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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
  5. Managing volume pools
  6. Adding or deleting a volume pool
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Adding or deleting a volume pool

Use this procedure to add a new volume pool.

To add a volume pool

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand Media and Device Management > Media.
  2. On the Actions menu, select New > Volume Pool.
  3. In the New Volume Pool dialog box, specify the properties for the volume pool.

    See Volume pool properties.

  4. Add volumes to the pool by adding new volumes to NetBackup or by changing the pool of existing volumes.

    See Adding volumes by using the Actions menu.

    See Adding volumes by using the wizard.

    See Changing volume properties.

You cannot delete any of the following pools:

  • A volume pool that contains volumes

  • The NetBackup volume pool

  • The None volume pool

  • The default CatalogBackup volume pool

  • The DataStore volume pool

Use this procedure to delete a volume pool.

To delete a volume pool

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand Media and Device Management > Media > Volume Pools.
  2. Select a volume pool from the pools in the Volume Pools list.
  3. Ensure that the volume pool is empty. If the pool is not empty, change the pool name for any volumes in the pool. If the volumes are not needed, delete them.
  4. On the Edit > menu, select Delete.
  5. Click Yes or No in the confirmation dialog box.

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