HP B6960-90078 manual Recycling Media

Managing Media

Recycling Media

Recycling Media

Data Protector keeps track of data on every medium used. When configuring a backup, you protect your data from being overwritten by newer backups for a specified time. See Chapter 5, “Backup,” on page 151 for detailed information.

Keep in mind that on all media there may be data from several backup sessions. Each session can contain data from several backup objects (file systems).

Recycling removes the data protection from all backed up data on the medium, thus allowing Data Protector to overwrite it during one of the next backups. Recycling does not actually change the data on the medium, it only tells Data Protector that this data is not protected anymore. This option is not available for media in free pools.

For instructions on how to change the protection of a specific session or an object, see Chapter 9, “Managing the Data Protector Internal Database,” on page 381.

How to Recycle In the Devices & Media context, browse for a medium, right-click it and

Mediaclick Recycle. For detailed steps, refer to the online Help index keyword “recycling media”.

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