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Unit 5:Policy Management Policy Management Centrally Managed by Business Policy How Tivoli Storage Manager Stores Client Data How Policy-driven Backup Works Policy Management Overview Policy Domain Define Domain Command Line Policy Set Overview Collection of management classes Only one active policy set per policy domain Any number of inactive policy sets Contains one default management class Stored in Server Database Policy set names may be 1 to 30 characters Define Policyset Command Line Management Class Represents a service level agreement. Associated with: backup copy group archive copy group Default management class does not require a backup copy or an archive copy group. Clients may explicitly select a management class. Store in Server Database. Management class names may contain 1 to 30 characters. Define Mgmtclass Command Line Copy Group Parameters that control the generation and expiration of backup and archive data. Two types of copy groups: Backup and Archive. MGMTCLASS can have 0, 1, 2 copy groups. All copy groups are named STANDARD. Copy Group Parameters Set of backup parameters frequency mode (modified/absolute) destination copy serialization # versions # versions when file deleted retention days for all but last version retention days for last version when file deleted Set of archive parameters frequency (always Cmd) mode (always ABSolute) destination copy serialization retention days for archive copies Define Backup Copygroup Command Line Default Server Policies Default Policy Storage Manager File Backup Process Storage Manager File Backup Process (cont.) Storage Manager File Backup Process (cont.) Storage Manager Archive File Management ASsign DEFMGmtclass Validate and Activate Policy Set Use the VALIDATE POLICYSET command to verify that a policy set is complete and valid prior to activating it. Use the ACTIVATE POLICYSET command to specify a policy set as the ACTIVE policy set for a policy domain. When a policy set is activated, its c