Overview of storage units
The data that is generated from a NetBackup job is recorded into a type of storage that NetBackup recognizes. NetBackup recognizes the following storage configurations, all of which are configured in .
A storage unit is a label that NetBackup associates with physical storage or cloud storage. The label can identify a path to a volume or a disk pool. Storage units can be included as part of a storage lifecycle policy.
The following types of storage units are available in the NetBackup web UI.
Table: Storage unit types
Storage type | Storage unit type | Storage type or location | Option required |
|---|---|---|---|
Drives and robots | Tape (Media manager) | Points to a robot or a standalone drive | |
NDMP | Points to an NDMP host (NDMP option) | NDMP option | |
Disk storage servers | Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) | Points to the local or the cloud storage. | Data Protection Optimization Option |
AdvancedDisk | Points to a disk pool (storage directly attached to a media server). | Data Protection Optimization Option | |
OpenStorage Technology (OST) | Points to a disk pool of the type StorageName. | OpenStorage Disk Option | |
Cloud Connector | Points to a disk pool of the type VendorName, where VendorName can be the name of a cloud storage provider. | ||
BasicDisk | Points to a directory. |
Storage unit groups let you identify multiple storage units as belonging to a single group. The NetBackup administrator configures how the storage units are selected within the group when a backup or a snapshot job runs.
Storage lifecycle policies let the administrator create a storage plan for all of the data in a backup or snapshot.