Creating Media Folders - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

To create a new media folder
1.
Select the existing folder in which you want to store the new Media folder. It cannot be the Home
folder.
2. Create the new media folder in one of these ways:
a. Select New Object from the File menu and then select Folder from the New Object dialog box, or
b. Right-click in the Data Protector Express object detail area and select New and then Folder
from the shortcut menu, or
c.
Click the New Object button on the tool bar and then select Folder from the New Object dialog
box.
3. Type in the name of the new folder in the New Object window.
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After creating a new folder, be certain to specify which users have permissions to it. This is the simplest
and fastest way to assign permissions to multiple objects stored in the folder.
Deleting media folders
within it, including any media folders and media. You might want to delete media folders that were used
by jobs you no longer plan to run and that contain media that are no longer in use.
To delete media folders, select the folder and then select Delete from either the Edit menu or the shortcut
(right-click) menu. Alternatively, you can click Delete on the Command task pane.
Before deleting any media folders, you might want to move any media stored in those folders to another
folder.
For example, you might create a new folder named Old Media and move any currently unused media to this
folder before deleting the media folders.
Creating new media Data Protector Express automatically creates new media when it runs backup jobs
that use blank media or any overwrite setting. However, there may be occasions when you may want to
manually create new media prior to running the job.
For example, you might be recycling old tapes you no longer use. To be certain that the tapes are labeled
correctly and that no tapes are inadvertently overwritten, you can manually create new media before
running the job.
Figure 128 Creating media folders
When you delete a media folder, you also delete all of the objects contained
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