Computer Associates BABNWUP900NE6 Administration Guide - Page 170

The MM Admin Interface Terms The following terms apply to Media Management: ■ Vault-Any identifiable storage area or location that you define. ■ Slot-When a tape volume is vaulted, virtual slots in a vault are assigned. Each slot is used to store one tape volume. ■ Schedule-Determines when a tape volume should be placed in, or removed, from a vault. ■ Rotation-Determines when to move tape volumes and is associated with a schedule. Each rotation you define points to a vault. ■ Vault Criteria Descriptor (VCD)-Defines the controlling data set you want to use for the selected tape volume. You can choose the controlling data set by media name or file name, or you can select an individual media as the controlling data set. ■ Vault cycle-The actual movement of tape volumes. You must describe the vault, the tape volumes, and the rules for tape volume movement by creating a Vault Criteria Descriptor (VCD) record. MM Admin uses this information to execute a vault cycle when movement is scheduled. ■ Reports-Each time a vault cycle is executed, five reports are generated before another vault cycle can be initiated. Two of these reports, the Shipping Content Report and Receiving Content Report, provide detailed records of the result of the cycle and the current location of your tape volumes. An Inventory Report is also available, which you can generate at any time. The MM Admin Interface The MM Admin interface is designed to make vault creation, scheduling, VCD creation, rotation, and report creation easy. The tools provided by MM Admin allow you to establish the vaulting policy needed for complete Media Management. The MM Admin workspace includes a menu bar, the main MM Admin toolbar, and the MM management window. The left pane of the MM Management window displays the MM primary management server in a tree structure for easy navigation. The right pane displays information related to the object selected in the left pane. It also displays any output messages and reports generated during your MM Admin session. 7-22 Administrator Guide