HP B6960-90078 Chapter, Handling, Mount and, of Devices, the Copies, Copying Media, of the Copies, Cleanme Request, Destination Pool, Selection and Use, Data Protection of

	Managing Media
	Copying Media
	target medium is selected to which the data will be copied. The target
	media are selected from the same media pool as the source media, from a
	free pool, or from the blank media in a library.
Selection and Use	For each source medium, Data Protector selects a pair of devices from the
of Devices	devices that you specified in the automated media copy specification. The
	automated media copy functionality provides its own balancing. Data
	Protector tries to make optimum use of the available devices by using as
	many devices as possible and selecting local devices if they are available.
	Devices are locked at the beginning of the session. The devices that are
	not available at that time cannot be used in the session, as device locking
	after the beginning of the session is not possible. Note that at least a pair
	of devices must be available for each media type for the entire session to
	complete successfully. If the minimum number of devices necessary for
	the session cannot be locked, the session fails.
	If a media error occurs, the device with errors will be avoided within that
	automated media copy session. However, if there are no other devices
	available, it will be reused.
Destination Pool	The source medium defines the destination pool of the target medium.
of the Copies	This means that the copied media will belong to the same pool as the
	original media.
Data Protection of	The default protection period for the copy is the same as the protection
the Copies	for the original. You can set a different protection period when creating
	or modifying the automated media copy specification.
Mount and	The automated media copy functionality does not handle mount or
Cleanme Request	cleanme requests. If a mount request is received, the media pair
Handling	concerned is aborted, but the session continues. You can manually copy
	the media that were not copied after the automated media copy session
	finishes.
	For examples of use, refer to the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector
	Concepts Guide.

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