DEFINE COPYGROUP (Define a copy group)

Use this command to define a new backup or archive copy group within a specific management class, policy set, and policy domain. The server uses the backup and archive copy groups to control how clients back up and archive files, and to manage the backed-up and archived files.

To allow clients to use the new copy group, you must activate the policy set that contains the new copy group.

You can define one backup and one archive copy group for each management class. To ensure that client nodes can back up files, include a backup copy group in the default management class for a policy set.

Attention: The DEFINE COPYGROUP command fails if you specify a copy storage pool as a destination.

The DEFINE COPYGROUP command has two forms, one for defining a backup copy group and one for defining an archive copy group. The syntax and parameters for each form are defined separately.

Table 1. Commands related to DEFINE COPYGROUP
Command	Description
ASSIGN DEFMGMTCLASS	Assigns a management class as the default for a specified policy set.
BACKUP NODE	Backs up a network-attached storage (NAS) node.
COPY MGMTCLASS	Creates a copy of a management class.
DEFINE MGMTCLASS	Defines a management class.
DEFINE STGPOOL	Defines a storage pool as a named collection of server storage media.
DELETE COPYGROUP	Deletes a backup or archive copy group from a policy domain and policy set.
DELETE MGMTCLASS	Deletes a management class and its copy groups from a policy domain and policy set.
EXPIRE INVENTORY	Manually starts inventory expiration processing.
QUERY COPYGROUP	Displays the attributes of a copy group.
QUERY MGMTCLASS	Displays information about management classes.
SET ARCHIVERETENTIONPROTECTION	Specifies whether data retention protection is activated.
UPDATE COPYGROUP	Changes one or more attributes of a copy group.