HP B6960-90078 manual Managing Media

Managing Media

In This Chapter

In This Chapter

This chapter gives detailed information on how to manage your media, including:

“Overview of Data Protector Media Management” on page 99 “Creating a Media Pool” on page 102

“Adding Media to a Media Pool” on page 107

“Formatting Media” on page 108 and “Importing Media” on page 113 “Appending Backups to Media” on page 117

“Using a Pre-Allocation List of Media for Backup” on page 119 “Selecting Media for Backup” on page 120

“Setting Data Protection for Media” on page 122 “Recycling Media” on page 123

“Moving Media to Another Pool” on page 124 “Exporting Media from Data Protector” on page 125

“Modifying Media Locations” on page 126 and “Modifying Media Descriptions” on page 127

“Verifying Data on a Medium” on page 128 “Scanning Media in a Device” on page 129 “Checking the Condition of a Medium” on page 131 “Searching for and Selecting a Medium” on page 135

“Entering a Medium into a Device” on page 136 and “Ejecting a Medium from a Device” on page 137

“Vaulting Media” on page 140 “Copying Media” on page 143

“Detection of Write-Protected Media” on page 147 “Using Different Media Format Types” on page 148

“Modifying Views in the Media Management Window” on page 149

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