install a Data Protector Media Agent on the system with the device connected. Data Protector can detect and automatically configure most standalone devices.
During a backup, Data Protector issues a mount request when the medium in a device is full. The operator must replace the medium for the backup to continue.
What are device chains?
Data Protector allows you to configure multiple standalone devices to a device chain. When a medium in one device gets full, the backup automatically continues on the medium in the next device in the device chain.
Device chains allow running unattended backups using several standalone devices without having to manually insert/eject media when the media are full.
Stacker devices
Stacker devices, similar to device chains, contain a number of media that are used in a sequential order. When a medium gets full, the next medium is loaded and used for backup.
Small magazine devices
What are magazine devices?
Magazine devices group a number of media into a single unit called a magazine. Data Protector treats the magazine as if it were a single medium. A magazine has a larger capacity than a single medium and is easier to handle than several single media. For a list of supported devices, see the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references.
Data Protector and magazine devices
Data Protector allows you to perform media management tasks on magazines as sets, emulating single media by providing magazine and media views, or on a single medium.
You can alternatively use magazine devices as normal libraries without using Data Protector magazine support. Data Protector can detect and automatically configure magazine devices.
Cleaning dirty drives
Using cleaning tapes, Data Protector can automatically clean magazines and other devices when they get dirty.
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