Preparing an object policy domain

Before you copy data from IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus to IBM Spectrum Protect, prepare an object policy domain.

1. Verify the settings for the policy domain that you plan to use for copying data. Object clients that are defined or updated in IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.8 or later must be assigned to policy domains that are created by using the DEFINE OBJECTDOMAIN command. An object client node is associated with this policy domain when the node is registered or updated by using the REGISTER NODE or UPDATE NODE command.
   Restriction: Beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.8, all new object client nodes must be assigned to object policy domains.

   For object client nodes that were assigned to non-object policy domains before V8.1.8, you do not have to update the assignment after you upgrade the server to IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.8. However, if any update to the object client node's domain is required, the node must be assigned to an object policy domain.

2. Review the following considerations for specifying policy domains for copy operations.
   • For IBM Spectrum Protect, a policy domain can specify management classes for standard storage pools (cloud-container or directory-container storage pools), cold-data-cache storage pools, or both standard and cold-data-cache storage pools.
     However, to copy data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, you must specify the following management classes depending on whether you are copying data to a cloud-container or directory-container storage pool or are copying data to a cold-data-cache storage pool for storage on physical tape media or in a virtual tape library (VTL):

     • To copy data to a cloud-container or directory-container storage pool, use the STANDARDPOOL parameter to define the storage pool for the policy domain as shown in the following example:

       define objectdomain mydomain standardpool=hotpool 

     • To copy data to a cold-data-cache storage pool, you must specify both a standard pool and a cold pool for the policy domain. A standard pool is required to store metadata that is used for restore and other IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operations. To define a cold-data-cache storage pool for the policy domain, use the COLDPOOL parameter, as shown in the following example:

       define objectdomain mydomain standardpool=hotpool coldpool=coldpool  

   • All objects are uniquely named. There are no inactive versions of objects. When you define a policy domain, the following Storage Management policies are specified automatically:
     • The Versions Data Exists field is set to 1.
     • The Retain Extra Versions and the Retain Only Version fields are set to 0.
   • The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server controls the time when objects are deleted.

query copygroup xyz standard f=d

             
                   Policy Domain Name: XYZ
                   Policy Set Name: STANDARD
                   Mgmt Class Name: COLD
                   Copy Group Name: STANDARD
                   Copy Group Type: Backup
              Versions Data Exists: 1
             Versions Data Deleted: 1
             Retain Extra Versions: 0
               Retain Only Version: 0
                         Copy Mode: Modified
                Copy Serialization: Shared Static
                    Copy Frequency: 0
                  Copy Destination: COLDPOOL
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                 Policy Domain Name: XYZ
                   Policy Set Name: STANDARD
                   Mgmt Class Name: STANDARD
                   Copy Group Name: STANDARD
                   Copy Group Type: Backup
              Versions Data Exists: 1
             Versions Data Deleted: 1
             Retain Extra Versions: 0
               Retain Only Version: 0
                         Copy Mode: Modified
                Copy Serialization: Shared Static
                    Copy Frequency: 0
                  Copy Destination: HOTPOOL
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