Creating a storage unit

A storage unit is a label that NetBackup associates with physical storage. The label can identify a robot, a path to a volume, or a disk pool. Storage unit creation is part of several other wizards. However, a storage unit can be created directly from the Storage utility in the NetBackup Administration Console.

Figure: Storage unit types shows the different storage unit types and the option that needs to be installed, if necessary.

Figure: Storage unit types

To create a storage unit

In the NetBackup Administration Console, select the Storage utility.
Select Actions > New > New Storage Unit.
Enter a Storage unit name.
See NetBackup naming conventions.
Select the Storage unit type. The selection specifies the type of storage that the storage unit uses: Media Manager, Disk, or NDMP.

For disk storage units:

Select a disk type from the Disk type drop-down menu.

The Disk type identifies the type of storage unit destination:

AdvancedDisk storage unit	The destination is a disk pool.
BasicDisk storage unit	The destination is a path to a volume on a host.
Cloud storage unit	The destination is a disk pool of the type that includes a *VendorName* string. *VendorName* can be the name of a cloud storage provider. The values also can contain a _crypt suffix (for example, Amazon_crypt). The _crypt suffix indicates encrypted storage.
NDMP storage	The destination is an NDMP host. The NDMP protocol is used to perform backups and recoveries.
OpenStorage storage unit	The destination is a disk pool of the type that includes a *VendorName* string. The vendor supplies the *StorageName* string. For DataDomain, you can use the WORM property of the disk. WORM is the acronym for Write Once Read Many. If the Use WORM option is set, data can be written to the associated media only once, but it can be read multiple times.
PureDisk storage unit	The destination is a Media Server Deduplication Pool. See the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

Select the disk pool for this storage unit.
See Select disk pool storage unit setting.
Select a media server in the Media server drop-down menu. The selection indicates that the media server has permission to write to the storage unit.
Absolute pathname to directory or Absolute pathname to volume setting.
See Absolute pathname to directory or absolute pathname to volume setting for storage units.
Maximum concurrent jobs
See Maximum concurrent jobs storage unit setting.
Reduce fragment size
See Reduce fragment size storage unit setting.
High water mark
See High water mark storage unit setting.
Low water mark
See Low water mark storage unit setting.
Enable block sharing
See Enable block sharing storage unit setting.
Enable Temporary staging area
See Enable temporary staging area storage unit setting.

For Media Manager storage units, data is written to tape robots and standalone tape drives:
- Select a storage device from the Storage Device drop-down menu.
- Select a media server in the Media server drop-down menu. The selection indicates that the media server has permission to write to the storage unit.
- Maximum concurrent write drives
  See Maximum concurrent write drives storage unit setting.
- Enable multiplexing
  See Enable multiplexing storage unit setting.
- Reduce fragment size
  See Reduce fragment size storage unit setting.
Click OK to save the storage unit configuration.

Creating a storage unit

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