About off-site volume pools
Volume pools identify logical sets of volumes by usage. Vault uses volume pools to determine if a volume should be ejected. Volume pools for images to be transferred off site are known as off-site volume pools. When you create the images that you want to send off site, write them to media in an off-site volume pool. During a Vault job, Vault searches a robot for the images that match the selection criteria. If the media that the images reside on are in an off-site volume pool, Vault ejects that media.
You need at least two dedicated volume pools such as the following:
Vault ejects media from off-site volume pools. Assign the data that you want to transfer off site to media in an off-site volume pool. You can assign either original backup images that are created as part of a NetBackup policy job or duplicate images that are created by a vault job to the off-site volume pool. How many off-site volume pools you use depends on your operations. | |
If you write the Vault catalog to removable media, you should use a volume pool that is dedicated for Vault catalog backups. When you configure the volume pool in Media Manager, ensure that the Catalog Backup attribute is set. You should use only one Vault catalog backup volume pool. Vault does not require a dedicated volume pool for its catalog backups. However, if you do not use one, regular NetBackup media or catalog media may be ejected. |
Do not use the NetBackup volume pool for Vault media. Because the NetBackup volume pool is the default volume pool, if you use it for Vault you can send more data off-site than you intend.