Moving Backups From A Virtual Library - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

6.
To complete the configuration select the desired storage folder to use. Select Add to create additional
storage folders or select an existing one.
A dialog box appears.
Use the Browse button to locate a folder on the network that you want to use as a storage folder.
You can add a maximum of eight folders. Set the size of the storage folder. Size is measured in
Gigabytes.
Set the minimum disk space in Megabytes.
Click OK to accept the folder and return to the previous screen.
NOTE:
HP recommends that you select a storage folder with at least as much free space as data you are
planning to back up. This insures that all backups will succeed without exhausting all available
disk space. Select storage folders on a different disk drive from the disk drive containing the
data you are backing up. This enhances performance and insures data recovery if the source
data disk fails.
7.
Optionally specify the maximum tape cartridge capacity and the Secure Erase policy. Setting the
maximum cartridge capacity ensures that the no single virtual tape cartridge consumes the entire
capacity of the storage folder.
If Secure Erase is enabled, each time data is deleted from a tape cartridge in a virtual library, the
underlying disk storage is overwritten to insure that the original data is no longer present in the
storage folder (for example, on any backup disk).
8.
Click Finish.
The virtual library will be available for future jobs. To view details about the virtual library, select it from
the Devices view of the Administration desk bar.

Moving Backups From a Virtual Library

If you have purchased the D2Any2Any option, you can automate the process of moving backup data
from a virtual library to any other backup device, including another virtual library. When the D2Any2Any
option is enabled, you will find additional options on the virtual library wizard or configuration page.
The first option is to select the desired copy device. This is where backups written to the virtual library
will be copied.
The remainder of the configuration options are the default media policies for backups to a virtual library
that has been set up to support disk-to-disk-to-any backups. These options can be overridden for each
virtual tape cartridge by accessing the property pages of individual virtual tape cartridges.
Copy policy
set to Copy to device then backups written to the virtual tape cartridge are copied to a destination device.
If set to Do Not Copy, then backups written to the virtual tape cartridge are never copied to the copy
device. You can optimize the use of the copy device and its media by selectively copying backups to
it. For example, you may decide to copy only weekly or monthly full backups to the copy device, and
leave daily incremental backups on the virtual library. This policy would reduce the number of media
required for the copy device.
CAUTION:
If you select the Do Not Copy policy, then the only version of the backup data is on the virtual library. If the
disks on which the storage folder resides crash, then data may be permanently lost.
Destination device name
this virtual library. Use the Browse command to locate a device that is available in the Data Protector
Express management domain. HP recommends that you select specific devices instead of selecting any
device on the network. You can also select or exclude different types of devices instead of selecting
This setting determines whether or not to copy backups written to a virtual tape cartridge. If
This setting determines the destination device for backups that are stored on
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