Device To Be Used; Types Of Devices To Use; Media To Be Used; Auto Format - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

Device to be used

Select which tape drive or other removable media device Data Protector Express will use to run the
backup job.
By default, Data Protector Express sets this setting to the network container. When running the job, Data
Protector Express will use whatever device it finds on the network. If there is only one device in your
Data Protector Express management domain or if you only have permissions to one device, there is no
reason to change this setting.
However, if there are several devices on your network and you need to select a specific device, specify
which device the job should use by selecting it from the list of devices. If a machine has only one device,
you can just select the machine and not the device.
To use a device that is not shown in the list of devices, click the Add button and select the new device
from the Browse dialog box.

Types of devices to use

You can select the types of devices you want Data Protector Express to use during a job.
For example, you can enable or disable tape devices, virtual libraries, or CD/DVD devices. By default, CD
and DVD devices are disabled.

Media to be used

Select the media folder in which the tape or other removable media are stored. Data Protector Express
will look here for media to use with this job.
The default folder is the current User/Group folder. If you wish to use media from another folder, specify
which folder by selecting it from the Media list.
If you wish to use a folder that is not shown in the Media list, click the Add button and select the new
folder from the Browse dialog box.

Auto format

Auto format mode

Determines whether or not Data Protector Express will format media automatically.
Before data can be written to media, the media must be formatted. When media is formatted, any data
on it is lost. Tapes and other media are formatted when Data Protector Express does not recognize the
media, that is, when it has no information in its catalog about that particular media. This will occur when
the media is blank, it has been erased, it is first used or it has been deleted from the catalog.
The Auto format mode is either No auto format, Auto format blank media or Auto format all media.
No auto format
media that needs to be formatted (either blank or unrecognized media). While waiting for a user reply,
Data Protector Express scans the network for devices with the media it was expecting. When selected,
Data Protector Express waits for a reply to the alert before formatting unrecognized media.
Auto format blank media only
media. However, if Data Protector Express encounters unrecognized media, it sends an alert to the alert
window and then scans the network for the media it was expecting. This setting can help prevent data
from being accidentally destroyed by formatting, while not needlessly querying the user before formatting
a blank media.
Figure 72 Device/Media page
Instructs Data Protector Express to send an alert to the alert window if it encounters
Instructs Data Protector Express to automatically format all new or blank
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