Disk-To-Tape Profiles
A Disk-to-Tape profile defines filtering rules to be matched by a
Disk-to-Tape job to be selected (ie: displayed to the user).
Disk-to-Tape profiles are managed by Arkeia Network Backup users, which
means that the users are responsible of creating, modifying and removing
profiles. Obviously, pre-configured profiles are embedded in Arkeia
Network Backup to achieve most common Disk-to-Tape reporting needs.
A number of filters is supported by Disk-to-Tape profiles. A filter
can be enabled or disabled within a profile: all filters are disabled by
default. To be selected by a profile, a Disk-to-Tape job must match
ALL enabled filters. If at least one of the enabled filters is
not matched, then the job is not selected (and thus not displayed to the
user).
In next part, the supported Disk-to-Tape profile filters are
described.
Disk-to-Tape profile filters
Here is the list of supported filters for Disk-to-Tape profiles:
- By default, only restorable Disk-to-Tapes are selected. A specific
filter makes it possible to view all Disk-to-Tapes, including
recycled one
- A filter defines the maximum number of Disk-to-Tapes to show: the
most recent jobs matching all other enabled filters will be
selected.
- Some filters are based on time or date related criteria. This
makes it possible to only select Disk-to-Tapes which were executed
within a specific date range.
- Specific filters make it possible to select Disk-to-Tapes of some
given savepacks.
- Filters based on the retention date of the Disk-to-Tapes can be
setup: this can be used to identify Disk-to-Tapes which are about
to expire.
- Filters based on the target media storage (disk or tape) can be
setup, to distinguish Disk-to-Tapes done to disk from
Disk-to-Tapes done to physical tape.
- A filter can be set to only view Disk-to-Tapes which have been
aborted by a user.
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- Filters against specific Disk-to-Tape properties can be setup.
Here is the list of such properties:
- the copied backup data set
- the drivepack used by the Disk-to-Tape
- the pool used by the Disk-to-Tape
- the number of warnings triggered during the Disk-to-Tape
- the number of errors triggered during the Disk-to-Tape
- the number of files copied by the Disk-to-Tape
- the average data throughput of the Disk-to-Tape
- the data compression ratio of the Disk-to-Tape
- the amount of data copied by the Disk-to-Tape
- the duration of the Disk-to-Tape
So, Disk-to-Tape profiles defining very accurate criteria can be
created, so that finely tuned Disk-to-Tape reports can be generated.
Columns setup
A Disk-to-Tape profile also specifies which Disk-to-Tape property
should be displayed in the main Disk-to-Tape reports screen table. The
column number is defined too.