Configuring and Using Backup Devices

Configuring Magazine Devices

 

Configuring Magazine Devices

What Are

Magazine devices group a number of media into a single unit called a

Magazine

magazine. A magazine allows you to handle large amounts of data more

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easily than when using many individual media.

 

Data Protector allows you to perform media management tasks on

 

magazines as sets, or on a single medium.

Prerequisite

Create at least one media pool with the Magazine Support option set.

 

See “Adding Media to a Media Pool” on page 107.

How to Configure Magazines must be configured as libraries. Select the SCSI-II Library a Magazine Device device type in the Add Device wizard. The media pool to which

magazines belong needs to have the Magazine Support option selected. For detailed steps, refer to the online Help index keyword “configuring SCSI libraries”.

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You can also let Data Protector automatically configure your device for

 

you. You still need to prepare the media for a backup session, but Data

 

Protector determines the name, policy, media type, media policy, and the

 

device file or SCSI address of the device, and also configures the drive

 

and slots. For detailed steps, refer to the online Help index keyword

 

“autoconfiguring backup devices”.

 

To verify the device configuration, right-click the created drive, and then

 

 

choose Scan. If the device is configured correctly, Data Protector will be

 

able to load, read, and unload media in the slots.

What’s Next?

If you have configured all the backup devices you want to use with Data

 

Protector, do the following:

 

• If you want to configure a cleaning tape, refer to “Drive Cleaning” on

 

page 61.

 

• If your device uses barcodes, refer to “Activating Barcode Support” on

 

page 66.

 

• Configure a backup for your data. Refer to Chapter 5, “Backup,” on

 

page 151.

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