The File Parameters screen of the Migrate / Store wizard allows you to configure filters to select the files to migrate or store.
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Figure 59 The File Parameters screen of the Migrate / Store wizard. |
| 1. | Select whether to Scan before Migrate / Store or to Use Last Scan to determine the files to migrate / store. |
| • | Scan before Migrate / Store — Perform a new scan, and then migrate files that meet the specified criteria for age and size. Use this option if a prior scan result is not available, if it has been a long time since the latest scan, or if there has been a large content change in the storage location. This is the default. |
| • | Use Last Scan — Migrate files that meet the specified criteria for age and size based on the most recent scan result. |
Notes:
| • | If no previous scans are available for the working directory, this option is not available. |
| • | If there is a previous scan for one or more sub-directories of the working directory, this option is available, but only the files in the scanned directories are considered for migration. |
| • | Only files present in the working directory when the prior scan executed are considered for migration. |
| 2. | From the Object Age drop-down, select the age of files to include. |
Notes:
| • | Object Age is determined using the configured Method to determine file age. See Configure Global Settings for more information. |
| • | Only those objects meeting the Object Age and the Object Size requirements are included. |
| • | The Potential Space Saving graph updates to indicate the potential space savings based on the Object Age selection. |
| 3. | From the Object Size drop-down, select size of files to include. |
Notes:
| • | Only those objects meeting the Object Age and the Object Size requirements are included. |
| • | The Potential Space Saving graph updates to indicate the potential space savings based on the Object Size selection. |
| 4. | If desired, select file types to include or directories to exclude. |
| • | Under Include Types, click the plus (+) sign to add a new line for entering a file extensions for file types to include. Specifying file types here excludes all file types not listed. |
| • | Under Exclude Directories, click the plus (+) sign to add a new line for entering directories to exclude. |
Notes:
| • | The Potential Space Saving graph does not update based on Includes Types. |
| • | File extensions are case sensitive. |
| • | The Include Type and Exclude Directories fields support regular expressions, including those shown below: |
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Character |
Definition |
Example |
Match |
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. (dot) |
Matches any single character, equivalent to ? (question mark) in standard wild card expressions. |
ss. |
ssa, ssb, ssc |
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\ (backslash) |
Is used as an "escape" character to protect a subsequent special character. |
\% |
% |
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.* (dot and asterisk) |
Matches any string, equivalent to * in standard wild card expressions. |
st.* |
storcycle, st, stop |
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* (asterisk) |
The proceeding item is repeated zero or more times. |
a* |
a, aa, aaa |
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[ ] (square brackets) |
Specifies a range of matches. |
m[a,o,u]m |
mam, mum, mom |
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[^] (caret in square brackets) |
Performs a logical “not”, equivalent of [!] in standard wild cards. |
file[^3] |
file1, file2, file4 |
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^ (caret) |
Matches expression at start of string. |
^The |
any string that starts with The |
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$ (dollar sign) |
Matches expression at end of string. |
end$ |
any string that ends with end |
| 5. | Click Next to continue. |
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