HP B6960-90078 manual Using a Pre-Allocation List of Media for Backup

Managing Media

Using a Pre-Allocation List of Media for Backup

Using a Pre-Allocation List of Media for

Backup

You can specify the order in which media from a media pool will be used for backup. This order is called a pre-allocation list. You specify the pre-allocation list when configuring a backup. The purpose of a pre-allocation list is to control which media will be used for a backup session. You have to match the pre-allocation list with the available media before each backup.

Depending on the allocation policy of the media pool, Data Protector behaves in two different ways:

•If the pre-allocation list is used in combination with the Strict media allocation policy, Data Protector expects the media in a backup device to be available in that order. If the media are not available, Data Protector issues a mount request. If the media mentioned in the pre-allocation list are loaded in a SCSI-II exchanger, Data Protector handles the media sequence automatically.

•If the pre-allocation list is used in combination with the Loose media allocation policy, media in the pre-allocation list are used first. If the media are not available, any suitable media in the library are used.

Preallocating On how to preallocate media for backup, refer to the online Help index Media for Backup keyword “preallocating media”.

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