Copyright: Saturday, January 04, 2003 15:51:24


Provides a space for you to type the maximum number of remote tape or magneto-optical drives that Remote Storage can simultaneously read from or write to. You can also click the arrows to select a new setting. Increasing this number improves performance when managing multiple volumes.


Displays the status of the Remote Storage services.


Displays the number of disk volumes currently managed by this instance of Remote Storage and their volume statistics.


Displays the number of tapes or disks currently in use by Remote Storage to store data in a library.


Displays the total amount of data Remote Storage has copied to remote storage from all local volumes.


Displays the current version numbers for the various software components of Remote Storage.


Click to change the schedule Remote Storage uses to copy eligible files on local volumes to remote storage.


Provides a space for you to type a new limit to the number of times a user can successively recall files from remote storage in the same session setting. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new limit.


Displays the name given to the local volume managed by Remote Storage.


Displays the amount (as a percentage of volume capacity) of data not managed by Remote Storage on this volume(s).


Displays the amount of data not managed by Remote Storage on this volume(s).


Displays the amount (as a percentage of volume capacity) of data managed by Remote Storage in remote storage that is being temporarily stored (cached) on this volume(s). Cached data on local volumes is automatically freed up (removed) from a volume until the actual free disk space on the volume is at or above the desired free-space setting.


Displays the amount of data managed by Remote Storage in remote storage that is temporarily stored (cached) on this volume(s). Cached data on local volumes is automatically freed up (removed) from a volume until the actual free disk space on the volume is at or above the desired free-space setting.


Displays the amount (as a percentage of volume capacity) of free disk space on this volume(s) that is managed by Remote Storage.


Displays the amount of free disk space on this volume(s) that is managed by Remote Storage.


Displays the total amount of disk space on this volume(s) that is managed by Remote Storage.


Displays the total amount of data Remote Storage has copied to remote storage from this volume(s).


Displays the amount (as a percentage of volume capacity) of free disk space on this volume that is managed by Remote Storage.


Displays the amount of free disk space on this volume that is managed by Remote Storage.


Provides a space for you to type the desired amount (as a percentage of volume capacity) of free disk space Remote Storage is to maintain on this volume. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new percentage.


Displays the amount of free disk space you want Remote Storage to maintain on this volume.


Provides a space for you to type a new the minimum file size (in KB) of files eligible for copying from this volume to remote storage. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new value.


Provides a space for you to type the number of days that a file on this volume can be idle (unaccessed) before it is eligible for copying to remote storage. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new value.


Click to create a new rule that files on this volume must meet in order to be eligible to copy to remote storage.


Click to remove the selected rule.


Click to change the file criteria for the selected rule.


Click to increase the priority level of the selected rule. Remote Storage uses the first rule in the list that matches a file in a given folder to determine its eligibility for copying to remote storage.


Click to decrease the priority level of a rule. Remote Storage uses the first rule in the list that matches a file in a given folder to determine its eligibility to copy to remote storage.


Displays the name of the media master, which is the tape or disk in remote storage that Remote Storage uses to store and retrieve files.


Displays whether or not the media master is functioning correctly. The media master is the tape or disk in remote storage that Remote Storage uses to store and retrieve files.


Displays the total capacity of the media master. The media master is the tape or disk in remote storage that Remote Storage uses to store and retrieve files.


Displays the amount of free space remaining on the media master. The media master is the tape or disk in remote storage that Remote Storage uses to store and retrieve files.


Displays the current version of the media master and the date at which the media master was last changed. The media master is the tape or disk in remote storage that Remote Storage uses to store and retrieve files.


Displays the name of the first copy of the media master. You can make up to three copies of the media master.


Displays the name of the second copy of the media master. You can make up to three copies of the media master.


Displays the name of the third copy of the media master. You can make up to three copies of the media master.


Displays the number of copies to be made of the media master. To change this number, type  a new value in the space provided, or click the arrows to select a new value.


Displays whether or not the first copy of the media master is functioning correctly.


Displays whether or not the second copy of the media master is functioning correctly.


Displays whether or not the third copy of the media master is functioning correctly.


Click to delete the first copy of the media master.


Click to delete the second copy of the media master.


Click to delete the third copy of the media master.


Displays the version of the media master from which the first copy was made.


Displays the version of the media master from which the second copy was made.


Displays the version of the media master from which the third copy was made.


Click to recover the contents of the media master. Remote Storage then recreates the media master using a copy of the media master stored on another tape or disk.


Displays the instance of Remote Storage that you are administering.


Displays the current schedule Remote Storage uses for automatically copying files to remote storage.


Specifies whether or not users with administrative permissions are exempt from the runaway recall limit.


Click to create or to immediately update a media copy set.


Lists the available rules. Remote Storage uses the first rule in the list that matches a file in a given folder to determine its eligibility for copying to remote storage. You can change the action, file type, path, and A attribute criteria for a rule by selecting the rule and then clicking Edit. You cannot edit or move rules with an S attribute.


Displays the name of the managed volume that the file rule applies to.


Provides a space for you to type the new file path that the rule applies to.


Provides a space for you to type a new file type that the rule applies to. Files with the hidden or system attribute set cannot be used in a file rule.


Click to exclude all files that match the criteria of the selected rule. Files with the hidden or system attribute set cannot be used in a file rule.


Click to include all files that match the criteria of the selected rule. Files with the hidden or system attribute set cannot be used in a file rule.


Specifies whether or not a rule applies to all subfolders within a folder.