About configuring NetBackup storage units and backup policies

You must configure storage units and policies for your shared drives. If you used the Device Configuration Wizard to configure the shared drives, you may have configured storage units and policies already.

Configure storage units and backup policies as follows:

Configuring storage units for each media server

In each storage unit definition, logically define the robot and the shared drives for that media server. For the Maximum concurrent drives used for backup, specify the total number of all shared drives in the robot. When you configure storage units, select a single media server. Alternatively, you can allow NetBackup to select the media server to use at the time of the backup. For example, you can configure a single storage unit that any media server that shares the storage unit can use.

Configuring a backup policy for each media server

How you define a policy for a media server depends on your media server license, as follows:

For a media server that is licensed for Shared Storage Option, the policy can back up the media server and any other NetBackup clients.
For a NetBackup SAN media server, only the SAN media server can be backed up.

A license for a regular media server provides the greatest flexibility; a license for a NetBackup SAN media server is more restrictive.

For a policy for the clients that you want to back up anywhere in your configuration, you can choose any available storage unit. Alternatively, you can use storage unit groups (prioritized storage units).

For more information, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

About configuring NetBackup storage units and backup policies

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