PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Backup and Recovery Guide

Create a data media pool

With NetWorker, you must create a media pool that specifies the type of backups you want to perform and the tape devices you want to use.

1. Connect to the NetWorker server from the NetWorker Management Console Server.
2. On the Enterprise tab, select a NetWorker server name and double-click.
3. Click Launch NetWorker Administration.
4. In the NetWorker administration window, click Media.
5. Click Media Pools.
6. In the Media Pools area, right-click and then click New.
7. Configure the following settings:

   Table 1. Tab SpecificationsThe following table displays the specifications for each tab.

   Tab	Setting name	Setting value
   General	Name	A name for the media pool
   	Enabled	Selected
   	Pool type	The type of backups that you perform which could be one of Archive, Archive Clone, Backup, or Backup Clone.
   Selection Criteria	Devices	Each tape device that you want to use.
   Configuration	Max parallelism	The maximum number of tape drives to use for concurrent backups.
   Legacy	Levels	Select 1, 9, full, or incremental.
   	Groups	Specify the group that you created for the PowerScale cluster.