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Create archive policy for older data

To create a new archive policy for older data, Sharon Jones completed these steps:
  1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand My Connections (or your active environment).
  2. Expand JKLPROD > Backup, Recovery and Media Services.
  3. Right-click Archive Policies and select New Policy.
  4. On the Welcome page, click Next.
  5. On the New Archive Policy--Policy Name page, type OLDACCTS. In the Description field, enter Archive policy for accounts older than 2 years. Click Next.
  6. On the New Archive Policy--Select Items for Save page, navigate to the Accounts library and select the folder called "Accounts". Click Next.
  7. On the New Archive Policy--Create Directory List page, type Directory list for oldaccts archive policy to the Description field. Click Next.
  8. On the New Archive Policy--Save Order page, click Next.
  9. On the New Archive Policy--Disk Pool Threshold page, select No minimum and clickNext.
  10. On the New Archive Policy--Frequency Used Threshold page, select No maximum and clickNext.
  11. On the New Archive Policy--Inactivity Threshold page, enter 730 in the Number of Days Inactive field and select Since last used or changed for the Inactivity type. Click Next.
  12. On the New Archive Policy--Object Size Threshold page, enter 50 in theSave objects with a size greater than field. Click Next.
  13. On the New Archive Policy--Storage Freed Objects page, select Save object regardless of whether they can be storage freed and deselect Enable dynamic retrieval of storage freed objects. Click Next.
  14. On the New Archive Policy--Retrieved Object Retention page, specify Indefinitely or until archived by subsequent archive operation. Click Next.
  15. On the New Archive Policy--Where to Media page, select Save to media. Click Next.
  16. On the New Archive Policy--Media Retention page, enter 730 for the number of days to keep the data. Click Next.
  17. On the New Archive Policy--Select Devices page, select Qic1000 in the Media Pool field. This is the media pool that you selected in when you prepared your media. Click Next.
  18. On the New Archive Policy--Duplicate Media page, select No, do not mark the media for duplication. Click Next.
  19. On the New Archive Policy--Add Media page, click Next. This was completed in Step 2: Add media.
  20. On the New Archive Policy--Summary page, validate the properties of the new archive policy and click Finish.
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