Organize clients into groups by backup server
This utility can be used for any backup product, such as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Veritas Backup Exec, or HP Data Protector.
Description | This utility enables you to create a hierarchy of servers and links all clients that are members of a server into the respective host group. For example, in an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager environment if you have two IBM Tivoli Storage Manager servers called TSM1, TSM2, this utility creates two host groups, TSM1 and TSM2, and links the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server's clients into the corresponding IBM Tivoli Storage Manager host group. |
Usage | execute common_package.moveClientsIntoServerGroups ( <source_group_id>,<destination_group_id>, <move_or_copy_flag>, <latest_server_only>); Example: exec common_package.moveClientsIntoServerGroups (300000, 300010, 1, 1), ; Where: source_group_id is the internal group ID of the group hierarchy to traverse. destination_group_id is the group ID in which host groups by management server will be created. Create a host group under source_group_id called <vendor_name> Servers and use the group ID of this new host group for the second parameter. See Identifying a host group ID. When you organize by server, if a host group exists anywhere under the source group hierarchy with the name of that server, the routine associates the clients with that folder and does not create a new folder under the destination folder. This association occurs whether you explicitly specify the destination folder or if the destination is NULL. However, if you pass a source folder that is at a lower level, the routine only checks for a folder under that hierarchy. If you specify NULL as the destination folder, the routine creates a host group under the source_group_id called Servers. move_or_copy_flag can be set to 0=Link (copy) clients or 1=Move clients. If set to 0, the utility links the clients to their respective host groups and keeps the clients in their original group location. If set to 1, the utility moves all clients from the source host group and to their respective host groups. The utility processes and organizes all clients of the source group hierarchy into the target server grouping. However, if the move_or_copy flag is set to 1, the utility removes only clients in the top level source_group_id group--and does not remove those already organized in lower-level sub-groups. latest_server_only, when set to 1, indicates the last server to back up the client; otherwise, set this flag to 0. |