Span Mode; Change Mode; Backup Log Options - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

if you have a set of media with old data you no longer need. By selecting this option, Data Protector
Express preserves your most recent data on the first media, but overwrites older, unneeded media.
Overwrite all media This setting instructs Data Protector Express to overwrite all media. All data on media
that is overwritten is lost. Use this option for media that are going to be recycled.

Span mode

Span mode determines how Data Protector Express will handle a file if the backup media is too full to fit
on the current media. Available options are Restart file or Split file.
Restart file Choose the option to instruct Data Protector Express to back up files to media only if they
will fit on the media. Data Protector Express will check the available storage on the media for each file
in the backup job. If a file will not fit, Data Protector Express will skip the media for the larger file
and will locate media on which the file will fit.
Split file Choose this option to instruct Data Protector Express to split a file across two media if it will
not fit on the current backup media.

Change mode

The Change mode is either Force to append or Prompt. This option determines what action Data Protector
Express will perform when it fails to find the media it was expecting to use for a job. When Data
Protector Express runs a job, if the job uses specific media, Data Protector Express scans the network
for devices with that media. If it does not find the media it expects, its response is determined by the
Change mode setting.
Force to append This setting instructs Data Protector Express to append data to whatever media it finds in
the designated backup device, as long as the media is in the catalog. If it cannot find the correct media,
Data Protector Express appends data to whatever media is available. This option will ensure that the
job runs, if the media contains enough room to complete the job.
Prompt This setting instructs Data Protector Express to continue to scan for the expected media and to
send an alert warning that the proper media has not been found. This option will not allow a job to
run with any other media except with the expected media. Additionally, this option will not search for
another device that might contain the proper media.

Backup Log options

Click the Log options button to select the information that will be contained in log files for the backup job.
Valid choices are None, Log only failed, Log only completed or Log all.
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