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Media Management Administrator (MM Admin)

Note: To use the MM Admin, you must install the Enterprise Module.

MM Admin lets you protect, control, and manage your media resources. Using MM Admin, you can organize tape movement to off-site storage locations, define retention policies to ensure that your tapes are protected from being prematurely overwritten, secure access to tape-resident files, and maintain a comprehensive inventory of tape library resources.

MM Admin activities are recorded in the Activity Log. This includes information, warnings, and errors. This important function allows you to centrally keep track of all media management operations.

To manage media using MM Admin, you must create a vault, create a schedule, select a vault criteria descriptor, and define a rotation. The following sections include information on each of these steps and cover all topics associated with managing your media using MM Admin.