File System Archive Policies Page

This page displays the archiving scan method for and the policies that are applied to the selected archiving file system.

The following table describes the menus and fields in the Archiving Setup for File System section of the File System Archive Policies page.

Table 21 File System Archive Policies Fields

Field

Description

Scan Method

The method that determines which files on the file system need to be archived and determines the archiving schedule. For more information about scan methods, see About Archiver Scanning Methods.

Interval

The time interval between the end of one scan and the beginning of the next.

Log file

The location of the archiver log file on the current server.

The following table describes the buttons and columns in the Archive Policy Criteria section of the File System Archive Policies page.

Table 22 Archive Policy Criteria Fields

Field

Description

Add New Policy

Click to create a new policy and apply it directly to this file system.

Add Existing Criteria

Click to select existing criteria to add to this file system.

Remove

Click to remove the policy and file match criteria combination from the file system. For information on removal restrictions, see How to Remove File Match Criteria From an Archiving File System.

Reorder

Click to change the relative position of the policies being applied to the file system.

Position

The relative position of the policy among all the policies being applied to the file system. In cases where a file matches file match criteria from multiple policies, the policy with the lower number takes precedence.

Policy Name

The name of the policy in the archiver.cmd file.

Starting Directory

The name of the directory, relative to the mount point of the file system, to which this set of file match criteria is applied. All files and subdirectories in this directory are archived according to the directives defined in this set of file match criteria.

Name

A regular expression that identifies a file as a member of this archive policy. For example, if you want all .gif files to be archived according to the directives in this archive policy, .gif is displayed in this field.

Owner

The user name of the owner of files that you want archived.

Group

The group to which the owner of the files belongs.

Minimum Size

The smallest size that an archive file can be in order to be archived.

Maximum Size

The largest size that an archive file can be in order to be archived.

Access Age

The length of time since an archive file was last accessed. If the file is not accessed within the period specified in this column, the file meets this criterion.

Archive Age

The length of time since the last file modification after which the file becomes eligible for archiving. The archive age for each archive copy is listed in this column.

Media Type

The type of media being used for the archive policy.