Updating a Backup Copy Group

To update a copy group, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. You can use this command to modify selected parameters for the specified copy group. If you do not explicitly update a parameter, it remains unchanged. Existing values are indicated in the fields.

To allow clients to use the updated copy group, you must activate the policy set that contains the copy group.

Copy Destination

Select the name of the primary storage pool where backup data is to be stored. This parameter is optional.

Copy Frequency

Enter the minimum number of days between successive backups.

Version Data Exists

Enter the maximum number of backup versions to retain for files that are currently on the client file system.

Version Data Deleted

Enter the maximum number of backup versions to retain for files that are deleted from the client file system.

Retain Extra Versions

Enter the number of days to retain a backup version after that version becomes inactive. A version of a file becomes inactive when the client stores a more recent backup version, or when the client deletes the file from the workstation and then runs a full incremental backup. The value of this parameter determines which versions are deleted during inventory expiration processing.

Retain Only Version

Enter the number of days to retain the last backup version of a file that has been deleted from the client's file system.

Copy Mode

Specify whether a file should be backed up based on changes made to the file since the last time it was backed up. This parameter is optional. The MODE value is only used for full incremental backup, and ignored during partial incremental or selective backup.

Modified Specifies that files are backed up only if it has changed since the last backup.
Absolute Specifies that files are backed up regardless of whether it has been modified.

Copy Serialization

Specify how files or directories are handled if they are modified during backup processing and what Tivoli Storage Manager should do if a modification occurs. This parameter is optional.

Shrstatic Specifies that a file or directory must not be backed up while being modified. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform a backup as many as four times, depending on the value specified for the CHANGINGRETRIES client option.
Static Specifies that a file or directory must not be modified during backup. If a file or directory is modified during the backup attempt, it is not backed up. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform the backup only once.
Shrdynamic Specifies that if the file or directory is being modified during a backup attempt, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up the file or directory during the last attempt even though the file or directory is being modified. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform a backup as many as four times, depending on the value specified for the CHANGINGRETRIES client option.
Dynamic Specifies that a file or directory is backed up on the first attempt by Tivoli Storage Manager, regardless of whether the file or directory is being modified during backup processing.