Create Vault Criteria Descriptors (VCD)

After you have created a schedule, you must describe the rules for media selection by creating vault criteria descriptors (VCDs).

To create vault criteria descriptors

  1. From the Administration menu in the Navigation Bar on the Home Page, click MM Admin.
  2. The Media Management Administrator window opens.
  3. Expand the Schedule object, expand a schedule, right-click Vault Criteria Descriptor object, and select Create from the pop-up menu.
  4. The Create Vault Criteria Descriptor dialog appears.
  5. Choose one of the following options:
    • Media Pool Name--To use a media pool name as the controlling data set, enter the name of the media pool or use the drop-down list to select a media pool name from the pool list. Only the media within the Save Set of the media pool can be vaulted. The media in the Scratch Set cannot be vaulted.
    • File name--To use a file name as the controlling data set, select the File Name option and enter the host name and the full path and file name from your backup, such as C:\DOC\Readme.txt, in the appropriate fields. Browse through the Database or Restore Manager to obtain path or file information. The MM Admin finds all tapes used for the backup of this directory or file.
    • Assigned by User--If you want to use an individual media as the controlling data set, select the Assign by User option. This is useful in emergencies when you need to use a specific tape. Because MM Admin lets you start a vault cycle only with local media, the media icon appears in yellow if the vaulted media is not a local media with a remote host name. To start a vault cycle with a remote media and members servers, you must execute the ca_mmo command line utility using the -startall argument.

      • Note: For more information about command line utilities for media management, see the Command Line Reference Guide.

  6. Click Add.
  7. The VCD is added to the Vault Criteria Descriptor branch in the Media Management Administrator window.