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to review data to be deleted after it has been archived, select available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.
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.