Enabling WORM

To enable WORM storage lock and Compliance lock on a storage pool, you can use the WORM_storage_Lock.xml and ComplianceLock.xml configuration files respectively.

WORM Storage Lock

The following table displays the parameters you can use with the commands.

Element

Description

Parent Element

isWormStorage

Enables WORM storage lock on the storage policy copy.

Valid values are: 1 (enable) and 0 (disable).

Once you enable WORM storage lock, you cannot disable this option on a storage policy copy.

App_UpdateStoragePolicyCopyReq

wormCopy

Enables Compliance lock on the storage policy copy.

Valid values are: 1 (enable) and 0 (disable).

Note

You should enable Compliance lock along with WORM storage lock.

copyFlags

retainBackupDataForCycles

Number of cycles to retain the data of the copy.

Note

We recommend you to set this value to 0 because WORM follows retention per days.

retentionRules

retainBackupDataForDays

Number of days to retain the data of the copy.

retentionRules

Procedure

  1. Download the WORM_storage_Lock.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

  2. Execute the following command from the <software_installation_directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.

    Examples

    • To enable WORM storage lock:

      qoperation execute -af downloaded location\UpdateCopy.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -StoragePolicyCopy/copyname Primary_Global -isWormStorage 1 -wormCopy 1

The following message appears when you enable the WORM storage lock.

Important

Increasing retention will apply the new WORM storage lock to new jobs only. Older jobs and baseline data will still have older WORM storage lock. Do you wish to continue?

Compliance LOCK

The following table displays the parameters you can use with the commands.

Element

Description

Parent Element

wormCopy

Enables WORM copy on the storage policy copy.

Valid values are: 1 (enable) and 0 (disable).

Once you enable WORM copy option, you cannot disable this option on a storage policy copy.

copyFlags

Procedure

  1. Download the ComplianceLock.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

  2. Execute the following command from the <software_installation_directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.

    Examples

    • To enable Compliance lock:

      qoperation execute -af downloaded location\UpdateCopy.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -StoragePolicyCopy/copyname Copy1 -wormCopy 1
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