Adding And Modifying Media Types; Defining Media Policies; Configuring Media Vaulting Policies - HP Data Protector A.06.11 User Manual

To modify compressions for devices, go to Global Objects -> Backup/Restore Devices
or Backup/Restore Devices at the site level. You can not modify the compression of
a device if it belongs to any backup manager.

Adding and modifying media types

Media Operations contains a set of predefined media types and compressions for
most current tape technologies., which you may add to or modify.
If you add a new media type and you use a supported Backup Manager or XML File
Import interface, Media Operations automatically creates the basic media type. You
must also create compression types for the media. If the new media type does not
match an existing vault slot type, configure a new vault slot type using Global
Configuration Options -> Media Types and Compressions.

Defining media policies

There are three basic types of media policies:
• Media Vaulting Policies, defining how long a medium is retained in a device,
onsite and offsite vault locations.
Scratch Media Policies, defining premount jobs that manage loading new scratch
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media into backup/restore devices and removal of media to be vaulted from the
devices (based on the vaulting policies).
• Server Parameters, defining schedule settings that indicate when vaulting, scratch,
and premount jobs run.

Configuring media vaulting policies

Vaulting policies configured in each site are built on global vaulting policy templates.
You can deploy these policies in a site at various levels to control which media in
that site they affect.
If you modify a template, the changes immediately apply to every vaulting policy to
which the template was originally applied. This saves you modifying the policy
multiple times. Every vaulting policy template is defined in terms of:
• "Media vaulting policy
• "Basic vaulting policy
• "Vaulting
• "Active vaulting
• "Defining barcode labeling
hierarchy" on page 82
concepts" on page 83
templates" on page 83
policies" on page 84
policies" on page 86
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