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Updating Media Configurations of a Copy

The following table displays the media configuration parameters you can use with the commands.

Element

Description

Parent Element

numberOfStreamsToCombine

Specify the number to which all the source streams are combined.

For example : If one stream is specified, then the auxiliary copy operation will copy the data from all streams to one data stream.

storagePolicyCopyInfo

multiplexSourceStreams

To concurrently run auxiliary copy operation of multiple data streams to the same media.

copyFlags

combineStreams

To enable combining source data streams during an auxiliary copy operation.

copyFlags

markMediaToBeErasedAfterRecycling

Enable this parameter for the storage policy copy using removable media (tape media), the media will be marked for erase, when the media is recycled.

copyFlags

noAuxCopyToSameLibrary

To prevent a job from being copied when the library of the source copy is same as the library of the secondary copy.

copyFlags

useStreamsOverMultiplexing

If enabled, the data streams are copied to each available drives first and then fills up the used up drives (spill and fill). If disabled, all the data streams are copied to one drive and once it is filled up, moves to the next drive (fill and spill).

Valid values are: 1 (enable) and 0 (disable).

copyFlags

multiplexingFactor

To specify how many data streams from this storage policy copy are to be copied concurrently to the same media.

mediaProperties

  1. Download the Updatecopy_media.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

  2. Execute the following command from the <software_installation_directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.

    Examples

    To combine data from all the source streams to 5 streams during the auxiliary copy operation for Copy1.

    qoperation execute -af download location\Updatecopy_media.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -copyName Copy1 -combineStreams 1 -numberOfStreamsToCombine 5

    To enable multiplexing for Copy1.

    qoperation execute -afdownload location\Updatecopy_media.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -copyName Copy1 -multiplexSourceStreams 1 -multiplexingfactor 5

    To prevent a job from being copied when the library of the source copy is same as the library of the Copy1.

    qoperation execute -af download location\sp_copycreation.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -libraryName Lib1 -mediaAgentName MA1 -copyName Copy1 -noAuxCopyToSameLibrary 1

    To mark media of Copy1 for erase after recycling the media.

    qoperation execute -af download location\Updatecopy_media.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -copyName Copy1 -markMediaToBeErasedAfterRecycling 1
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