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Create Vault Criteria Descriptors (VCD)

To describe the rules for media selection, you must create a Vault Criteria Descriptor (VCD) using the Media Management Administrator interface.

Before you create a Vault Criteria Descriptor, you must create a schedule. If you do not create a schedule, you will not be able to access the Vault Criteria Descriptor object.

To create a VCD, perform the following procedure:

1. In the left pane of the Media Management Administrator windows, double-click the Schedule object and select a schedule from the list.
2. Double-click the selected schedule to expand the tree and select the Vault Criteria Descriptor object.
3. Right-click the Vault Descriptor object and choose Create.

   The Create VCD dialog appears.

4. Choose one of three options:
   • To use a Media Pool Name as the controlling data set, use the drop-down list to select a Media Pool name from the pool list. Only the media within the save set of the Media Pool can be vaulted. The media in the scratch set cannot be vaulted.
   • To use a File Name as the controlling data set, select the File Name option and enter the Host Name (machine name and IP address) and the full Path and File Name from your backup, such as /opt/doc/readme.txt, in the appropriate fields. Browse through the Database or Restore Manager to obtain Path or File information. MM Admin will find the last tape used for the backup of this directory or file.

     For example, to use the files in the c:\drivers folder on a local machine as the controlling data set, specify the following:

     Host Name--COMP01 123.123.123.123

     Path / File Name--c:\drivers\*

     For a remote machine, specify the following:

     Host Name--COMP50 123.123.123.123

     Path / File Name--c$\drivers\*

   • To use an individual media as the controlling data set, select the Assign by User option. This is useful in emergencies when you need to use a specific tape. If you use this option, you must use the command line utility ca_mmo -assign to specify a particular tape. See the ca_mmo Command online help for more information about command line utilities for media management.
5. Click Add.

   The new Vault Criteria Descriptor is saved and added to the Vault Criteria Descriptor branch in the Media Management Administrator windows.