Subclient Properties (Archiving Rules)

Select this option to configure the rules for archiving. Once selected, you cannot clear the File Archiving check box on the General tab of the Archive Set Properties dialog box.

• Enter the number of days elapsed (i.e., the age of the file) since the last accessed time of each file.

• For archiving, the last accessed date of each file within that disk or folder/directory is checked to see if it is older than the number of days specified.

• If the last accessed date of files is older than the number of days entered, the files will be archived.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of zero.

For example:

If you entered a value of 30 days, then all files older than 30 days in the scanned disk or directory will be archived.

• Enter the number of days elapsed (i.e., the age of the file) since the modified time of each file.

• For archiving, the modified date of each file within that disk or folder/directory is checked to see if it is older than the number of days specified here.

• If the modified date of files is older than the number of days entered in this field, then those files will be archived.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of zero.

For example:

If you entered a value of 30 days, then all files older than 30 days in the scanned disk or directory will be archived.

• Enter the number of days elapsed (i.e., the age of the file) since the created time of each file.

• For archiving, the created date of each file within that disk or folder/directory is checked to see if it is older than the number of days specified here.

• If the created date of files is older than the number of days entered in this field, then those files will be archived.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of zero.

For example:

If you entered a value of 30 days, then all files older than 30 days in the scanned disk or directory will be archived.

• Enter the size a file must be in order for the file to be archived.

• If a file size within a scanned disk or folder/directory is greater than this value, then it will be archived.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of zero.

For example:

If you entered a value of 50 KB, then all files greater than 50 KB in the scanned disk or directory will be archived.

• Select the check box and enter the size a file must be in order for the file to be archived.

• If a file size within a scanned disk or folder/directory is less than this value, then it will be archived.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of zero.

For example:

If you entered a value of 50 KB, then all files less than 50 KB in the scanned disk or folder/directory will be archived.

You can archive files based on file extensions or file types. The following file extensions are included in the File Type list.

Use this option to archive only the read-only files.

After an archiving job, the file meeting all the archiving rules specified will be replaced with a stub in the same location.

After an archiving job, the file meeting all the archiving rules specified will be deleted from the source location.

Select the option to perform a redundancy check and ensure that multiple copies of the files are available in the storage disk. A file that meets the archiving rules is stubbed only if another copy of the file is available on a different storage disk. A stub can be recalled only if a copy of source file is available on the storage disk. However, if the storage disk is corrupted or misplaced, then the stub cannot be recalled.

Select the option to prune stubs from the source disk based on certain criteria.

The stubs that were not accessed in the last n number of years, n number of months, and n number of days specified, are pruned from the source disk.

The stubs whose modified time is older than n number of years, n number of months, and n number of days specified, are pruned from the source disk.

The stubs that were created before the last specified n number of years, n number of months, and n number of days, are pruned from the source disk.

• Enter the low watermark value for the disk.

• If the free space on the disk is greater than the specified value, then the disk will not be scanned for archiving.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of 100.

For example:

If you entered a value of 60% for this field, and the free space currently on the disk is 50%, then the disk will be scanned for files that meet the archiving criteria.

• Enter the high watermark value for the disk.

• If the free space on the disk is less than the specified value, files will be archived until the free space on the disk is equal to the value specified.

• To ignore this rule, enter a value of 100.

  Note that in case of a very large file, archiving will continue even beyond the specified high watermark value until the entire file has been archived.

For example:

If you entered a value of 70% for this field, and archiving has freed up 70% of the space on the disk, then archiving of files within that volume will cease.