Assigning a media pool to a backup spec

[DON EHRHARDT]

I created 8 media pools, each one with two ultrium tapes assigned. This way I can pull a Monday tape out for off-site storage and put the previous Monday tape in. I also have 8 backup specifications for each day of the week and one for monthly backups. How do I assign the Monday backup spec to the Monday media pool?

[Tim Sanko]

I am assuming you are using Veritas what release level ???

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Your datalist/backup specification should look like this:

DATALIST "Mytest_Backup"
DEVICE "ULT_1"
{
-concurrency 5
-pool "Monday_LTO"
}

FILESYSTEM "My Description" myhost:/user1
{
-exclude
"lost+found"
-skip
"core"
-profile
-report minor
}

.... more filesystems/hosts ....

The -pool option will then override the default media pool for the device.

Man omnidatalist for more details.

[Leif Halvarsson_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,
You don't tell which backup software you are using, Media pools apply to several products but as you talk about backup specifications it may be OmniBack/Data protector. To select a different media pool for a backup spec. from the GUI, select "Backup" from the main meny, select the backup spec. and then the "Destination" tab. Select the device and then the "Properties" button. Now you can choose a Media pool from the Media pool drop down list.

[DON EHRHARDT]

That's the answer I needed. By selecting properties for the destination, I could select the Monday media pool for the Monday backup. Thanks!