Volume pool properties — NetBackup 10.1.1 | Cohesity Documentation

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Volume pool properties — NetBackup 10.1.1 | Cohesity Documentation

NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Volume pool properties

You can specify various properties for a volume pool.

The following table describes the properties that you can configure for volume pools, either when you add a new pool or change an existing one.

Table: Volume pool properties

Property	Description
Catalog backup pool	Select this option to use this volume pool for catalog backups. This check box creates a dedicated catalog backup pool to be used for NBU-Catalog policies. A dedicated catalog volume pool facilitates quicker catalog restore times. Multiple catalog backup volume pools are allowed.
Description	Provides a brief description of the volume pool.
Maximum number of partially full media	Does not apply to the None pool, catalog backup pools, or scratch volume pools. Specifies the number of partially full media to allow in the volume pool for each of the unique combinations of the following in that pool: Robot Drive type Retention level The default value is zero, which does not limit the number of full media that are allowed in the pool.
Prefer span to scratch	Specifies how NetBackup should select additional media when tape media operations span multiple media. When this parameter is set to yes (default) if a job spans to new media, NetBackup selects media from the scratch pool. NetBackup takes this action instead of using partially full media from the backup volume pool. When this parameter is set to no, NetBackup attempts to select partially full media from the backup volume pool to complete the specified operation. The no setting lets NetBackup use partially full media in the backup volume pool instead of always spanning to a scratch tape. Set the maximum number of partially full media option with the vmpool -create or the vmpool -update command.
Pool name	The Pool name is the name for the new volume pool. Volume pool names are case-sensitive and can be up to 20 characters. See About reserved volume pool name prefixes.
Scratch pool	Specifies that the pool should be a scratch pool. It is recommended that you use a descriptive name for the pool and use the term scratch pool in the description. Add sufficient type and quantity of media to the scratch pool to service all scratch media requests that can occur. NetBackup requests scratch media when media in the existing volume pools are allocated for use.

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