Configuring a media pool

•Regular media pool

This media pool type is the most common one since it is used for regular archiving of the migrated FSE implementation data. It contains FSE media that can be overwritten, reorganized, reinitialized, and reformatted.

Regular media pools can contain either tape media or disk media.

•WORM media pool

Used for WORM media only. On these media, data can be recorded only once, therefore WORM media pool type is particularly suitable for storing permanent archives. It is used to migrate files stored on an WORM HSM file system accordingly.

WORM media pools can only contain tape media.

•Backup media pool

Used for backup media only. A backup media pool is used differently to other media pools; since backup media do not store migrated data from HSM file systems, but are meant for storing FSE backup images, there can be only one backup FSE media pool configured in the FSE implementation.

Backup media pools can only contain tape media.

For information on preparing and managing backup FSE media, see section ”Backup media management” on page 223.

A configured media pool is a prerequisite for the partition configuration. Each FSE partition is located on a separate HSM file system and must have at least one configured media pool.

Depending on the data characteristics of each partition, media type which you want to use for archiving such data as well as the archiving purpose (regular archiving, backup, or WORM for permanent data archiving) you need to create the appropriate media pool type.

NOTE: The maximum number of medium volumes per disk medium is 255. When configuring a disk media pool, you need to specify the VolumeSize parameter large enough that 255 * VolumeSize is larger than the complete disk medium. Otherwise a warning is issued and the number of volumes is set to 255, leaving some unused space.

To configure a media pool, select the appropriate template, modify it and then apply it to configure a new FSE media pool.

1.Locate the wanted configuration template in the newconfig directory, for example fse-pool-LTO.cfg, and copy it to the selected directory. For configuration template location, see ”Media pool types and their characteristics” on page 91.

The example below shows how you copy the template fse-pool-LTO.cfgto the directory

MyConfiguration. Linux specific

#cd MyConfiguration

#cp /opt/fse/newconfig/fse-pool-LTO.cfg MediaPoolCfgFile

Windows specific

D:\FSE>cd MyConfiguration

D:\FSE\MyConfiguration>copy

"C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\FSE\newconfig\fse-pool-LTO.cfg"

MediaPoolCfgFile

2.Set the proper values of the FSE media partitioning parameters in the media pool configuration file. Check that all other parameters match the characteristics of your media.

Windows specific

Note that some Windows host bus adapter (HBA) drivers (particularly Adaptec and QLogic) do not support large block sizes by default. You can increase the transfer size by adding the MaximumSGList

92 Managing media

File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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HP File System Extender (FSE) manual Configuring a media pool, MyConfiguration. Linux specific

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