Moving Recovery Media

To perform the following two tasks, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

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 or copy storage pool volumes to be processed.

State

Enter the state of the volumes to be processed. This parameter is used to restrict processing volumes that have the specified state. If you use a wildcard character for the volume name, you must specify State.

Possible values for State:

Mountable Specifies to transition volumes from the Mountable state to the NOTMOUNTABLE state. If the volumes are in an automated library, Move Drmedia will eject the volumes out of the library before transitioning the volumes to the destination state. Volumes in the MOUNTABLE state contain valid data and are accessible for onsite processing.
Not mountable Specifies that volumes are to transition from the Notmountable state to the COURIER state. Volumes in the NOTMOUNTABLE state are onsite, contain valid data, and are not accessible for onsite processing.
Courier Specifies that volumes are to transition from the Courier state to the VAULT state. Volumes in the COURIER state are with the courier and are being moved to an offsite location.
Vault retrieve Specifies that volumes are to transition from the Vaultretrieve state to the COURIERRETRIEVE state. Volumes in the VAULTRETRIEVE state do not contain valid data and are at the offsite vault.
Courier retrieve Specifies that volumes are to transition from the Courierretrieve state to the onsite location. The only valid destination state for the volumes in the COURIERRETRIEVE state is ONSITERETRIEVE. The volume records of the database backup and scratch copy storage pool volumes are deleted from the ADSM database. Volumes in the COURIERRETRIEVE state are with the courier and being moved back to the onsite location.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date used to select volumes for processing. Volumes are considered eligible when the Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or after the specified date. The default is the earliest date for which volume information exists.

Possible values for Begin Date:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies to process 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 process volumes that were transitioned into their current state today.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies to process 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 processing. Volumes are considered eligible when 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 process 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 process volumes that were transitioned into their current state ending with today. The default is the current date.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies to process 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 processing. Volumes are considered eligible when Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or after the specified time and date. The default is midnight (00:00:00) on the date specified with the Begin Date field.

Possible values for Begin Time:

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

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies to process 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 process 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 process 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 processing. Volumes are considered eligible when Move Drmedia processing has transitioned the state of the volume on or before the specified time and date. The default is 23:59:59.

Possible values for End Time:

HH:MM:SS Specifies to process volumes that were transitioned into their current state on or before a specific time on the specified date, using HH:MM:SS format.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies to process 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 process 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 process 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 will 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.

Move to State

Select the destination state of the volumes being processed. This parameter is required if State is not specified. If Move to State is specified without specifying State, the volume name has to be explicitly specified and therefore the wildcard character is not allowed.

Not mountable Specifies that volumes are to transition to the NOTMOUNTABLE state. This value is only valid when the volumes being processed have a Mountable state. If the volumes are in an automated library, Move Drmedia will eject the volumes out of the library before transitioning the volumes to the Notmountable state.
Courier Specifies that volumes are to transition to the COURIER state. This value is only valid when the volumes being processed have a Mountable or Notmountable state. If the volumes are in the automated library, Move Drmedia will eject the volumes out of the library before transitioning the volumes to the Courier state.
Vault Specifies that volumes are to transition to the VAULT state. This value is only valid when the volumes being processed have a Mountable, Notmountable, or Courier state. If the volumes are in the automated library, Move Drmedia will eject the volumes out of the library before transitioning the volumes to the Vault state.
Courier retrieve Specifies that volumes are to transition to the COURIERRETRIEVE state. This value is only valid when the volumes being processed have a Vaultretrieve state.
Onsite retrieve Specifies that volumes are to transition to the ONSITERETRIEVE state. This value is only valid when the volumes being processed have a Vaultretrieve or Courierretrieve state. The volume records are deleted from the ADSM database for the database backup and scratch copy storage pool volumes that are transitioning to the Onsiteretrieve state.

Where Location is

Enter the location from which the volumes are to be processed.

Move to Location

Enter the destination location of the volumes being processed.

Command

Enter executable commands in the form "string substitution string substitution...".

string

Enter the string to build an executable command to process the volume name or volume location obtained by Move Drmedia processing or both. You can enter any free form text for the string, but do not use embedded quotation marks.

substitution

Enter a substitution variable that can be replaced by a value during Move Drmedia processing. The possible substitution variables are:

&VOL Specifies the volume name is to be substituted for &vol.
&LOC Specifies the volume location is to be substituted for &loc.
&VOLDSN Specifies the file name, that the server writes into the sequential access media labels, is to be substituted for &voldsn.
&NL Specifies the new line character is to be substituted for &nl. When &nl is specified, Move Drmedia processing splits the command at the position where the &nl is and does not append any continuation character. When required, the user is responsible for specifying the proper continuation character before the &nl. The user is also responsible for the length of the line written. If the &nl is not specified and the line length exceeds 240 characters, the command line is split into multiple lines and a continuation character, +, is added to all but the last line of the command.

 

Command File Name

Enter the full path file name that will contain the commands specified with the CMD parameter.

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, instead write the data from the beginning of the command file. If the given command file exists, its contents are destroyed. The default is No.

Wait for Completion

Select whether to wait for the server to complete processing this command in the foreground.

Yes Specifies that the server processes this command in the foreground.
No Specifies that the server processes this command in the background. The default is No.

Remove Media

Select whether ADSM ejects the volume from the library.

Yes The volume is ejected from the library. The volume entry is deleted from the ADSM library inventory. This option applies to all automated libraries. The default is Yes.
No The volume is not ejected from a SCSI library. This option deletes the volume entry from the ADSM library and leaves the volume in its slot.
Bulk The volume is ejected to a predefined high capacity area, instead of an I/O station, in the library. This selection only applies to libraries with a defined bulk eject area (for example, IBM 349x libraries). This selection does not apply to either the SCSI or External library types.