- In the Navigation tree, click Tape management. If connected to the management server, select the storage node to which your tape device is attached.
- Click New pool.
- Specify the pool name.
- [Optional] Select tapes to be moved to the pool from the Free tapes pool.
- [Optional] Clear the Take tapes from the Free tapes pool automatically... check box. If cleared, only tapes that are included into the new pool at a certain moment will be used for backing up.
- [Optional] Select the After ... rewritings, move tape to pool check box, specify the number of information writing cycles, and then select the pool to which a tape will be moved after that.
Tip. Tapes have relatively short durability. So, you can create a special pool and move old tapes to it. Then, you regularly eject tapes stored in this pool, get rid of them and load new tapes into your tape device.
- [Optional] Select the After ... backups, move tape to pool check box, specify the number of backups, and then select the pool to which a tape will be moved after that.
Tip. For example, this option can be useful in the following case. You back up your machine once a day from Monday till Friday and move the tape(s) after five backups to a custom pool. Once a week special employees eject the tapes from this pool and take them to a secure off-site location.
- [Optional] Select the When tape is full, move to pool check box, and then select the pool to which a tape will be moved when it is full.
Tip. For example, this option can be useful for separating filled tapes from tapes being written to.
- Click OK.