Modifying a Placement Policy

Procedure

1. Choose Resources > Dataflow > SmartTier > Placement Policy.
2. Select a desired account from the Account drop-down list in the upper left corner.
3. Select a desired file directory from the list on the left. Placement policies created for it are displayed in the function pane on the right. Click More on the right of a desired placement policy and select Modify.

   The Modify Placement Policy page is displayed.

4. Change the file filtering policy. Possible values are By file name and By user or user group.
   • By file name

     Select Including or Excluding in File Name Filtering to determine whether files with the specified names are included or excluded in the placement policy. Then, specify the file names to be filtered for or filtered.

     

     • 1 to 1023 characters can be entered in the text box.
     • Wildcard (*) can match any character. The following formats are supported: example, *, *example*, *example, example*, and example*example.
     • Multiple file names are separated using commas (,).
   • By user or user group

     Select the type of the desired user or user group from the User or User Group Type drop-down list and then select Including or Excluding in User Name Filtering to determine whether files of the specified user or user group are included or excluded in the placement policy.

     • If you select LDAP domain user, LDAP domain user group, NIS domain user, or NIS domain user group in User or User Group Type, specify the user or user group name in Username or User Group Name.
     • If you select Local UNIX authentication user or Local UNIX authentication user group, click Select next to Username or User Group Name. On the Local UNIX Authentication User or Local UNIX Authentication User Group page that is displayed, select the desired user or user group and click OK.
     

     The placement policy takes effect for the files that meet all filtering policies.

5. Change the tier grade of the placement policy. Files that meet the placement policy will be written to the disk pool at the specified tier grade. The tier grade of a disk pool is specified during disk pool creation.
6. Click OK.