Current Selection List | Shows the path of the item(s) selected for BLM Archive. |
Archive Options | Archive packages are specific to a particular backup set. • The default (if these options are not selected) is for each BLM Request to be added to the current archive package on the BLM Archiver. |
Session Label | Each archive package is automatically time-stamped. To make searching archive packages easier, you can add your own label (alphanumeric string). |
Generations to include | • All generations - Creates a BLM Archive containing all the (online) generations of all items selected. • Latest generation - Creates a BLM Archive containing the latest generation of all items selected. |
Close active package | Select to use a new archive package. Otherwise, the archive request will be added to the current archive package on the BLM Archiver. You must specify when the package will be closed: • at session start - makes a new archive package. This means the previous package (if one exists) will be closed, and the new request will go to the new package. • at session end - uses the current archive package. This means the new request will go to the current package, and after it finishes, the package will be closed. Once a package is closed, no new data will be added. Subsequent archiving requests will create a new archive package. |
Reference previous archive packages | Select to allow the archive package to contain references to older packages. This may save space by removing data redundancy. • The default (if this option is not selected) is for each archive package to contain all of the required files. |
Use 3rd Party Snapshot | WARNING: You must have the third-party software installed and functioning properly, otherwise the backup set will remain locked until you delete the BLM Request. • If not selected, DS-System locks a backup set for the duration of the BLM Archiving activity. • If selected, you instruct DS-System to use a third-party snapshot for the BLM copy requests (to unlock a backup set as quickly as possible). DS-System integrates with third-party software to create a snapshot of the required directories. Once the snapshot is created, DS-System unlocks the backup set. The BLM Request will be performed from the snapshot data. |