The following table displays selective copy parameters.
|
Element |
Description |
Parent Element |
|---|---|---|
|
storagePolicyName |
Name of the storage policy |
StoragePolicyCopy |
|
copyName |
Name of the storage policy copy. |
StoragePolicyCopy |
|
selectiveRule |
Option to specify selective copy rules. Valid values are:
|
selectiveCopyRules |
|
weekDayStartsOn |
Specify the starting day of the week in which data is eligible to be copied to the selective copy for Weekly Full rule. Valid values are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
monthStartsOn |
Specify the starting day of the month data is to be copied to the selective copy for a monthly full rule. Valid values are: 1 - 31. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
everyXCycles |
Specify that the full backup after the specified number of cycles to be picked to copy. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
everyXHours |
Specify that the full backup after the specified number of hours to be picked to copy. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
everyXDays |
Specify that the full backup after the specified number of days to be picked to copy. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
everyXWeeks |
Specify that the full backup after the specified number of weeks will be picked to copy. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
everyXMonths |
Specify that the full backup after the specified number of months will be picked to copy. |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
lastFull |
Option to specify that the last full backup of the selected time period will be copied from the source copy to this copy. |
copyFlags |
|
lastFullWait |
Option to specify that the last full backup after the end of the specified time period will be copied from the source copy to this copy. |
copyFlags |
|
doNotAutomaticallySelectJobs |
Option to disable automatic selection of jobs to copy. When enabled no backups will be copied to the storage policy copy |
selectiveCopyRules |
|
moveJobSelectionStartTime |
Option to modify the starting time of the selection period. |
selectiveCopyRules |
Refer to the following table for valid values
|
Selective Copy Type |
Valid Values |
|---|---|
|
First full backup |
lastFull = 0, lastFullWait = 0 |
|
Last full backup with most recent job if there are no more full backup schedules in current time period |
lastFull = 1, lastFullWait =0 |
|
Last full backup and wait until the current period is over before selecting a backup for this time period |
lastFull = 1, lastFullWait =1 |
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Download the Update_Selective.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.
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Execute the following commands from the software_installation_directory/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.
qoperation execute -af download location\Update_Selective.xml -storagePolicyName xxx -copyName xxx
Examples
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To update the selective copy with the first full backup for the week.
qoperation execute -af download location\Update_Selective.xml -lastfull 0 -lastFullWait 0 -copyname Copy1 -storagePolicyName SP1 -selectiveRule SELECTIVE_WEEK -weekDayStartsOn XXXXX -
To update the selective copy with the last full backup with most recent job if there are no more full backup schedules for the month.
qoperation execute -af download location\Update_Selective.xml -lastfull 1 -lastFullWait 0 -copyname Copy1 -storagePolicyName SP1 -selectiveRule SELECTIVE_MONTH -monthStartsOn XXXX -
To update the selective copy with the last full backup and wait until the current period is over before selecting a backup for the month.
qoperation execute -af download location\Update_Selective.xml -lastfull 1 -lastFullWait 1 -copyname Copy1 -storagePolicyName SP1 -selectiveRule SELECTIVE_MONTH -monthStartsOn XXXX -
Disable automatic selection of jobs to be copied to a selective copy.
qoperation execute -af download location\Update_Selective.xml -copyName Copy1 -storagePolicyName SP01 -doNotAutomaticallySelectJobs 1