Preface
Welcome to the File Migration Agent Installation and Administration Guide. This guide provides the
information required to install and work with File Migration Agent (FMA®).
FMA enables systematic migration of inactive and rarely used data on Windows file servers to Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) systems or other Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Before migration is enabled, an FMA user must define the volumes to be managed and the archives where data will be stored.
About this guide
The File Migration Agent Installation and Administration Guide is designed to help you install, configure, and work with FMA. The chapters are include information about product functionality and use, planning and performing installation, creating and managing archives, managing volumes and moving files between managed volumes and archives, using the Command Line Interface (CLI), and troubleshooting.
Audience
This guide is designed for use by anyone deploying FMA. Users should be familiar with the file servers that will be managed in order to effectively create migration policies. Familiarity with system and network configuration is highly recommended.
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