Contents 7
Backing Up Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Limitations on Backing Up Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Restoring Persistent Images From Tape Backup . . . . . . . . 5-11
Installing Tape Device Drivers for Windows 2000 Backup
and Recovery Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Installing Drivers for PowerVault Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Installing Drivers for PowerVault Tape Drive
Media Changers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
6Dell ActiveArchive™Introduction to Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Cache File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Cache Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Persistent Image Retention Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Persistent Image Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Storing Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Accessing Directories, Folders, and Files . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Allowing User’s Access to Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Preparing Your Volumes for Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Scheduling Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Displaying the List of Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Adding Persistent Images to the Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Deleting a Persistent Image Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Editing the Properties of a Persistent Image’s Schedule . . . . 6-7
Using Persistent Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Taking a New Persistent Image on Demand . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Deleting a Persistent Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 9
Setting Persistent Image Retention Weights . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Configuring the Persistent Image Global Settings . . . . . . . 6-10
Configuring Persistent Image Volume Settings . . . . . . . . 6-10