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Managing Media

Overview of Data Protector Media Management

•The ability to store information about media in a central place and share this information among several Data Protector cells.

•Support for media vaulting, also known as archiving or off-site storage.

•Creation of additional copies of media. Media copying can be either manually started or automated.

Information about the media used is stored in the IDB.

For more information on media management, see the HP OpenView

Storage Data Protector Concepts Guide.

Figure 4-1 indicates the relationship among the components, backup specification, devices, and media pools. The pool is used during a backup session. A default pool is part of the device definition. However, a different pool can be specified in the backup specification.

Figure 4-1 How the Media Pool Relates to Other Components

Media Life Cycle

A typical media life cycle consists of the following steps:

1.Preparing media for backup. This includes formatting media for use with Data Protector and assigning media to a media pool. The media pool is used to track these media. See the following topics for detailed information:

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