HP Data Protector A.06.11 User Manual page 42

You can edit vaults from the Site Configuration window provided you have per-
missions to edit sites. If you delete a vault, all media in the vault are moved to
the holding bin for the deleted vault site.
Vaulting Policy
Vaulting policies are rules defining what happens to the medium after the backup.
Every site has a default vaulting policy assigned when new media pools are
created/added.
Either create your own vaulting policy, or use one of the pre-defined templates.
See "Configuring media vaulting policies" on page 81 for more information.
Vault Priorities
When you configure vaulting policies, Media Operations puts the media into the
most appropriate vault in the destination site. Vault selection depends on whether
the vaults support the media's vault-slot type, whether there are free slots, the
vault's onsite and offsite priorities, and the reserved slots configuration.
You can assign onsite and offsite priority to each vault to define which vault is
the preferred recipient of the local site (online priority) or the offsite (offline priority)
media.
Reserving Slots
To control media allocation, you can reserve slots for exclusive use with a specified
media pool. Media from the pool can only be stored in the reserved slots. You
can apply this configuration at row, drawer, or cabinet level.
To view a list of reserved slots, click the Reserved Slots tab on the Onsite Vault
Management window.
• Offsite Storage Vendors
Offsite vendors are secure media locations not controlled by the Media Operations
Server, such as other Media Operations Servers within your own company or
external vendors.
You can manually add offsite storage vendors and accounts, and select them as
part of media vaulting policies.
NOTE:
Once defined, offsite vendors can be used for any site. Each site, however, has
its own unique account with the offsite vendor, identifying the owner of each
medium.
Media Operations supports electronic links to offsite vendors. This enables elec-
tronic verification of media shipped to offsite storage. It also enables electronic
requests to return the media from offsite storage back to the data center (for ex-
42 Configuring Media Operations