HP B6960-90078 manual How Media Are Selected for Backup, Off

Managing Media

Selecting Media for Backup

Media in poor condition are not used for backup. Media in fair condition are used only if no media in good condition are available. Media in good condition are sorted to use the one with the least number of overwrites first.

Media are always selected first from the specified pool and (optionally) from the free pool.

Table 4-2	How Media Are Selected for Backup
	Allocation	Allocate	Data Protector Selection Order
	Policy	Unformatted
		Media First
	Loose	OFF	1.	Pre-allocation list (if specified)
			2.	Appendable (as set in usage
				policy)
			3.	Unprotected Data Protector
				media
			4.	Unformatted media
			5.	Fair media
	Loose	ON	1.	Pre-allocation list (if specified)
			2.	Appendable (as set in usage
				policy)
			3.	Unformatted media
			4.	Unprotected Data Protector
				media
			5.	Fair media
	Strict	(Not	1.	Pre-allocation list (if specified)
		applicable)	2.	Appendable (as set in usage
				policy)
			3.	Unprotected Data Protector
				media
			4.	Fair media

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