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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
  5. Configuring media sharing with a server group
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Configuring media sharing with a server group

Media sharing with a server group restricts the sharing to members of the group.

Table: Configuring media sharing with a server group process overview outlines the process for configuring media sharing with a server group.

Note:

Do not use both unrestricted media sharing and media sharing server groups. If you use both, NetBackup behavior is undefined.

Table: Configuring media sharing with a server group process overview

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Ensure the appropriate connectivity between and among the media servers and robots and drives.

Beyond the scope of the NetBackup documentation.

Step 2

Configure the media sharing server group.

See Creating or deleting a NetBackup server group.

Step 3

Optionally, configure the volume pools for media sharing.

Set the Maximum number of partially full media property for those pools.

See Adding or deleting a volume pool.

See Changing the properties of a volume pool.

Step 4

Configure the backup policies that use the volume pools and media sharing groups.

Set the Policy Volume Pool and Media Owner properties of the backup policies.

See Creating a backup policy.

More Information

About NetBackup server groups

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