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Archiving
Archiving is the process of copying a file from a Sun StorageTek SAM file system to
a volume that resides on a removable media cartridge or on a disk partition of
another file system. Using Sun StorageTek SAM archiving capabilities, you can
specify that files be archived immediately, specify that files never be archived, and
perform other tasks.
Throughout this chapter, the term archive media is used to refer to the various
cartridges or disk slices to which archive volumes are written. This chapter describes
the archiver’s theory of operations, provides general guidelines for developing
archive policies for your site, and explains how to implement policies by creating an
archiver.cmd file.
This chapter contains the following sections:
■ “Archiving Process Overview” on page 33
■ “About the archiver.cmd File” on page 47
■ “Using Archiver Directives” on page 51
■ “About Disk Archiving” on page 91
■ “Planning Archiving Operations” on page 99
■ “Archiver Examples” on page 101
Archiving Process Overview
The archiver automatically writes Sun StorageTek SAM files to archive media.
Operator intervention is not required to archive the files. Files are archived to a
volume on the archive media, and each volume is identified by a unique identifier
called a volume serial name (VSN). Archive media can contain one or more volumes.
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