Exporting media from a cell

Exporting media from a Data Protector cell removes all the information about backed up data on the media and the media themselves from the IDB. You cannot browse, select or restore files from exported media using the Data Protector user interface. You need to re-read (or add) the media back into the Data Protector cell. This functionality is needed to move media to a different cell.

Backing up data

Backing up your data consists of some or all of the following steps:

•Selecting what to back up, from which client system - the source of data.

•Selecting where to back up - the destination.

•Selecting to write the same data to additional media sets - mirroring.

•Selecting how to back up - backup options.

•Scheduling a backup for automated operation.

You can specify all these when creating a backup specification.

Figure 27 Backup session

At the specified time, Data Protector starts a backup session based upon a backup specification. The source of data is specified as a list of objects (such as a filesystem

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Planning your backup strategy