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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  5. Section III. Configuring storage
  7. Configuring storage units
  9. About storage unit settings
  11. Media server storage unit setting
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Media server storage unit setting

The Media server storage unit setting specifies one of the following:

  • The NetBackup media server where the drives in the storage unit attach.

  • The NetBackup media server that controls the disk storage unit.

  • The NetBackup media servers that can write data to and read data from the disk pool.

  • The NetBackup media servers that can move data to and from the disk pool.

  • The NetBackup media servers that function as deduplication servers.

To make this storage unit available to any media server (default), select Any Available. NetBackup selects the media server dynamically at the time the policy is run.

Consider the following, depending on the type of storage.

Table: Media server setting details

Storage unit type

Considerations

BasicDisk

To configure a disk storage unit, select a single media server.

AdvancedDisk

The Media server setting specifies the NetBackup media servers that can write data to and read data from the disk pool.

The media servers that are configured as storage servers appear in the media servers list. The disk storage must be directly attached to the media server that is configured as the storage server.

NetBackup selects a media server when the policy runs.

Cloud storage

The Media server setting specifies the NetBackup media servers that can move data to or from the cloud vendor storage server.

To allow any media server in the media server list to move data to the storage server, check Use Any Available Media Server.

To restrict the media servers that can move data to the storage server, check Only Use The Following Media Servers. Then select the media servers that are allowed to move the data.

Any media server in the list can receive data from the storage server; it does not have to be selected. A media server receives data for restore jobs and for storage monitoring purposes.

Only the media servers on which storage server credentials are configured appear in the media servers list. If a server does not appear, verify that the software plug-in is installed and that login credentials are configured for that media server.

NetBackup selects a media server when the policy runs.

NDMP

The Media server setting specifies the name of the media server that is to back up the NDMP host. Only those media servers that can talk to the specified NDMP storage device appear in the drop-down menu.

An NDMP host can be authenticated on multiple media servers. Select Any Available to have NetBackup select the media server and storage unit at the time the policy is run.

OpenStorage

The Media server setting specifies the NetBackup media servers that can move data to or from the storage server.

To allow any media server in the media server list to move data to the storage server, check Use Any Available Media Server.

To restrict the media servers that can move data to the storage server, check Only Use The Following Media Servers. Then select the media servers that are allowed to move the data.

Any media server in the list can receive data from the storage server; it does not have to be selected. A media server receives data for restore jobs and for storage monitoring purposes.

Each media server that moves the data must meet the following requirements:

  • The vendor's software plug-in is installed.

  • The login credentials to the storage server are configured.

Only the media servers on which storage server credentials are configured appear in the media servers list. If a server does not appear, verify that the software plug-in is installed and that login credentials are configured for that media server.

Note:

Run the tpconfig command line utility directly on the media server to configure and verify credentials.

NetBackup selects a media server when the policy runs.

PureDisk (Media Server Deduplication Pool )

To allow any media server in the list to deduplicate data, select Use Any Available Media Server.

To restrict the media servers that can deduplicate data, select Only Use The Following Media Servers. Then select the media servers that are allowed to deduplicate the data.

Each media server must be configured as a deduplication media server.

See the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

See Use any available media server storage unit setting.

See Only use the following media servers storage unit setting.

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