Viewing, Running, Editing, Deleting or Testing a Storage Policy

1. On the Configuration > Storage Policies page, select the storage policy you wish to view.
2. Click View.
3. Click Done to return to the Configuration > Storage Policies page.

1. On the Configuration menu, click Storage Policies.

2. Select the policy you want to run, and then click Run.

3. When a message informs you that the job was successfully initiated, click OK to continue.

4. To view job progress, on the Reports menu, click Jobs.

If you are editing a Storage Manager policy, you can edit fields on the General, Relocation, Steering, Schedule and Associated Directories tabs. For more information about fields on these tabs, see Adding a Storage Manager Policy.

If you are editing a Replication global policy, you can edit fields on Deduplication, Outbound Replication, Inbound Replication, Source Directories and Blackout tabs. If you are editing a Replication target policy, there is no Blackout tab. For more information about fields on these tabs, see Adding a Storage Manager Policy.

1. From the Configuration > Storage Policies page, select the policy you wish to edit.
2. Click Edit.
3. Modify policy information as desired by clicking the tabs and editing or adding information. The process is the same as when you first created the policy.
4. Click Apply to save changes and return to the Configuration > Storage Policies page, or Cancel to abort.

WARNING: Adding or removing steering copies from an active policy is not retroactive to existing, stored files. Only new or modified files are stored to the updated steering destinations. To re-process existing stored files to reflect the updated steering destinations, contact Quantum Technical Support.

1. From the Configuration > Storage Policies page, select the policy you wish to delete.
2. Click Delete.
3. Click Yes to confirm the deletion, or No to cancel.

WARNING: Adding or removing steering copies from an active policy is not retroactive to existing, stored files. Only new or modified files are stored to the updated steering destinations. To re-process existing stored files to reflect the updated steering destinations, contact Quantum Technical Support.

1. From the Configuration > Storage Policies page, select the replication policy for you wish to do a test run.
2. Click Test.
3. A message informs you that a job has been submitted to run the policy. Click OK to continue.
4. If desired, check job status by clicking Jobs from the Reports menu. For more information, see Reports > Jobs.