Manager so you receive an
Keep in mind the following:
•If you plan to use
•Policies that are triggered for virtual applications are also triggered for file servers.
To create a utilization or Backup policy:
1.Access Policy Manager as described in the topic, ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 372.
2.In the left pane, select an element or element type you want the policy to apply to.
3.In the right pane, click Add.
4.Select a policy, and click Next. See Table 53 on page 375 for information about the policy types available.
NOTE: This step is not applicable for backup libraries.
5.In the Name box on the Policy Properties tab, enter a name for the policy or keep the default.
6.In the Description box, modify the description for the policy or keep the default.
7.In the
IMPORTANT: Specify shorter periods for important applications.
8.If you are setting a policy for a backup client, go to Step 11.
9.In the Condition menu, specify a comparison operator.
10.(Available for only backup libraries). To the left of the comparison operator, select the media pool you want to monitor.
11.To the right of the Comparison Operator menu, take the followoing action, depending on the box displayed:
•Enter a percentage.
•Enter an amount in gigabytes (GB).
•Type the number of available media that will trigger an alert. For example, if you want to be alerted when the number of available media for a storage pool is less than two, you would set the conditional to less than (<). You would then enter 2 in the Media box.
12.For trending policies, enter the number of days in the Historic period box (min=7; max=180) and Projection period box (min=1; max=180).
13.Select an action to occur when the policy condition is fulfilled. For more information, see ”Actions Available for When a Policy Condition is Fulfilled” on page 372.
14.Click Finish.
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