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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk
  3. Configuring OpenStorage in NetBackup
  4. Configuring an OpenStorage storage unit
Veritas NetBackup™ OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk

Configuring an OpenStorage storage unit

Create one or more storage units that reference each disk pool that you configure.

A storage unit inherits the properties of the disk pool. If the storage unit inherits replication properties, the properties signal to a NetBackup storage lifecycle policy the intended purpose of the storage unit and the disk pool. Auto Image Replication requires storage lifecycle policies. Replication properties may not exist or be exposed to NetBackup by the vendor plug-in.

See About OpenStorage disk pools for backups.

The Disk Pool Configuration Wizard lets you create a storage unit; therefore, you may have created a storage unit when you created a disk pool. To determine if storage units exist for the disk pool, see the NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Units window of the NetBackup Administration Console.

See About OpenStorage storage unit recommendations.

To create a storage unit from the Actions menu

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, select NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Units.
  2. Click Actions > New > Storage Unit.
  3. Complete the fields in the New Storage Unit dialog box.
  4. Click OK.

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