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Specify Postscripts Options for Disk and Tape Staging Backups

Arcserve Backup lets you specify postscripts that run based on particular migration events that occur during the course of staging operations.

A script is a set of instructions that are stored in user-defined files that can be created in any format, such as .bat and .exe. Scripts can be executed before or after an event occurs. A postscript is a set of instructions that you can run or execute after an event occurs, such a migration event. Postscripts are not limited to Arcserve Backup-based scripts.

Note: The postscript options specified for disk staging backups apply to file system devices and deduplication devices.

To specify postscripts options for disk and tape staging backups

1. Open the Backup Manager and click the Start tab.

   From the Start tab, click Normal backup or Deduplication backup and then click Enable staging.

   The Staging Location and Policies tabs appear in the Backup Manager.

2. Click the Policies tab.

   The copy policy options appear.

3. Click Postscripts in the policies list.

   Specify the options that follow that you require for the job:

4. From the Event list, select one of the following migration events for which you want to run a postscript:
   • Migration job complete--All sessions in the current migration job migrated successfully.

     Example:

     A backup job can consist of one or multiple migration jobs. This event will occur after each individual migration job is complete.

   • Migration job incomplete--One or more sessions in a migration job did not complete successfully. For example, a session was skipped during the migration job.
   • Migration job canceled--A migration job was canceled by a user while it was in an Active, Ready, or Hold status. A makeup job was not created.
   • Migration job failed--One or more sessions in a migration job failed.
   • Makeup of migration job created--A migration job failed and Arcserve Backup created a makeup job.
   • All sessions migrated--All sessions corresponding with a staging job migrated successfully.

     Example:

     A backup job consists of multiple migration jobs. The migration jobs consist of several sessions. This event will occur when all sessions in all migration jobs for the backup job migrated successfully.

5. Click in the Postscripts field adjacent to the selected event and do one of the following:
   • Enter the path to script that you want to run after the event occurs.
   • Click the ellipsis button to browse to the script that you want to run after the event occurs.

   Note: You can specify one postscript per migration event.

6. From the Run As section, complete the following fields:
   • User name
   • Password
   • Confirm password

   Note: You must provide Windows credentials to run postscripts.

7. Repeat Steps 3, 4, and 5 to specify postscripts for other migration events.