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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  5. Section III. Configuring storage
  7. Configuring storage unit groups
  9. Creating storage unit groups for snapshots
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Creating storage unit groups for snapshots

Creating storage unit groups is optional. A snapshot storage unit group must be comprised of storage units that have matching properties.

The following procedure describes how to create a storage unit group that consists of the storage units that can contain snapshots.

To create a snapshot storage unit group

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand NetBackup Management > Storage.
  2. Right-click Storage Unit Groups and select New Storage Unit Group.
  3. Enter a storage unit group name for the new storage unit group. The storage unit group name is case-sensitive.

    See NetBackup naming conventions.

  4. For the storage unit group to contain snapshots, select Snapshot in the drop-down menu.
  5. A storage unit group can contain only those storage units that share similar properties. NetBackup filters the storage units for selection so that dissimilar storage units are not combined in one storage unit group.

    Note:

    The properties of the underlying storage units are read-only. You cannot change the storage unit properties from this dialog box.

    Select one or more properties to filter the storage units in the list. Only those storage units that have the selected properties are displayed. For example, select Replication source and Replication target to display only those storage units that are configured to act as both replication sources and replication targets.

    Filter the storage units on the following properties:

    • Primary

      Enable Primary to display the storage units that can contain the initial snapshot of primary data.

    • Replication source

      Enable Replication source to display the storage units that can serve as a source for a replicated snapshot.

    • Replication target

      Enable Replication target to display the storage units that can receive replicated snapshots from a replication source.

      • Mirror

        Optionally, enable Mirror to display the storage units that can serve as a mirrored replication target. (For example, NetApp SnapMirror.)

      • Independent

        Optionally, enable Independent to display the storage units that can act as either a Mirror replication target (SnapMirror) or a non-mirror replication target (SnapVault).

    For more information about snapshot properties, see the NetBackup Replication Director Solutions Guide.

  6. Add or remove storage units from the group:

    • To add storage units to the group, select the storage units from the Available storage units list and click Add.

    • To remove storage units from the group, select the storage units from the Storage units to be used in the group list and click Remove.

    • To change the priority of a storage unit, select the storage unit and click Move Up or Move Down. The units at the top of the list have the highest priority in the group.

  7. Click OK to save and close the dialog box.

Figure: Snapshot storage unit group configuration dialog box

Snapshot storage unit group configuration dialog box

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