after it has been archived, select available backup devices, and set a default minimum file retention period for supported devices.

Product Options dialog - Archive tab

Allow User to review “Delete After Archive” list

Select this check box to enable the Review Archive Delete List check box on the Archive and Delete Request Editors. This check box allows users to display and review the names of tables for which data is to be deleted as a function of archiving.

Available File Backup Devices

Select the appropriate check box(es) to make available one or more backup devices for use with Archive. (The check boxes are cleared by default.)

Centera
Select this check box if Centera is available. If you select this check box, the Centera Minimum File Retention box becomes available.
NetWorker
Select this check box if EMC NetWorker is available.
Tivoli®
Select this check box if Tivoli is available. If you select this check box, the Tivoli Options box becomes available.
Note: To use a Tivoli device, you must install the Tivoli client and API support on the machine where the Optim™ Server runs.
Note: You can copy an Archive File to a backup device by referencing a Storage Profile (with the necessary backup device parameters) in an Archive Request. For details, refer to the Archive User Manual.

Tivoli Options

Node Name
Specify an identifier that allows access to the Tivoli tape backup device.
Password
Specify a password that allows access to the Tivoli tape backup device.

Centera Minimum File Retention

Specify the default minimum retention period for protecting Archive Files on Centera from deletion. The minimum retention period is measured from the time the Archive Process copies the file to Centera. After the minimum retention period expires, the file can be deleted from Centera.

Allow User to alter Minimum Retention
Select this check box to enable the Minimum File Retention setting in the Storage Profile Utility, allowing users to override the default minimum retention defined in Product Options.
Centera Default
Select to use the Centera default minimum retention period, based on your Centera configuration.
Infinite
Select to keep an Archive File on Centera forever; the file cannot be deleted.
Interval
Select to protect an Archive File from deletion for a specified period. You can specify a number of years, days, or a combination of both.

When you select Interval, the Years and Days boxes become available.

Years
Specify the number of years (0 to 100) to protect an Archive File from deletion. The default value is zero (0).
Days
Specify the number of days (0 to 18300) to protect an Archive File from deletion. The default value is zero (0).
Note: 18300 days equals 50 years.
None
Do not use a minimum retention period; allow an Archive File to be deleted from Centera at any time.

WORM Device Minimum File Retention

Specify the default minimum retention period for protecting Archive Files on a WORM device from deletion. The minimum retention period is measured from the time the Archive Process copies the file to the device. After the minimum retention period expires, the file can be deleted from the device.

Allow User to alter Minimum File Retention
Select this check box to enable the WORM Device Minimum File Retention options in the Storage Profile Utility, allowing users to override the default minimum retention defined in Product Options.
Interval
Select to protect an Archive File from deletion for a specified period after the file is generated. You can specify a number of years, days, or a combination of both.

When you select Interval, the Years and Days boxes become available.

Years
Specify the number of years to protect an Archive File from deletion. The default value is zero (0).
Days
Specify the number of days (0 to 999) to protect an Archive File from deletion. The default value is zero (0).
Note: The interval cannot exceed the maximum date, 01/17/2071. Archive checks the interval when you set the Product Options, save a Storage Profile, and run the Archive Process.
Maximum
Use the maximum date, 01/17/2071.
None
Do not use a minimum retention period; allow an Archive File to be deleted from the device at any time.


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