Creating a Recovery Plan File

To generate a recovery plan file, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. The recovery plan file contains the information and procedures required for recovery of an ADSM server to the point in time represented by the last database backup operation that has been completed prior to this Create process. The information in the recovery plan file includes:

This panel only applies to environments licensed to use the ADSM Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM) feature.

Recovery Plan Prefix

Enter the prefix portion of the path name used to generate the recovery plan file name.

Example: /drmplan/primsrv/

Plan Instructions Prefix

Enter the prefix portion of the path name used by the Prepare process to locate the files that contain the recovery instructions.

Example: /drmplan/primsrv/

Copy Storage Pools

Enter a list of copy storage pool names.

The default is determined in the following order:

  1. If a list has been defined with the Set DRM Copy Storage Pool panel, the Prepare process uses that list.
  2. If a list has not been defined, all copy storage pools defined to the server are eligible for the Prepare process.

Primary Storage Pools

Enter a list of primary storage pool names.

The default is determined in the following order:

  1. If a list has been defined with the Set DRM Primary Storage Pool panel, the Prepare process uses that list.
  2. If a list has not been defined, all primary storage pools defined to the server are eligible for the Prepare process.

Device Class Name

Enter the name of the device class to be defined. The device class must have a Device Type of SERVER.

Wait for Completion

Select whether to wait for the server to complete the Create process in the foreground.

Yes Specifies that the process occurs in the foreground.
No Specifies that the process does not occur in the foreground, but occurs in the background. The default is No.