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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section IV. Configuring storage
  4. Overview of storage options
  5. About storage configuration
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

About storage configuration

NetBackup lets you configure storage options for all protection plans and policies. To set up storage options, on the left click Storage. You can configure the following types of storage.

Note:

If you use Key Management Service (KMS), it must be configured before you can select the KMS option in the storage server setup. Refer to NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide for more information.

Table: Types of storage in NetBackup

Disk storage

See Disk storage unit considerations.

See Integrating MSDP Cloud and CMS.

See Create an AdvancedDisk storage server .

For details on Universal Shares, see the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

For details on Cloud connector, see the NetBackup for Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide.

See About the MSDP object store.

Media servers

See Add a media server.

Snapshot Manager

See the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide for details.

Storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Storage units

See Overview of storage units.

Tape storage

See Configure drives and robots by using the wizard.

SAN clients

See the NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide.

Vault management

See the NetBackup Vault Administrator's Guide.

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