Defining Client Actions
To schedule an action on one or more clients for one-time processing, complete the following fields and then
click Finish, or click Cancel
to end the task.
- The server automatically defines a schedule and
associates the clients with the schedule. The schedule has the Priority set
to one, the Period
Units set to one-time, and
the Duration Units set to the number of days set by the
duration period for a client action.
- For processing to start, the client scheduler must be started on the
client.
- How quickly the action starts depends on the scheduling mode. If the
scheduling mode is set to server-prompted, the client performs the action
within 3 to 10 minutes. If the scheduling mode is set to client-polling,
the client processes the action at its prescribed time interval (set by
the QUERYSCHEDPERIOD option).
Note: The schedule for a given client action
is retained until the client action duration period is set. You
must set the client action duration to ensure the
schedule is cancelled.
Client Nodes
Enter the names of client nodes that will process the
schedule associated with the action. This parameter is optional.
- You can specify a list of client nodes that will process
the schedule associated with the action. The items in the list are separated
by commas, with no intervening spaces.
- You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to specify a
name. All matching client nodes will be scheduled to
perform the action. The default is *.
Note: If you explicitly specify a NAS node name, the command
will fail. If you provide a pattern-matching expression for the node, any NAS
nodes that match the pattern will be ignored.
Policy Domain Name
Select policy domains to limit the action to client nodes in the selected
domains.
- Only client nodes that are assigned to one of the
specified policy domains will be scheduled.
- All clients assigned to a matching domain will be
scheduled.
- If you do not specify a value for this parameter, all
policy domains will be included in the list.
Action
Select the action that the client will perform.
Incremental |
Backs up any files that have changed
since the last backup and for which the specified time
between backups has elapsed. The default is Incremental. |
Selective |
Backs up only the files described in the
Objects field. |
Imagebackup |
Backs up logical volumes described in the
Objects field. |
Archive |
Archives the files described in the
Objects field. |
Restore |
Restores the files described in the
Objects field. |
Imagerestore |
Restores logical volumes described in the
Objects field. |
Retrieve |
Retrieves the files described in the
Objects field. |
Command |
Processes a client operating system
command described in the Objects field. |
Macro |
Processes a macro whose file name is
described in the Objects field. |
Options
Enter the options to supply to the DSMC command at the time
the schedule is processed.
- Precede each option with a hyphen and end each option with a space.
- Only those options that are valid on the DSMC command
line may be specified for this parameter.
- When applicable, these options override the options
specified by a client node after it has successfully
contacted the server.
Objects
Enter the objects for which the specified action is performed.
- You can specify more than one object by separating the
objects with commas, with no intervening spaces.
- The allowed objects depend on the action you specify with
the Action parameter and the operating system used by the
clients associated with the schedule.
- To select all file spaces, directories, or logical volumes,
explicitly list them in the object field.
- Entering an asterisk will cause the backup to only occur
for the directory where the scheduler was started.
- If multiple file names are specified, each must be
surrounded by its own pair of double quotes, with one
pair of single quotes surrounding the file list.
- To remove a previously defined description, specify a
null string ('') for this value.
- When you specify Incremental for the Action, and do not
specify any objects with this parameter, the DSMC command
is invoked without specified objects and attempts to
process objects as defined in the client's option file.
- When you specify Restore for the Action parameter, you can schedule to restore
only one file specification or group of files. If you
specify a second file specification, the second file specification acts
as the restore destination. If you need to restore multiple groups of
files, schedule one for each file specification that you need to restore.