Parameter | Description / Values |
|---|---|
AllowStorageLock | Locks the online storage for third-party snapshots. • 0 (Off) = (default) • 1 (On) = DS-System will display a Lock online storage for snapshot option in the System Activities Administration dialog box. Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
AllowUnencryptedConnections | DS-System accepts unencrypted connections from the DS-Operator. • 0 = Off • 1 = On (default) |
AutoUpgrade | Method by which DS-Client upgrades are handled. • 0 = Disables automatic upgrades. • 1 = Enables automatic upgrades. |
CleanActivityLog | Number of months after which Activity Logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanAudit | Number of months after which audit trail logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 0 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanClientEvent | Number of months after which client Event Logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 6 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanClusterEvent | Number of months after which N+1 Event Logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanDeleteLogs | Number of months after which GDPR delete logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 1 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanEventLog | Number of months after which Event Logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanHealingHistory | Number of months after which healing history logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanLibLink | DS-System cleans orphaned library links. • 0 = Off (default) • 1 = On |
CleanLoadSummary | Number of months after which load summary logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanStorageHistory | Number of months after which storage history logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
CleanStorageSummary | Number of months after which storage summary logs are automatically cleaned by the delete logs process. • Default: 12 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
ClientDBDumpDays | Number of days the DS-System will retain DS-Client database dumps. • Default: 2 • Range: 1-10 |
ClientDeleteThread | Number of processing threads that should be started for the delete DS-Client process. This parameter is applicable if a DS-Client is being moved to the trash directory. • Default: 2 • Range: 1-100 |
DBDumpDays | Number of days for which database dumps must be retained in the primary storage dump sub-folder. • Default: 2 • Range: 1-10,000 |
DBDumpEnd | Time when the database backup should end. If this value is less than the DBDumpStart value, the database backup is completed the next day. For Windows: • Default: 23 • Range: 0-23 For Linux: • Default: 17 • Range: 0-23 |
DBDumpMethod | DS-System performs database backup during the dump window created between DBDumpStart and DBDumpEnd. For Windows: • 0 = differential, DS-System performs a full database dump every day and a differential backup of its database every hour. • 1 = full, DS-System performs a full database dump once a day and no differential backups. For Linux: • 0 = custom, DS-System dumps the database in a compressed TAR format. • 1 = tar, DS-System dumps the database in an uncompressed TAR format. • 2 = plain text, DS-System dumps the database in plain text format. |
DBDumpPath | Destination folder where the DS-System database dump will be saved. The SQL service account must have read/write permission for the dump location. |
DBDumpStart | The hour at which the database backup window will start. For differential backups, the start time is also when the full database dump occurs. For Windows: • Default: 0 • Range: 0-23 For Linux: • Default: 8 • Range: 0-23 |
DefaultHardwareResetTimer | Amount of time (in minutes) for the DS-Client to connect and perform a hardware registration activity. • Default: 5 • Range: 1-10,080 |
DefaultTrashDays | Minimum number of days that a file must stay in the trash folder of an extensible storage location before it is removed by the empty trash process. • Default: 7 • Range: 0-99 If you specify a value of 0, the data will not be permanently deleted until midnight the following day. |
DeltaCheckOption | Whether validation of delta reconstruction indexes must be performed during the Autonomic Healing process. • Default: 0 • Range: 0-2 – 0 = validate delta index only – 1 = skip validation of delta indexes – 2 = validate delta index and check delta block checksum |
DirectorMode (N+1 specific) | Specifies how the DS-Directory operates in an N+1 DS-System. • 0 = Dedicated DS-Director, will not accept DS-Client connections • 1 = DS-Director works as a normal DS-System to accept DS-Client connections Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
DirScanLimit | Number of directories that can be opened at the same time by a DS-Client synchronization process to limit DS-System I/O. • Default: 5 • Range: 1-1000 Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
DirStoreSafeMode | Determines how the DS-System saves directory metadata. If the parameter is enabled, DS-System saves the directory descriptor information as follows: • Individual _dirdesc files in the corresponding directories where the backed up data appears. • Consolidated _dir_store file from all directories in a backup. If the parameter is disabled, DS-System saves the directory descriptor information only in the consolidated _dir_store file from all directories. There are three levels of _dirdesc files: • Backup set - Contains information about the backup. • Share - Contains information about the share. • Directory - Contains information about the directory. If a _dirdesc file is corrupted or missing, the following actions are taken by the DS-System: • When autonomic healing and System Admin detect a _dirdesc file corruption, an error is reported in the DS-System Event Log for the activity and the directory is skipped by the autonomic healing or System Admin process. • When backup activities are running, the _dirdesc file is automatically overwritten without checking its validity. • When synchronization activities are running, the corrupted or missing _dirdesc file is replaced with information received from the DS-Client. If the DS-Client cannot provide this information, the DS-System creates a _dirdesc file with alternate file information in the form: RECOVER_DIR_<dir_id> • 0 = Off • 1 = On (default) |
DirStoreVacuum | Threshold percentage that must be reached before the DS-System cleans up empty space in the _dir_store file for backups. • Default: 5 (e.g. 5%) • Range: 0-100 |
DisasterRecoveryMode | Mode in which DS-System should run - normal or disaster recovery. Important: This parameter should be used only in case of an actual failure in the DS-System’s extensible storage. • 0 = Off, Run DS-System in normal mode (default) • 1 = On, Run DS-System in disaster recovery mode Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
DSSysGroup | Configure DS-System groups for replication. • 0 = Off • 1 = On Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
EmerPMFreq | Frequency (in hours) at which emergency messages will be written to the Event Log. • Default: 1 • Range: 1-24 |
EmptyTrashThread | Number of additional threads that should be used to perform the empty trash process. Default: 1 Range: 0-99 |
EmptyTrashTime | Start time (hour of day) for the empty trash process. Default: 6 Range: 0-23 |
ExcludeRecycleDelta | To include or exclude recycled delta generations from calculations of stored size. • 0 (Off) = DS-System includes recycled delta generations. • 1 (On) = DS-System excludes recycled delta generations. Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
FailBackupOnBLMError | Select action to be taken if the movement of data to the BLM Archiver fails for backups configured with the BLM (Infinite Generations) option. • 0 (Off) = The backup ignores the BLM error. • 1 (On) = The backup of that specific generation will fail. |
FileStoreCache | Number of consolidated FileStores that can be open at the same time. This applies to the backup, disc/tape write-to-buffer, autonomic healing, BLM Archiver, and replication processes. • Default: 2 • Range: 0-100 Note: 0 means only the current FileStore is allowed to be open. Higher values require more system resources. |
FileStoreVacuum | The percentage of the total number of deleted files in the FileStore that must be reached before System Admin triggers a Vacuum FileStore process. Each FileStore (in each directory) is assessed separately. • Default: 5 (i.e. 5%) • Range: 0-100 |
FileWriteTrunkSize | Volume of data that is cached for write operations to the online storage. This parameter allows you to optimize write performance. • Default: 32 (KB) |
FixDeltaChain | Fix a long delta chain during the optimization process if the number of deltas for a file is longer than the value for the Default delta chain length parameter. This applies only to ‘on-demand’ master /delta optimizations triggered from DS-Operator. • 0 = Off • 1 = On |
GrpEncrypt | To use encrypted communication for a DS-System group. All DS-Systems in the group must have the same setting: • 0 = Off • 1 = On |
GrpPort | Specifies the DS-System group communication port. • Default: 4409 Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
GrpSerialCode | Specifies the DS-System group serial code. • Default: 0 • Range: 0-2,147,483,647 |
HealingProcess | Number of autonomic healing processes that start simultaneously. • Default: 3 • Range: 1-256 |
HealingThreads | Number of threads that can be used for the autonomic healing process. • Default: 1 • Range: 1-32 |
LibCreateCount | Specifies the number of copies of the same content that must be backed up before a library file is created. • Default: 3 • Range: 2-10 Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
LicExpireNotif | Number of days before the DS-System license expires for DS-System to send a notification. • Default: 7 • Range: 1-100 |
LicNotifFreq | Notification frequency (in hours) before the license expires (LicExpireNotif) and license capacity (LicStorageNotif) parameters. • Default: 1 • Range: 1-24 |
LicStorageNotif | Specifies the license storage capacity warning level percentage. When available capacity falls below this amount, DS-System sends a notification. • Default: 1000 (e.g. 10% left / 90% used) • Range: 1-10000, default is 1000 |
MaxBlockSize | Maximum block size (in bytes) when sending messages. • Default: 0 • Range: 0-65,536 (0 = no maximum) |
MaxCommunicationManagersPerProcessingThread | Maximum number of communication managers per processing thread. • Default: 10 • Range: 1-10 |
MaxCommunicationManagersPerThread | Maximum number of communication managers per thread. • Default: 10 • Range: 1-10 |
MaxPrivateDays | Maximum number of days to keep potential libraries in the DS-System database. • Default: 365 • Range: 60-10,000 |
MaxPrivateItems | Maximum number of potential libraries to keep in the DS-System database. • Default: 1,000,000 • Range: 10,000-1,000,000,000 |
MaxReceivingQueueSize | Maximum number of pending requests in the receiving queue. • Default: 20 • Range: 20-1024 Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
MaxSendingQueueSize | Maximum number of pending requests in the queue. • Default: 20 • Range: 20-1024 Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
MemEmerLevel | Critical level of free memory at which an emergency notification is sent. • Default: 0 (no check performed) • Range: 0-10,000 |
MemWarnLevel | Critical level of free memory at which a notification is sent. • Default: 0 (no check performed) • Range: 0-10,000 |
MinLibFileSize | Minimum size (in KB) for library files on the DS-System. Potential library files smaller than this value will be ignored by the common file elimination process. • Default: 32 • Range: 32-102,400 |
MLRCache | Number of consolidated FileStores that can be open at the same time. This applies only to backup processes for email level backups. • Default: 10 • Range: 0-100 |
MultiStorage | Specifies if multiple storage locations can be configured on the same volume. • 0 (Off) = (Default) Do not allow multiple storage locations on the same volume. • 1 (On) = Allow multiple storage locations on the same volume. |
NativeSize | Specifies if the DS-System will save the native size information in its “dsset_size” table, which can only be viewed if the database is queried directly. • Default: 0 • Range: 0-2 – 0 — Disabled. DS-Client will not send native size data to DS-System. – 1 — Enabled. DS-Client will send native size. – 2 — Enabled. DS-Client will send native size. |
OLEmerLevel | Emergency notification level for the available space in the online storage based on the following space events configured for extensible storage locations: • Physical space is represented by the Disk Space column. • Logical space is represented by the Used Size column. • Default: 200 (2%) • Range: 1-10,000 |
OLStopLevel | Stop notification level for the available space in the online storage based on the following space events configured for extensible storage locations: • Physical space is represented by the Disk Space column. • Logical space is represented by the Used Size column. Default: 50 (0.5%) • Range: 1-10,000 |
OLWarnLevel | Warning notification level for the available space in the online storage based on the following space events configured for extensible storage locations: • Physical space is represented by the Disk Space column. • Logical space is represented by the Used Size column. • Default: 500 (5%) • Range: 1-10,000 |
PubLibSwitch | Global public library switch. • 0 (Off) = No public libraries. • 1 (On) = Allows public libraries (default). |
ReadOnly | Read-only DS-System. • 0 (Off) = Normal DS-System (default) • 1 (On) = DS-System will run with read-only storage. It does not allow or perform any activities that alter the storage. Note: Requires the DS-System to be restarted. |
RecoveryLibThreads | Number of threads used to recover libraries during DS-System disaster recovery if the DisasterRecoveryMode parameter is set to 1. • Default: 4 • Range: 1-16 |
RecoveryProcess | The number of disaster recovery processes that can start on each DS-System node at the same time. When the disaster recovery process finishes processing a backup, the DS-Client must perform a DS-System based synchronization. Weekly Admin or scheduled backups initiate this synchronization automatically. • Default: 4 • Range: 1-100 |
RecoveryValidateFile | Disaster recovery will perform file level validations which will significantly affect performance. It is recommended that you perform autonomic healing instead because it has more advanced file level validations. • 0 = Off • 1 = On |
RecycleSwitch | Enables delta recycling which affects the frequency of master file reconstructions. • 0 = Off, backups are slower due to the greater number of reconstructions. • 1 = On, backups are faster at the expense of storage. |
RemoteVDRMaxSched | Maximum number of scheduled Remote DS-VDR activities that are allowed to run concurrently. • Default: 10 • Range: 0-99 |
RemoteVDRPowerOnPrioDelayDef | Default delay time (in seconds) for the Power On option if multiple virtual machines are configured for Remote DS-VDR. • Default: 60 • Range: 0-3600 |
RemoteVDRRetry | Number of times DS-System will attempt to connect to the Remote DS-VDR Tool. • Default: 5 • Range: 0-99 |
RemoteVDRWait | Amount of time (in minutes) that the DS-System will wait before retrying to connect to the Remote DS-VDR Tool. • Default: 5 • Range: 0-99 |
RepairFromReplication | How the DS-System will handle corrupted generations discovered by the autonomic healing, System Admin, validation, or system validation processes. • 0 = Off - If a corrupted generation is found, the process will delete the file without trying to recover it from the replication DS-System. • 1 = On (default) |
ReplicationCheck | Interval (in hours) at which a replication check is performed for shared DS-Clients. • Default: 6 • Range: 0-360 (0 = disabled) |
ReplicationDelThreads | Number of delete threads that should be started for replication. • Default: 2 • Range: 1-100 |
ReplicationProcess | Maximum number of concurrent replication processes on each node configurable at DS-System level for each DS-System in a replication group. • Default: 4 • Range: 0-100 |
ReplicationRecvThreads | Number of receive threads that should be started for replication: • Default: 4 • Range: 1-100 |
ReplicationSendThreads | Number of send threads that should be started for replication. • Default: 2 • Range: 1-100 |
SkipDBDump | Specifies if the DS-System will skip the database backup (dump). • 0 (Off) = (default) The DS-System database is backed up (dumped) based on the DBDumpMethod, DBDumpStart, and DBDumpEnd. • 1 (On) = Skips the database backup (dump). |
SmallFileCount | Threshold to consolidate small files (non-master/delta) in the same online storage directory into one large FileStore during System Admin. • Default: 10 • Range: 0-10,000 Note: 0 means all small files in a directory will be consolidated to the FileStore. |
SMTPDebug | Specifies if debug information for the SMTP send message process is logged. This debug information is saved to the DS-System Event Log. • 0 = Off (default) • 1 = On |
SyncDRScan | Specifies if a disaster recovery scan is performed during synchronization. • 0 (Off) = (default) Disables the scan unless an entire backup is missing on the DS-System. • 1 (On) = Forces a scan during any backup synchronization from DS-Client which is more secure. |
SysAdminProcess | Number of System Admin processes that can start on each DS-System node at the same time. • Default: 1 • Range: 1-20 |
SysAdminThreads | Number of threads that can be used for the System Admin process. • Default: 4 • Range: 1-32 |
TcpBufferSize | Buffer size for communication (in bytes). • Default: 34,752 (Windows), 0 (Linux) • Range: 0-34,752,000 |
TcpNoDelay | Disables or enables the TCP option TCP_NODELAY. This can be useful in a high latency TCP environment where the round-trip time for messages is slow. • 0 = Off • 1 = On (default) |
TrashSwitch | Configures the trash feature on the DS-System. • 0 = Off, data deleted from DS-System online storage is permanently removed. • 1 = On (default), processes that delete data from the DS-System will move deleted files to the corresponding extensible storage location's trash folder. |
UseClientSNAP | Uses a third party snapshot for DS-Client BLM point-in-time copy requests to unlock a backup as quickly as possible. • 0 (Off) = DS-System locks a backup for the duration of the BLM Archiving activity. • 1 (On) = DS-System integrates with third-party software to create a snapshot of the required directories. |
UseSnapshot | Uses a storage snapshot for DS-System snapshot-capable processes. • 0 = Off (default) • 1 = On |
VADPCfgDevIgnoreList | Specifies the VM configuration parameters to ignore, such as device keys, during an incremental virtual machine restore via Remote DS-VDR. This parameter applies only to VMware vCenter Server backups. Device keys are listed in regular expressions. |
VADPCfgIgnoreList | Specifies the VM configuration parameters to ignore, during an incremental virtual machine restore via Remote DS-VDR. This parameter applies only to VMware vCenter Server backups. Root keys are listed in regular expressions. |
WarnPMFreq | Specifies the warning message frequency (in hours). • Default: 4 • Range: 1-24 |