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Automated Media Copying
What Is Automated
Media Copying?
Automated media copying is an automated process that creates copies of
the media containing backups.
Data Protector offers two types of automated media copying:
post-backup media copying and scheduled media copying.
What Is
Post-Backup
Media Copying?
Post-backup media copying takes place after the completion of a backup
session. It copies all media used in that particular session.
Configuring
Post-Backup
Media Copying
In the Devices & Media context, right-click Automated Operations and
click Add Post-Backup Media Operation. For detailed steps, refer to
the online Help index keyword “post-backup media copying”.
What Is Scheduled
Media Copying?
Scheduled media copying takes place at a user-defined time. Media used
in different backup specifications can be copied in a single session. You
create an automated media copy specification to define which media will
be copied.
Configuring
Scheduled Media
Copying
In the Devices & Media context, right-click Automated Operations and
click Add Scheduled Media Operation. For detailed steps, refer to the
online Help index keyword “scheduled media copying”.
You can configure scheduled media copying to run on specific dates at
specific times, or to run periodically. You can reset, disable, or enable a
schedule, and disable or enable automated media copying on holidays.
For details, refer to the online Help index keyword “automated media
copying”.
Limitations • You cannot use standalone devices for automated media copying; only
library devices can be used.
• The source medium and the target medium must be of the same type.
• You cannot copy NDMP media.
How Does
Automated Media
Copying Operate?
First you create an automated media copy specification. When the
automated media copy session begins, Data Protector generates a list of
media, referred to as source media, based on the parameters specified
in the automated media copy specification. For each source medium, a