You can add, update, delete, or change the processing
order of existing binding statements.
About this task
A backup policy determines how backups on local shadow volumes are managed and
retained.
Procedure
- Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
- In the navigation tree, click IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.
- Select an SQL Server instance.
- In the Actions pane, click Properties.
- From the list of available property pages, select VSS Policy
Binding.
- Add, update, delete, or change the processing order of existing binding statements.
Tip: You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character to represent all
characters.
For example, in the Server field, enter the asterisk to bind the
policy to all SQL Servers.
- Optional: To change the processing order, use Move Up and
Move Down. Policies are processed from the bottom to the top of the file, and processing stops at the
first match.
Tip: To ensure that more specific statements are processed before general
statements, list the more general specification before the more specific statement.
- Save the binding statement.
- Optional: Verify new or updated policies and bindings.
- Run one or more test backup operations.
- On the Recover tab, verify the management classes that are bound to the
test backups.