•Available

•Allocated

•Frozen

•Suspended

You can also set up a policy that will notify you when the number of available media for a storage pool is running low. For example, you could create a policy that sends you an e-mail when the number of available media for a storage pool is less than two. See ”Creating a Utilization or Backup Policy” on page 533.

About the User Interface

Backup Manager displays an easy to use interface, which provides the following:

•Toolbar - Provides buttons and menus to help you modify the topology and charts in Backup Manager. See ”About the Toolbars in Backup Manager” on page 355.

•Tabs on the right side of the screen - Provides information about individual elements. The following tabs are provided:

•Topology - Displays the topology of the back up elements.

•Summary - Displays summary charts for back up elements. See ”About the Summary Backup Charts” on page 364 and ”Modifying Summary Backup Charts” on page 371.

•Lower pane on the Topology tab - The lower pane on the Topology tab is displayed when you select a discovered back element. Different tabs are displayed according to the backup element you selected. See ”About the Tabs in the Lower Pane” on page 368.

•Access to the Navigation, Events, Collectors, Policies, and Chargeback - When you click an element, the following links in the lower-right corner are enabled when that feature is supported for the element:

•Navigation - Displays navigation information about element, such as which storage systems are connected to the element. See ”About the Navigation Tab” on page 271.

•Events - Displays events for the element. See ”About the Events Tab” on page 290.

•Collectors - Provides links to reports about the element. See ”About the Collectors Tab” on page 293.

•Policies - Lets you set up policies for the element. See ”About the Policies Tab” on page 294.

•Chargeback - Lets you provide chargeback information about the element. See ”Asset Attributes of an Element” on page 291.

•You can also use the right-click menu options to obtain additional information.

About the Toolbars in Backup Manager

Backup Manager provides two toolbars.

•The main toolbar that appears at the top of the screen in Backup Manager.

•The toolbar for charts that appears in the middle of the screen in Backup Manager.

About the Main Toolbar

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