Querying Drmedia

To display information about disaster recovery volumes, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. Disaster recovery volumes include database backup and copy storage pool volumes. This panel only applies to environments licensed to use the ADSM Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM) feature.

Volume Name

Enter the name of the database backup and copy storage pool volumes to be queried.

State

Enter the state of the volumes to be processed. This parameter is used to restrict processing volumes that have the specified state.

Possible values for State:

All Specifies to query volumes in all states. The default is All.
Mountable Specifies to query volumes currently in the MOUNTABLE state, which are volumes that contain valid data and are accessible for onsite processing.
Not mountable Specifies to query volumes currently in the NOTMOUNTABLE state, which are volumes that are onsite, contain valid data, and are not accessible for onsite processing.
Courier Specifies to query volumes currently in the COURIER state, which are volumes that are with the courier and are being moved to an offsite location.
Vault Specifies to query volumes currently in the VAULT state, which are volumes that are offsite, contain valid data, and are not accessible for onsite processing.
Vault retrieve Specifies to query volumes currently in the VAULTRETRIEVE state, which are volumes that do not contain valid data and are at the offsite vault.
Courier retrieve Specifies to query volumes currently in the COURIERRETRIEVE state, which are volumes that are with the courier and being moved back to the onsite location.
Remote Specifies to query volumes that are currently in the REMOTE state, which are volumes that contain valid data and are located at the offsite remote server.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date used to select volumes for query processing. Volumes are considered eligible if the Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or after the specified date.

The settings for Begin Date are:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state on or after a specific date, using MM/DD/YYYY format. The default is the earliest date for which volume information exists.

Example: 08/31/1998

TODAY Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state today.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state beginning with a date determined by today minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To move volumes beginning with records transitioned into their current state a week ago, you can specify TODAY-7 or simply -7.

End Date

Enter the ending date used to select volumes for query processing. Volumes are considered eligible if Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or before the specified date.

Possible values for End Date:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state on or after a specific date, using MM/DD/YYYY format.

Example: 08/31/1998

TODAY Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state ending with today. The default is the current date.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state ending with a date determined by today minus a specific number of days.The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To move volumes beginning with records transitioned into their current state a week ago, you can specify TODAY-7 or simply -7.

Begin Time

Enter the beginning time used to select volumes for query processing. Volumes are considered eligible if Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or after the specified time and date.

The settings for Begin Time are:

HH:MM:SS Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state on or after a specific time on the specified date, using HH:MM:SS format. The default is 00:00:00.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state beginning with the current time on the specified begin date.
NOW +numhours: numminutes or +numhours: numminutes Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state beginning with a time determined by the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date.
NOW -numhours: numminutes or -numhours: numminutes Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state beginning with a time determined by the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date.

End Time

Enter the ending time used to select volumes for query processing. Volumes are considered eligible if Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or before the specified time and date.

Possible values for End Time:

HH:MM:SS Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state on or after a specific time on the specified date, using HH:MM:SS format. The default is 23:59:59.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state ending with the current time on the specified begin date.
NOW +numhours: numminutes or +numhours: numminutes Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state ending with a time determined by the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date.
NOW -numhours: numminutes or -numhours: numminutes Specifies to query volumes that were transitioned into their current state ending with a time determined by the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified date.

Copy Storage Pool

Enter the name of the copy storage pool that is used to limit the selection of volumes for processing.

Display Database Backup Volumes

Select whether database backup volumes are included in the selection of volumes for processing.

Yes Include database backup volumes for processing. The default is Yes.
No Do not include database backup volumes for processing.

Display Format

Select how to display the information.

Standard Specifies to display partial information for the specified machine. The default is Standard.
Detailed Specifies to display complete information for the specified machine.
CMD Specifies to build executable commands for the disaster recovery media.

The commands built by Query Drmedia will be in the file specified by the Command File Name field, in the file name specified by the Set DRM Command File Name panel, or in the file name generated by Query Drmedia. If you want the commands to be displayed on the console only, specify a "" for the Command File Name field. If the Display Format field equals CMD but no command string is entered in the Command field, then the Query Drmedia command will not be performed.

Location

Enter the location of the volumes to be displayed.

Command

Enter the executable commands to create.

Command File Name

Enter the full path file name that will contain the commands specified with the Command parameter when Display Format=CMD.

Append

Select whether to open the command file in append mode.

Yes Open the command file in append mode for writing at the end of the file.
No Do not open the command file in append mode. Write the data from the beginning of the command file. If the given command file exists, its contents are destroyed. The default is No.