HP B6960-96035 manual Media pool usage examples, Simple one device/one media pool relation

Media pool usage examples

The examples below show some configurations you may want to consider when choosing the appropriate strategy for a particular backup environment.

Example 1

In the model shown in Figure 37 on page 140, all objects are backed up to the same media pool. The backup specification does not reference a pool, so the default pool is used, which is part of the device definition.

Figure 37 A simple one device/one media pool relation

Example 2

Large library devices contain a number of physical drives and media used by different departments or applications. You can configure a media pool for each department, as shown in Figure 38 on page 141, and decide which drive in the library will handle the actual data transfer. The arrow pointing from a backup specification to a media pool indicates that you defined a target media pool in a backup specification. If you do not specify a media pool in the backup specification, the default pool, specified in the device definition, is used.

For details about the relation between media pools and large library devices, see “Large libraries” on page 162.

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