HP B6960-90078 manual Overview of Data Protector Media Management

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Managing Media

Overview of Data Protector Media Management

Overview of Data Protector Media

Management

Data Protector provides a powerful media managing functionality that allows simple and efficient management of a large number of media.

Data Protector recognizes and uses different format types to write data to media. For limitations incurred, refer to “Using Different Media Format Types” on page 148.

•Grouping media into logical groups called media pools, which allow you to manage large sets of media without having to worry about each individual medium.

•Data Protector keeps track of all media and the status of each medium, including data protection expiration time, availability of media for backup, and a catalog of what has been backed up to each medium.

•Fully automated operation. If Data Protector has control of enough media in the library devices, the media management functionality allows backups to run without the need for an operator to handle the media.

•Automated media rotation policies, so that you do not have to enforce policies manually.

•The ability to explicitly define which media and which devices you want to use for a certain backup.

•Optimized media management for specific device types, such as standalone, magazine, library devices, and large silo devices.

•Automatic recognition of Data Protector media and other popular tape formats.

•Recognition and support of barcodes on large library and silo devices with barcode support.

•Recognition, tracking, viewing, and handling of media used by Data Protector in large library and silo devices.

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