HP B6960-90078 Recognizing Other Data Formats, Recognized, Data Protector Media Format Categories

		Managing Media
		Formatting Media
TIP	To format media used by other applications, use the Force Operation
	option. Data Protector protected media cannot be re-formatted using this
	option. You have to first remove the protection. See “Recycling Media” on
	page 123 for more information.
What’s Next?	Once you have formatted your media, you may use these media for
	backup. See Chapter 5, “Backup,” on page 151 for more information on
	how to configure backups.
	Recognizing Other Data Formats
Recognized	To prevent accidental overwrite of data already written to the media,
Formats	Data Protector recognizes a number of different tape formats:
Table 4-1	Data Protector Media Format Categories
	Media Format	Data Protector Behavior
	unknown or new	Loose Policy: formatted and
		used for backup only if the
	media written with compression,
		global variable
	now used without compression
		InitOnLoosePolicy is set to 1
	media written without	Strict Policy: not used for
	compression, now used with
		backup
	compression
	foreign Data Protector (from	not used for backup unless
	another cell)	imported or formatted with the
		Force Operation option
	tar, cpio, OmniStorage, OmniBack	not used for backup unless
	I, ANSI label, filesystem	formatted with the Force
		Operation option
	Data Protector unprotected media	used for backup
	Data Protector protected media	used for appending backups

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