Job Destination Options for NDMP Backup
To access the job destination options, do the following:
Go to the Backup tab.
In the Backup Modes section, select NDMP.
Open an already existing backup job. Or go directly to step 4 to set source options for the new job you will be defining directly afterward.
Go to the Other Tasks section in the task panel (scroll down if necessary) and select Set Destination Options. The Set Job Destination Options dialog will appear.
The Set Job Destination Options dialog allows you to set options related to backup destinations. This section provides an explanation of each field in the dialog and the available choices.
Note. All three tabs, i.e. Base, Incremental and Differential, feature exactly the same options, only referring to different backup types.
Job Destination Options
Tape Usage
Determines whether or not to accept a tape with data on it.
Unlabeled Tape Usage
Determines expected behavior when an unlabeled tape is found in the tape drive.
Mark Original Offsite
Determines whether a backup tape is stored offsite. DPX adds the Offsite status to the tape.
Append Offsite
Determines if a backup tape with status Offsite can be appended to.
The Offsite status of a tape can be viewed through the Operate Tape Library function, the Configure Media function, or in the media volume report. Note that when you use the Operate Tape Library function to import a tape with status Offsite, the Offsite status is cleared and the tape becomes available for use.
Tape EOJ Usage
Determines what to do with the tape when the backup job is complete.
Attention! In some cases, a backup job may fail if the Export option is used for the first job following a system restart, especially if the initial job is a File backup with the Export setting.
Max Devices (Devices)
Limits the number of storage devices valid for use with this job. Use this option if you want to stop DPX from using all the drives in the selected device cluster so that some drives will be available for other purposes.
Tape Mount Attempts
The maximum number to check a tape in a standalone tape device.
Mount Interval (Seconds)
The number of seconds to wait between checking the availability of a tape in a standalone tape device.
S3 Object Lock
Amazon S3 Object Lock prevents your archive data in the cloud storage from being deleted or overwritten. Set S3 Object Lock to Yes to make your archive data the write-once-read-many (WORM) model. Beginning from Version 4.8.1, you can also use the legal hold for cataloged job instances that use the Amazon S3 Object Lock.
If Yes is selected, another radio button selection will appear.
Set S3 Lock Mode for the retention modes of Amazon S3 Object Lock to either Governance or Compliance.
Restrictions. Some features of Amazon S3 Object Lock are not available in Catalogic DPX. For example, you cannot use the default retention period in Amazon S3 instead of the backup or archive jobs that are defined in Catalogic DPX.
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